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Goodbye Third-Party Cookies, Hello Content Marketing

Contently - Strategy

In reality, third-party cookies and resulting targeted ads can feel like an invasion of privacyβ€”or even be perceived as downright creepy. Pressure from consumer privacy advocacy groups and regulatory entities is part of the reason why Google is now changing its M.O.

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How Privacy Conscious Brands Can Gain an Edge on the Competition

Beyond PR

As consumers become warier of digital ads that infringe on their privacy, brands must think of ways to relate to their customers without appearing to intrude on them. Is there an opportunity for brands to get ahead by establishing themselves as privacy-conscious, at a time when targeted β€” even invasive β€” ads are the norm?

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5 Trends Shaping Tech PR In 2018

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Of course, by the time this is posted, a new trend will have arrived to nudge the paradigm. 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. 5 tech PR trends. Some thought it wouldn’t affect U.S.

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6 B2B Tech Trends From CES 2020

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was a hot topic in Las Vegas. Are they really worth the data privacy trade-off? What streaming business model will consumers ultimately prefer — subscription or free and ad-supported? And, of course, is Quibi real or not ? What dominated the conversation?

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Tech Companies and Regulators Can Play Nice Together

Stern + Associates

Potential and known harms have been emerging from the use of technology such as invasion of privacy, data breaches, and abuses on social media platforms – and the problems continue to escalate. Zittrain’s work spans privacy, competition, governance, and security – and goes beyond the written word.

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Behind Amazon’s Magic PR Touch

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Facebook’s clumsy handling of its data privacy scandals has been a PR and government relations disaster. Google, too, faces data privacy challenges, as well as periodic revolts by its own workforce. Take data privacy, for example. The privacy implications are clear, but no one’s really pressing the case.

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Big Tech Has A PR Problem. Can It Close The Trust Gap?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Of course the PR folks at Edelman had some advice for the prominent tech companies whose reputations are now suffering. We’ve heard this before, of course. Redefine data ownership and privacy. Those schemes don’t seem realistic (or very profitable for consumers). It doesn’t work that way.