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EU businesses fined €832m for GDPR violations in 2022, with Meta responsible for 80% of payments

Marketing
4 Jan 2023
by Paul Skeldon
EU businesses have been fined more than €832m for GDPR breaches in 2022, with 80% of it levied against Meta
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Less than three months from the end of the Brexit transition period, what are the practical steps retailers can take now? PART 3 Rules of origin and data

International
9 Oct 2020
by Chloe Rigby
We consider rules of origin and data regulations in the third and final part of a series that looks at how retailers can plan now...
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Dixons Carphone subsidiary fined after millions of customers’ personal data lost through in-store cyberattack

Data
10 Jan 2020
by Chloe Rigby
A Dixons Carphone subsidiary has been fined £500,000 after point-of-sale computers in Currys PC World and Dixons Travel shops were attacked in...
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Informed consent: how GDPR has changed the way retailers engage with their customers

Marketing
19 Aug 2019
by Chloe Rigby
Just as today’s shoppers are using an ever wider variety of channels to buy through, so retailers are also using an ever wider variety...
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A year on from the introduction of GDPR regulation, what has changed?

Data
24 May 2019
by Chloe Rigby
GDPR came into force a year ago tomorrow. Twelve months on from that, what has changed?
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GDPR regulation has boosted email ROI: DMA

Marketing
29 Mar 2019
by Chloe Rigby
Marketers say that email return on investment (ROI) has has risen significantly since the arrival of GDPR, according to new research from the DMA
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Consumers cut back on the number of marketing emails they receive, and GDPR may be a factor: DMA

Marketing
26 Feb 2019
by Chloe Rigby
Shoppers say they got fewer emails in 2018 – and were signed up to receive marketing emails from fewer brands, new DMA research suggests
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GUEST COMMENT GDPR: A new age of personalised customer experience

Guest Comment
18 May 2018
by Nigel Linton
The implementation of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is just around the corner, and it is about to usher in an age of improved customer...
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