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NYC Summit To Tackle Lack Of Influencer Regulation

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University of Baltimore professor of economics and statistics Dr. Robert Cavazos researched the influencer fraud problem and said issues are anticipated with a model like influencer marketing. Regulation could be the answer, some companies have speculated, and Unilever said it is all for tackling the problem aggressively.

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A Bundle Of Contradictions: The Online Privacy Landscape

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Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California’s similar law , Facebook’s ongoing costs and stock price plunge in the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal — all point to a new, stricter attitude about keeping online data private. Overall, 69 percent of consumers favor GDPR-like regulations in the United States.

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Retail Fizzles, Alipay Sizzles — And Burger Wars Reignite On Mobile

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Of the 21 enforcement actions undertaken by the agency thus far in 2017, a full third have been challenged by those firms impacted by such regulations. The emboldened financial sector has now challenged, in the first four months of 2017, more regulations than it did in all of 2016. And died a long, painful and expensive death.

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