- Most People Wary Of Data Collection By Platforms, Study Finds
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 24, 2020
The vast majority of Americans appear to be uneasy about data collection by online platforms, according to a new study by Consumer Reports. ...
- Color-Coded Maps Tell Marketers Where They Need To Increase Advertising
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, September 18, 2020
Commerce Signals has launched a tracker to help marketers understand where consumers are spending and how their own sales compare to other companies and competitors. Data also is available for ...
- Portland Bans Facial-Recognition Technology
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 10, 2020
Come January, private companies in Portland, Oregon will no longer be allowed to use facial-recognition technology in stores, parks, and other places of public accommodation, under an ordinance passed unanimously ...
- Apple Delays Debut Of Anti-Tracking Tool Until Early Next Year
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, September 4, 2020
Apple's decision to delay the debut of its anti-tracking feature in the next operating system should be interpreted as forgoing its plans. ...
- Apple Delays Anti-Tracking Move As It Touts Privacy In New iPhone Ad
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 3, 2020
Apple said Thursday it will delay rolling out a setting that would have prevented app developers from tracking iPhone users without their explicit consent. ...
- Apple To Delay iOS Change For IDFA Tracking
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, September 3, 2020
Apple plans to delay the enforcement of a change to its next mobile operating system, iOS 14, that will upend how ads are targeted on iPhones and iPads. The next ...
- Andrew Yang Backs New California Privacy Proposal
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 31, 2020
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is supporting a controversial ballot initiative that would revise the state's already broad privacy law. ...
- Google Shares Data: Agencies Fear Personally Identifiable Information Is Included In Reports
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, August 27, 2020
Some agency reps thought they imagined it. Others said they reported it to Google, fearing it was a violation of revealing personally identifiable information (PII). ...
- Google Seeks Dismissal Of Privacy Suit Alleging It Tracks 'Incognito' Users
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, August 21, 2020
"This is not a case where Google received data surreptitiously, much less deceitfully," Google argues in papers filed Thursday with U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose. ...
- Fauci Addresses Contact Tracing, Scientific Collaboration, BTS Protocols In Live Healthline.com Discussion
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Fauci spoke on the Healthline Live Town Hall about contact tracing, COVID-19 community spread, back-to-school protocols, vaccines and how the U.S. is collaborating scientifically with the
international community. ...
- California Privacy Regulations Gain Final Approval, Enforcement Begins
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 17, 2020
California has finalized regulations implementing the state's landmark privacy law, including a requirement that web companies honor browser-based do-not-sell signals. ...
- TikTok Tracked User Data For 15 Months, WSJ Finds
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, August 11, 2020
TikTok "skirted a privacy safeguard" related to Google's Android operating system to collect unique data identifiers from millions of mobile devices -- information that allowed the app to track users ...
- FTC Probe Of Mobile Ad Industry Puts Bidstream Data Under Microscope
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, August 10, 2020
Lawmakers asked the FTC to investigate the ad industry's tracing and tracking of consumers using digital display ads. Few "Americans realize that companies are siphoning off and storing" data to ...
- Fastbase Acquires LeadScoreApp, B2B Tracking, Email Automation Firm
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, August 10, 2020
LeadScoreApp's scoring technology allows B2B teams to target hot leads, Fastbase says. ...
- Google 'Spying' On People's App Use, Lawsuit Claims
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 6, 2020
Google employees "spy" on smartphone users, collecting their sensitive data and information about their use of other companies' apps, New York resident Robert McCoy alleges in a new class-action compla ...
- Ad Industry Launches New Organization, Will Push Google And Apple On Tracking
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 4, 2020
The ad industry is forming a new organization that aims to convince browser and platform developers, including Google and Apple, to preserve ad companies' ability to continue to track people ...
- Chrome Users Sue Google Over Alleged Tracking
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 29, 2020
"Although Google promises that Chrome users can opt out of Google surveillance by not providing any personal information to use Chrome and not synching their data, those promises are not ...
- Moz Connects Search Analytics To Google Data Studio
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Moz, which supports SEO, on Wednesday announced the release of a product that offers enterprise-level rank tracking and search engine result page analytics for brands and digital agencies. ...
- Conde Nast Shows More Signs Of Cookie-Less Future For Publishers
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Monday, July 27, 2020
The company's tech aims to reach high-intent audiences with contextual targeting, meaning that ads appear near content that's appealing to certain audience segments. ...
- Moving On Without Apple's Identifier For Advertisers On Apple Devices
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Nitay Joffe - Friday, July 17, 2020
Changes to how Apple handles the IDFA have brands talking. Every app publisher must now ask users to enable IDFA sharing via an ominous prompt that warns of tracking "across ...
- Google Hit With Fresh Privacy Lawsuit
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, July 15, 2020
After mobile consumers opt out of sharing information, Google continues to track user activity through hundreds of thousands of apps, a fresh lawsuit claims. ...
- California Sends Warning Letters Over CCPA Violations
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, July 10, 2020
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has already sent warning notices to online companies over alleged violations of the state's new privacy law. ...
- Google Prepares To Enforce Tracking Policy In August
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, July 10, 2020
Google will begin enforcing a policy prohibiting the promotion of products or services marketed or targeted to track or monitor another person or their activities without their authorization. ...
- Apple Seems To Predict COVID-19 Hot Spots
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Apple has become somewhat of a barometer for how the COVID-19 pandemic affects different parts of the country -- and the start and stop cycle of re-openings in various regi ...
- California Begins Enforcing New Privacy Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 1, 2020
"The website of every business covered by the law must now post a link on its homepage that says 'Do Not Sell My Personal Information,'" California Attorney General Xavier Becerra ...
- Facebook To Seek Supreme Court Intervention In Privacy Battle Over 'Like' Button
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Facebook plans to ask the Supreme Court to rule that tracking logged-out web users via the "Like" button doesn't violate the federal wiretap law. ...
- ANA Asks California Governor To Delay Privacy Enforcement, Scrap Global Opt-Out Mandate
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 26, 2020
"Consumers, businesses, and the public health would benefit from a reasonable forbearance of enforcement during this pandemic," the Association of National Advertisers says in a letter sent this week to ...
- Facebook Must Face Wiretap Claims, Court Confirms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 26, 2020
Handing a defeat to Facebook, a federal appellate court has refused to revisit its earlier ruling that the company may have violated federal and state privacy laws by tracking people ...
- NAI Issues New Recommendations Regarding Location And Health Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Ad companies that share highly sensitive information with law enforcement authorities and public health officials should notify consumers about the practice before asking them to consent to the data's collection, ...
- Apple To Require Apps To Seek Users' Permission For Tracking
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Apple's upcoming operating system, iOS14, will offer new privacy features, including one that could make it harder for ad-tech companies to track users. ...
