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Using metadata to make it easier to catalogue, validate, reuse and share your data.
The Data Standards Authority has published standards and guidance on how to improve data sharing across government.
How to use tools such as Content Data and Google Analytics to improve your content's search engine optimisation (SEO) and get data on how users are interacting with your content.
The CMA has accepted commitments that address the CMA’s competition concerns regarding Meta’s use of data obtained through digital display advertising.
Guidance on promoting the findability of metadata.
The CMA is investigating the completed acquisition by Facebook, Inc (now Meta Platforms, Inc) of Giphy, Inc.
The direction specifies the fraud header information that Making Tax Digital for VAT software will need to collect and deliver to HMRC along with tax information.
Add metadata to data you are publishing so search engines can find the data you’ve published and display structured results for users.
Spreadsheets are a common way to share data. Use this information to help you avoid common errors, improve interoperability and create more accessible spreadsheets.
In response to competition concerns raised by the CMA, Meta has offered commitments not to use competitors’ advertising data for its Facebook Marketplace online classified ad service. It will do this by implementing new technical systems and training for staff.
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