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In 2007 and 2008, Dialogic conducted a study on behalf of the Ministry of Economic Affairs to explore the possibilities of using the internet directly as a source for formal CBS statistics, known as Internet as Datasource. Direct, referring to the automated collection of data from the internet using web robots, direct links to databases, and local tracking of surfing behaviours. The findings were presented to EuroStat and the OECD, among others.
In the autumn of 2010, following our research in the Netherlands, the European Commission announced a tender for a similar feasibility study at the European level. Dialogic won this tender and will be conducting the research at various locations in Europe, in collaboration with the Dutch company Digital Architects (for web crawlers), the German company Ipoque (for deep packet inspection), CBS, and English-Chinese legal expert Dr. Faye Fangfei Wang (for legal aspects).
