Privacy

Marketing Day: Google privacy controls, Facebook Messenger 4, SMX West 2019

Attend Our Conferences Gain new strategies and insights at the intersection of marketing, technology, and management. Our next conference will be held: April 3-5, 2019: San Jose September 16-18, 2019: Boston Learn More About Our MarTech Events October 24-25, 2018: SMX East January 30-31, 2019: SMX West April 2-3, 2019: SMX Munich May 21-22, 2019: […]

Marketing Day: Google privacy controls, Facebook Messenger 4, SMX West 2019 Read More »

Survey: Social commerce held back by security, privacy concerns

Channel: Social Media Marketing, Facebook, Social media marketing, Statistics: Market Share, Statistics: Online Shopping, Statistics: Social Media / Good To SEO

A new survey from Sumo Heavy Industries has both good and bad news for social media. The survey was conducted in May among more than 1,000 US adults. The purpose of the survey was to determine “social media’s impact on consumer behavior and purchasing habits, as well as understand how emerging social platforms and technology can

Survey: Social commerce held back by security, privacy concerns Read More »

What You Don’t Know About Data Privacy Laws Could Kill Your Startup

Cybersecurity / Good To SEO

The advent of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) impacts more than individuals and companies in Europe. In fact, it has far-reaching effects for anyone who purchases or sells goods around the world. Business professionals who have basically left the issue of data privacy laws to their IT teams are beginning to realize there’s

What You Don’t Know About Data Privacy Laws Could Kill Your Startup Read More »

Google to shutter Google+ following undisclosed privacy breach

Channel: Social Media Marketing, Facebook, Google, Google: Google+, Social media marketing / Good To SEO

According to a report out this morning, “hundreds of thousands” of users of Google+ had their data exposed to third-party developers back in March. The company decided not to disclose the breach “because of fears that doing so would draw regulatory scrutiny and cause reputational damage,” the WSJ reports. Half a million profiles. In the

Google to shutter Google+ following undisclosed privacy breach Read More »

Feds call for public comments on US privacy legislation ahead of Wednesday’s Senate hearing

A-Post to MarTech Today, Channel: Martech: Analytics & Data, gdpr, Internet Marketing, Legal: Privacy, Marketing Tools: Analytics / Good To SEO

Ahead of Wednesday’s Senate hearing with top tech firms on the state of consumer data privacy, several pro-business groups have made their voices on the matter known. The latest is from the government itself. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on Tuesday added an “unpublished notice” to the Federal Registry asking for public comment on the

Feds call for public comments on US privacy legislation ahead of Wednesday’s Senate hearing Read More »

A day in the life of… a Chief Privacy Officer (post the GDPR deadline)

A day in the life, gdpr, Privacy and data protection / Good To SEO

Fatima Khan is Chief Privacy Officer at Demandbase. About three months into the enforcement of GDPR, the life of a privacy officer is an exciting and busy one. Here’s what Fatima Khan gets up to… (N.B. Econsultancy has a range of GDPR resources, from a comprehensive guide for marketers to online and face-to-face training courses.) Econsultancy: Please describe your job: What do you

A day in the life of… a Chief Privacy Officer (post the GDPR deadline) Read More »

data privacy regulations

Data-Driven Marketing, Email Marketing / Good To SEO

Get the lowdown on the new European data privacy regulations—which by the way reverberate far beyond the European Union—on this edition of the OracleNext podcast. Data expert Paul Sonderegger riffs on how the data handling framework, rolling out this year, could impact consumers—whose information is being collected—and the companies wanting to parse that information. Sonderegger,

data privacy regulations Read More »

Marking 10 years of DuckDuckGo: From Search Engine to Privacy Company

Industry / Good To SEO

We’ve covered DuckDuckGo many times here at Search Engine Watch (check out Rebecca Sentence’s great primer here). This month sees the privacy-first search engine turn 10 – an impressive age for any business that boasts Google and Bing as its main competitors. The 10-year anniversary coincides with a major funding boost for the service. This

Marking 10 years of DuckDuckGo: From Search Engine to Privacy Company Read More »

New report: Facebook and Google among tech firms lobbying Congress for ‘kinder’ federal data privacy laws

A-Post to MarTech Today, Channel: Martech: Analytics & Data, Facebook, Facebook: Marketing, Facebook: Privacy, gdpr, GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation, Google, Google: Privacy, Internet Marketing, Legal: Privacy, marketing automation, Marketing Tools, Marketing Tools: Analytics / Good To SEO

Earlier this month, we reported that the US government was finally starting to move toward adoption of a federal data privacy law, a move that has been long in coming for this administration, given its hesitancy to add any governmental regulations or restrictions to business. But before that law is crafted, tech firms want to

New report: Facebook and Google among tech firms lobbying Congress for ‘kinder’ federal data privacy laws Read More »

The California Consumer Privacy Act and What It Means for Digital Marketers

Digital Marketing / Good To SEO

“Privacy” is a trending term in headlines and a pressing concern for the online public. With prominent news items like Cambridge Analytica’s data mining activities and third-party developers reading Google emails, people are increasingly concerned about the use and misuse of their personal information. To address mounting fears, California passed the Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA),

The California Consumer Privacy Act and What It Means for Digital Marketers Read More »