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Biggest Brands’ Will Lose Use Of 43 Per Cent Of EU Audience Data After GDPR Day, Say Media Buyers

user · May 25, 2018 ·

Nearly Half Of EU Consumer Data Profiles Could Be Deleted

More Contextual Targeting Ad Campaigns Will Fill Data Gap

Senior media planners and buyers for hundreds of the world’s biggest brands are predicting 43 per cent of consumer audience data will be unusable after the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on 25th May 2018.

The research by in-content contextual targeting pioneers, Vibrant Media, was conducted after the vast majority of brands have executed their compliance strategies, just one week before the GDPR takes effect. Some of the problems brands are reporting include: low opt-in rates to email databases; slow uptake to review and set communications preferences; low traffic rates to websites so consent can be confirmed; and a lack of confidence in the adequacy of GDPR compliance.

Even though nearly half of media buyers (48 per cent) think that infringements of the GDPR will be difficult to enforce, brands are reporting a decline in spend on the most GDPR compromised marketing strategies. For example, two fifths of media buyers (42 per cent) say that the GDPR is resulting in a drop in programmatic spend. Brands are telling them that the reputational risk of a GDPR-infringing programmatic campaigns is enough to put such strategies on hiatus. There are even rumours that brands planning to continue running GDPR-risky campaigns have established budget lines to pay for fines.

“The reach of data reliant marketing campaigns will be greatly reduced after 25th May 2018. To maintain necessary scale, brands need to deploy marketing strategies that are keenly targeted to consumers but unreliant on data. Perhaps that’s why seven out of ten media buyers (68 per cent) told Vibrant Media’s researchers that more emphasis will be placed on contextual targeting ad campaigns in response to the GDPR. Placing ads within contextually relevant editorial targets consumers by their interests but without relying on consumer data such as cookies,” said Vibrant Media’s CEO, Doug Stevenson.

“All the digital marketing strategies Vibrant Media deploys are people first, rather than data first. Vibrant was an early adopter of the AdChoices industry self-regulation program which enables consumers to opt out of behaviourally targeted advertising. We fervently support the World Federation of Advertisers’ manifesto for online data transparency. However, as the ads Vibrant Media serves are contextually-relevant to the editorial content they are displayed within, consumers still see ads that are keenly targeted to what interests them, even if they have chosen not to share any data whatsoever. That is key to the success of Vibrant Media’s campaigns.”

For further editorial information, interviews or images, please contact: vibrant@pwkpr.com or call +44 (0) 7904 414 889.

Research conducted by Vibrant Media’s research department into the opinions of senior ad buyers and planners at top media agencies, including agenda21, OMD, Kingpin Communications, Mediacom, MEC, Mindshare, Neo @ Ogilvy,  PHD International and Total Media

About Vibrant Media

Vibrant Media, a leader in contextual technologies, deliver cookie-free marketing solutions, making it easier to display advertising that is relevant to what people care about at the best possible moment. Vibrant’s precise keyword level targeting enables advertisers to reach privacy conscious consumers with advertisements that are 100% cookie-free, viewable, relevant and engaging. With over 6,600 premium publishers, reaching more than 450 million unique users per month, Vibrant delivers native advertising at scale. Vibrant works with top brand advertisers such as Microsoft, Unilever, Chrysler and AT&T. The company was founded in 2000 and has offices in New York, Toronto, San Francisco, Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, London, Hamburg, Munich and Dusseldorf. For more information about Vibrant, please visit www.vibrantmedia.com , http://54.162.255.12/news/vibrant-news/, www.facebook.com/vibrantmedia  or www.twitter.com/vibrantmedia. Vibrant’s blog with insights on the digital marketing industry can be found at http://54.162.255.12/news/vibrant-blog/

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