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PR Strategies For Disruptive Technologies

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and others are constantly reshaping various industries. The challenge that any new technology faces is explaining the full implications of its tech once unleashed. As disruptive technologies aim to overturn the status quo, they often challenge entrenched systems.

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Why Your Technology Company Needs PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

A high-impact PR program can be a technology company’s greatest asset – provided it’s well conceived and skillfully executed. Good will and strong community relations are also in demand as Silicon Valley is blamed for a host of problems, from data privacy threats to income inequality.

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Marketing automation: Balancing benefits of technology with respect for privacy

Agility PR Solutions

With the growing trend of marketing automation, the need for customer data collection for companies has also increased. The post Marketing automation: Balancing benefits of technology with respect for privacy appeared first on Agility PR Solutions. The implications for marketers The debate over […].

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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 Sephora reportedly had an arrangement with third-party companies to monitor customers as they shopped. million in penalties for alleged violations involving its targeted-advertising practices.

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Addressing The “Scaries” In Ad Tech

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

It can be challenging to address some of the highly sensitive issues in the media, but there is usually a way to do so that benefits the company and industry at large. Privacy laws spook marketers. Now the privacy zombies are coming faster and more frequently. Have you hired a Chief Privacy Officer? However, beware!

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Privacy Protections Spur Companies to Collect Personal Info on Consumers, Build Profiles

PRSay

New privacy protections from tech giants and governments threaten to staunch the flow of user data that companies have long relied on to target consumers with online ads, The Wall Street Journal reports. The group plans to use this information to target ads to customers. Illustration credit: golden sikorka ].

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Goodbye Third-Party Cookies, Hello Content Marketing

Contently - Strategy

The company first announced the move in February 2020—only to postpone the implementation timeline every year since. In reality, third-party cookies and resulting targeted ads can feel like an invasion of privacy—or even be perceived as downright creepy. Let’s say you work in marketing at that ramen company.