InfoTrust Author Profile

Lucas Long

Lucas Long is co-author of the Amazon best-selling book, Crawl, Walk, Run: Becoming a Privacy-Centric Marketing Organization. He is also the Director of Privacy Strategy at InfoTrust, working with global organizations at the intersection of digital strategy, privacy regulations, and technical data collection architecture. Through these efforts, Lucas helps companies understand their limitations for data enablement due to privacy challenges and design optimal ways to accomplish core use cases in a compliant manner.

When not discussing the intricacies of GDPR and cookie laws with clients, Lucas enjoys traveling and exploring new cultures, one bite at a time. Based in Barcelona, he is also a presenter, featured at industry events organized by Google, the Digital Analytics Association, the American Marketing Association, and the Journal of Applied Marketing Analytics.

Privacy Compliance Review: Google Analytics and Meta Events Manager Integration

Privacy Compliance Review: Google Analytics and Meta Events Manager Integration

Meta has recently released a partner integration for Google Analytics (GA). Via this integration, advertisers are able to pull reporting data from GA directly…

7-minute read
Honda CCPA Settlement: Key Takeaways for Privacy Professionals

Honda CCPA Settlement: Key Takeaways for Privacy Professionals

As predicted at the start of 2025, enforcement agencies in the United States are picking up the pace of privacy investigations and enforcement actions…

9-minute read
United States’ TikTok Flip-Flop: What Advertisers Need to Know

United States’ TikTok Flip-Flop: What Advertisers Need to Know

“What’s the status of TikTok?” A common question in the United States following the banned / not-banned back and forth over the past week….

5-minute read
Keys for Compliance: Hashed Data Is Not Anonymous Data

Keys for Compliance: Hashed Data Is Not Anonymous Data

Yell it from the rooftops: “Hashed data is NOT anonymous data!” For compliance professionals familiar with global regulations, this should not be a surprise….

4-minute read
The Cookie Doesn’t Crumble: What to Know About Chrome’s Change of Plans for Third-Party Cookies

The Cookie Doesn’t Crumble: What to Know About Chrome’s Change of Plans for Third-Party Cookies

For four years, Google has asserted their plans to deprecate support for third-party cookies in the most widely used web browser on the market,…

7-minute read
Finding the Light: Keys to Competitive Advantage in the Privacy-Centric Era

Finding the Light: Keys to Competitive Advantage in the Privacy-Centric Era

It’s no secret that the 21st century to date has been a boon for advertising. With consumers flocking to the internet for all of…

12-minute read
Fact or Fiction? Sorting Out Claims about Third-Party Cookie Deprecation

Fact or Fiction? Sorting Out Claims about Third-Party Cookie Deprecation

With third-party cookie deprecation in Chrome just around the corner (now set for the start of 2025), organizations understandably have many questions and misconceptions…

9-minute read
Chrome Delays Third-Party Cookie Deprecation: What Advertisers Need to Know

Chrome Delays Third-Party Cookie Deprecation: What Advertisers Need to Know

Forgive me if you’ve heard this before … Google Chrome is delaying the deprecation of third-party cookies. After the initial timeline of 2020 (We’re…

5-minute read
Lessons and Learnings from the Cookieless Now Summit London

Lessons and Learnings from the Cookieless Now Summit London

Today’s marketing and advertising environment can often feel like chaos. Google Chrome deprecating support for third-party cookies, although no true date for when. A…

12-minute read
The Privacy Risk of AI: Automated Decision Making and Compliance Considerations

The Privacy Risk of AI: Automated Decision Making and Compliance Considerations

As third-party cookie deprecation is quickly approaching, many platforms are introducing AI capabilities promising greater utility with less data. Organizations can rely on features…

7-minute read
Safeguarding Tomorrow: The Importance of Evaluating Compliance Risk Today

Safeguarding Tomorrow: The Importance of Evaluating Compliance Risk Today

It happens every day: marketing purchases a new platform with the promise of helping the organization meet and exceed business targets. When it comes…

7-minute read
Shaping Tomorrow: Emerging Data Privacy Trends for 2024

Shaping Tomorrow: Emerging Data Privacy Trends for 2024

Each year Data Privacy Day provides a necessary reminder of the importance of embedding privacy into all business‌ activities. The fact that it is…

11-minute read