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
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Adalytics Exec Advises YouTube Advertisers To Assess Potential Exposure To Kids’ Privacy Issues
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
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
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
Google forced to delay Bard AI’s EU launch over privacy concerns
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
Alexa Users Seek To Reinstate Privacy Claims Over Ad Targeting
Alexa Users Seek To Reinstate Privacy Claims Over Ad Targeting by Wendy Davis @wendyndavis, June 5, 2023 Alexa users want a federal appellate court to reinstate a privacy lawsuit claiming that Amazon targets ads to people based on their interactions with voice-controlled devices. U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Rothstein in the Western District of Washington … Continue reading Alexa Users Seek To Reinstate Privacy Claims Over Ad Targeting
EU fines Facebook $1.3 billion for privacy violations
Meta has five months to put in place measures to halt future data transfers and six months to end U.S. storage of the data it already has. Constantine von Hoffman on May 22, 2023 The European Union fined Meta $ 1.3 billion on Monday saying Facebook’s parent company broke the bloc’s laws by transferring E.U. … Continue reading EU fines Facebook $1.3 billion for privacy violations
Streaming Video Users Renew Privacy Battle With Google
Streaming Video Users Renew Privacy Battle With Google by Wendy Davis @wendyndavis, May 19, 2023 Streaming video users from New York and Minnesota will ask a federal appellate court to revive a lawsuit alleging that Google violated state privacy laws by retaining data about streaming video rentals, according to court papers filed Thursday. The video … Continue reading Streaming Video Users Renew Privacy Battle With Google
Neutronian List Of Companies Shows Online Data Privacy Remains A Concern
Neutronian List Of Companies Shows Online Data Privacy Remains A Concern by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, May 4, 2023 The difficulty of opt-out procedures across the Internet has not improved much in the past quarter, according to data from Neutronian. Insights into healthcare providers, health data providers, and health-related publishers are some of the new areas … Continue reading Neutronian List Of Companies Shows Online Data Privacy Remains A Concern
Google’s Industry Dialogue Over The Privacy Sandbox
Google’s Industry Dialogue Over The Privacy Sandbox by Alan Chapell , Op-Ed Contributor, April 27, 2023 Google seems to be doubling down on its efforts to promote the Privacy Sandbox as an alternative to the HTTP cookie. In a blog post, Google summarizes the results of its recent listening tour. I read this as an indication that … Continue reading Google’s Industry Dialogue Over The Privacy Sandbox