Australia is fighting back against SMS scams with the new SMS Sender ID Register. Learn what it means for brands and consumers, key implementation dates, and how your business can prepare now to protect customers, build trust, and avoid message disruptions.

Discover the Organisational AI Checklist to prepare your workforce for successful AI adoption. Learn how to build technical readiness, close skill gaps, foster employee trust, and align leadership with strategy to unlock AI’s full potential.

In this edition of ADMA’s Regulatory Spotlight, Simon Wickson, former Head of Strategy and Data at Woolworths Group, shares lessons from navigating regulatory scrutiny, the looming impact of Privacy Act reforms and why marketers must rethink how they use customer data.

Recent uses of AI to create models and creators have led everyday consumers to question whether they can believe anything they see any more. Here Dr Sage Kelly, ADMA’s Regulatory & Policy Manager, who has researched consumer relationships with chatbots, asks whether the AI juice is worth the squeeze if you risk losing hard-won trust. 

MEDIA RELEASE - AUSTRALIA, 16 July, 2024: The Association for Data-Driven Marketing and Advertising (ADMA) has appointed AI research specialist Dr Sage Kelly as Regulatory & Policy Manager, further reinforcing its commitment to helping marketers navigate the fast-evolving regulatory landscape surrounding AI, privacy, and consumer data use. AI is not only reshaping how marketers work, it is redefining the future of the profession. For ADMA, it represents a critical area of leadership, capability-building, and cross-industry collaboration. 

In December 2024, the Government tasked the Productivity Commission, the Government’s research and advisory body ‘on economic, social and environmental issues affecting the welfare of Australians’, with identifying the highest priority reform areas under five productivity pillars. In this article explore what the productivity commission is and what is means for marketers, plus ADMA's involvement in the consultation process as an advocate for industry.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is taking a firm, proactive stance on enforcing privacy law, despite delays to reforms in tranche two. We look at what this means for marketers, CMOs and their businesses, and how ADMA can help navigate these complexities. 

When it comes to the data privacy chain, few parties hold as much data or influence as platforms. Social media platforms in particular act as the central point where consumer data is aggregated, monetised, and distributed. In this article, we explore three major weaknesses platforms contribute to the data privacy chain including poor data transparency, an overreliance on algorithms, and inadequate enforcement of third-party policies.

With the first wave of Privacy Act reforms now in effect, privacy compliance has become a high-stakes issue for Australian businesses and marketers are right in the middle of it. Sarah Waladan, Head of Regulatory and Advocacy at ADMA, explains why legal teams need to treat marketing as a frontline compliance function - not an afterthought.

The role the consumer plays in the data privacy chain is a pivotal one. In this article, we explore three key weaknesses consumers have when it comes to data practices. That is, data ignorance, privacy policy neglect, and password practices. We will then assess how each of these weaknesses has data privacy ramifications and discuss how to best remedy these areas for improvement.