Information system

• Today's electric grids are facing rapidly shifting market dynamics driven by both supply and demand side innovations that transform the energy value chain from grid to plug.
• To keep up with demand, utilities must digitalize and shift their business model toward more customer services and energy orchestration.
• Schneider Electric is advancing grid intelligence and efficiency with its system architecture and ecosystem that is open, interoperable, scalable and IoT-enabled.
• Schneider is platforming grid software solutions with a data-centric architecture that places data and analysis at the heart of decision-making.

• This acquisition underscores Ever.Ag's commitment to enhancing our comprehensive services across the global food supply chain, particularly emphasizing ESG objectives.
• "Ever.Ag is continuously looking for opportunities to enhance our offerings and expand our reach in the global food supply chain," said Scott Sexton, CEO of Ever.Ag.
• Their expertise in energy management and sustainability is unparalleled and will be invaluable in our journey to innovate and lead in this sector."
• "This collaboration signifies a pivotal moment in our commitment to delivering state-of-the-art energy management and sustainability solutions across the global food and beverage supply chain.

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• Consumers are not too happy with these requests and some even look for ways to avoid them.
• These pop-ups are in response to recent data protection and privacy regulations, such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation and California’s Consumer Privacy Act.

Commodification of user data

• Almost every website — both for-profit and not-for-profit — commodifies user data.
• Within the first three seconds of opening a web page, over 80 third parties on average have accessed your information.
• The usage of user data by third parties can be helpful, as it is an easy way for companies to earn money and it can easily connect consumers to any resources they are looking for.

The impact of privacy policies

• Previously, we analyzed the privacy implications of website monetization strategies and the prediction of website trustworthiness by observing their third-party usage.
• Recently, our focus has shifted to studying the impact of data regulation on consumers and websites to understand the impact of new privacy policies.
• We collected third-party utilization of the most popular 100,000 websites globally when California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect.

Learning from past mistakes

• In Canada, where privacy regulation is not yet finalized, there is an opportunity to learn from the mistakes of other regulators.
• As our research has found, opt-in policies are counterproductive in addressing third-party data-sharing concerns and can harm competition.
• Instead, we recommend using a mix of policies that are used in a more precise manner, rather than the currently preferred one-size-fits-all policies.

• Hooman Hidaji receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
• Ram Gopal receives funding from The Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology at the Warwick Business School.