- WhatsApp Could Be Hit With EUR50 Million GDPR Fine
Around the Net In Digital, Ray Schultz - Monday, January 25, 2021
WhatsApp is facing a possible €50 million GDPR fine for allegedly failing ...
- Privacy Bill Moves Forward In Washington State
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 22, 2021
Lawmakers in Washington state have advanced a privacy bill that would requi ...
- New Platform Brings Email, Other Channels Together For Consumers: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, January 25, 2021
Illumy is a "hyper-communications" platform that operates on an ad-free business mo ...
- UK Information Commissioner's Office Resumes Investigation On Real-Time Bidding
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, January 22, 2021
The UK's data watchdog says the biggest culprit is consent -- a ...
- Biden Names Slaughter Acting Chair Of FTC
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 21, 2021
Slaughter has emerged in recent years as one of the agency's toughe ...
- GDPR Fines Total GBP242.6 Million Since Inception
Around the Net In Digital, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, January 20, 2021
EU regulators have imposed €158.5 million in GDPR-related fines since January 28, 2020, and £242 ...
- Retailer Kogan Fined For Sending 'Spam' Emails
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Online retailer Kogan has been hit with a fine for violating Australia&rsquo ...
- FTC Chairman Simons To Step Down
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 19, 2021
FTC Chairman Joe Simons, who has led the agency since May 201 ...
- What You Need To Do Under CAN-SPAM: A Refresher
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, January 19, 2021
New state privacy laws are limited in scope. But the CAM-SPAM A ...
- 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 purpo ...
- 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 seeki ...
- 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 consume ...
- 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 prosecut ...
- 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 i ...
- 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 ...
- 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 consum ...
- 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 consideri ...
- 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 contro ...
- 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, so ...
- 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 subjec ...
- 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 Goog ...
- 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 l ...
- 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 f ...
- 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. Distri ...
- 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 cybersecuri ...
- 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 Salesforc ...
- 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 t ...
- 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&rsquo ...
- 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 Netwo ...