Fahad HSep 4, 20192 min readState AGs prepare to announce antitrust investigation against Google, potentially othersA forthcoming investigation involving more than 20 states attorneys general puts further legal pressure on Google and potentially other...
Fahad HSep 4, 20192 min readComplaint alleges that Google is circumventing GDPR with RTB personal data sharingA year ago, Brave’s Chief Policy Officer Dr. Johnny Ryan filed a complaint against Google before the Irish Data Protection Commission...
Fahad HAug 27, 20193 min readWhy marketers should embrace data privacy, not view it as an obstacle“What would happen if marketers embraced privacy as a value of the company?” This was the question posed to me by Duane Schulz, principal...
Fahad HAug 23, 20192 min readApple’s WebKit outlines cross-site tracking crackdown, will block advertisers who try to bypasApple’s WebKit team published its tracking prevention policy last week, outlining its stance against technologies designed to track user...
Fahad HJul 23, 20192 min readUS Justice Department to launch expansive new investigation into big tech firmsAccording to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), The Justice Department (DOJ) is launching a new investigation into whether big tech companies...
Fahad HJul 12, 20192 min readRecent funding news indicates increased need for data compliance managementThe past year has brought on an enormous shift for digital marketers and organizations. In the wake of GDPR — and with CCPA going into...
Fahad HJun 5, 20193 min readAntitrust mania sweeps Washington as Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple all face probesThe Trump administration and many Republicans in Congress believe that Silicon Valley is biased against conservatives. Democrats are...
Fahad HJun 3, 20192 min readReports: Google, Amazon to face new antitrust inquiries in changed political climateAfter almost two years of investigation and intense lobbying, the FTC closed its antitrust investigation of Google in January 2013....
Fahad HMay 23, 20192 min readOnly 36% of UK consumers have greater trust in companies after GDPR, survey findsGDPR has not given consumers greater confidence in interacting with publishers and marketers online, according to a new survey of UK...
Fahad HMay 20, 20192 min readAs CCPA deadline approaches, only 14% of enterprises fully compliant so farA new survey has found that only 14% of companies subject to looming California Consumer Privacy Act regulation consider themselves fully...
Fahad HMay 8, 20193 min readAs part of broader privacy push, Google gives users more control over location dataOne of the major themes of Facebook’s F8 developer conference and this week’s Google I/O is privacy. Location is a sensitive and central...
Fahad HApr 17, 20193 min readCollection of tech companies support changes to CA privacy act that bring it closer to GDPRThe California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is set to take effect next year and is likely to become the de facto national privacy standard...
Fahad HMar 19, 20191 min readFacebook removes age, gender and ZIP code targeting for housing, employment, credit adsFacebook advertisers promoting housing, employment or credit offers will no longer be able to target ads by age, gender or ZIP code. The...
Fahad HJan 30, 20193 min readFacebook pulls Research app after backlash over use of teen dataFacebook has removed a controversial app, dubbed Facebook Research, from the iOS app store after coming under fire for essentially paying...
Fahad HSep 26, 20182 min readAttorneys General take aim at tech companies with potential multistate actionIn Washington, DC, Tuesday, there was a meeting of state Attorneys General about big technology companies and their impact on the market...
Fahad HSep 18, 20182 min readFacebook job ads excluded women, ACLU complaint saysFacebook has been exploited in the past for discriminatory ad targeting, specifically in the housing market. Now the Communications...
Fahad HSep 12, 20183 min readTop tech firms call for pro-business updates to federal data privacy lawscalled for updates to federal data privacy legislation on Tuesday. Updates at the federal level could potentially overide the newly...
Fahad HSep 4, 20182 min readStudy: Telecoms have been throttling YouTube and Netflix since demise of net neutralityThe throttling has begun in earnest. According to a report from Bloomberg based on a study from Northeastern University and the...
Fahad HAug 23, 20184 min readFacebook, Twitter & Google take down malicious content originating from IranFacebook, Twitter, and Google’s security teams are staying busy. All three companies reported this week that they had removed malicious...
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...
