Denham under fire over ‘unchallenged’ Facebook fine
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has been castigated for announcing that her office intends to fine Facebook £500,000 over the misuse…
customer data
Emma’s Diary first broker to be fingered in ICO probe
Emma’s Diary, the brand set up 25 years ago to target expectant and new mums, has become the first list…
Firms bogged down in data; clueless what to do with it
The wisdom of brands embracing multiple customer data collection points has been brought into question after more than a third…
World’s biggest tech firms accused of flouting GDPR
It seems Google is not the only company struggling to come to terms with GDPR; according to an analysis of…
Google GDPR shortcomings leaving ad clients exposed
Google’s failure to get to grips with GDPR is leaving many firms which use its advertising services, particularly ad-funded websites…
IPG grabs Acxiom marketing unit in $2.3bn mega deal
IPG, the marketing services group behind McCann Worldwide, Lowe and FCB, has swooped on Acxiom’s marketing services business, shelling out…
Facebook admits sharing user data with over 60 brands
If the Data Analytica scandal “let the genie out of the bottle” over Facebook’s data sharing strategy, fresh evidence to…
Alchemetrics hires Worboys to lead expansion strategy
Alchemetrics has brought in former Wunderman and Starcount chief Caroline Worboys as non-executive chair to drive the data specialist’s ambitious…
Data regulators busy, busy, busy now GDPR is in force
Some so-called experts might have poo-pooed it but data regulators across the EU have confirmed a sharp rise in their…
Over-reliance on legacy systems putting firms in peril
The scale of the task facing companies trying to get hold of their customer data has been exposed by a…