Protecting your data ‘not geeky’
Consumers who gain control of their own personal information are not “geeks”, and, in time, everyone should be able to…
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Hastings Direct hires SmartFocus
Hastings Direct has appointed SmartFocus to boost communication with its customer base and create a single customer view. The appointment…
Silverpop fingered by Play.com
Online retailer Play.com has blamed email marketing agency Silverpop for the data breach which led to customer names and email…
‘Wake-up call’ for mobile owners
The majority of consumers have still not woken up to the danger of letting personal data fall into the wrong…
Apple slammed for ‘gay cure’ app
Apple has come under fire after approving an app for the iPad and iPhone that claims to cure homosexuality. The…
Royal Mail axes 1,700 top jobs
Royal Mail is axing 1,700 managerial jobs and closing two of its seven mail centres in London, in a fresh…
Play.com rocked by data breach
Play.com, one of the largest online retailers of consumer goods, has been hit by a major security breach, and is…
John Smith’s gallops into Aintree
John Smith’s is launching a campaign featuring “Smithy”, the 5-year old racehorse the company owns, who is also the face…
Diageo unveils Bell’s spring push
Diageo is launching a spring campaign for Bell’s Blended Scotch Whisky in a bid to increase consumer loyalty and build…
£2m clean-up bill for data breach
Companies which suffer a data security breach end up with an average clean-up bill of nearly £2m – a 13…