2023 was a rich year for privacy, with a lot of developments, fines, and new regulations that will have a lasting impact on our industry and the digital world at large. This sets the stage for 2024, which gears up to be even bigger and more eventful.

To help you get started on the right foot, we put together a summary of some of the best resources you can find on our blog, from essential articles covering basic data privacy concepts to country-specific guides, opinion pieces, and more.

Summary

• Privacy 101: Essential articles to get started with data privacy
• Data privacy deep dives: Detailed articles on advanced topics 
• Thought-provoking: Opinions and insights from data privacy pros
• Looking forward: The big topics to watch out for in 2024
• Continue learning about data privacy throughout 2024

Privacy 101: Essential articles to get started with data privacy

First and foremost, it’s paramount for you to get a good grasp of some of the most basic concepts and topics surrounding privacy and compliance. 

We suggest you browse our blog's Privacy 101 category, which covers essential topics of data privacy. Some examples of articles and guides you don’t want to miss include:

• What is a Consent Management Platform (CMP)? 
• The ultimate guide to consent banner formats
• What are dark patterns?
• What is Privacy UX?
• What is consent fatigue?
• What is the difference between zero, first, second, and third-party data?
• CRM, CDP, DMP, CMP, PMP: What is the difference?

These articles are a great starting point and lay the foundation for basic principles you should get a solid grasp on before tackling more advanced topics and concepts.

Data privacy deep dives: Detailed articles on advanced topics 

Once the essentials are covered, our Education category offers more advanced articles and deep dives for privacy professionals and enthusiasts, ranging from regulations to how-to tutorials. Some of the guides our readers have deemed the most useful over the last year include:

• How to select the best Consent Management Platform (CMP)?
• How to comply with Google's CMP requirements as a gaming publisher?
• What is a privacy policy and how do I create one?
• How to reduce your vendor list? Everything a publisher should know
• Why are consent analytics at the heart of your digital activities, and how to leverage them?
• How to identify all the vendors that drop trackers on your websites?
• How many vendors should you declare in your consent banner?
• What is a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA), and how do I conduct one?

If you're in any way involved in data privacy in your current role, these articles will prove to be a goldmine for you to refer back to and share with collaborators. Make sure to bookmark them!

However, one of the most requested and appreciated categories on our blog has undeniably been our collection of country-specific articles. 

How to comply with local regulations in different countries? 

For the past two years, we've been gathering information on how you can comply with data privacy laws in specific countries, compiling them in the Country Focus category on our blog. 

Some of the countries we’ve covered so far include:

🇦🇹 Australia

🇧🇪 Belgium

🇧🇷 Brazil

🇨🇿 Czech Republic

🇩🇰 Denmark

🇫🇮 Finland

🇩🇪 Germany

🇮🇳 India

🇮🇩 Indonesia

🇮🇪 Ireland

🇮🇹 Italy

🇯🇵 Japan

🇳🇱 The Netherlands

🇳🇴 Norway

🇿🇦 South Africa

🇰🇷 South Korea

🇪🇸 Spain

🇸🇪 Sweden

🇨🇭 Switzerland

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

🇻🇳 Vietnam

In the United States, laws have also been popping up in different states with their own respective requirements. To read our U.S. state-specific guides, visit our dedicated page:

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Thought-provoking: Opinions and insights from data privacy pros

As we lead the way towards better Privacy UX practices, it's important for us to give a platform to diverse voices in the data privacy world and to explore what is happening today but also what could happen tomorrow.

In 2023, we've published exciting, thought-provoking articles from guest writers (both internal and external to Didomi), exploring everything from artificial intelligence to AdTech, data privacy for the younger generation, or the automotive industry.

• A pivotal moment: The case for urgent international cooperation on AI by Sarah Barker
• Cookies, consent fatigue, and privacy standards: What's next for the AdTech industry? by Thomas Adhumeau
• The elusive federal privacy law uncovering the potential role of U.S. intelligence by Brian Eckert
• Car makers shift gears to privacy by Sarah Reveillard
• Consumer data privacy for Gen Z: Will legacy brands get it right? by Chitra Iyer
• Exploring the political divide in U.X. privacy laws by Jeff Wheeler

For more thought-provoking, inspiring content directly from some of the most influential privacy professionals in our industry, one of the best places to check is the Didomi LinkedIn company page, where we share daily content, conduct polls, and highlight privacy news in a variety of formats, from video to downloadable content, audio, and more.

If you're more of a webinar person, we've got you covered also. Explore our webinar page, and check out this article, where we compiled the top 10 best data privacy webinars you should watch to start 2024:

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Looking forward: The big topics to watch out for in 2024

Going forward in 2024, what will be some of the biggest trends to focus on to stay ahead of the curve? We have our ideas, and some of the topics you should make sure to keep on your radar include:

• The Digital Markets Act (DMA)
• Google Consent Mode V2
• The Transparency and Consent Framework v2.2
• The gatekeepers' approach to the DMA
• The intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and data privacy
• Balancing data privacy, Privacy UX and analytics 

The list goes on, but these are definitely going to be important topics in the year to come. To dig deeper into these predictions, we've asked our executive team to share their own insights with our readers. You can read their answers here:

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Continue learning about data privacy throughout 2024

With this comprehensive collection of data privacy resources, you are well-equipped to start 2024 on the right foot and tackle every challenge you might face. We're proud to be a trusted partner in many of our readers' data privacy journey and to help organizations around the world, not only with our solutions but also with our content.
 
But let's not be contemptuous of our achievements, as the data privacy industry is constantly moving, and new content will need to be created throughout the year to continue providing our readers with well-researched, useful articles and guides. From new regulations to breaking news, opinion pieces, and in-depth guides, we look forward to delivering value and guidance as we've done for the past years.
 

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