WhatsApp privacy with new call IP address hiding Radek Zielinski / Nov 10, 2023 According to a Nov. 8 announcement by Meta Platforms, its popular messaging app WhatsApp has rolled out a new privacy feature that hides users’ IP addresses during voice and video calls. This change aims to give users more control over … Continue reading WhatsApp privacy with new call IP address hiding
Google Privacy Sandbox And The Radical Departure From Ad Targeting by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, October 10, 2023 What Google is doing in terms of changing ad targeting and protecting consumer privacy is a radical departure from how the industry works today, and it remains to be seen what will and will not work … Continue reading Google Privacy Sandbox And The Radical Departure From Ad Targeting
How GDPR is affecting the games you love The gaming industry had to comply with the EU’s privacy rules, too. David Lumb Getty Images How GDPR is affecting the games you love The tech world has been bracing for a new set of European privacy rules that How GDPR is affecting … Continue reading Facebook and Instagram may offer paid, ad-free plans in Europe to sate EU privacy concerns
Advocacy Groups Press FTC To Investigate Google Over Children’s Privacy by Wendy Davis @wendyndavis, August 23, 2023 Advocacy groups on Wednesday renewed their call for the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether YouTube was serving behaviorally targeted ads to children under the age of 13. “Ultimately, only a body with investigative authority, such as the … Continue reading Advocacy Groups Press FTC To Investigate Google Over Children’s Privacy
IAB Council Talks About Privacy by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, August 29, 2023 Michael Hahn, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, IAB and IAB Tech Lab and Tony Ficarrotta, assistant general counsel at the IAB, have challenging positions in their work serving the marketing and advertising industry. One of their jobs is to ensure … Continue reading IAB Council Talks About Privacy
Google, Meta, Microsoft Try – But Next Steps In Protecting Online Privacy Won’t Work by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, August 25, 2023 Microsoft is the latest to announce that search engine Bing and social media site LinkedIn will provide more information on targeted advertisements. The goal is to protect users against risks related to … Continue reading Google, Meta, Microsoft Try – But Next Steps In Protecting Online Privacy Won’t Work
Adalytics Exec Advises YouTube Advertisers To Assess Potential Exposure To Kids’ Privacy Issues by Karlene Lukovitz @KLmarketdaily, August 18, 2023 In the wake of a new Adalytics report indicating that ads in Google kids’ channels may be leading to collection and distribution of children’s data without parental consent, the research firm is advising YouTube advertisers … Continue reading Adalytics Exec Advises YouTube Advertisers To Assess Potential Exposure To Kids’ Privacy Issues
TikTok’s Upcoming Ad Product Bypasses Privacy Regulations by Colin Kirkland , August 4, 2023 In an effort to help advertisers target specific audiences while bypassing ongoing privacy regulations, TikTok is developing a privacy-tech product called “PrivacyGo.” PrivacyGo will work similarly to a data cleanroom, which allows two parties to pinpoint overlaps in their audiences by … Continue reading TikTok’s Upcoming Ad Product Bypasses Privacy Regulations
Google Analytics 2020 Version Could Violate Sweden’s Consumer Privacy Laws by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, July 3, 2023 Sweden’s data-protection watchdog found that the 2020 version of Google Analytics presented data-breach security issues and consumer privacy concerns. An audit suggests the Google tool breached the privacy rules and risks posed by U.S. government surveillance. … Continue reading Google Analytics 2020 Version Could Violate Sweden’s Consumer Privacy Laws
Cherlynn Low @cherlynnlow Google has made Bard more widely available to users in the US and the UK today, and I have been spending some time with the company’s chatbot to see how its generative AI compares to ChatGPT and Bing AI. Like we saw in the screenshots Google provided with today’s announcement, … Continue reading Google forced to delay Bard AI’s EU launch over privacy concerns
