Fahad HAug 23, 20183 min readFacebook bans an app once used by 4M people, suspends 200 moreFacebook has banned another app on its platform since announcing in March it had banned Cambridge Analytica for misusing user data via...
Fahad HAug 13, 20181 min readThe United States finally starts to talk about data privacy legislationBut what is the US doing about data privacy on its own turf? And what do marketers think about those efforts? The Department of Commerce...
Fahad HJul 16, 20183 min readHow to reach consumers while protecting their privacyThe debate surrounding probabilistic versus deterministic cross-device tracking is nothing new. But with the rapidly evolving online...
Fahad HJul 10, 20182 min readReport: Most consumers think companies aren’t doing enough to protect their datanew research released Tuesday by digital advertising platform Choozle. According to the report, a full 89 percent of consumers polled...
Fahad HJul 6, 20181 min readDespite marketers’ optimism about new privacy laws, massive data breaches continue to rock conWith the enactment of new data privacy laws comes the expectation that consumer privacy will be better maintained. But will the new rules...
Fahad HJul 2, 20182 min readCalifornia lawmakers approve highly contested new data privacy rules, staving off a November ballot The California Consumer Privacy Act gives consumers an array of new rights, including the right to prevent businesses from selling or...
Fahad HJun 29, 20181 min readNow that GDPR is here, what do US companies do if they have a breach?data breaches last year and a steady stream of new revelations about the misuse of data, you may think you’ve heard everything there is...
Fahad HJun 20, 20183 min readSurvey: 58% will share personal data under the right circumstancesAnother day, another survey on consumer privacy. And like many of the others, a new survey (.pdf) from Acxiom and trade group DMA seeks...
Fahad HJun 13, 20182 min readFacebook updates Custom Audience list requirements to create more ad transparencyFacebook is making changes to the way advertisers manage their Custom Audience lists to give users more transparency about why they see...
Fahad HJun 12, 20183 min readHow will GDPR affect PPC marketers in the US?With the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), search marketers targeting the European Union (EU) have had...
Fahad HJun 11, 20181 min readGoogle bows to publisher pressure to uncap vendor limit for its CMP, Funding ChoicesThe tool allows publishers to create and display a message that lists the ad tech providers their sites use and asks visitors to consent...
Fahad HJun 7, 20181 min readEU ruling on the responsibility of Facebook admins to collect data may have far-reaching consequenceThat’s the conclusion made this week in a judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg. It concerns a...
Fahad HJun 6, 20181 min readThe story of data, Part 5: Where are we going?So, what does the crystal ball say about the future of data? Buckle up. No matter what happens, it’s going to be an interesting ride. A...
Fahad HMay 31, 20181 min readThe story of data, Part 4: Will it ever be truly secure?Data is an inherently vulnerable thing. Numbers and words, bits and bytes: It can have great power, but it is continually in peril of...
Fahad HMay 29, 20188 min readGoogle holds an AMA-style meeting with dozens of publishers on GDPRThe format of the meeting was an AMA (ask me anything) with legal and product executives who have been involved with Google’s GDPR...
Fahad HMay 25, 20181 min readAfter GDPR, here come the Unintended ConsequencesIt’s not the wave you’re expecting that knocks you down when you’re body surfing in the ocean. It’s the waves you didn’t expect, behind...
Fahad HMay 24, 20183 min readFacebook’s latest on fake news, misinformation campaigns & user privacyFollowing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance before the EU Parliament on Tuesday to address the company’s mishandling of user...
Fahad HMay 24, 20181 min readGoogle to join IAB Europe’s Transparency and Consent FrameworkThe framework is designed in part to allow advertisers and publishers to share consent across the ad tech ecosystem. Consent from users...
Fahad HMay 23, 20181 min readThe story of data, Part 3: Who owns it?Seems like a no-brainer: People own their own personal data. Or do they? Once a person shares their data, ownership becomes much murkier....
Fahad HMay 23, 20181 min readData controllers and data processors: The difference and why it matters in GDPRTo become compliant, companies are hiring data privacy officers, auditing processes and in some cases, pulling out of Europe altogether....
