General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which goes into effect in May 2018, was designed to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, to protect and empower all EU citizens’ data privacy and to reshape the way organizations across the region approach data privacy.
See our Guide to GDPR for a look at what you need to know and how you can prepare and comply.
The United States finally starts to talk about data privacy legislation
Despite the US Commerce Secretary's condemnation of Europe's GDPR in May, there are signs that federal and state governments are starting to...
Quantcast reports more than 90% of visitors to EU domains grant GDPR consent
About 81 percent of visitors say yes to every consent choice, according to this consent management...
Report: 1/3 of top US news sites block EU users rather than comply with GDPR
The list includes a third of the top US news sites, including the Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News, Dallas Morning News, Newsday and The...
Report: More than 1,000 personal data breaches reported in Ireland since GDPR deadline
The top GDPR-related complaints are: processing involving the disclosure of personal data without a legal basis; user requests for information...
Report: Majority of companies fear 3rd-party vendors make them vulnerable to GDPR legal risks
Only 32 percent of companies say they are fully GDPR-compliant, according to the Demandbase/Demand Metric...
Cedato unveils ‘contextual lookalike targeting’ for programmatic video
The company says it's the first to offer data-based contextual advertising for video that meets clients'...
Predictions About Data Usage Post-GDPR
Contributor Rob Rasko interviewed 3 industry leaders and asked, 'Has GDPR changed business practices, the perceptions around data usage and how...
As Facebook user and revenue growth slows in Q2, advertisers still on board
The company is betting on Stories ads and says GDPR impact on user growth was in line with expectations. ...
New report: Consent management platforms are purchased less often than other privacy tools
According to TrustArc and the IAPP, that may be because consent management has too many 'cooks in the...
Whither digital advertising?
Two experts suggest, at this critical junction for targeting via third-party data, that marketers return to their...
Facebook, Twitter, Google & Microsoft partner to launch the Data Transfer Project
The open-source initiative aims to build a framework that makes it easy for people to transfer their data between online...
5 steps to mapping your martech stack (and knowing the risks and benefits of your digital ecosystem)
Contributor David Booth explains how to get a handle on the myriad tools being used in every corner of your organization....
Namogoo unveils service to track personal data leakage through third parties
The firm says its new GDPR Insights is the first to utilize a JavaScript tag to determine what data is shared to outside...
Nearly two months into GDPR, is the EU law making a difference?
With new GDPR-inspired US data privacy rules on the horizon and faster websites in the UK, the short answer is yes. But time will tell what its...
How to reach consumers while protecting their privacy
The debate surrounding probabilistic versus deterministic cross-device tracking is nothing new. But with the rapidly evolving online landscape...
The MarTech Minute: Sitecore adds new CMO, Miller Heiman unveils analytics platform & more
The martech week in review: News and announcements in marketing technology this week that you might have...
OneTrust releases first free assessment tool for the new California privacy law
The company is adding the emerging California privacy requirements, as well as those of other states and countries, to its GDPR-ready Compliance...
TrustArc Survey: Most US, EU companies will comply with GDPR by year’s end
The key motivator is not the fear of fines or lawsuits, but meeting customer...
Facebook receives $664,000 UK privacy fine, which could have been $1.9B under GDPR
A US FTC investigation could bring billions more in potential penalties....
Despite marketers’ optimism about new privacy laws, massive data breaches continue to rock consumers’ trust
Will GDPR and the recently passed California privacy law herald a new age where companies avoid breaches by taking proper...
