PRIVACY BEAT: Internet Association launches PR website asking California residents to support “ad fix” to the CCPA
Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. 1. Internet Association launches PR website asking California residents to support “ad fix” to the CCPA The Internet Association, a trade group that counts Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon and eBay among its...
Privacytown: How a news organization can become its community’s “privacy protector”
Privacytown Q&A For centuries, local news organizations have been integral to the communities they serve. By providing important news and information to improve the health and well being of local residents, they have established themselves...
Privacytown Application Interest Form
Privacytown Application InterestPrivacytown: How a news organization can become its community’s “privacy protector” — Signup Your local news organization could become a pilot Privacytown. Learn how your can build trust with your community and increase...
Major publisher group DCN says “sky won’t fall” if RTB switches to non-personal data
Major publisher group DCN says “sky won’t fall” if RTB switches to non-personal data; calls for evolution from status quoBy Bill DensmoreThe head of the biggest group that represents digital operations of major U.S. publishers says not to heed the “sky is...
Pre-law student’s paper examines the potential for constitutional challenge to CCPA
Pre-law student’s paper examines the potential for constitutional challenge to CCPA | No firm conclusionCould application of the U.S. Constitution’s interstate commerce clause — generally leaving nationwide business exchange to Congress to regulate —...
PRIVACY BEAT: Facebook quietly releases new privacy settings after Sandberg talk at Cannes
Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. 1. Facebook quietly releases new privacy settings after Sandberg talk at Cannes Last week at Cannes, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said the company needed to be clearer on how users data is being used. ...
PRIVACY BEAT: Aspects of third-party ad-tech data sharing could likely be forbidden under CCPA unless user is offered “opt-out,” attorney says
Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. 1. Aspects of third-party ad-tech data sharing could likely be forbidden under CCPA unless user is offered “opt-out,” attorney says Brands are “past the denial stage” and realize GDPR and CCPA privacy restraints...
PRIVACY BEAT: As efforts to enact federal privacy law stalls, one legal review suggests scenarios in which CCPA could survive a legal challenge regardless
Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. The stringent requirements of the California Consumer Privacy Act have the big-data tech companies trying to get something less burdensome out of Congress. But this week we feature an analysis that suggests CCPA could...
PRIVACY BEAT: Albany, N.Y., new battlefront over privacy regulation: big tech pans Balkan’s “information fiduciary” concept and doesn’t want the public to sue or be “opted out” by default
Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. While Congress holds a few hearings and focuses on antitrust law, states are trying out innovative ideas on the privacy front (New York) and enacting “opt-out” laws (Nevada). And the picture is becoming pretty clear...
PRIVACY BEAT: New Study Shows that Third-Party Cookie-Based Behavioral Advertising Delivers Only 4% Revenue Gain for Large Publisher
Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. Rounding Out Our First Month of Privacy Beat We are one month in and there has been a lot happening in the world of data privacy. This week we are continuing to follow updates to CCPA, Apple's 3rd-party tracking...
PRIVACY BEAT: Key AdTech Inventor Says Consumers Need Protection As Senate Panel Probes Privacy and Competition
Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. GDPR turns 1! The infant hit its first birthday this week, and how is its world changing? A year ago the European General Data Protection Regulation took effect. This week you can learn that the U.S. Senate is paying...
PRIVACY BEAT: California Attorney General has Concerns About Rollout of CCPA
Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. Times Are a Changin’ When It Comes to Data Privacy Two new developments over the last week are escalating concern for publishers, tech companies and perhaps advertisers over how their businesses are shifting. The...