Online data brokers: ‘What they can buy is pretty troubling’
John Oliver took aim at the dark art of data brokers, raising the alarm on unregulated practices that many internet users are unaware of.
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Google is testing its new Privacy Sandbox settings in Chrome
Google is starting “origin trials” for its Chrome Privacy Sandbox, its new system for serving targeted ads without using cookies.
Google maneuvers toward new user-tracking norms
The future of the user-tracking landscape for advertising technology companies was supposed to be cleared up this year.
Second wave of cookie banner complaints underway
noyb launched the second round of its action against deceptive cookie banners.
What Is Browser Fingerprinting and How Does It Track You?
Cookies are on the way out—but not enough is being done about browser fingerprinting. So what is it?
Advertisers Demand Antitrust Probe of Google’s Ad-Tracking
Digital advertisers are seeking a wider German antitrust probe of Google’s news service, potentially deepening scrutiny of how the search engine gathers data.
French court upholds 100 mln euro fine against Google for breaches linked to cookie policy
France’s supreme administrative court upheld a decision by a DPA imposing a €100 million euro fine on Google for breaches linked to its cookies policy.
New W3C Group Aims To Dial Back The Rhetoric And Get Practical About Post-Cookie Tech
The new W3C Private Advertising Technology Community Group will incubate tech solutions that make online advertising work better without hurting privacy.
Austrian Supervisory Authority Finds that Website Deploying Google Analytics Carried out Unlawful Transfers to the US
The Austrian DPA found that a website that implemented the free version of Google analytics violated the GDPR’s rules on international data transfers.
European parliament found to have broken EU rules on data transfers and cookie consents
The European Union’s chief data protection supervisor has sanctioned the European Parliament for a series of breaches of the bloc’s data protection rules.
French watchdog fines Google 150 million euros for cookie compliance failure
CNIL fined Google LLC €90 million and Google Ireland Limited €60 million about the way cookies can be refused on the websites google.fr and youtube.com.
Google Patent Describes How Its Technology Authorizes Transfer Of Data Without Cookies
Google registered a patent for a web browser-based API that can control authorization of data transmissions and attribute a click withoutusing cookies.