Julia Porter, Author at Data Protection Network

Julia is a Partner with DPN Associates. She has extensive privacy experience with a particular interest in Ad Tech and cookies. Julia was previously Chair of DMA (Data & Marketing Association) and Director at Guardian News & Media. Julia is passionate about good data governance and led the development the DMA Code of Practice and the Guardian’s Innovative “Why Your Data Matters” campaign.

Julia Porter

18 May 2020

New Seven Step Ad Tech Guide from DMA and ISBA

Seven Step Ad Tech Guide - Support for UK businesses engaged in the programmatic digital advertising to ensure they protect the rights of individuals.

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Julia Porter

09 February 2020

In a Digitally Enabled World, What is Direct Marketing?

On 8th January the ICO published a draft code of practice for the marketing community. It’s entitled “Direct Marketing Code of Practice”. The use of the term “Direct Marketing”...

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responsible marketing permission marketing and data protection

Julia Porter

27 November 2019

Harnessing the Power of Responsible Marketing

What is responsible marketing? What core values should you embrace and what type of projects can marketers apply these values to? Here are my six pillars of responsible marketing;...

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Julia Porter

09 July 2019

ICO cookie guidance and the impact on website analytics

Cookie guidance updated Last week, the ICO published their updated guidance on the use of cookies and other similar technologies. This is to be welcomed as there were some...

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advertising compliance personal data use for cookies consent

Julia Porter

21 June 2019

Cookies, Consent & Compliance: 10 takeaways from the ICO’s update report into AdTech and RTB

10 Takeaways from ICO’s Update Report The ICO has published an Update Report on AdTech and Real Time Bidding (RTB). The clue is in the word “update” in that...

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Julia Porter

07 March 2019

Do Smaller Customer Databases Spell Disaster?

10 tips for making sure your customer database is match fit GDPR provided a golden opportunity for companies to reduce the size of their databases. It was often surprising...

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Julia Porter

18 November 2018

Privacy International’s GDPR complaints shine a spotlight on 7 data companies

On November 8th, Privacy International (PI) filed complaints under the GDPR with data protection regulators in UK, France and Ireland against data brokers Oracle and Acxiom, credit reference agencies...

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