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Mastercard10-K: Data investment

Implementing 'Data by Design' and 'AI Governance' processes to ensure data protection

What happened

The company is embedding privacy, data protection, and security controls into all products and services from the design phase. This indicates a need for sophisticated data governance, security, and compliance management tools and services.

Source

SEC EDGARFeb 11, 2026

Annual report (Form 10-K)

Mastercard 10-K for FY2025

Filing excerpt

Our Privacy by Design, Data by Design and AI Governance processes are designed to ensure we embed multiple layers of privacy, data protection and information security controls in all our products and services, keeping a clear focus on protecting customers’ and individuals’ data and privacy, as well as making our AI more accurate and effective.

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Signal
10-K: Data investment

What this signalsFilings often name leadership changes, deals and spending plans.

Period
FY2025
Fiscal year end
12/31
Filed
Feb 11, 2026

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Details

CIK
1141391
Accession number
0001141391-26-000013
Timeframe
Current year
Filing year
2026
Why it matters
Target for data vendors
Signal category
Technology

Topics and mentions

Technologies

  • AI
  • Data Governance

Extraction

Confidence
High
Relevance
80%
Sentiment
Neutral
Detected
Feb 17, 2026
signal_type
sec-10k
signal_subtype
dataInvestment

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