State AGs prepare to announce antitrust investigation against Google, potentially others
A forthcoming investigation involving more than 20 states attorneys general puts further legal pressure on Google and potentially other...
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Apple’s WebKit outlines cross-site tracking crackdown, will block advertisers who try to bypas
Apple’s WebKit team published its tracking prevention policy last week, outlining its stance against technologies designed to track user...
Consumers believe brands benefit more from personal data sharing than they do
There are an increasing number of surveys about data privacy — now coming almost weekly. These studies help gauge consumer sentiment but...
Personalization offer doesn’t lead to more personal data sharing [Survey]
It’s widely accepted by marketers that consumers want increasingly personalized digital experiences. And while there’s considerable...
FTC settlement with Facebook imposes tough new privacy rules, including personal liability for CEO Z
Facebook critics were grousing that $5 billion was too little to pay for the company’s alleged repeated violations of user privacy, in...
Following its $5 billion Facebook fine, the FTC penalizes YouTube and Equifax
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been busy lately. The agency followed up its recent $5 billion Facebook fine with two new...
Recent funding news indicates increased need for data compliance management
The past year has brought on an enormous shift for digital marketers and organizations. In the wake of GDPR — and with CCPA going into...
Most consumers believe online privacy is impossible, survey finds
Call it privacy fatalism, but people appear increasingly resigned to an internet in which privacy is “impossible.” As a consequence, they...
GDPR: A ‘Y2K’ moment or a sea change for the digital ecosystem?
There was a lot of hand wringing leading up to last May’s implementation of GDPR. But since that time there have been few fines or...
Is GDPR working? Brave’s Johnny Ryan says it’s starting to, and marketers must heed the
Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The landmark law created a unified,...
Only 36% of UK consumers have greater trust in companies after GDPR, survey finds
GDPR has not given consumers greater confidence in interacting with publishers and marketers online, according to a new survey of UK...
As CCPA deadline approaches, only 14% of enterprises fully compliant so far
A new survey has found that only 14% of companies subject to looming California Consumer Privacy Act regulation consider themselves fully...
As part of broader privacy push, Google gives users more control over location data
One 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...
Cybersecurity for marketers: Teamwork is key to protect data
There was a time when network security was merely a concern for security professionals and CISOs. But after serious, ongoing high-level...
Facebook will show users the agencies, partners involved in Custom Audience targeting
Later this month, Facebook will begin showing users who are targeted with ads via Custom Audiences which companies had a hand in their...
Facebook pulls Research app after backlash over use of teen data
Facebook has removed a controversial app, dubbed Facebook Research, from the iOS app store after coming under fire for essentially paying...
Report: Apple expected to say GDPR a model for US privacy regulation
According to a report from Reuters, Apple CEO Tim Cook will praise the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as a privacy...
Feds call for public comments on US privacy legislation ahead of Wednesday’s Senate hearing
Senate hearing with top tech firms on the state of consumer data privacy, several pro-business groups have made their voices heard on the...
Top tech firms call for pro-business updates to federal data privacy laws
called for updates to federal data privacy legislation on Tuesday. Updates at the federal level could potentially overide the newly...
Google, IAB Europe still negotiating GDPR Consent Framework implementation
In May, the company said that it would likely start using the framework by August. The IAB Europe only released the framework for public...
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