Govt plans for EU data transfer deal branded ‘nonsense’
Privacy experts have ridiculed Government claims that a post-Brexit “adequacy agreement” on data protection – which will allow UK firms…
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Hack attack fears push UK cyber security to over £8bn
The UK’s cyber security sector appears to be benefiting from the Information Commissioner’s Office strategy of hunting down firms whose online security is…
US industry bodies call for delay in CCPA enforcement
The US DMA has joined forces with a gaggle of other American marketing trade bodies to call for a six-month…
2019 Review of the Year: It’s world domination at last
As adland looks further and further into its navel to try to work out whether it actually has a future,…
2019 Review of the Year: In tribute to industry pioneers
The data and marketing industry has lost a number of its most respected leaders this year; they may have gone…
2019 Review of the Year: Why data is now the real deal
Further proof, if it were needed, of the inexorable rise of data-driven marketing and technology emerged this year with a…
2019 Review of the Year: Why it’s crunch time for GDPR
If the run-up to GDPR D-Day May 25 2018 was epitomised by scaremongering and misinformation, this year has seen a…
2019 Review of the Year: Retailers power up for data
From Marks & Spencer and Dixons Carphone to Asos and Topman, retailers have finally embraced the data revolution, although quite…
Spooner on…The biggest Xmas TV ad review of the year
It is that time of year again. A heavy, all but palpable, sense of doom hangs over the neatly appointed…
Industry tributes flood in for ‘inspirational’ Lloyd James
Senior figures in the data and direct marketing industry have paid tribute to Lloyd James, one of the sector’s most…