Data Privacy

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Premesh Purayil, chief technology officer at Ranker. At the IAB’s recent annual leadership meeting, it seemed that advertisers and publishers were fond of saying, “first-party data is the new currency,” while all the vendors […]

It’s nearly le denouement pour le cookie consentement en France. The Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (the CNIL), France’s data protection authority, is on the cusp of finalizing its updated consent guidelines for cookies and other trackers – and the stakes are high. “The question is not whether consent is applicable – of course […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. 2020 Is Canceled The coronavirus news hits keep on coming. Google canceled the “physical” aspects of its annual I/O developers conference, scheduled for May 12-14, 9to5Google reports. Facebook and Twitter pulled out of SXSW, as did large media and brand partners Mashable and Intel. […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Let’s Review Big tech companies are going under the microscope for some of their smaller, long-ago acquisitions. The FTC said it would conduct a review of deals that have been approved, particularly targeting low-cap deals that provided vast power in the market. And last […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Alessandro De Zanche, an audience and data strategy consultant. Many media owners still struggle to see the long-term opportunity in front of them. But I am filled with hope when I hear that some […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. What Makes It Tik? A story by Bloomberg’s Kurt Wagner and Sarah Frier examines the intense sharing activity on TikTok, where successful marketing campaigns can get billions of views. “This type of virality just does not happen on Instagram or Facebook or YouTube,” said […]

Guess you can’t please everyone. Comments on the second draft of the California attorney general’s implementation regs for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) are rolling in, and no one seems all that satisfied. Privacy advocates, such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation, think the California attorney general is watering down the law, while ad industry […]

The data, insights, technologies and communication channels that today’s marketers have at their disposal should make this the transformative age of marketing. But as new regulations such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) go into effect, US marketers are finding that earning the trust of consumers while remaining compliant is increasingly complicated. Successful brands […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Data Dwindles Facebook will no longer share device-level data with its partners for mobile campaign measurement. The company quietly updated the terms of its advanced mobile measurement program in January, which previously allowed advertisers to view and share raw data associated with unique […]

Big tech is all in on differential privacy. It’s a foundational concept within Google’s Privacy Sandbox; Apple applies it to the study of diagnostic device, health and web browsing data; and, just last week, Facebook used differential privacy to protect a trove of data it made available to researchers analyzing the effect of sharing misinformation […]