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Are Retailers Shopping for a Cybersecurity Breach?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Are Retailers Shopping for a Cybersecurity Breach? Retailers started the century as the prime targets for cyber attackers looking for credit card data. Today, unfortunately, retailers are again coming back to the spotlight. Similar to many organizations, 36% of retail respondents cited human error as the leading threat.

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The bright side of data privacy compliance: 5 value-driven opportunities for retailers

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The bright side of data privacy compliance: 5 value-driven opportunities for retailers madhav Thu, 08/31/2023 - 05:20 Failing to keep up with data privacy legislations, such as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) can harm a brand’s bottom-line and public reputation.

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New guidance on direct marketing

Data Protection Report

On 5 December 2022, the Information Commissioner’s office ( ICO ) published its new guidance on direct marketing (the Direct Marketing Guidance ). Back in 2020 the ICO published a Direct Marketing Code of Practice (the Code ) which is required under s. 122 of the Data Protection Act 2018. Classification of obligations.

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Selling and utilising personal data in an insolvency situation

Data Protection Report

Many businesses are suffering serious financial difficulties as a result of COVID-19, particularly those in the retail, hospitality and tourism sectors. For example, in February of this year, the FCA and ICO issued a joint statement warning regulated firms and insolvency practitioners of their responsibilities when dealing with personal data.

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Data monetization: driving the new competitive edge in retail

CGI

Data monetization: driving the new competitive edge in retail. Retailers are fully aware that their future relies largely on their ability to use data efficiently. Data has become an essential resource and a key element in the growth strategy of large retail organizations. ravi.kumarv@cgi.com.

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Commerce strategy: Ecommerce is dead, long live ecommerce

IBM Big Data Hub

Early on, ecommerce marketing strategies touted the novelty of tax-free, online-only retailing that incentivized consumers to select an online channel both for convenience and better pricing options. Can the customer trust a business to make it easy to control their own data? But the paradigm has shifted.

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CNIL Adopts Its First Sanction as Lead Supervisory Authority, Fining French Online Shoe Retailer

Hunton Privacy

On August 5, 2020, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced that it has levied a fine of €250,000 on French online shoe retailer, Spartoo, for various infringements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

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