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Collection of tech companies support changes to CA privacy act that bring it closer to GDPR
Proposed changes include moving from an opt-out to an opt-in consent framework for personal data...
Facebook removes age, gender and ZIP code targeting for housing, employment, credit ads
Facebook said it is also creating a tool for users to search and view all current housing ads, regardless of how they were targeted....
Cybersecurity for marketers: Teamwork is key to protect data
Marketing teams should regularly reevaluate how they approach cybersecurity and work in tandem with their IT department, especially during...
Facebook will show users the agencies, partners involved in Custom Audience targeting
Users will be able to see how advertisers and third parties are using their contact information to target ads on...
Facebook pulls Research app after backlash over use of teen data
Report finds Facebook has been paying users, mostly teens, to download a VPN app to access their data....
Cheetah Mobile and another Chinese firm accused of mobile ad download fraud
A Q1 report from AppsFlyer said that mobile ad fraud is costing brands $700-$800 million globally on a quarterly...
Report: Apple expected to say GDPR a model for US privacy regulation
CEO Tim Cook is the keynote speaker at the ICDPPC conference in Brussels....
How will Google’s new Android app licensing rules in Europe impact Chrome and search?
The company is unlikely to see any loss of mobile search share as a result of complying with Europe's antitrust decision....
Google appeals record $5 billion EU antitrust Android fine
Google said when the fine was imposed in July that it would appeal, will argue its practices benefit consumers....
Attorneys General take aim at tech companies with potential multistate action
The Tuesday meeting in Washington made an inquiry into questions of antitrust and consumer data privacy more likely. ...
Feds call for public comments on US privacy legislation ahead of Wednesday’s Senate hearing
Google and IAB have both presented frameworks as industry groups lobby for business-friendly data privacy...
The EU’s Competition Commissioner is investigating Amazon
The preliminary investigation questions whether access to third-party seller data is potentially...
Facebook job ads excluded women, ACLU complaint says
Federal complaint alleges that roughly 10 employers targeted job ads to male candidates across a range of openings, from construction labor to...
Top tech firms call for pro-business updates to federal data privacy laws
The companies are hoping that a federal law will override state rules like California's recently-passed pro-consumer...
Google, IAB Europe still negotiating GDPR Consent Framework implementation
Google has yet to launch its consent management...
Complaints to the ICO have spiked since GDPR came into effect in May
If related to GDPR, the bump serves as a preview to US companies that will soon be grappling with their own states' data privacy...
Study: Telecoms have been throttling YouTube and Netflix since demise of net neutrality
Even though it was happening to some degree before this year, the activity has picked up since the FCC decision to change the...
US senator calls on FTC to open new antitrust investigation against Google
Anger at Google on the right and within the administration may tip the balance of opinion toward a new inquiry....
New report: Facebook and Google among tech firms lobbying Congress for ‘kinder’ federal data privacy laws
The companies want pro-business federal rules that will override stringent state privacy laws like California's recently passed...
Facebook, Twitter & Google take down malicious content originating from Iran
Facebook took down 652 Pages, groups and accounts, Twitter removed 284 accounts and Google disabled 42 YouTube channels....