Regulation GDPR
Challenging Walled Gardens: Q&A with Adam Singolda, CEO, Taboola
Content recommendation specialists Taboola have just celebrated 10 years in business. Among other things, ExchangeWire talks to Adam Singolda (pictured below), founder and CEO, Taboola, about the development of the company, the David vs Goliath fight against walled gardens, and the impact of GDPR on the advertising industry. ExchangeWire: Taboola announced projected revenue of USD$1bn (£754.98m) this year. To what do you owe your success? Adam Singolda: We have been in the discovery/recommendation industry for 10 years and our business has evolved [...]
GDPR Signals Need for APAC Firms to Evolve Data Strategy
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) may be up and running for over a month now, but businesses in Asia-Pacific will need to reassess their data strategy and ensure they can earn the trust of consumers who are increasingly wary of how their data is being used. Rajnesh Singh, Internet Society’s (ISOC) Asia-Pacific regional bureau director, noted that while many likely received requests to provide consent or update their notification and profile settings, it remains to be seen whether these or [...]
Transparency Is a Major Demand for Audiences Too: Q&A with Fredrik Borestrom, President, IAA UK Chapter
The UK advertising industry is booming and, despite some challenges, there are many reasons to be positive about its future. ExchangeWire speaks with Fredrik Borestrom (pictured below), president of the IAA UK Chapter, about some of the challenges that the advertising industry is facing head on, including Brexit, GDPR, the skills crisis, and the opportunities that exist within emerging channels and platforms. ExchangeWire: Should we be concerned about the impact of Brexit on the UK advertising industry and UK advertising operations within [...]
Key Trends in the Age of GDPR: Q&A with Carl White, Co-Founder, Nano Interactive
With GDPR now in effect, and the ePrivacy directive looming, a number of key trends have emerged within the ad-tech space that call for attention. In this Q&A with ExchangeWire, Carl White (pictured below), co-founder, Nano Interactive, discusses cookieless tracking, blind buying, and AI in the age of GDPR and the context of digital advertising. ExchangeWire: As a direct result of GDPR, we are seeing the evolution of cookieless tracking. Why do you think this is and how will this develop? Carl White: [...]
Controller or Processor: What's Really at Stake Under the GDPR? Q&A with Romain Job, CPO, Smart
The GDPR is finally upon us. For many, if not all of us, the date of 25 May 2018 was only the beginning. There’s still a lot of work to be done and still a lot to be understood, across the entire supply chain. For publishers, the process has been, and will continue to be, particularly challenging. But there are opportunities. ExchangeWire speaks exclusively with Romain Job (pictured below), chief product officer, Smart, about what the GDPR means for controllers [...]
What the Digital Advertising Ecosystem Really Looks Like in 2018: Q&A with Oliver Whitten, COO, Adform
Digital advertising is a complex industry, where challenges and opportunities are plentiful. As the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and artificial intelligence (AI) bring more of both, ExchangeWire caught up with recently promoted Adform COO, Oliver Whitten (pictured below), to discuss how developments in the advertising ecosystem are impacting ad-tech vendors, agencies, trading desks, brands, and publishers, in addition to his future plans. ExchangeWire: Having expanded your role at Adform to cover global responsibilities – what is your vision for Adform’s [...]
Waking the Sleeping Giants for Mobile Opportunities: Q&A with Itamar Benedy, CEO, Glispa
Mobile continues to drive programmatic growth, reaching record highs in 2017 – and promising outlooks for the future. That makes it more important than ever to get attribution and measurement right, says Itamar Benedy (pictured below), CEO, Glispa. In this Q&A with ExchangeWire, he talks about GDPR as an opportunity for mobile, how to create more transparency in the supply chain, and why MNOs and OEMs are the sleeping giants of mobile advertising. ExchangeWire: What are the challenges in mobile ad measurement [...]
GDPR Ushers in New Era of Customer Empowerment & Engagement
Experienced marketers and merchandisers understand that every few years there is a ‘-geddon’ or ‘-ocalypse’ that monopolises the industry’s attention – sparking fear, changing priorities and, in some cases, altering the landscape forever. In this piece, James Norwood (pictured below), EVP strategy & CMO, Episerver, tells RetailTechNews how the most recent of these – GDPR – poses new challenges for retailers than faced in the ‘-geddons’ of years past. The nearest and dearest situation is that of the general data protection regulation (GDPR) [...]
GDPR Sees Online Players in High-Stakes Gamble
By using ‘legitimate interest’, online publishers and vendors are playing Russian roulette with their users’ data, writes Stuart Austin, digital consultant, ConsentEye. Now GDPR is in place, many publishers and tech vendors are banking on ‘legitimate interest’ to cover their use of data processing rather than seeking explicit consent from their data subjects. This obviously requires less work on their part, and little or no change to their current systems, but could see them being liable for big fines. A large [...]
Has GDPR Killed Programmatic?
After months of speculation about how GDPR will change programmatic, the deadline for compliance has finally come (and gone). The Media and Marketing Privacy summit, which took place just before the deadline (22 May) made a few final predictions about the how the regulation will affect the buy- and sell-side, how to build a consenting audience, and how programmatic businesses will have to adapt in a GDPR world. Has GDPR killed programmatic? Even though not everyone has their house in [...]
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