Ad-tech industry: GDPR complaint is like holding road builders to account for traffic violations
A war of words – in the form of automotive analogies – has erupted between privacy advocates and the Interactive […]
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Health apps are sharing sensitive information with Facebook
Facebook is getting ahold of sensitive personal information that smartphone owners submit to entirely separate mobile apps, thanks to a […]
IAB denies any GDPR wrongdoing as complaints are filed with regulators
Privacy campaigners have targeted the Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe (IAB) with further complaints to European regulators that its data practices […]
Even the IAB warned adtech risks EU privacy rules
A privacy complaint targeting the behavioral advertising industry has a new piece of evidence that shows the Internet Advertising Bureau […]
How Taylor Swift showed us the scary future of facial recognition
Surveillance at concerts is just the beginning, as fears grow around an unregulated, billion-dollar industry. Taylor Swift raised eyebrows late […]
FTC Decides Not to Modify CAN-SPAM Rule
On February 12, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that, after a review of the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited […]
FTC Decides Not to Modify CAN-SPAM Rule
On February 12, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that, after a review of the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited […]
Geofencing rises privacy concerns
Geofencing is becoming increasingly popular as a means by which to deliver hypertargeted advertising content. At the same time, today’s […]
EU DPAs urged to act against online ad auctions
Panoptykon Foundation, the Warsaw based digital rights organization, has joined in the complaints filed in the UK and Ireland in […]
Privacy Groups Claim Online Ads Can Target Abuse Victims
Complaints filed in Europe claim internet companies categorize users based on potentially sensitive browsing habits, and then use those labels […]
Facebook restricts campaigners’ ability to check ads for political transparency
Facebook has restricted the ability of external political transparency campaigners to monitor adverts placed on the social network, in a […]
Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome
The drafted changes will limit the capabilities available to extension developers, ostensibly for the sake of speed and safety. Chromium […]