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As Grace Slick Once Said: Go Ask Alice

As Grace Slick Once Said: Go Ask Alice Back in 1965, well before GDPR, or before people in our world were discussing Alice and Bob, singer/songwriter Grace Slick (Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship) composed a song, White Rabbit. A refrain from that song might well be the theme for today’s post. Following up on […]

GDPR – PDEC Members’ Viewpoint (versus that of many others?)

GDPR – PDEC Members’ Viewpoint (versus that of many others?) Combing the web for GDPR news and data, plus preventive and supportive offerings, one comes upon any number of findings. Consultants are teeming, from small fry one-man (or -woman) shows to the vey largest international big-name consulting firms. Data Management and protection firms are abundant […]

Countdown to GDPR: A pre-GDPR Object Lesson in France?

GDPR: CNIL Warns Direct Energie about Personal Data Location: France Date: March 2018 – 8 weeks ahead of May 25th On the 27th of March this year the French Data Protection Authority CNIL announced that it had issued a formal notice to DIRECT ENERGIE, Société, for its failure to obtain customer consent to collect customers’ […]

Workshop: The Role of Marketing in the Personal Information Economy

The Role of Marketing in the Personal Information Economy In two weeks, on April 26th, PDNYC (the Personal Data New York City Meetup) and PDEC (Personal Data Ecosystem Consortium) are hosting a workshop produced and presented by the Connected Marketer Institute, in association with Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business. The Role of Marketing in […]