The Information Trust Exchange Project — Editors, researchers, technologists, entrepreneurs and journalism advocates taking on the task of making a new market for digital information. Governed by a public-benefit consortium. Committed to respecting individual identity and privacy.
"PRIVACY TOWN" -- Can a news organization become its community’s “privacy protector” . . . cut down on ad fraud . . . and reach new readers, viewers and users with trustworthy services? ITEGA considers testing.
Read MoreCOOKIES: Ad-tech companies fighting over who gets control of first-party “cookie” or identity; a role for ITEGA?
COOKIES: Ad-tech companies fighting over who gets control of first-party “cookie” or identity; a role for ITEGA? A competitive war is underway among titans of the ad-tech industry -- and at least one scrappy startup -- over who will emerge in control as the era of...
Major publisher group DCN says “sky won’t fall” if RTB switches to non-personal data; calls for evolution from status quo
The head of the biggest group that represents digital operations of major U.S. publishers says not to heed the “sky is falling” message from ad-tech companies and turn instead to “evolving” from the status quo of Real Time Bidding. “Ad market is unhealthy, lots of...
Pre-law student’s paper examines the potential for constitutional challenge to CCPA | No firm conclusion
Could application of the U.S. Constitution’s interstate commerce clause — generally leaving nationwide business exchange to Congress to regulate — de-rail the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)? That’s the question posed in a legal review by a University of...
Big tech, others, seek CCPA changes to allow trading of “premium features” for user data; open up use of publicly available information
Two important efforts to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) have emerged — and one of them may affect the sale of premium content. Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Uber and Lyft are pushing at least eight amendments in the California Legislature in...
Key ad-tech inventor says consumers need protection; Senate panel probes data privacy and competition
The inventor of real-time bidding (RTB) and other online ad tech has told a U.S. Senate committee that it’s time to give consumers a bill of rights to protect their personal data and make it portable. “I think you can draft...
Public Knowledge’s Harold Feld seeks Digital Platform Act and a look to the past for reigning in behavior of platforms
A respected researcher and attorney at the open-Internet access group Public Knowledge says new laws, a new federal agency and a careful definition of the public interest are urgently needed to counter the growing monopoly-like power of digital platforms such as...
Local Media Consortium partners with ITEGA to establish first data-privacy protocol for news publishers
PRINTABLE VERSION / PRNEWSWIRE VERSION Multi-stakeholder group to convene in Washington, D.C. April 24-25; seeks input from thought leaders in publishing, advertising and consumer advocacy to strike new balance in trust, advertising and data privacy SIGNUP HERE...
Unique effort to protect consumer privacy and support journalism gathers steam after Brooklyn meeting
A unique effort to protect consumer privacy and support journalism is gathering steam after a Jan. 15 meeting hosted by the NYC Media Lab in Brooklyn. (WHO PARTICIPATED) “We invited people we knew had the expertise, insight, and creativity to create a data...
W3C now seeks nominees to new governing board of directors as it transitions its relationship with MIT by Jan. 1
W3C now seeks nominees to new governing board of directors as it transitions its relationship with MIT by Jan. 1 Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER Former physicist, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web as an essential...
Ball in Pelosi’s and Cantwell’s courts to decide if a national privacy law will end ‘creepy’ targeting; advertisers worrying?
Ball in Pelosi’s and Cantwell’s courts to decide if a national privacy law will end ‘creepy’ targeting; advertisers worrying? Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER "Redline" version of amended ADPPA bill HR 8152 Ball in Pelosi’s and...
Will California drive privacy as DC abdicates? | What is “sharing” and does it cover RTB?
Will California drive privacy as DC abdicates? | What is "sharing" and does it cover RTB? Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER POLL: Some 80% of Americans support many parts of privacy bill | Chris Teale, MorningConsult.com ...
Google shifts “First Party Sets” venue after rejection; Rosewell claims CMA violation; data-exchange comment period opens
Google shifts “First Party Sets” venue after rejection; Rosewell claims CMA violation; data-exchange comment period opens Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER Google shifts “First Party Sets” venue after W3C privacy-group...
Google’s “First Party Sets” runs into opposition at W3C group meeting; independent privacy entity promoted
Google’s “First Party Sets” runs into opposition at W3C group meeting; independent privacy entity promoted Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER Google’s “First Party Sets” runs into opposition at W3C group meeting; independent...
Can multistakeholder governance help avoid platform “capture” of web? | If IAB Tech Lab won’t control UID2, who will?
Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER (ABOVE: Screen capture, March 24, 2022) Multistakeholder governance to stop web “capture” by dominant intermediaries? Clues in Berjon's expert personal post Technologies governed by...