Fahad HFeb 3, 20172 min readFTC issues report and guidelines on cross-device trackingGiven audience fragmentation across devices and platforms, there has been a dramatic increase in the use of tracking and data to get a...
Fahad HJan 10, 20172 min readEU proposes privacy rules that extend to Gmail, Facebook Messenger, SkypeNew rules proposed by the European Union on Tuesday stand to change the way Google, Facebook and other digital media companies and ad...
Fahad HDec 23, 20161 min readUS District Court judge orders Amazon to release customer data in connection to WEN Haircare lawsuitAmazon has been ordered by US District Court Judge James Robart to disclose customer information for people who purchased WEN hair...
Fahad HDec 15, 20162 min readGoogle agrees to change when it scans emails for ad targetingGoogle agreed to change its email scanning practice on Tuesday as part of a court settlement, The Verge first reported. The changes...
Fahad HOct 31, 20162 min readThe FCC passed ‘sweeping’ new privacy protections for consumers — or did it?The news, which was heralded last week as a big win for online consumer privacy, is that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has...
Fahad HOct 21, 20162 min readProPublica slams Google for opt-in targeting changes that happened in JuneHe said. She said. ProPublica is taking Google to task for privacy policy changes that combine web browsing data and user profiles for...
Fahad HSep 1, 20166 min readHow to manage ad partners in regulated industries: Pharma (part 5 of 5)My goal has been to show advertisers how to embrace, not fear, the federal ad regulations governing them and their partners. In highly...
Fahad HAug 15, 20162 min readMicrosoft, Salesforce among first certified companies under US-EU Privacy ShieldAccording to the The Wall Street Journal, roughly 40 US companies have now signed on to the US-EU “Privacy Shield” agreement, introduced...
Fahad HJul 8, 20162 min readPrivacy Shield regulations to replace invalidated EU-US data transfer agreementLast October the European Court of Justice killed the 15-year Safe Harbor agreement that allowed the transfer and processing of data...
Fahad HJun 30, 20161 min readCourt: Viacom, not Google, on the hook for tracking kids’ behavior onlineIn a class-action lawsuit that alleged illegal tracking of kids’ web browsing and video-viewing habits, Google was released from the...
Fahad HJun 30, 20163 min readGoogle’s new My Activity and Ads Personalization seek to make ads better, provide more user coRoughly a year ago Google introduced “My Account,” a centralized privacy and security center where people could manage their data and...
Fahad HJun 23, 20163 min readInMobi to pay nearly $1 million following FTC charges of location tracking deceptionAd network InMobi has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers and tracked...
Fahad HMay 4, 20164 min readOwning your martech stack means owning privacy, tooFor those who thought privacy might recede as an issue with the new pact hammered out between the US and the EU, recent news from Europe...
Fahad HApr 14, 20162 min readProposed EU–US “Privacy Shield” data transfer agreement dead in current formAs suggested by earlier leaks, European privacy regulators are rejecting the new “Privacy Shield” Data Transfer Agreement announced in...
Fahad HMar 7, 20162 min readClass action suit accuses Google of stealing “face prints” without permissionIn a case called Weiss v. Google Inc., plaintiff Joseph Weiss has filed a potential class action accusing Google of stealing “face...
Fahad HFeb 29, 20162 min readEU & US “Privacy Shield” Data Transfer Agreement Faces Skeptics In EuropeEarlier this month, American and European officials announced a new framework to ensure the continued flow of data across the Atlantic....
Fahad HFeb 26, 20166 min readBullet-Proofing Your Business From The Inevitable Online Reputation AttackIt may come from left field; it may be a very atypical experience for your company. And you may discover you weren’t ready for it. It...
Fahad HFeb 22, 20162 min readPew Survey: 51% Of Americans Say Apple Should Unlock San Bernardino iPhoneWhen it comes to the balance between privacy and security, more Americans seem to favor security, according to a new Pew Research poll...
Fahad HFeb 17, 20163 min readApple Opposes Court-Mandated Encryption Backdoor For Law EnforcementThe FBI has been trying unsuccessfully to access Syed Farook’s iPhone. Farook and his wife killed 14 people in December in San...
Fahad HFeb 9, 20162 min readFacebook Told To Stop Tracking Non-Users Or Face Fines In FranceFrance’s data protection authority, Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL), has been one of the more aggressive in...
