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Do you think being a local company earns you extra trust with your own customers? In Spain, it doesn't 🫠
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Privacy doesn't slow innovation down. It gives teams the confidence to move faster, knowing the data they're using is consented and safe
Regulations across the EU and UK are tightening around age checks before tracking starts.
We just built that into Usercentrics CMP. A self-declaration gate that runs before content loads, before consent and before any data is collected.
Available for any website operating in the EU and UK. And if you work in gambling, adult content, alcohol or tobacco, this one was made with you in mind.
See how it works and what regulators expect 👉
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Most CIOs can measure what AI saves them. Far fewer measure what mishandling data in AI costs them in lost customers.
Six class action lawsuits have been filed in California alleging websites kept tracking users even after they opted out via cookie banners.
Having a consent banner isn’t the same as honoring what people click on it.
That distinction is exactly what regulators and plaintiffs are now arguing in court.
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The moment AI can actually DO things for you, not just tell you how, is here. Recent research shows that consumers aren’t ready for it yet, as 53% of the people surveyed said they wouldn't let an AI agent make purchases on their behalf under any circumstances. Even though they'd accept every step before that.
It turns out saying you trust AI and trusting AI to decide for you are two very different things.
If it takes more clicks to decline data tracking than to accept it, you're not measuring trust. You're measuring who gave up trying to say no.
Learn more about our Resigned Consent Report: usercentrics.com/resources/r…
Disney paid USD 2.75 million for mishandling data subject requests. General Motors paid USD 12.75 million. Most teams are still managing those requests with an inbox and a spreadsheet.
We just changed that: Usercentrics Data Subject Request (DSR) is now live on all paid plans. A verified request form built directly into your Consent Management Platform (CMP). No new vendor, no integration, no added cost and under ten minutes to set up.
People don't distrust AI because it's too capable.
They distrust it because they don't know if it can be stopped, corrected or held accountable when something goes wrong.
Building those safeguards in from the start isn't a constraint on AI, but a condition for trusting it at all.
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Join @Usercentrics and learn how marketers can build stronger customer relationships while driving business growth.
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California just signed SB 690 into law.
Good news: private lawsuits over one CIPA tracking theory are now restricted to the Attorney General.
The part nobody's talking about: CIPA's wiretapping provisions, the ones behind the LA Times' $3.85M settlement, weren't touched.
What changed, what didn't, and what to do next 👉 brnw.ch/21x67dS
#CIPA #DataPrivacy #ConsentMode
AI tooling is commoditizing. Before long, most brands will run on the same platforms.
The technology stops setting anyone apart. Trust is the thing that still does.
Chris Elsheikhi, our VP of Demand Generation, wrote about what that means for marketing in @TalkCMO . 👇
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58% of consumers grant AI systems access to their data. Only 7% actually want to.
We call the gap in between resigned consent: permission given without really meaning it.
Our new Resigned Consent Report breaks down where it's most fragile, how it shifts across markets and what it means for brands chasing real trust.
Out now, read it here 👉 brnw.ch/21x624G
Wait. Black Friday? In September?
The brands that don't stress in November are the ones reading Issue 9 of The Opt-In Society right now.
Checkout flows, pixels, first-party data. All of it, before the rush. 👇
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Black Friday prep starts earlier every year: campaigns, discounts, landing pages, all sorted. Consent setup? Usually the last thing anyone checks.
In 2026 that's a problem. 20+ US states have their own privacy laws. Nearly half of consumers have already acted against a brand over data handling. And "accept all" rates are falling, taking your campaign signals with them.
Worth a check before Q4 gets busy. 👇
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