In May 2016, the official regulations of the EU General Data Protection Regulations directive were published in all official EU languages. This new directive was expected to have a major impact on how companies were legally allowed to handle the data of EU citizens, sending some businesses into a pa...
Before GDPR came into effect, many expected an apocalyptic end for many industries that relied on access to personal data. For example, personal data is central to the marketing industry’s goal of understanding how customers interact with their content and platforms, and GDPR looked to take marketin...
Just like the people of Westeros thought dragons were dead, it turns out many of the expectations around GDPR were off the mark. GDPR has not ushered in a marketing apocalypse; rather, it has more clearly defined how marketers can operate.
Let’s face it, most companies simply don’t have the budget to sustain a fully-functioning marketing department. Relatively, the telemarketing department is one of the first areas an organisation will look to downsize when the economy takes a dive or an important client opts to take its business els...
The 25th of May 2018 is the date that’s been niggling at the forefront of your mind, as a B2B marketer. Some are calling it ‘D-Day’, others go as far as labelling it a ‘new regime’. The day that GDPR comes into effect is painted as a revolution, a radical change in the way data is handled, far too ...
Imagine this. You are sat at home on your personal Facebook account, and have the news on in the background. Suddenly, a breaking news story comes through claiming Facebook used 50,000 people’s account details to influence the US election. You wonder how this is allowed and whether at any point your...
