Industry risks backlash over direct mail plastic waste
The direct marketing industry is leaving itself wide open to a major assault on its environmental record after the DMA has admitted that…
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Brussels blocks plan for ICO to keep EU role post-Brexit
Hopes of securing a place for the UK at the top table of EU data protection regulation post-Brexit have been…
Gotcha. Rogue call chiefs to finally face £500,000 fines
The Government has at last bowed to pressure to resurrect legislation which will enable the Information Commissioner’s Office to make directors…
One day until GDPR D-Day: ‘Daily Mail helped charities’
The Daily Mail’s stream of exposés about rogue fundraising practices actually did the charity sector a huge favour by forcing…
Four days until GDPR D-Day: Only seven EU states ready
With just four days to go until the biggest overhaul of data protection laws in a generation, only seven out…
Seven days until GDPR D-Day: Firms still floundering
With exactly one week to go until GDPR finally comes into force, over a quarter (27%) of UK marketers believe…
Standard Life chief urges brands to be brave over GDPR
Standard Life’s head of decisioning, Firas Khnaisser, has used his appointment as chair of DMA Scotland to call on brands…
GDPR ‘making consumers more confident over data’
Brands may be bracing themselves for the fall-out from the Cambridge Analytica data scandal but, according to new research carried…
Final GDPR consent guidance to be published in 2 weeks
The final GDPR consent guidance will be published by the Information Commissioner’s Office within the next fortnight – two weeks…
New breakthrough in fight over direct mail VAT charges
The long-running saga of so-called “single sourcing” of direct mail – which lumps together costs like print, production and post…