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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.
See more posts by this authorSeptember 7, 2021
Sergio Jiménez: Pandemic was the moment of truth for governments’ digitization
Maciej Zawadziński: How would you define modern citizens? What differentiates them from the kinds of citizens that preceded them? What do modern citizens expect from interactions with the public sector? Sergio Jiménez: Current citizens are the fruit of a 30 or 40 year-long process. We can’t understand them without a reference to the early 80s […]
Read moreAugust 31, 2021
Rotem Dar: Google has, on average, more access to personal information than any other company on the globe
Maciej Zawadziński: Google labeled FLoC as “privacy-friendly”. But privacy and tech experts say otherwise. Some even state that FLoC is actually worse than cookies. With so much opposition, how did Google conclude that FLoC can protect privacy? Rotem Dar: As Google and its Chrome team plan to depreciate third-party cookies, the implied assumption behind FLoC […]
Read moreAugust 17, 2021
Fleur Boesenkool & Niels Dekker: Great public sector websites give visitors a peace of mind
Maciej Zawadziński: You work with both commercial customers and the public sector. Do you see any differences between how organizations from the sectors build their websites? Niels Dekker: What I like about public sector websites is that they give the visitor peace of mind. I always advise to embrace this feeling when optimizing a website. […]
Read moreAugust 3, 2021
Karolina Iwańska: We still haven’t seen groundbreaking decisions that would provide answers to the most pressing questions about data protection online
Maciej Zawadziński: Today, GDPR and similar laws set down the rules of the game for businesses wanting to collect customer data. But how was personal data online protected before 2018? How did businesses behave then? I like to call that time a sort of “Wild West” – would you agree? Karolina Iwańska: GDPR was not […]
Read moreJuly 20, 2021
Toon Vuursteen: Citizens are used to a smooth digital interaction with commercial companies and they expect the same from their government
Maciej Zawadziński: The private sector is often used as a benchmark in evaluating the online presence of government organizations. Public institutions work very differently than companies, so what is the point of doing that? Toon Vuursteen: I always advise public institutions not to take the private sector as an example too much. Of course, there […]
Read moreJuly 13, 2021
Piotr Banaszczyk: Privacy is the biggest force shaping the future of online advertising
Maciej Zawadziński: The efficiency of online advertising depends on the collection of consumer data and cross-domain tracking. Will the industry manage without third-party cookies and with Apple’s IDFA that allows consumers to completely opt out from tracking? Or will we say “goodbye” to online advertising? Piotr Banaszczyk: I don’t believe that these privacy changes will […]
Read moreJuly 6, 2021
Max Ossé: It’s just a matter of time until we see data privacy regulations that cover the United States as a whole
Maciej Zawadziński: A recent Pew Research survey confirms that US citizens are getting more concerned about the security of their personal data online. What is the cause of this? What has contributed to the growing distrust towards using online services and products? Max Ossé: I think it’s a confluence of a few factors. The first […]
Read moreJune 29, 2021
Christophe Alves: Brands that find new ways to build trust with their consumers will increase their market share
Maciej Zawadziński: In the EU, 41% of residents don’t want to share personal data with private companies. In the US, 69% think that companies will use their personal information in ways they wouldn’t be comfortable with. In your opinion, where does this general lack of trust come from? Christophe Alves: Based on our discussions with […]
Read moreJune 22, 2021
Tim Schumacher: It’s impossible to be online and not in the orbit of Big Tech
Maciej Zawadziński: Big Tech has built their dominant position on the market with interconnected products and services. Nowadays, the quality of their offering has gotten even better. So why is Big Tech’s image worse than ever? Tim Schumacher: In some ways, it seems an unavoidable reality due to the sheer size of Big Tech and […]
Read moreJanuary 9, 2020
Piwik PRO signs an open letter advocating for a tighter ePrivacy Regulation
Piwik PRO, together with twelve other companies, has signed an open letter urging EU Member States to include strong privacy safeguards in the new Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulation (ePrivacy Regulation).The letter is an initiative of Articl8, an industry group of pro-privacy companies thriving in the face of fierce competition from businesses that harvest personal […]
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