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New Privacy Regulations for Event Data Coming in 2023

MeetingsNet

It’s been about five years since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, went into effect, putting strict rules in place for collecting, storing, and processing data on EU citizens. Blood reviewed the history of the EU’s GDPR as well as California’s effort in 2018 to enact its own data-protection regulation.

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Content Marketing Tips: Marketing to Millennials, FTC Influencer Rules and More

Endless Events

This is especially true if your main audience online are based in Europe. The General Data Protection Regulation comes into effect this coming May 25, striving to answer the problem of handling consumer data for EU countries. This is an attempt to check the misuse of how popular online personalities endorse products and services.

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Disney’s Covid-Era Crowd Management Offers Lessons for Planners

Smart Meetings

The company’s meeting team has been running hybrid meetings (with remote and in-person attendees); they can send “Disney at Home” packages to remote guests and run online trivia games during meetings to keep everyone tapped in to the magic. This reinforces a joint focus on coming together in a safe manner.

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The Cookie Rollercoaster Continues

Advanced Travel and Tourism

That’s sort of what’s happening with online cookies. Google is “proposing an updated approach that elevates user choice.” ( source ) How Google will prompt users to decide how their online data is used is unknown at this time. In January 2024, Google began restricting access to third-party cookies by default to 1% of Chrome users.

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What Mobile Apps for Conferences and Events Should I Choose?

Endless Events

Beyond the data they provide, it’s also important to provide data security during the event itself when they access their accounts online. Online booking platforms have become important tools for helping professionals find ideal meeting rooms for their audience. Online security is an important aspect of events.

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Event Case Study: Indoor Ag at Las Vegas’ Caesars Forum

Smart Meetings

The planning and operations track takes a look at how to make your growing situation better by creating a better environment behind the scenes (think greenhouse building, infrastructure and zoning regulations). Like many events, we went online and delivered webinars during the pandemic.

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How To Choose the Best Online Registration Software – The Ultimate Guide

Eventtia

Online registration software is a cloud-based solution that allows organizers to manage the entire event registration process from start to finish. In most cases, it provides an extensive online registration solution that includes a variety of capabilities that may be lacking in the case of independent registration software.