Tiny TalkTalk data breach fine exposes huge issue
The TalkTalk data breach may have been branded a “car crash” by industry observers, but it has also been a…
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PE launches digital giant Mapp with Teradata deal
The private equity company which bought Teradata’s marketing cloud operations has launched a new business, Mapp Digital, which counts leading…
Coral falls at the first – again – over new email gaffe
The old marketing adage of right message, right time and right place appears somewhat lost on Coral Interactive after the company was hauled up…
IAB claims Adblock ad launch smacks of desperation
IAB UK – the trade body of the online ad industry – insists plans by arch-enemy Adblock Plus to launch its…
Adblock Plus launches its own ad sales platform
Adblock Plus has performed a classic “poacher turned gamekeeper” manouvre by launching a new service which allows it to sell…
Man jailed for 5 years for gold-fingered hack attack
A 25-year-old man who lived a life of luxury in a Canary Wharf apartment has been jailed for five years and…
Adspend forecasts shrug off Brexit ‘slash and burn’
The UK marketing industry’s attempts to calm the waters in the aftermath of the Brexit vote appear to have paid…
‘Dame’ Donovan vows to fight for direct mail future
The “grande dame” of the direct marketing industry, Judith Donovan, has pledged to throw her weight behind a relaunched business group…
Hermes faces probe over minimum wage claims
Royal Mail rival Hermes is facing an investigation by the taxman following allegations that some of the delivery company’s drivers…
Twitter flayed over failure to combat NatWest scam
Twitter has been blasted for its “dawdling” response to a scam which targeted NatWest customers in an effort to get them to…