It is no secret that Riot has been very keen on the concept of data marketplaces – platforms on which companies and even consumers can sell and buy data that they contribute. Here has been at the forefront of the trend for some time, but has still not dived in head first. However, its latest CES announcement suggests that 2020 might actually be the year of the data marketplace, although it might have a strong automotive bent to begin with. The news is that Here has added neutral server capabilities for Here Marketplace, meaning that the process can be run on ‘neutral’ platforms, to appease the automakers’ collective unease with letting any other third-party services into their IT backends. Instead,…