DataTouch launches tool to control software data pumps, what that means for PII protection
Summary
Called Data Pump Manager, the new DataTouch tool is designed to share only the correct estimate and needed repair information to conduct business with each service provider, according to a company news release. For example, in 2022, Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) Executive Director Aaron Schulenburg shared that a third-party company reached out to him offering to sell data that they said could be a business opportunity for his member shops. In a panel discussion that followed with Silver, Golub & Teitell attorney Steven Bloch, Pete Tagliapietra with DataTouch, and Tom Allen with ConditionNow, Tagliapetra said Schulenburg’s discovery is an example of the “size and magnitude of the problem” that shops are faced with — how is the data being taken? Tagliapietra recently explained that Data Pump Manager, like the other software security tools offered by DataTouch, interacts with all three estimating systems and doesn’t disrupt the collision shop’s current workflow. In January, DataTouch launched VINAnonymize, a technology the company says prevents collision repair estimate information from being used by vehicle identification number (VIN) reporting services, such as Carfax and Experian AutoCheck.