Most business leaders now have an awareness of GDPR and its requirements. They’re keen to select and implement technologies to aid GDPR compliance. But important foundational capabilities should be addressed before technical controls for data protection are deployed.
It’s a huge burden for marketers aiming to stay on the right side of the law – and the customer – but deciphering and complying with the forthcoming changes in data protection regulations (GDPR and ePrivacy Regulation) are creating a major consent dilemma for businesses across the UK. Take heart! Here’s some help and guidance from those at the coalface who have been examining how ‘legitimate interests’ might apply.
Brands aim to truly connect with their audiences and UGC is proving to be an excellent way of engaging existing and potential consumers. But does your brand know the rules? Do you understand user generated content licensing regulations? Avoid a litigious path of potential banana skins, says Simon Banks at Lobster – get to grips with the rights and wrongs of using UGC.
Fake news, fake publishers, fake ads. There’s a lot of ‘fake’ about . . . but it’s nothing new in the world of commerce and particularly digital commerce. What can brands do to prevent ad fraud? Here are five simple tips on how to keep well ahead of those fraudsters who seek to profit from your loss:
It’s been in the making for more than four years and is coming into force in less than 12 months’ time: GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) represents the largest change in data protection and privacy rules in more than 20 years. May 25, 2018 is D-Day for the new GDPR regulation, which is designed to harmonise data privacy and protection laws across Europe. Any business that handles, markets to, tracks or creates profiles of EU citizens must comply with the new regulations. Richard Dennys discusses how affiliate marketers and businesses that utilise affiliate marketing can prepare for the GDPR and ensure their websites are compliant.
A study has found that almost a quarter of consumers have submitted bogus personal details – fake data – in order to access information online anonymously. Which means marketers’ databases could be wildly inaccurate and organisations are wasting resources targeting people or places that actually don’t exist. It’s a situation that will only worsen when the new GDPR comes into force next May. So, what’s the solution?
A year and a month or so away from the date of this article is when the data privacy laws of the EU and the UK will change – dramatically. And the effects (and repercussions) on marketers will be enormous. So said data expert and speaker Rosemary Smith at the MINT Global event in Amsterdam this week.
Laws surrounding data privacy and customer consent are changing in just over a year – get it wrong, and you will pay hefty fines. Time to test your permission statements and check your strategy is flawless.
Do you have clear permission to contact your customers, a ‘golden ticket’ of consent? And can your customers easily opt-out and withdraw that consent? Scrutinise your data protection and ePrivacy strategy now, as new regulations come into force next year – and millions of pounds in fines will doubtless be levied on companies that have failed to prepare and follow the guidelines.
Does the arrival of a new regulation from the UK’s watchdog Ofcom today mean the end for predictive dialling and answer machine detection, currently used extensively for outbound calling? It all depends how responsible your strategy is, says Danny Singer.