How Apple's iOS 15 Mail Privacy Updates Affect Email Marketing Optimization
Changes Coming with the iOS 15 Update In the fall of 2021, Apple will be rolling out iOS 15, which comes with new data and privacy updates designed to…
Northern Commits $150,000 to Habitat for Humanity
For Immediate Release: London, ON — September 22, 2020 — Northern Commerce is thrilled to announce its newest Northern Cares charitable partnership…
A Tale of Two Keynotes
A recent story about the iRobot Roomba vacuum collecting and selling data about their owners homes reminded me of two different presentations I was…
Know Your Audience - the Public
In my last post, “ A 1.0 World versus a 2.0 World”, I mentioned that a 2.0 World is not just about the web. In fact, a 2.0 World includes…
Write for the Humans
An article recently posted on Mashable.com talked about “How to Optimize Your Content for Social Discovery”, or how to write content that people will…
You Can Hit a Home Run Even with Your Most Venomous Critic
It is the iconic Canadian band Sloan that sings, "It's not the band I hate, it's their fans." I was reminded of that line this weekend attending a…
Changing PCI Compliance Standards for eComm Retailers: What You Need to Know
Need to Know As of April 1, 2024, the PCI DSS 4.0 standards have become best practices for processing credit card transactions, with 51 new…
What I Learned at P.S.R. 2025: The Overlooked Data Risk Behind AI
Author: Scotty Hagen Partner & VP, Data & Analytics, Northern A few weeks ago, I had the chance to attend the International Association of Privacy…
We Have the Power -- and Responsibility -- to Ensure the Web We’ve Always Wanted is Open to All
We can create the web we want -- but, to quote Stan Lee, with great power comes great responsibility. It’s one thing to create the web in our own…
The Spin Cycle
There are two words you’ll never, ever hear me use in discussing what I do: spin and wordsmith. I know some people wear these labels with pride -- and…