{"id":31785,"date":"2010-01-29T23:48:16","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T23:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/blog\/?p=31785"},"modified":"2010-01-30T03:22:04","modified_gmt":"2010-01-30T03:22:04","slug":"introducing-the-online-behavioral-advertising-privacy-icon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/introducing-the-online-behavioral-advertising-privacy-icon\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the Online Behavioral Advertising Privacy Icon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31787 lazyload\" title=\"behavioral_advertising_privacy_icon\" alt=\"behavioral_advertising_privacy_icon\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/behavioral_advertising_privacy_icon.jpg\" width=\"190\" height=\"187\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/behavioral_advertising_privacy_icon.jpg 190w, 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target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">view the 48-page PDF here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Part of the plan those companies came up with was to create an icon that would be used in online ads that are served based on behavioral data to fully disclose to consumers why they were seeing these ads.\u00a0 This month, the icon was unveiled and reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/01\/27\/business\/media\/27adco.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.\u00a0 You can see the privacy &#8220;i&#8221; icon pictured above.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals who see this icon in an online ad can click on it to learn more about the process used to serve it to them, including the use of behavioral data.<\/p>\n<p>There are two sides to this story.\u00a0 First, consumers have a right to dislike behavioral segmentation.\u00a0 As a consumer, I can see how it can be construed as an invasion of privacy.\u00a0 On the other hand, marketers and brand managers are likely to become more dependent on behavioral targeting once they see the boost in conversions it&#8217;s likely to deliver.<\/p>\n<p>The simple truth is that demographic segmentation lost much of its allure years ago.\u00a0 In fact, I wrote an article about that exact topic in November 2007 for branding and marketing expert Drew McLellan&#8217;s popular blog, Drew&#8217;s Marketing Minute.\u00a0 The post was called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drewsmarketingminute.com\/2007\/11\/susan-gunelius.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Is Demographic Segmentation Dead?&#8221;<\/a> and discussed how demographic segmentation was already being usurped by behavioral segmentation.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, the shift from demographic to behavioral targeting in online advertising is not new.\u00a0 It&#8217;s been coming for years, and the question now becomes &#8212; will advertisers find themselves faced with regulations preventing them from doing the behavioral targeting they so desperately want to use or will 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