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EU hits Meta with $414m fine over advertising practices

Martech

Meta’s offense, the board concluded, was to incorporate user consent to use data for targeted advertising purposes within its terms of service, effectively forcing anyone using Facebook or Instagram, for example, to give up their data as a condition of using the platform. The reaction of marketers to this news might be mixed.

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How CMOs Can Keep Marketing Organizations Agile in Changing Times

Marketing Insider Group

The challenges we are facing have changed how we communicate with consumers and market our products and services. The importance of marketing has increased for most businesses. Marketers are more optimistic than ever before. More marketers are beginning to implement AI and machine learning.

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EU & UK GDPR: 5 things you must know about email consent

Litmus

At the time, many wondered what GDPR means for email marketers. Get consent from a positive opt-in, not pre-ticked boxes. For consent to be valid under GDPR, a customer must actively confirm their consent, such as ticking an unchecked opt-in box. Keep consent requests separate from other terms & conditions.

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Third-Party Lead Generation and GDPR Compliance

Zoominfo

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is here and mandates major changes to the modern marketer’s B2B lead generation efforts. Most marketers are (or should be) well on their way to GDPR compliance when it comes to website and landing-page form language, data transfer procedures, and documentation.

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HubSpot’s September 2023 releases: The manager’s guide

Martech

HubSpot’s September releases include a leads view in the prospecting workspace, AI additions, reporting improvements and more. This leads view allows sales reps and managers to use one place in HubSpot to review new leads, enroll them in a sequence and see the previous and next action. See the key features in this video.

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The ethics of AI-powered marketing technology

Martech

Marketers have long used technology and data to target their audiences effectively. How can marketers balance innovation and privacy? Layering AI on top of the immense amounts of data these platforms often contain about consumers, marketers suddenly have more power at their fingertips than ever.

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EU authorities ban Meta from using personal data for advertising

Martech

It is likely that most people will opt to provide consent rather than pay (and presumably this is what Meta are also expecting),” privacy advocate Alexander Hanff wrote in an article on LinkedIn , “but if that consent is not considered as freely given, Meta’s advertising model will still be illegal.” Get MarTech! In your inbox.