Senior vice president of Merkle's Data Solution in EMEA, Nick McCarthy (pictured below) writes exclusively for ExchangeWire about why businesses should not hesitate to embrace the newest version of the ICO Direct Marketing Code. Early March may feel like a different [...]

Since DPAs, most notably the ICO, announced plans examining the mechanics behind ad tech, the industry has rightfully acted at pace to engage with the regulators in discussion on the future makeup of a privacy-focused digital advertising landscape. However, there [...]

As the nights draw ever-closer and the memory of temperatures topping 38° degrees become a fantasy sought whilst huddled around the radiator, ExchangeWire takes a look back at a busy late summer for the ICO. Executives from the UK’s data protection [...]

In this exclusive article for ExchangeWire, Jerome Underhill, SVP, Europe, Asia and Latin America, Xandr, discusses the focal talking points from key industry events, and details how a focus on transparency can build a sustainable advertising ecosystem in the post-GDPR [...]

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its impact on Real Time Bidding (RTB) in Europe has been a hot topic and will continue to be as the ecosystem evolves under the lens of recently invigorated market regulators. In this [...]

Independent ad tech is in the midst of an unprecedented time of both opportunity and challenge. While GAFA continue to take the lion's share of the market, there is undoubtedly a chance for the 20% to stamp their authority and [...]

We are just three weeks away from Europe’s ad tech week. Our ten-year anniversary of ATS London kicks off the week on 9 September. As ever, we have a serious selection of big name Madtech speakers, including Sir Martin Sorrell, Insider [...]

UK ad spend increased by 4.2% year on year to hit £6.0bn in the first quarter of 2019, according to the latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report, released today Tuesday 30th July. Growth for the overall year is forecast to reach [...]

Over the last month, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced a trio of measures set to raise the hackles of ad tech. Firstly, the authority released its ‘Update Report Into Ad Tech and Real Time Bidding’, which raised questions [...]

Browser-level privacy protections have hit the headlines in the last two months, with each of the major internet browsers imposing some level of restriction on the use of third-party cookies. ExchangeWire speaks to Jascha Kaykas-Wolff (pictured below), chief marketing officer [...]