The EU's new data protection rules stipulate that customers will have the right to access their data and have it transferred to another company, for example when they change from one cloud data storage provider to another. — AFP Relaxnews
Four decades ago as a young engineer working for Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd, Patrick Thomas helped install one of the sector’s first digital computer systems: a mahogany-encased machine now on display in a science museum.
Computing has since transformed the industry into a US$4tril (RM15.98tril) business supplying ingredients for all types of manufactured goods, ranging from shampoo to paint to mattresses. Yet for Thomas, it’s also emerging as a battleground over ownership of valuable formulations.
