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Recapping The Global Privacy Summit: AI Is Everything Everywhere All At Once
This week, I attended the Global Privacy Summit, hosted by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. This is my fourth time attending, and the shortest way to recap the event is: AI is so hot right now. It was the topic of the opening keynote, the closing keynote, and many sessions in between, including debates […]
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It’s 10 p.m. — Do You Know Where Your Data Is Going?
Last week, The Washington Post did a deep dive on how a publication used “commercially available” mobile data to out a Catholic priest as a Grindr user and visitor of a gay bar, ultimately forcing him to resign. Some of this data was sourced from Grindr; a Grindr spokesperson told the Post that “[the] company […]
Turn 2023 Predictions Into Bold Action
Join us for Predictions 2023 Live to learn how to focus your priorities for success in the year ahead.
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Data Privacy Day, B2C Marketing Edition
The privacy landscape is shifting quickly. It’s a critical time for B2C marketers to get involved in their organizations’ privacy programs.
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Meta Hit With €390 Million Fine And An Uncertain Advertising Future
Learn what the latest ruling against Facebook and Instagram means for marketers.
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A New Era Of Privacy Dawns With The Latest Google Fine
In the wake of a lawsuit settlement over deceptive location-history user settings, companies need to look closely at their data privacy practices.
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US Consumer Privacy Attitudes In 2022
Collecting data without infringing on consumers’ privacy and ultimately sacrificing their loyalty and trust is a new marketing imperative. Marketers must avoid regulatory fines and reputational damages and lead the conversation on consumer privacy. Data deprecation, new privacy laws, and the cookiepocalypse are coming. You’re now past the time to revise your approach to data […]
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CCPA Penalties Are Here: Sephora Hit With $1.2 Million Fine
French retailer Sephora became the first company to be penalized under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) for not disclosing to consumers that it sells their personal information, failing to respect users’ Global Privacy Control as an opt-out, and neglecting to correct these infractions by the deadline. The $1.2 million penalty is part of a […]
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DuckDuckGo’s Email Protection: Another Strike Against The Surveillance Economy
Fresh off a yearlong beta test, DuckDuckGo moved its email protection service into an open beta. The service works across iOS and Android; browser extensions for Edge, Chrome, Firefox, and Brave; and DuckDuckGo for Mac. The service blocks trackers in emails, reducing the amount and type of data emails can send to third parties (like […]
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Meta Pixel Fiasco Underscores Why Marketing And Risk Must Work Together
Marketing and risk share a common goal: building customer trust. By partnering, marketers and S&R pros can use the growing momentum around consumer privacy to grow customer trust.
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Next On The Data Deprecation Docket: Location Data
As FTC scrutiny grows, location data could be next on the data deprecation chopping block. Here's what marketers need to know.
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Data Deprecation Déjà Vu: Google Delays The Cookiepocalypse (Again)
Regardless of when Google finally kills support for third-party cookies, if you’re not planning to manage these forces now, you’re already behind.
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A Federal Privacy Law? What Marketers Need To Know
We've broken down the US's first comprehensive consumer privacy bill and what the American Data Privacy and Protection Act means for marketers.
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Choose Apple Lockdown Mode, Choose Security
Users get to make their own choices about security and privacy when using Apple devices, not carriers, application developers, or advertisers.
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The EU Strikes Again As A Global Leader In Mindful Media: Updated “Code Of Practice On Disinformation”
The EU announced an updated Code of Practice on Disinformation, aimed at combating the online spread of disinformation via regulatory measures, including “demonetizing the dissemination of disinformation.” Forrester’s research shows that the monetization of disinformation is a vicious cycle in which the ad supply chain infrastructure supports and funds — often inadvertently — the spread […]
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Picking An Agency To Maximize The Value Of Your First-Party Data
For B2C marketers, first-party data is a lot like “Zoolander’s” Hansel: “so hot right now.” Facing massive headwinds amid data deprecation, marketers want to capture zero- and first-party data from customers and build direct relationships. In Forrester’s Q1 B2C Marketing CMO Pulse Survey, 2022, a whopping 76% of B2C marketing respondents said that they are […]
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Privacy: “The Most Essential Battle Of Our Time”
Companies have an opportunity to use privacy as a competitive differentiator. Four factors are essential for the successful preservation of the right to privacy.
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Privacy Isn’t Binary: The 2021 US Privacy Segmentation
Data deprecation is here, forcing marketers to stop hoovering up consumer data for opaque use cases. Consumers’ privacy-protecting behaviors are one of the four forces shaping this new marketing reality, but not every consumer has the same expectations, preferences, or concerns around information sharing. To quote Ted Lasso, “Different people are … different.” Our new […]
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Navigate China’s New Data And AI Regulations
Firms often struggle to identify the appropriate security controls and practices to comply with fast-changing data regulations. Here are three practices firms should adapt to keep pace.
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Proposed Surveillance Advertising Ban, Meet Contextual Targeting
A proposed US law banning surveillance advertising emphasizes that marketers need to invest in contextual advertising, zero-party data, and other less invasive ways to gain audience insights.
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Oh, Snap: Data Deprecation Cuts Into Revenue
Don’t say we didn’t warn you. While reporting Snapchat’s Q3 results yesterday, CEO Evan Spiegel conceded Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework “disrupted” Snap’s advertising business as he reported lower-than-expected earnings. The earnings miss drove sharp declines in Facebook’s and Twitter’s stocks as well. ATT, which rolled out in April with iOS 14.5, requires users […]
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