Our Data Sources
There are many sources of data. Choosing the best one is difficult. Data Discoveries simplify this choice by hand picking the best sources of data in the UK.
How we select data
We select data based on the following criteria:
- Reputation of source
- Recency of data
- Uniqueness of data compared to other sources
- Accordance with the Data Protection Act 2003
- Permissions of use
Our suppliers include Royal Mail, Equifax, The DMA, Millennium, and British Telecom. We also licence data from specialist companies. Combined these sources give our clients access to millions of pieces of individual data.
The Masterfiles
The Masterfiles are our unique database of adults and businesses in the UK. The Masterfiles are uniquely created by cross-referencing several data sources.
Data in our data management software
Every project is different which is why our data management software has the most suppression and enhancement files available.
Suppression files
- Baby Mailing Preference Service
- Corporate Telephone Preference Service
- Dceased (unique deceased suppression file of Scottish individuals)
- Equifax disConnect (including reConnect)
- Halo
- Mailing Preference Service
- Mortascreen
- National Deceased Register
- NCOA Suppress
- subtrAction
- Telephone Preference Service
Address forwarding files
- Equifax reConnect
- NCOA Update
Enhancement files
- CACI Acorn
- CACI Financial Acorn
- CACI Ocean
- CACI People UK
- Insolvency database
- Phone+