Data privacy in Martech: GDPR, residency, design

From particle physics to privacy-first analytics

Mitzu's István Mészáros explains why the future of Martech runs on composable data

From CERN’s particle accelerators to the messy world of marketing data, István Mészáros has seen it all. In this episode of Couch Confidentials, we trace his path from working on the Large Hadron Collider to building Mitzu, a startup rethinking how companies approach composable analytics.

We talk about why centralizing KPIs matters more than shiny dashboards, how enterprise data culture often lags behind the technology, and why privacy is becoming as big a driver as scale.

I loved how István described the “people-pleaser” instinct that shaped his career, always chasing faster answers for colleagues, which eventually grew into

Hotel 626 was “fun” until the phone rang

How far marketers went before privacy caught up... back in 2008!

A couple of weeks ago, I was sitting on the couch with my son, letting Youtube autoplay its way into the stranger corners of the internet, when we landed on a video from the channel Visual Venture. It was a video titled “Kids Games Too Disturbing For Kids” which included a piece on a sinister game from 2008 called Hotel 626.

He laughed at the grainy graphics and theatrical jump scares. Don’t judge him, he was born in 2013 and never experienced graphics like we did. I sat there thinking, this was the kind of lead magnet marketers could

Is it still safe to trust US cloud tools with your data?

Why European businesses are rethinking where their customer data lives.

What happens when your customer data is governed by the wrong jurisdiction?

In this episode of Couch Confidentials, I sit down with , CEO and co-founder of DinMo, a composable CDP vendor headquartered in Paris. With growing political tensions between the US and Europe, and cities like Amsterdam actively moving away from US-hosted platforms, I wanted to understand whether it’s still safe—or smart—for European companies to continue relying on US-based cloud tools.

Oussama offers a candid look at the risks European businesses face when their data leaves the continent, and why composable, locally governed architectures

Is your website privacy compliant? 74% aren’t. Privado's Vaibhav Antil tells all.

Had a great chat with Vaibhav Antil, co-founder of Privado.ai, about the evolving role of privacy in digital marketing—and why it’s no longer just a checkbox. We explored how Privado is helping brands operationalize privacy at the code level, detect silen

Is your website privacy compliant? 74% aren’t. Privado's Vaibhav Antil tells all.

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Had a great chat with Vaibhav Antil, co-founder of Privado.ai, about the evolving role of privacy in digital marketing—and why it’s no longer just a checkbox. We explored how Privado is helping brands operationalize privacy at the code level, detect silent compliance failures, and shift from reactive governance to embedded safeguards. Vaibhav offered a sharp take on the tension between marketing, legal, and engineering—and why privacy is fast becoming a foundational layer for customer trust, not a

The fight for privacy: Big Tech, GDPR, and zero-party data | A conversation with Stéphane Hamel

It’s not every day you get to sit down with someone whose career has left a definitive mark on the Martech and analytics landscapes. In the latest episode of Couch Confidentials, brought to you by Martech Therapy, I had the privilege of reconnecting with

The fight for privacy: Big Tech, GDPR, and zero-party data | A conversation with Stéphane Hamel

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It’s not every day you get to sit down with someone whose career has left a definitive mark on the Martech and analytics landscapes. In the latest episode of Couch Confidentials, brought to you by Martech Therapy, I had the privilege of reconnecting with Stéphane Hamel, an old friend and a thought leader whose influence spans decades, from crafting the renowned Digital Analytics Maturity Model to becoming an advocate for privacy and ethics.

Stéphane and I go way back,

OneTrust and Segment Integration: A Step-by-Step Guide

Manage data distribution to Segment destinations with ease

Introduction

You have come to the right place if you want a OneTrust and Segment integration. This article will introduce two methods to leverage OneTrust within your Segment landscape—one for Free and Team plan users and one for Business plan users. The OneTrust and Segment integration will allow you to determine to which destinations you may send data while respecting the user’s consent level.

OneTrust and Segment integration flow explained

The solution, in general, makes use of Segment’s Plugin architecture for their Analytics.js SDK. It functions like

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Manage data distribution to Segment destinations with ease

Introduction

OneTrust and Segment integration flow explained