Data privacy & security Archives

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 the…
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February 21, 2022

How technology and privacy advances impact online marketing in 2022: An expert’s take

This blog post is an opinion piece by Ross C. Jenkins, US CEO at Nabler, in which he sums up the key trends in online marketing for 2022. Ross is also an expert who contributed to our Marketing, technology and privacy: Forecast for 2022 report. Check all the predictions here. In 2022, privacy is and…
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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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August 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…
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August 26, 2021

Everything you need to know about cookie consent in the EU

We Europeans love cookies. There is Italian cantuccini, German lebkuchen, French navette and Dutch stroopwafels. But love only goes so far. A type of cookie we’re not a fan of is the digital cookie. Cookies on the internet are used to remember our preferences or track us across the World Wide Web. This can have…
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August 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…
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July 22, 2021

6 ways analytics software collects data online – plus a comparison of 5 popular platforms

Data collection and analysis are a vital part of running any organization. For online data tracking, cookies and fingerprinting are among the most popular technologies and the basis for many tracking methods. In this article, we’ll discuss those different methods and the possibilities they provide. Additionally, we’ll compare how these 5 platforms approach tracking: Piwik…
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July 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…
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