Privacy challenges of apps and beacons
The slides are available here.
The slides are available here.
“Consumers are fed up with being taken for fools by big brands” says head UK privacy law enforcer Christopher Graham in the foreword to his Annual Report and Financial Statements 2013-2014. What’s eating the data regulator? Emma Harrington reports.
Based on research between June 2013 and June 2014, the UK data regulator’s new overview of the data privacy issues raised by big data identifies key aspects as ICO sees them. Sue Gold reports on the highlights for marketers.
For the second time in two months the Dutch Data Protection Authority has enforced cookie laws. Netherlands Public Broadcasting websites dropped tracking cookies whilst still loading and gave allegedly incomplete disclosure. Jeroen Lub of Osborne Clarke Amsterdam reports.
The Direct Marketing Association was not comfortable with elements of the UK data regulator’s September 2013 guidance for direct marketers on data protection law compliance. Now following discussions with ICO, the trade body has published clarification. Mark Smith reports.
The “DMC” investigates complaints that Direct Marketing Association members have breached the DMA’s Direct Marketing Code of Practice. Ben Dunham reports on a recent DMC decision concerning nuisance caller Reactiv Media and its implications for their DMA membership.