ICO data analytics probe ‘the biggest ever undertaken’
The Information Commissioner’s Office has claimed its probe into the use of data analytics for political purposes is the largest…
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Now TSB sends mailing to man who died in November
TSB’s calamitous data governance has been further exposed after it has emerged that, in the midst of the recent IT…
US DMA hits buffers as 101 year old trade body is sold
The US DMA might have tried rebranding to distance itself from what it saw as the murky world of direct…
Lush ‘police spying’ campaign causes massive stink
Cosmetics retailer Lush UK has managed to alienate and infuriate virtually every police officer and organisation in the country with…
MSQ and Hyperactive land brief for MyBlu vape launch
Blu, the Imperial Tobacco vaping brand, has appointed of MSQ Partners and experience agency Hyperactive to launch its new MyBlu…
TSB crisis deepens as bank sends ‘data breach’ mailshot
TSB’s latest advertising campaign – in which it accuses rival banks of being lazy and taking their customers for granted…
Privacy International probes ‘hidden’ Acxiom practices
Only weeks after being rocked by the loss of a lucrative third-party data contract with Facebook, Acxiom is facing further…
Scognamiglio promotes Rapp ‘lifer’ to global CMO role
Rapp Worldwide global chief executive Marco Scognamiglio has appointed a new lieutenant by promoting “agency lifer” and current president of…
European Commission claims it is exempt from GDPR
Brussels mandarins have raised more than a few eyebrows after claiming that the European Commission does not have to adhere…
Salvation Army pools media into Edit and MediaCom
Edit, the St Ives-owned agency formed from the merger of Response One, Amaze One and Occam in March, has joined…