Each month, our Ask Don column will answer a commonly asked question from real data buyers and sellers. Email your submission and we might answer it in next month’s newsletter (we’ll give you a pseudonym and remove any potentially identifiable information, of course).

Q: Were you concerned or comforted by the personal views expressed by the SEC Examinations Team Lead at Neudata’s summit event?

A: We were comforted to hear a perspective that we consider consistent with the buy-side community’s long-standing diligence and contracting practices for onboarding alternative data.