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Global
Data
Resources

We See Patterns.
Not People.

GLOBAL
DATA
RESOURCES

Smarter audiences
Global reach
Better data

2.8B consumers · 37 markets

· Global partner ecosystem

GDR brings together audience intelligence, geo-demographic insights and an ethical data approach.

 

We help modern marketers activate consistent audiences across EMEA, the Americas and APAC.

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GLOBAL DATA RESOURCES
Audience Intelligence

Global Data Resources (GDR) is a specialist in audience intelligence, geo-demographic data and ethical data practices.

We help brands, publishers and agencies understand where relevant audiences are - and how they behave.

You're very welcome to reach out to us for a specific talk.

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IDfree.ai
IDFREE.AI
AI-powered audience activation

Our AI-powered activation platform turns a plain-language audience brief into a ready-to-activate audience.

 

All in one workflow.

No matter how big or small your team is.

From brief to a DSP deal ID in under 60 seconds.

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IDfree GO
IDFREE GO
Instant activation in the Nordics

Activate ready-made audiences in just a few clicks.

 

No integrations, no complex setup, no delays.

 

In partnership with Fifty5Blue, IDfree GO brings GDR’s audience intelligence to media activation across the Nordic markets.
 

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GDR PRODUCTS

ADVERTISING
CHANGED

The advertising industry
is changing fast.

We see patterns.
Not people.

AI is reshaping how audiences are understood, built and activated.

 

At the same time, the industry is moving away from identity-based targeting.

GDR has been building for this shift for 10+ years.

We combine complex technology, geo-intelligence, behavioural insights and consumer data to make audience activation simpler, smarter and more useful.

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ADVERTISING CHANGED

Moving beyond identity.

Cookies and device IDs are disappearing.


AI is accelerating the shift towards a new understanding and activation of audiences.

 

GDR takes part in the important discussions within our industry.

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AI SETS THE SAILS

Making the complex simple.

AI can make advertising dramatically more powerful - but also more complex.

GDR makes the complex simple. 

We turn sophisticated audience intelligence into a tool marketers can actually use & trust.

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BUILT AROUND USERS

AI does the heavy work.

We built IDfree.ai to put marketers back in control.

From audience brief to activation, the platform does the heavy lifting. 

Making powerful technology feel simple.
 

About IDfree.ai

PARTNER
ECOSYSTEM

Trusted by the people shaping
modern advertising.

GDR works with leading players across the advertising ecosystem to connect audience intelligence with the platforms and teams that put it to work.

Across markets.
Across channels.
Together.

Convenience &
Compliance

Our
Services

Convenience &

Compliance

We don’t follow people.
We understand markets.

We help marketers throughout the advertising ecosystem reach real people, in the right places, at the right times.

We power smarter targeting through:

  • Location insights
     

  • Lifestyle-based segments (ID-free)
     

  • Omnichannel activation

Our
Services

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International Consumer Classifications (ICC)

Understand global customers faster with standardised audience profiles.

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Geo-Intelligence
And Segmentation

Deliver ads where it counts:  geographically and contextually.

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Multi-Layered
Audiences

Get a deeper understanding of who you’re targeting.

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IDfree
Omnichannel Platform

idfree.com offers safe, easy omnichannel targeting.

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IDfree GO!
Activation in the Nordics

IDfree GO! Direct from insight to activation in the Nordics.

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Transparency &
Ethics

We build trust with clients & partners through ethical models.

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EMPOWERING CLIENTS WITH RICH, LOCATION-BASED INSIGHT

Édouard Petitjean
DSP Sales Director Europe 
Azerion

“Integrating GDR’s advanced geo-demographic data into Hawk DSP marks a major step forward in delivering privacy-first, precise audience targeting across Europe. This partnership enhances our ability to offer clients rich, location-based insight without compromising user privacy. We’re excited to empower advertisers with scalable, cross-channel solutions that truly understand audiences at the neighbourhood level."

"Fluidly Working On Global Campaigns"

Tomas Tomasi,
Client Lead, Mindshare

"With IDfree our teams can work fluidly on campaigns with global clients & colleagues and gain valuable insight through the pre-campaign reports. Digital planning and targeting will be different without cookies, and the IDfree tool is one of the post-cookie tools we at Mindshare are looking into. The ability to target the same audience across multiple platforms from video, social, apps and display is valuable to our clients, and to us as modern marketers."

"Integration Of Privacy-Safe Data As Default"

André Thorsen
Head of Media and Partner,
atyp

"To be able to offer our customers full integration between us building, validating, and activating audiences on multiple media platforms, is why the IDfree targeting platform is valuable to us. With IDfree, we see a promising solution to the integration of privacy-safe audience data as default in the media outreach for our customers."

IDFREE
PLATFORM

Built for marketers.
Powered by AI.

Less complexity.

More audience intelligence.

IDfree.ai turns a complex activation

process into four simple steps:

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BEYOND IDENTITY

The model is changing.

The old way meant navigating multiple platforms, datasets and technical workflows.

IDfree.ai changes that.

 

Write your audience brief in plain language - and let AI handle the complexity in the background.

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ONE SIMPLE WORKFLOW

AI-powered activation.

IDfree.ai turns complex audience data into one simple workflow - from brief to activation.

Built for teams who want to work smarter, with less technical complexity and fewer steps between insight and action.

IDfree for teams

FROM BRIEF TO DEAL ID

Use your own language.

From brief to live DSP deal ID in under 60 seconds.

Powered by a 46M-point geo-demographic data model, IDfree.ai builds, checks and prepares your audience for activation.

You're very welcome to test it.

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ABOUT
GDR

Built on data.
Driven by curiosity.

GDR is an audience intelligence specialist.

 

We help the modern advertising industry understand where audiences are, what shapes them, and how to reach them.

We combine geo-demographic intelligence, technology and responsible data practices to make audience understanding more useful, actionable and transparent.

We see patterns.
Not people.

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GET TO KNOW GDR

Ideas, insights & everything GDR.

Explore the content behind GDR, our data & our approach to audience intelligence.

About GDR
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OUR WAY OF WORKING

Complex data. Clear principles.

We believe great audience intelligence starts with understanding people without needing to identify them.

Our approach combines sophisticated modelling with responsible data practices.

 

This enables us to create audiences that are useful, scalable and built for the changing advertising landscape.

GDR Methodology
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SMART TALK

Straight conversations.

In Smart Talk, we sit down with the people behind GDR to explore the ideas, technology and industry shifts shaping advertising and data.

No corporate fluff.

Just different perspectives, real experience - and occasionally, a strong opinion.

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37

GLOBAL MARKETS

TO CHOOSE

2.8 B

GLOBAL CONSUMERS

TO REACH

10+ 

YEARS OF

GDR EXPERIENCE

24

PARTNERS AMONG

 GLOBAL LEADERS

IDFREE
INSIDER

Monthly insights.
LinkedIn or email.

What’s changing in advertising.

What we think about it.

Get a monthly dose of audience intelligence, AI, data and industry perspectives - from GDR and the people shaping our ecosystem.

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or email.

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CONTACT
GDR

Monthly insights.
LinkedIn or email.

Give us a few keywords to get the conversation started. 

Feel free to ask us direct

questions.

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Reach Us

Publishers

Publishers

By leveraging proprietary geo-algorithms and GDPR-compliant consumer data, publishers can build precise audience segments.

 

These segments can be activated across display, video, social, DOOH, and CTV.

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Agencies

With global reach and instant activation tools, GDR empowers agencies to deliver effective, ethical, and scalable campaigns.

 

We provide targeting data for over 35 markets worldwide, reaching more than 750 million people.

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