- Google Completes Fitbit Purchase -- Without Waiting For Justice Department Approval
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 15, 2021
Google has promised it won't draw on Fitbit data for advertising purposes. ...
- PRAM Seeks Proposals For New System To Identify Web Users
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 15, 2021
The five-month old industry organization Partnership for Responsible Addressable Media is seeking input about potential new technologies that could replace cookies and other identifiers that are used for ad target ...
- Amazon Surpasses Facebook In Website Tracker Tags
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, January 15, 2021
In 2020, companies increased the number of website pages they track consumers in, digital privacy company Ghostery found. Amazon surpassed Facebook in tracker reach at about 29.4% vs. Facebook ...
- Fertility App Must Inform Users About Privacy Prosecution, FTC Says
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 14, 2021
In a first, the Federal Trade Commission is requiring a company prosecuted for privacy violations to notify consumers that it shared information about them with outside companies. ...
- Everalbum Will Delete Facial Recognition Data To Settle FTC Complaint
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 11, 2021
Facial-recognition company Everalbum will delete a trove of data gleaned from its photo storage app, Ever, in order to settle allegations it misled users about its use of controversial technolo ...
- Amazon, Google, Twitter Talk About Cross-Border Data Transfer Federal Privacy Laws At CES
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Cross-border data transfers will increase the incentive for the federal government to create privacy standards. ...
- How To Use Zero-Party Data To Actually Give Consumers Control Of Media
RTBlog, Joe Mandese - Monday, January 11, 2021
As someone who has dived pretty deep into the weeds of consumer data sovereignty models over the past few years, this one seems squeaky clean to me. ...
- Will Mobile Companies Circumvent Apple's New Privacy Settings?
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 7, 2021
Apple prohibits app developers from deploying device fingerprinting, but some are considering doing so anyway. ...
- Firm Debuts 'Privacy As A Service'
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, January 7, 2021
ZenPrivata's new "privacy as a service" capability helps firms put privacy controls in place and avoid fines, the company says. ...
- WhatsApp To Share Data With Facebook As A Condition Of Use
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, January 6, 2021
As privacy has become a major focus and differentiator for companies, some efforts to protect consumers' rights may seem counterintuitive and even deceptive. ...
- Facebook's Ad Integrity Chief Leaves
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, January 4, 2021
Rob Leathern -- former Facebook director of product management who handled sensitive subjects such as politics and coronavirus misinformation -- left the company on December 30. In a post he wrote abo ...
- Kids Need Mobile Data Privacy Protection, Too
Mobile Insider, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 31, 2020
Pixalate, the ad fraud intelligence platform, says 90% of apps on Google and Apple stores are targeted to kids 12 years old and younger. ...
- Supreme Court Urged To Hear Facebook's Appeal Over Tracking
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 29, 2020
A lower court's ruling that Facebook may have violated the wiretap law "threatens to criminalize computer-to-computer communications that are common and fundamental to the operation of modern webpages," the Intern ...
- Apple Fixes Privacy Bug In Hearing Study
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Apple allegedly collected historical data on hearing study participants without asking for consent. Apple says the bug has been fixed. ...
- Facebook Defeats Claims It Violated Users' Privacy By Collecting Location Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 28, 2020
"There is no legally protected privacy interest in IP addresses," U.S. District Court Judge James Donato wrote in a decision dismissing claims against Facebook. ...
- New App Is Designed To Help Brands With Data Compliance
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, December 29, 2020
DataGovernanceApp creates an audit trail for regulators via time-stamped emails. ...
- FTC Should Impose Tougher Terms On Zoom, Open Technology Institute Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 24, 2020
Zoom should be required to notify users affected by its prior cybersecurity practices, New America's Open Technology Institute says. ...
- Salesforce Founder Marc Benioff Behind Investment In New Search Engine
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Sunday, December 27, 2020
The funding provides insight into Benioff's vision for the future of Salesforce. Benioff, named by CNN Business as CEO of 2020, is the one to watch in 2021. ...
- Steve Bannon Ordered To Appear For Questioning By FTC
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon must appear for questioning by the FTC in connection with its continuing investigation into Cambridge Analytica's data harvesting, a federal judge ruled
Tuesday. ...
- Privacy In The Cookie-Less Future
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Marketers need to reset their efforts to attain a privacy-based future. TrafficGuard’s Luke Taylor offers input on the next moves as cookies disappear and other changes occur. ...
- Judge Throws Out Children's Privacy Claims Against YouTube, Channel Operators
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 22, 2020
A federal judge has dismissed claims that YouTube, Hasbro, the Cartoon Network and other companies violated children's privacy by allegedly tracking them in order to serve them with targeted ...
- Google's Fitbit Purchase Hits Roadblock In Australia
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Google's proposed acquisition "further consolidates Google's leading position in relation to the collection of user data, which supports its significant market power in online advertising and is likely to ha ...
- Consumers Advised How To Create A 'Digital Landfill For Spam'
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Here’s some advice for consumers that might not warm the hearts of marketers: A person can create a “throwaway” email account to help avoid unwanted messaging. Think of it ...
- Mobile Users Consented To Share Analytics Data With Developers, Google Argues
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 21, 2020
Google is urging a federal judge to dismiss claims that it violated mobile users' privacy by sending analytics data about their web activity to outside developers. ...
- The DNA Payday: How Marketers Might Use And Abuse Genetic Data
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, December 22, 2020
DNA information could fuel real-time email and web campaigns, judging by a Wharton study. ...
- B2B Businesses More Likely To Keep Third-Party Ad-Tracking Secrets From Customers
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, December 21, 2020
A recent privacy survey finds 62% of businesses don't tell customers about ad trackers collecting their data, and 55% of 1,220 business leaders polled believe their company has well-defined a ...
- Steve Bannon Battles FTC Over Cambridge Analytica Testimony
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 18, 2020
The FTC says it shouldn't have to wait until Bannon's criminal fraud case is over before questioning him about Cambridge Analytica. ...
- Actors Union Backs News Anchor Hepp In Battle Against Facebook
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, December 20, 2020
News anchor Karen Hepp is getting some support from the actors' union in her battle with Facebook and other tech companies over the display of her photo in dating a ...
- Privacy Advocates Denounce FTC's 'Unacceptable' Settlement With Zoom
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 16, 2020
"Zoom's unlawful business practices created substantial privacy and security risks for consumers and gave the company an unfair advantage," privacy groups tell the FTC. ...
- Twitter Fined In Europe For Delay In Disclosing Data Breach
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Regulators in Europe on Tuesday said they have fined Twitter around $546,000 for waiting too long to disclose a data breach that may have affected Android users. ...
