Opt-in

Opt-in is a term related to data privacy. It means a permission given to marketers or data to use the information about the user or perform other marketing activities.

Opt-in is a legal marketing approach when a marketer asks for users’ permission in order to send them promotional content. Opt-in can be full or partial, which means the user can agree to all or just some marketing activities.

Under GDPR, companies are required to ask for consent for sending any advertising messages unless they are processing personal data on the basis of legitimate interest.

Here’s an example of an opt-in placed on the Piwik PRO website – an additional checkbox in a download form:

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Is Google Analytics illegal in the EU?

At the beginning of 2022, the media were full of articles with really alarming headlines: "Is Google Analytics about to be banned in the EU?", "Is Google Analytics legal?", "GA declared illegal!", "Google Analytics faces EU-wide ban".What set this off?The European Center for Digital Rights (NOYB), based on the 2020 ruling called Schrems II, filed […]

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Cory Underwood: US businesses are interested in how the changes in privacy laws in Europe affect the larger ecosystem for data collection

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