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Your Growth is Built on Data, But Are You Now a Data Broker?

February 28, 2025

Steve Lappenbusch

New data broker laws could impact your business - even if you don’t sell data. Learn how to stay compliant, avoid fines, and turn regulation into opportunity

A Message from our CEO, Sean Thorne

September 3, 2024

Sean Thorne

Today we are announcing that our founders, Sean Thorne and Henry Nevue are stepping down from their day-to-day roles as CEO and President of People Data Labs. Long time PDL employee and our unofficial third founder, Ben Eisenberg will be leading our team into its next era of growth as the CEO.

People Data Labs is now on the Databricks Marketplace!

PDL is Now Available on the Databricks Marketplace

June 9, 2023

Ben Eisenberg

We’re pleased to announce that PDL has partnered with Databricks, the data and AI company, to make our B2B data available on the Databricks Marketplace.

The Privacy Supply Chain: Handling Sensitive PII

June 22, 2022

Steve Lappenbusch

Privacy regulations are changing fast, but almost all of them call for special care in handling "sensitive PII." In this post we'll define what Sensitive PII is, explore how definitions are likely to evolve, and reveal how businesses can best protect themselves and their data supply chain.

The Privacy Supply Chain: Managing Children's Data

May 18, 2022

Steve Lappenbusch

Privacy is top of mind for anyone building products with data in 2022. Most states consider children’s data to be in a class by itself and subject to special rules and protections to ensure that it is handled safely and ethically if it is even collected at all. Learn more about the current rules governing children's data and how to protect yourself and your products.

Announcing Snowflake and People Data Labs Data Partnership

PDL is Now Available on the Snowflake Data Marketplace

May 12, 2022

Ben Eisenberg

People Data Labs is partnering with Snowflake to make our world-class B2B data available on the Snowflake Data Marketplace.

The Emerging Privacy Supply Chain

May 5, 2022

Steve Lappenbusch

The privacy landscape is changing every day. Rapidly evolving regulations and greater reliance on data to power critical economic activity make managing privacy an essential skill for every business. Learn how PDL protects privacy across every link of the data supply chain.

PDL Needs Your Feedback

January 7, 2022

PDL Team

Introducing PDL Roadmap, an Interactive Feedback Platform for Customers. Learn how you can view our product roadmap, give feedback, submit feature requests, identify bugs, upvote requests, and make your voice heard.

PDL Raises $45M Series B, led by Craft Ventures

Empowering Builders: People Data Labs $45M Series B Led By Craft Ventures

November 16, 2021

PDL Team

We are thrilled to announce $45 million in new series B funding from Craft Ventures and Flex Capital. We’re committed to using this new funding to build the next generation of People Data Labs. We’re excited about the future, and we want to share a little more about what we have planned.

People Data Labs Completes SOC 2 Compliance

July 20, 2021

PDL Team

Announcing People Data Labs’ SOC 2 Type I Accreditation, proving our data against 5 key criteria: security, availability, confidentiality, processing integrity, and privacy.