Spanish DPA fines company for the cookie policy with 30,000 euros
The Spanish Data Protection Authority fined the company Vueling for the cookie policy used on its website with 30,000 euros […]
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Pre-Checked Cookie Consent Invalid, EU Court Rules
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) this morning ruled that storing cookies requires internet users’ active consent. […]
German publishers wrestle with Firefox’s latest anti-tracking changes
German publishers have been hit hard by Mozilla Firefox’s latest anti-tracking update, which blocks third-party cookies by default. Publishers have […]
What the focus on the AdTech industry and cookies means for your organisation
Any organisation involved in digital advertising is accountable for the online targeting solution they use. As a website publisher, you […]
Google proposes new privacy and anti-fingerprinting controls for the web
Google has announced a new long-term initiative that, if fully realized, will make it harder for online marketers and advertisers […]
Most EU cookie ‘consent’ notices are meaningless or manipulative
New research into how European consumers interact with the cookie consent mechanisms which have proliferated since a major update to […]
Publishers v. Privacy: Registration Is Coming
The introduction of ad blocking, browser-level advertising and browser-blocking of tracking and cookies should have heralded the beginning of more […]
Cookies and other tracking devices: the CNIL publishes new guidelines
Without waiting for the future ePrivacy regulation, which is currently under discussion at the European level and which is not […]
The Washington Post is preparing for post-cookie ad targeting
The Washington Post has internally developed a first-party data ad targeting tool called Zeus Insights, which offers contextual targeting capabilities. […]
Google Chrome’s Incognito Mode is way less private than you think
Google Chrome 76 is limiting how you can be tracked in its Incognito Mode. But that doesn’t mean you’re not […]
Cookie consent – What “good” compliance looks like according to the ICO
On 3 July 2019, the UK data protection authority (the ICO) updated its guidance on the rules that apply to […]
ICO admits its own cookie policy is non-compliant with GDPR
The Information Commissioners Office has admitted that its current consent notice relating to the use of cookies on devices failed […]