The United States finally starts to talk about data privacy legislation
But what is the US doing about data privacy on its own turf? And what do marketers think about those efforts? The Department of Commerce...
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FTC says it will take a ‘close look’ at EU antitrust fine against Google
Mark Van Scyoc / Shutterstock.com Following today’s record antitrust fine imposed on Google parent Alphabet in Europe, US Federal Trade...
The spirit vs. the letter of the email law & the bits in between
Over the last year, I’ve given a presentation where I debunk common email deliverability myths and ask the audience to chime in and tell...
Facebook receives $664,000 UK privacy fine, which could have been $1.9B under GDPR
Facebook has received a £500,000 fine ($664,000) in the UK resulting from the Cambridge Analytica data-harvesting scandal. The fine was...
Report: Most consumers think companies aren’t doing enough to protect their data
new research released Tuesday by digital advertising platform Choozle. According to the report, a full 89 percent of consumers polled...
Report: Second big EU antitrust fine against Google coming next week
Reports out today from the The Washington Post and Reuters say that the European Commission (EC) is readying a second multibillion-euro...
Despite marketers’ optimism about new privacy laws, massive data breaches continue to rock con
With the enactment of new data privacy laws comes the expectation that consumer privacy will be better maintained. But will the new rules...
Report: Feds widen scope of Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal probe
targeting millions of its users by data firm Cambridge Analytica, according to a report in The Washington Post. Five anonymous sources...
California 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...
Twitter now removing 214% more spammy accounts YoY as it ramps up efforts against bad actors
Earlier this year, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, along with three other executives who head up the company’s product and security teams,...
In major privacy win, US Supreme Court says cops need warrant to access cell phone location
Police will no longer be able to access cell phone location data without a warrant. That’s a ruling that the US Supreme Court handed down...
Facebook takes fight against fake news to more countries & ups machine learning efforts around
Facebook is continuing its efforts to fight fake news and stop the spread of false information on the platform. Today, the company...
Facebook facing class action in Illinois, campaign finance suit in Washington
Facebook’s legal struggles continue. As we discussed yesterday, the company faces (and disputes) new allegations that it previously...
Taking aim at Facebook & others: Apple says it is ‘shutting down’ tracking from Lik
Apple further entrenched its strategic positioning as privacy protector against the ad tech ecosystem at WWDC, its annual developer...
California ballot measure could become ‘America’s GDPR’
Call it privacy’s revenge. The California Consumer Privacy Act now appears likely to qualify for the ballot, with more than enough...
Google to join IAB Europe’s Transparency and Consent Framework
The framework is designed in part to allow advertisers and publishers to share consent across the ad tech ecosystem. Consent from users...
The 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....
60 Minutes segment: Google is a monopoly without question
In last night’s widely anticipated “60 Minutes” segment on Google, the program asks, “How Did Google Get So Big?” The answer the...
Questions remain about GDPR enforcement in the US as the compliance deadline inches closer
If you read these pages regularly, you know that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a European law that governs the handling...
The story of data, Part 2: Where are we now?
Big Data has given way to Deep Data Once companies realized that the data that they collected for their own entities could provide value...
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