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Sephora Data-Privacy Penalties Sound Alarm for Marketers

PRSay

Marketers are taking notice of California’s data-privacy laws after cosmetics retailer Sephora agreed last month to pay $1.2 million in penalties for alleged violations involving its targeted-advertising practices. The act regulates tracking technology that lets businesses target ads to people who have visited their websites.

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Bits, Bytes and the Ethics of Data

PRSay

Data science, once the domain of math geeks and academics, has moved from windowless basements to the top floors of organizations. If content is king, then data is the emperor. In fact, the explosive growth of data science, which employs algorithms and scientific methods to extract insights from data, may be part of the problem.

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Cutting The Jargon In Ad Tech PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

If our goal is to create a collaborative environment whereby brands, agencies, publishers, and data partners can ultimately reach consumers with positive ad experiences, why have we made it so complicated? . This would allow for targeting based on interests, rather than a user’s personal identifying data. Is Connected TV (CTV) ATV?

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Ad Tech PR Predictions For 2020

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

The boom comes thanks to data privacy concerns and the call from major advertisers for greater transparency and control over their digital advertising. A patchwork of privacy regulation s has challenged all the major players. The issues drove headlines more broadly, across business and top-tier technology media.

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Big Tech Advertising: Olive Branch or Smoke Screen?

5W PR

Advertising is a fascinating study in social strategy and messaging, and marketers tend to be observant of the initiatives other brands are taking to reach consumers. Several key factors likely played into this strategy to push out mainstream advertising in order to update a brand’s reputation or make a push for consumer involvement.

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AdTech Pubs Every PR Pro Should Be Reading

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

From programmatic advertising to first- and third-party data, there are many hot topics and only so many gatekeepers for the stories we want to tell. . Thankfully, almost all outlets that cover the business of advertising cover the ad tech sector, and many have dedicated sections for it.

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Campaign Recap: Advertising Week 2018

5W PR

Celebrating 15 years of bringing together the who’s who of the advertising and media ecosystem from all over the globe, this year’s Advertising Week boasted 4 bustling floors of activity over 4 days at the AMC Loews Theatre in New York. How have you seen the advertising industry evolve over the past 5 years?