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August 14, 2020 Melissa IN Team Data Governance

Master Data Governance: 6 Best Practices

There is nothing more precious than data. Businesses guard it like their survival depends on it. In fact, their survival, goodwill and reputation depend on how well they treat and guard their data. So enterprises should give utmost importance to Master Data Governance, especially in the light of stringent compliant laws like the GDPR (European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation).…

July 9, 2019July 8, 2019 Melissa Team California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Customer Identities, Data Governance, Data Privacy, Data Quality, Digital Identity Verification, eIDV, Email Verification, GDPR, Global Data Quality, Identity Resolution, News & Events, Personal Data Protection Act (PPDA), Personal Data Protection Bill (PDPB), Product Launch

Melissa Powers Smart, Compliant Handling of Customer Data with New Privacy Flag for Email

Seamless Data Quality Helps Enterprises Meet Standards of GDPR and Increasingly Stringent Privacy Laws Worldwide Rancho Santa Margarita, CALIF – July 10, 2019 – Melissa, a leading provider of global contact data quality and identity verification solutions, today announced Privacy Flag, a seamless new feature in its comprehensive Global Email Verification suite designed to verify email addresses and improve overall email…

May 13, 2019May 9, 2019 Melissa Team Article, Big Data, Data Cleansing, Data Governance, Data Quality

How to Drain a Murky, Big Data Swamp

Gathering data without proper governance can turn data lakes into data swamps – devoid of metadata management, rife with duplication, plagued with errors, and presenting an opaque view of your operations. But Big Data verification and governance solutions can transform expanding data volumes into trusted, actionable information across the enterprise. Melissa’s V.P. of Enterprise Sales and Strategy, Bud Walker, shares…

April 22, 2019April 17, 2019 Melissa Team Address Quality, Article, Big Data, Data Cleansing, Data Governance, GDPR, Global Address Verification, Global Business, Global Data Quality, Global Email, Global ID Verification, Global IP Locator, Global Name, Global Phone Verification, Golden Record, Identity Resolution

Is Your Data GDPR Compliant Yet?

If you work with data, or if data is important to your brand, you’ve no doubt heard about GDPR. The General Data Protection Regulation is a piece of legislation which came into effect across the European Union on May 25, 2018. It not only affects European organizations, but any companies worldwide who market and have eCommerce operations that reach a…

March 11, 2019 Melissa Team Customer Identities, Data Governance, Data Quality, Digital Identity Verification, eIDV, EIV, FinTech, Full Contact Authentication, Global Address Verification, Global Business, Global Data Quality, Global Email, Global ID Verification, Global Name, Global Phone Verification, Identity Resolution, International Address Verification, News & Events, Personator, Personator World, Press Release, Web API

Melissa Features Identity Verification at Money20/20 Asia

Demos Highlight How to Combat Fraud, Minimize Risk and False Positives, and Maintain Compliance While Pursuing a Frictionless Customer Experience Singapore and Rancho Santa Margarita, CALIF – March 12, 2019 – Melissa, a leading provider of global contact data quality and identity verification (IDV) solutions, will demonstrate its comprehensive IDV solutions that work side-by-side with existing banking software platforms at…

January 21, 2019 Melissa UK Team Analyzing Data, Analyzing Data Quality, Article, Data Audit, Data Cleansing, Data Enhancement, Data Enrichment, Data Governance, Data Integration, Data Management, Data Matching, Data Migration, Data Profiling, Data Quality, Data Quality Services, Express Entry, FinTech, GDPR, Global Address Verification, Global Data Quality, Global ID Verification, Global Name, Global Phone Verification, International Address Verification, United Kingdom

When does Big Data become Bad Data?

Last month, we spoke about big data and the importance of leveraging such data to provide insights to drive better informed business decisions. But at what point does this data become useless? As we mentioned, big data provides detailed insight as it draws upon information from a number of sources and data points and thus, big data can reveal new…

December 12, 2018 Melissa Team Address Quality, Article, Big Data, CASS Certification, Data Cleansing, Data Enrichment, Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, Global Address Verification, Global ID Verification, HIPAA, News & Events, Postal Address Standards, SOC2, USPS

Melissa’s Trust and Compliance Checklist Promotes Comprehensive Enterprise Data Quality

Company Receives SOC2 Certification; Outlines Criteria for Trusted Data in Banking, Healthcare, Marketing and More Melissa, a leading provider of global contact data quality and identity verification solutions, today announced its trust and compliance checklist, helping enterprises understand and evaluate complex criteria for secure, optimized data quality operations. The company is committed to trust and compliance leadership, securing its continued SOC2…

August 29, 2018August 29, 2018 Melissa UK Team

The Relationship between Data Governance and GDPR

According to the GDPR, personal data refers to any information related to a person including name, photo, email, address, bank details, social media updates, medical information and even IP addresses. It can come in various forms and contains several data elements. Data governance and GDPR are complementary as a strong data governance program is vital for GDPR compliance and with…

May 22, 2018 Melissa Team Data Audit, Data Governance, Data Quality, GDPR, Global Data Quality, MDM, News & Events

Melissa-Powered GDPR Risk Audits from DataDelta Uncover Hidden Risks in Right to Erasure Compliance

Inspired by GDPR Survey Results, Audits Reveal Blind Spot in Accuracy Assumptions of Single Customer View Platforms Melissa, a leading provider of global contact data quality and identity verification solutions, and DataDelta, a 14-year leader in Master Data Management (MDM) match accuracy analytics, today announced two new audit solutions to support governance, risk, and compliance officers in complying with the E.U.’s…

May 1, 2017 Blog Administrator Address Check, Address Correction, Address Quality, Address Search, Address Standardization, Address Validation, Address Verification, Analyzing Data, Analyzing Data Quality, Big Data, CRM, Data Enrichment, Data Governance, Data Integration, Data Management, Data Matching, Data Migration, Data Quality, Global Address Verification, Identity Resolution, International Address Verification, Marketing, Personator, Salesforce

Melissa’s Improvements in Dynamics CRM

Dirty data, in all forms, is bad for business. Here at Melissa, our primary concern is cleansing it from all of your platforms, including Microsoft Dynamics® CRM. Melissa currently offers many solutions for Dynamics CRM in order to combat problems with bad data. We offer the Personator® solution in order to cleanse and enrich your U.S. and Canadian data.…