Confusion over Consent Management Platforms (CMPs) is leaving businesses at risk of receiving hefty fines from the Information Commissioners’ Office for breaching GDPR requirements, running to 10s of 1000s of pounds, according to new research commissioned by data company fifty-five. The survey of over 500 marketers revealed the majority (54%) haven’t set up a Consent Management Platform […]
Following the introduction of GDPR in May 2018 close to half (45 per cent of consumers) believe that the mail they receive from brands is now more relevant, new research from Wilmington Millennium reveals. The retail industry is the best performing sector with 52 per cent of consumers saying that offers and information through the […]
Against a backdrop of the worst period since the financial crisis for new car sales, new research has revealed the UK’s automotive companies could also be limited in their ability to understand and engage their customers due to data challenges. The new findings, from marketing data and services experts Acxiom, discovered that over a third of automotive […]
A new study by data specialists Wilmington Millennium reveals that Millennials and Generation Z are the most empowered age groups when it comes to protecting their personal information. Sixteen to thirty-four year olds are the most likely to act on the powers afforded to them by GDPR. Almost half (48 per cent) of Generation Y […]
Marketers have moved to data segmentation and multi-channel marketing tactics, following the introduction of the GDPR, according to new research from TransUnion (formerly Callcredit). Two-thirds of marketers (66%) said they are now less able to personalise marketing to individuals, and have switched to segmentation, with eight out of ten marketers (78%) agreeing that being able […]
65% of all money spent on advertising in digital media in 2019 will be traded programmatically, according to Zenith’s Programmatic Marketing Forecasts, published on November 19. Advertisers will spend US$84bn programmatically next year, up from US$70bn this year, which represents 62% of digital media expenditure. Zenith predict that in 2020 advertisers will spend US$98bn on […]
New research released by TransUnion (formerly Callcredit) has revealed only half (50%) of marketers felt confident they were fully compliant at the time of the GDPR deadline on 25 May 2018. As a result, marketers had to remove nearly a quarter (23%) of marketing records to achieve compliance, but just under three-quarters (73%) of marketers […]
UK brands are adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) as they race to make sense of customer data and deliver more relevant, personalised experiences, while staying on the right side of GDPR. Adobe research, to be published in a report entitled Context is Everything, reveals an overwhelming majority (91%) of UK businesses view personalisation as a priority, […]
Alchemetrics has joined forces with cloud-based, customer solutions technology specialist, Transcend360 to create a new approach to privacy in the post GDPR environment. The concept of Privacy by Design, which gives customers greater control of their preferences, underpins the design of the platform, Preference360. The platform enables brands to provide customers with an intuitive and easy […]
Almost half (49%) of businesses in the US are using contextual targeting in their advertising mix with 32% relying on contextual targeting in the UK, according to a new research report “Contextual Advertising: The New Frontier.” The report, released on September 13 and commissioned by GumGum, an artificial intelligence company with deep expertise in […]