Category Archives: Regulations

GDPR Sharpens Search Marketers’ Focus On Cross-Device Tracking, EU Site Visitors

GDPR Sharpens Search Marketers’ Focus On Cross-Device Tracking, EU Site Visitors by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, April 26, 2018  Google began working on the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance more than 18 months ago. “It’s really important, and we care about getting it right,” Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer at Google, said during … Continue reading GDPR Sharpens Search Marketers’ Focus On Cross-Device Tracking, EU Site Visitors

GDPR-Related Searches Rising On Organic, Driving Up Paid Cost Per Clicks

GDPR-Related Searches Rising On Organic, Driving Up Paid Cost Per Clicks by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, April 19, 2018 As the deadline for the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation compliance draws closer, searches for the acronym “GDPR” on Google’s search engine continue to rise. This has prompted companies like Adobe and IBM — … Continue reading GDPR-Related Searches Rising On Organic, Driving Up Paid Cost Per Clicks

EU Tells ICANN: You’re Unprepared For GDPR Regulations

EU Tells ICANN: You’re Unprepared For GDPR Regulations by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, April 19, 2018 Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which manages the Domain Name System (DNS), is completely unprepared for the new laws related to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which goes into effect in May, according to the European … Continue reading EU Tells ICANN: You’re Unprepared For GDPR Regulations

California’s GDPR-Like Privacy Law Could Rewrite Digital Ad Rules

California’s GDPR-Like Privacy Law Could Rewrite Digital Ad Rules by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, April 6, 2018 The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) set to go into effect at the end of May continues to have a sweeping influence throughout the world — not only in Europe with retailers, search engines and publishers, but also in California. The California Consumer Privacy … Continue reading California’s GDPR-Like Privacy Law Could Rewrite Digital Ad Rules

European Commission Requires Website Owners To Relinquish .EU Names Prior To Brexit

European Commission Requires Website Owners To Relinquish .EU Names Prior To Brexit by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, March 30, 2018 The European Commission announced this week that United Kingdom-based companies and residents who own .eu country code top-level domain names (ccTLDs) must enter into a “withdrawal agreement” from those domain names after Britain’s departure from the European Union … Continue reading European Commission Requires Website Owners To Relinquish .EU Names Prior To Brexit