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Maciej Zawadziński
Advisory Board Member at Piwik PRO
A serial entrepreneur and angel investor with a background in AdTech, MarTech and online privacy. Over the last 15 years, Maciej has built and scaled several enterprise SaaS and services companies, including Piwik PRO. As the CEO of Piwik PRO, he grew the company from €0 to €10M ARR. He is currently focused on Next New Ventures, an operator-backed fund that invests in entrepreneurs and brings deep expertise in scaling global B2B SaaS products and IT services companies.
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January 31, 2023
What is data activation and how does it fit into your data analytics stack
Modern companies employ various technologies for each stage of their data processes. Data ecosystems differ between organizations based on their needs and resources, but every data stack should consist of components used to acquire, integrate and transform the data. Collecting, organizing and managing data are key aspects of every data analytics stack, but how can […]
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January 19, 2023
Privacy compliance in 2023 – the experts’ take on marketing and data protection
As a part of Piwik PRO’s forecast discussions, we asked the experts how privacy regulations affected businesses in 2022 and what we should expect this year.Collecting data while respecting users’ privacy is a challenge for marketers, as there are many new regulations to follow. They are also updated and amended regularly, so keeping up with […]
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September 22, 2022
Denmark’s data protection authority says Google Analytics is illegal under GDPR
In recent months, we’ve seen a domino effect of decisions by European data protection authorities (DPA) concerning Google Analytics (GA). On January 12, 2022, the Austrian DSB released its ruling in the case of an unnamed German web publisher. The regulator stated that working with Google Analytics to collect data on EU residents is unlawful under […]
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July 27, 2022
Mikołaj Otmianowski: Awareness of GDPR in Poland is very high. The challenge is in its practical application.
Maciej Zawadziński: Complying with the requirements of GDPR can be quite challenging. In your opinion, how are Polish companies doing in that area in general? And how are they doing when looking only at digital marketing?Mikołaj Otmianowski, Legal Counsel and vice president at DAPR: I think awareness of GDPR in Poland is very high. The challenge […]
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June 7, 2022
Cory Underwood: US businesses are interested in how the changes in privacy laws in Europe affect the larger ecosystem for data collection
Maciej Zawadziński: The topic of online privacy is broadly discussed on both sides of the Atlantic. But do the US and the EU understand this notion in the same way? Cory Underwood, Platform Engineer at Search Discovery: From a legal standpoint, they don’t. The definitions of personal data differ not only between the US and […]
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February 8, 2022
Joe Christopher: Healthcare organizations should focus on improving the patient’s digital experience
Maciej Zawadziński: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulates how US patients’ healthcare information should be protected. Why are some healthcare organizations reluctant to adopt a data-driven approach to marketing? Is it hard to achieve compliance under HIPAA? Joe Christopher, VP Analytics at Blast Analytics: HIPAA extends well beyond the digital experience and […]
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November 3, 2021
Tomasz Domino: Modern patients expect modern, data-driven healthcare services
Maciej Zawadziński: What do modern patients expect from their healthcare providers? How did digitization change patients’ expectations? Tomasz Domino, COO at Infermedica: Today’s technology is facilitating more accessible and personalized healthcare for patients, and consumerization of healthcare is becoming a fact. Patients expect increased access to additional care services, better customer service, greater flexibility for […]
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September 28, 2021
Gerhard Kürner: The marketing of the future will work on first-party data
Maciej Zawadziński: The customer journey is one of the most influential concepts in marketing. How did it evolve over the years? Will it still be relevant for the marketing of the future? Gerhard Kürner: In the past, the customer journey was often just a theoretical value that wasn’t verifiable. With the increasing number of digital […]
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September 21, 2021
Marc Southwell: European data protection authorities should unite to give clear direction for cookies and consent
Maciej Zawadziński: Privacy organization ‘noyb’ recently approached over 500 companies with complaints about violations of the GDPR compliance of their websites’ cookie banners. When they followed up on the problem, some companies fixed violations. Still 82% of all websites had remaining issues. It seems noyb’s complaints have motivated companies to act. But why are they […]
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September 14, 2021
Lisette Meij: GDPR compliance is a competitive advantage
Maciej Zawadziński: Often data-driven organizations see privacy compliance as an obstacle. Why is that? Lisette Meij: Organizations often feel that there is a lot they cannot do with data because of privacy laws. Or they have the feeling that there is a lot of extra work involved in being compliant. “It’s probably not allowed because […]
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