Apple is rolling out products to cut down on autoplay video and retargeting. Source: Is Apple Jumping Into The Ad Blocking Fray … Again? | AdExchanger
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Every copy of every email sent to/from you resides on some other email server. Email is out there – it is not private. Solution to email privacy is email avoidance. Source: The boring truth about email security
Targeted advertising based on people’s online behavior has long been the business model that underwrites the internet.
The EU’s new regulatory rules will burden bad actors, which is a good thing, writes Scott Meyer, founder of Evidon and pres of digital governance at Crownpeak. Source: The Silver Lining in the EU’s New Privacy Rules | DigitalNext – AdAge
On the heels of receiving US$21 million in Series B funding, SuperAwesome CEO Dylan Collins explains why investment opportunities abound in the growing kids digital ad market. Source: Kidscreen » Archive » PwC: Kids digital ad market to reach $1.2 billion by 2019
A feature in Apple’s upcoming browser makes it harder for advertisers to track us online. That will “sabotage” the internet, advertisers say. Source: Ad industry attacks Safari effort to protect online privacy – CNET
In scenes reminiscent of the last days of GDPR drafting, lobbyists from the advertising industry queued up to give European plans for the ePrivacy regulation a kicking. The Future Media Lounge event sponsored by EDAA (the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance) focused on “the potential implications of the proposed ePrivacy regulation on a free, independent, […]
The challenges associated with the upcoming European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are well documented. The opportunities, not so much. The fact is, GDPR is an ideal opportunity for brands to get clarity around their first-party data, if they haven’t already. And with it, they could put themselves in a far stronger position to start […]
In June, Twitter discontinued its support for Do Not Track (DNT), the privacy-protective browser signal it has honored since 2012. EFF argued that Twitter should reconsider this decision, but that call has gone unheeded. In response, EFF’s Privacy Badger has new features to mitigate user tracking both on twitter.com and when you encounter Twitter content […]
Publishers have failed again in their attempts to have ad blocking ruled illegal. Source: Adblock Plus wins again: New court ruling backs ad blocker against media firms | ZDNet