Privacy as rocket fuel
In this climate, a Privacy-Led Marketing approach isn’t just protection against risk: it’s a propeller for growth. Uncover its value.
Privacy powering performance
Brands that deliver transparency, accountability and respect win trust, which converts into engagement, loyalty and long-term growth.
“Brands win when they build the most trusted customer journey. And that’s what makes Privacy-Led Marketing so powerful – not because it hides complexity, but because it bakes clarity, transparency and simplicity into every touchpoint, on the user’s terms,” says Adelina Peltea, CMO, Usercentrics.
Who is using Privacy-Led Marketing as a guiding strategy?

Marketers adopting Privacy-Led Marketing are seeing a sizable uptick in all the big performance indicators – we’re talking sales, brand equity, customer lifetime value, trust and ROI.
Top 6 indicators of privacy performance
52% Business performance (sales/revenue)
44% Brand equity
40% Customer lifetime value
37% Trust scores/sentiment
30% Media efficiency/ROAS
27% Internal benchmarks
Sector spotlight: who are the top performers?

of senior marketing leaders in banking and finance have boosted performance thanks to Privacy-Led Marketing

of senior marketing leaders in the travel industry see improved results due to Privacy-Led Marketing
Privacy means profit: the future of brand-building
Lee Woodard, co-founder and managing partner of The Privacy Experience Agency says privacy is now the beating heart of sustainable marketing growth.
“Privacy should be seen first as a business opportunity, not just a legal obligation. The way to unlock that is by putting it into commercial terms – calculating the lifetime value of consent. When you show what each consent enables in engagement and revenue, you’re speaking the board’s language. That’s when privacy becomes a real growth driver.”

use Privacy-Led Marketing as their guiding strategy
say privacy will be a core pillar of their competitive strategy within the next two years
Sector spotlight: who are the top Privacy-Led Marketing strategists?

Healthcare

Banking and finance

Travel
Regional spotlight: who uses Privacy-Led Marketing as a strategic North Star?


of senior marketing leaders in the US

of senior marketing leaders in EMEA
Full throttle privacy-first tactics
Smart, transparent strategies that respect consumer boundaries are fast becoming key for sustainable success.
The most effective privacy-first strategies
53% First-party data collection
46% Contextual advertising
41% AI-driven targeting without personal identifiers
40% Enhanced conversions (privacy-safe methods for tracking conversions)
37% Server-side tracking to improve data accuracy
Sector spotlight: top performers

First-party data
Education

Contextual targeting
Banking and Finance

AI-driven targeting, no identifiers
Gaming

Enhanced conversions
Retail and Ecommerce

Server-side tracking
Automotive
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