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The Biggest PR Disasters Of 2016

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

2016 had plenty of the kind of the kinds of news-making crises that public relations people dread. swim team star Ryan Lochte was a loser when it came to his behavior at the 2016 Olympics. Heather Bresch, CEO of pharmaceutical company Mylan, became the poster child for industry greed in 2016. Lochte loses luster.

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Bits, Bytes and the Ethics of Data

PRSay

It recently came to light that Cambridge Analytica , a political research firm, had gathered and exploited data on the likes and personalities of tens of millions of American Facebook users, to micro-target political messages to them before the 2016 U.S. The regulation has reshaped privacy laws across Europe, and also applies to U.S.

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What The Jumpshot Closure Means for Earned Media Attribution

Onclusive

In 2016 it acquired competitor AVG Technologies , and merged Avast Antivirus with AVG AntiVirus. On January 30th, 2020, Avast CEO, Ondrej Vlcek, announced that Jumpshot would be shut down immediately as “the data collection business is not in line with our privacy priorities as a company in 2020 and beyond.”

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Press Release Horror Stories: 5 Lessons Learned from Epic PR Fails

Newsfile

Facebook’s Data Privacy Concerns (2015-2021) : Facebook’s first impactful data privacy concerns started in 2015 during the Cambridge Analytica scandal. 2] Cambridge Analytica used the data to provide analytical assistance to the 2016 presidential campaigns of Ted Cruz and Donald Trump. [3]

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5 Trends Shaping Tech PR In 2018

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Privacy regulations. The GDPR privacy rule officially blazed into our lives in May. And it won’t be the last data protection or privacy regulation we’ll see. In July, the state of California passed its own data privacy regulations called CCPA , and other states are sure to follow. 5 tech PR trends.

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What The Jumpshot Closure Means for Earned Media Attribution

Onclusive

In 2016, Avast expanded it’s antivirus marketshare when it acquired competitor AVG Technologies. On January 30th, 2020, Avast CEO, Ondrej Vlcek, announced that Jumpshot would be shut down immediately as “the data collection business is not in line with our privacy priorities as a company in 2020 and beyond.”

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The rise of FemTech

PR in High Definition

The term ‘FemTech’ was coined by Ida Tin in 2016 (Co-Founder of Clue), just eight years ago. Finally, there’s also significant data privacy concerns with period-tracking apps, with plenty of room for negative press if things go wrong. As I write this, my Word Document doesn’t even recognise the word, giving it a firm underscore in red.

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