In Part 1 of our blog series on GDPR, we talked about what GDPR is, and if your company is positioned to comply with the regulation. Marketers, specifically, need to be “in the know” on this regulation because it will affect the entire customer experience of your brand.
GDPR enforces the data privacy that your customers demand. A transparent corporation that acknowledges the sanctity of personal data by putting data privacy at the forefront of their customer-centric strategies, is poised to perform better than those companies who don’t. Knowing whether and how your customers would like to receive messages, actions and offers is an opportunity to deliver better, more engaging and less intrusive customer experiences.
Your customer data is precious, and if managed properly and efficiently, it can deliver a significant competitive advantage. If customer data is abused, however, you risk the customer backlash that can cripple your brand’s reputation. Consumers place a great deal of trust in the brands they love. You can reward that faith by displaying competency and transparency concerning your data privacy policies, and by providing them with the most relevant and seamless customer experiences.
NGDATA is supporting our customers through preparation for the impending GDPR deadline of May 2018. Our next generation CDP, Lily™, solves the marketer’s dilemma in the face of GDPR by helping companies manage customer information in one place – for ease in turning information on and off, and using data properly based on consent of the customers. Through Lily, you can shift GDPR from a cost-avoidance issue to a revenue-generating opportunity that has the customer at the center of both privacy and utility.
This article is Part 2 in our blog series about GDPR, and what you can do to prepare and use the regulation as a foundation for digital transformation. Stayed tuned for Part 3 in this series.
