Apple Faces Antitrust Complaint in France Over Privacy Changes in iPhones
Apple’s operating software starting early next year will require apps to get opt-in permission from users to collect their advertising […]
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Google’s display advertising business is under antitrust probe in Italy
Italy’s competition authority has opened an antitrust investigation into Google’s display ad business — adding another allegation of abuse of […]
EU parliament backs tighter rules on behavioural ads
The EU parliament has backed a call for tighter regulations on behavioral ads (aka microtargeting) in favor of less intrusive, […]
ICO probes complaints following allegations Wagamama used Covid-19 track and trace data to survey customers
Wagamama customers in the UK have allegedly been sent a survey after sharing contact details for Covid-19 contact tracing, The […]
Google Releases Results From Early Tests Of Cohort-Based Advertising
For the past couple of months, Google has been actively testing its Privacy Sandbox proposal for interest-based cohorts, and the […]
IAB Europe warns of ‘chilling effect’ on open-source compliance solutions if GDPR breach interpretation upheld
Digital advertising association IAB Europe has hit out at a preliminary report by the Belgian Data Protection Authority finding that […]
ICO probes Klarna after newsletter emailed to customers in error
Klarna, a Swedish provider of payment solutions, surprised some UK consumers this week when it mistakenly sent a marketing email […]
French Supervisory Authority Publishes Final Version of Cookie Guidelines
On October 1, 2020, the French Supervisory Authority (CNIL) published the final version of its Guidelines on cookies and other […]
Twitter Sued Over ‘Inadvertent’ Use Of Phone Numbers For Advertising
Twitter has been hit with a lawsuit for allegedly drawing on users’ phone numbers to serve them with targeted ads. […]
Ireland’s data watchdog slammed for letting adtech carry on ‘biggest breach of all time’
A dossier of evidence detailing how the online ad targeting industry profiles Internet users’ intimate characteristics without their knowledge or […]
Google’s ‘trust tokens’ are here to take cookies down a peg
Google announced that developers have their first chance to test a proposed alternative to tracking users across the web: trust […]
Facebook allows pseudo-science ads target cancer patients
Being targeted by those who traffic in false promises feels like a “slap in the face”. Pseudoscience companies tap directly […]