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5 Key Takeaways in Preparation for the FTC/DOJ Workshop

June 05 2018

wav takeaways preparation doj ftc workshopWhen Daniel Castro from the Internet Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) took the stage at Inman in New York on January, we all thought he was going to provide an academic view of our industry and provide us with some food for thought. What we didn't know was that he was going to tell us how the consumer needs open data because we have somehow been holding back on them.

We also didn't know at the time that the ITIF had been promoting Zillow for many years. Castro published an article on the Federal Government's Economic and Statistics Administration website featuring a promotional video from Zillow in 2015 entitled, "Open Data Impact: How Zillow Uses Open Data to Level the Playing Field for Consumers."

The contentious conversation that begin at the Inman Data Track got me thinking about all of the ways that the industry supports open data for use by brokers of all types, technology companies – both start-ups and well-established leaders – and, of course, the consumer.

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