The admission yesterday by T-Mobile that they had suffered a dataloss measured in the hundreds of thousands came hard on the heels of the admission that the head of an Indian IT outsourcing company had sold medical records from a UK private hospital for £4 each. In both cases the data was sold to companies who then used it to market to these people.

New Maps show where Recession will hit UK consumers hardest

MI's Recession-Proof Index (RPI) was launched in September 2008 and has already proved to be a vital tool for in helping companies identify where to market and where to avoid. Now MI have released the RPI as a series of maps right down to postcode level to help companies see for themselves where the impact will be felt by their own customers. MI's data extends right down to individual households and they can apply the Index to either your own data or to data you plan to purchase.

MI has just launched its revolutionary Recession-Proof Index (RPI). This enables organisations to identify potential customers who are most likely to be immune to the downsides of a recession - should one happen. Based on extensive experience from the last downturns and brought up to date with the latest business and consumer demographic analyses it provides an ideal tool to help marketers target those who will STILL have money to send - regardless of how bad things may get!

First there was CRM (Customer Relationship Management), then came SCV (Single Customer View) and now we have MDM (Master Data Management) or MRM (Master Record Management). So, perhaps we should start with a definition of MDM – courtesy of Wikipedia: