Permission marketing is now trending. Consumers don’t like to get interrupted often and so they take actions to block online ads, promotion emails. This new era of permission marketing can be broken down into “anticipated”, “personal” and “relevant”. A recently concluded study shows customers are willing to share information with trusted brands. Data privacy acts now protects consumers from personal data collection through websites and other online sources. Cookie law is such an example. Customer data can be explicit, implicit or structured by analytical tools. Thus data security is of utmost importance and it is the responsibility of organizations. Consumers are always looking for their needs to be met by companies and this gives the companies the chance to make the best use of data collected providing value to the organization. Read more at: http://www.cmswire.com/digital-marketing/tracking-customer-data-you-better-provide-value/