Data Privacy

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Richard Eisert, partner at Davis & Gilbert. The California attorney general just released a final version of the regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and CCPA enforcement is still […]

The world is on lockdown (and fire), but the march toward enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is proceeding apace. On Monday, the California attorney general’s office submitted the final proposed implementation regulations for the CCPA to the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL). There appear to be no major changes made between […]

Department of Justice lawyers have interviewed numerous buy- and sell-side companies since kicking off an antitrust probe of Google’s business practices roughly a year ago. “They know their shit now,” said one ad tech executive who’s had multiple calls and exchanged a flurry of emails with DOJ attorneys since October. “The early calls were about […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. On Again, Office Again Agencies are starting to plan for office returns. Omnicom is developing a three-phase return strategy based on local government guidelines, Campaign reports. Phase one involves returning offices to 25% occupancy with social distancing rules in place, such as wearing masks, […]

Some marketers are disillusioned with data management platform technology, but Adobe is still actively investing in its DMP. On Wednesday, Adobe added a feature to Audience Manager that allows marketers to associate unknown users with segments based on their propensity to take a certain action. The feature, which was in beta for roughly a month, […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Alex Magnin, founder of The Unwinder.  Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward.- Lao Tzu A […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Day Of Reckoning The Justice Department is plodding ahead with an investigation into Google’s dominance of online advertising, including allegations that the tech giant abuses its control over search advertising to harm competitors, two people familiar with the investigation told The New York Times. […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Big Mac Budgets McDonald’s is increasing its marketing spend during the pandemic to gain share as smaller restaurant chains struggle. Doubling down on spend in markets where McDonald’s handles its own operations, including the United States, Australia and Canada, is part of a three-pronged […]

IAB Europe is extending technical support for V.1 of the Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) to give publishers more time to adjust to the updated version in light of COVID-19. The new deadline is Aug. 15. This is the second and final extension, and it doesn’t impact a company’s ability to implement the new version, […]

Hear the birds chirping? No, not those birds. On Monday, the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) working group for digital advertising standards had its first call where it discussed a new privacy proposal by Criteo called SPARROW (Secure Private Advertising Remotely Run On Webserver), according to three sources who participated. The SPARROW proposal is a response […]