Digital Intelligence

Over three quarters of 16-34 year olds say GDPR doesn’t go far enough – yet only 11% carefully consider before accepting cookie banners, according to new research.

24/09/2018  |  Full story...

The majority (59%) of customers believe their personal information is vulnerable to a security breach, and 54% don’t believe that companies have their best interests in mind, according to new research.

11/09/2018  |  Full story...

Consumer trust in brands has fallen 3% year on year, and now half of UK consumers find it difficult to know which brands to trust.

04/09/2018  |  Full story...

Facebook has begun assigning users a reputation score, designed to predict how trustworthy they are, as the social network looks to fight the spread of fake news.

23/08/2018  |  Full story...

Google Maps services on Android and iPhone devices store records of a user’s location even after they have enabled privacy settings that claim to halt the practice, according to a new report.

16/08/2018  |  Full story...

As one of the most dominant smart devices on the market, do we really know what, and who, we're welcoming into our homes when purchasing a secondhand Amazon Echo? In this video, online security experts vpnMentor investigated the accessibility of Amazon Echo by hacking into one unsuspecting family’s device - highlighting how easily it could be tampered with.

10/08/2018  |  Full story...

Only one in every fifty apps is compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) according to a new study.

09/08/2018  |  Full story...

Post-GDPR research reveals that 73% of consumers avoid long contracts, opting instead for flexible options – even if they are more expensive.

03/08/2018  |  Full story...

The IAB Europe Using Data Effectively in Programmatic White Paper (first published in November 2016) has been updated to reflect the changing nature of the European data landscape.

25/07/2018  |  Full story...

Facebook has suspended analytics firm Crimson Hexagon amid apparent concerns it may have carried out wide-spread surveillance of users.

23/07/2018  |  Full story...

Consumers would like more control over their data and greater insight into what the benefits are to them, according to new global research.

03/07/2018  |  Full story...

The ICO has reported a sharp rise in complaints after GDPR, from a rise in breach notifications from organisations, as well as more data protection complaints following the activation of the law.

28/06/2018  |  Full story...

More than two in five (44%) Brits use the same password for multiple accounts, according to new research.

25/06/2018  |  Full story...

Do tech giants support open societies or are they a threat to them? Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief of The Economist, chaired a big debate on the subject at this year’s Cannes Lions.

22/06/2018  |  Full story...

Consumer protection firm ReclameAQUI ran a campaign in to fight corruption in Brazil by offering a smartphone app ahead of an October 2017 general election. The app became the most downloaded in the country, and won this year’s mobile Grand Prix in Cannes Lions.

22/06/2018  |  Full story...

Apple is punishing apps that misues people’s address book data by quietly rolling out a new set of rules for developers last week, adding restrictions for apps that vacuum up the address books of iPhone users.

18/06/2018  |  Full story...

Apple is updating its Safari web browser with an option for users to block Facebook and Google’s data collection practices.

05/06/2018  |  Full story...

Facebook users’ faith in the social media site has fallen dramatically in the last twelve months with more than half (52%) of Brits saying they now trust the company less than this time last year, according to research by Virtual Private Network (VPN) comparison service Top10VPN.com.

05/06/2018  |  Full story...

There's a "privacy paradox" surrounding data collection for profit, where data needs to be used to enrich people's experiences without betraying their trust, according to the annual report from digital guru Mary Meeker.

01/06/2018  |  Full story...

As the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force this week, searches on the subject increased by 700% globally in the last year. Around the world, Google searches for GDPR increased from 250,000 to more than 2 million, according to new data from online marketing platform, SEMrush.

25/05/2018  |  Full story...

With the headlines full of stories about how unprepared marketers are for GDPR, new research from Databoxer gets to the crux of what British consumers hate people doing without getting permission first — whether it’s brands or even friends, family and strangers.

23/05/2018  |  Full story...

GDPR awareness is at its highest level since 2016 and 81% of marketers feel prepared, but 7% say their employers still have no plan in place, according to new research.

21/05/2018  |  Full story...

With GDPR coming into effect in just over a week from today, 85% of firms in Europe and the United States will not be ready on time, according to new research.

18/05/2018  |  Full story...

With less than 10 working days to go to GDPR D-Day, small businesses are feeling the pressure most, according to new research.

17/05/2018  |  Full story...

Snapchat has announced greater data privacy controls for its users in the run-up to next week’s GDPR deadline, including the ability to opt out of targeted advertising.

16/05/2018  |  Full story...