Headroom (aka Headroom Digital Audio) announces its tenth anniversary since establishing its multifaceted studio space in New York City’s NoMad district. Founded in a tiny workspace by president and creative director Jerry Plotkin, Headroom moved to its current 6,000-square-feet location on Madison Square Park in 2005. Studio architect Fran Manzella and interior designer Janice Caswell helped transform the studio, creating a world-class facility. The company continues to push the boundaries of state-of-the-art audio production across new platforms, channels, and media formats, serving the advertising, broadcast and online industries.
“I had a vision of what a great work environment should be,” said Plotkin, “where employees and clients would enjoy spending their days and a unique company culture would thrive. Headroom is that vision realized. An outstanding studio space, combined with a crew that consistently goes above and beyond—this is what makes the company shine. I look forward to what the next ten years will bring.”
Evan Spear, Headroom’s chief mixer and sound designer, said, “A client recently expressed to us how impressed they were with Headroom’s ability to prosper and grow during such a difficult time in our industry. I think this speaks to our knack for adapting and changing. We’re very good at anticipating not only the needs of our clients but also of the industry as a whole, and staying ahead of the game in everything from PR and marketing to technology and workflows.”
On April 9, to express gratitude towards clients and friends for their support, Headroom organized a party featuring DJ Jazzy Jeff. The industry event drew over 300 guests to the company’s Manhattan facility. Also in honor of its tenth anniversary, Headroom rebranded this year, updating its classic logo with a sleek, more modern alternative. Additionally, this rebranding called for a new, more efficient and user-friendly website, showcasing Headroom’s various projects over the years.
Austrian activist wins privacy/targeted advertising case against Meta over personal data on sexual orientation
The European Union's top court said Friday that social media company Meta can't use public information about a user's sexual orientation obtained outside its platforms for personalized advertising under the bloc's strict data privacy rules.
The decision from the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg is a victory for Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems, who has been a thorn in the side of Big Tech companies over their compliance with 27-nation bloc's data privacy rules.
The EU court issued its ruling after Austria's supreme court asked for guidance in Schrems' case on how to apply the privacy rules, known as the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR.
Schrems had complained that Facebook had processed personal data including information about his sexual orientation to target him with online advertising, even though he had never disclosed on his account that he was gay. The only time he had publicly revealed this fact was during a panel discussion.
"An online social network such as Facebook cannot use all of the personal data obtained for the purposes of targeted advertising, without restriction as to time and without distinction as to type of data," the court said in a press release summarizing its decision.
Even though Schrems revealed he was gay in the panel discussion, that "does not authorise the operator of an online social network platform to process other data relating to his sexual orientation, obtained, as the case may be, outside that platform, with a view to aggregating and analysing those data, in order to offer him personalised advertising."
Meta said it was awaiting publication of the court's full judgment and that it "takes privacy very seriously."
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