Data Privacy

Remember that 50 million euro fine that Google got slapped with in France for failing to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation last year? Looks like Google is going to have to pay up. On Friday, the Conseil d’État (translates to Council of State), a division of the French government that serves as the […]

Google will stop allowing advertisers to target users for housing, employment and credit ads based on age, gender, parental status, marital status or ZIP code. If that sounds familiar, it’s because Facebook made a similar move late last year. Google announced its intentions on Thursday, but the changes won’t be fully implemented in the United […]

Enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) begins in less than three weeks. “And many businesses just aren’t ready,” said Cillian Kieran, CEO and founder of Ethyca, a privacy compliance startup that closed its $13.5 million Series A on Thursday. The round brings Ethyca’s total funding to $20 million since the company raised its […]

Can companies use violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to nail a rival for noncompetitive behavior? We’re gonna find out. B2B intent data company Bombora said Wednesday it is suing its former partner ZoomInfo for gaining an unfair data advantage through, it claims, repeated abuses of the CCPA. Although CCPA enforcement doesn’t begin […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. To Facebook, Or Not To Facebook? Facebook has lost some advertisers since CEO Mark Zuckerberg refused to remove posts by President Trump that glorify violence. Agencies including Pearmill and Verasoni Worldwide are advising clients to suspend campaigns while protests continue, The New York Times […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Help Is On The Way Publishers are starting to see advertising green shoots, at least when it comes to video monetization on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube. CPMs, which bottomed out in mid-April, have been steadily rising to the point where they’re now not […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Tying Together The Googleverse Google has undergone several re-orgs since Prabhakar Raghavan took over as SVP of advertising and commerce in 2018. And the changes are still coming. This week, Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees that Raghavan will also lead Search, including news, […]

The IAB Tech Lab publicly unveiled a technical spec on Friday so that publishers and their partners can handle data deletion requests under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Documentation for the spec, which is part of an overall framework for CCPA compliance, was committed to GitHub last week. Under CCPA, companies and third-party partners […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Paul Bannister, co-founder and executive vice president at CafeMedia. It’s become a statement of faith among those in digital advertising that first-party data – and first party-ness, in general – will become critical to companies’ […]

“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 […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Add To Cart Online grocery shopping is exploding. More than a third of Americans bought groceries online for the first time in the last month, and they have spent more on grocery delivery each week as lockdowns drag on, The New York Times reports. […]

“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 David Philippson, co-founder and CEO at Dataseat. Apple will host its annual WWDC conference next month. While the physical event has been canceled, many of the previews for software that […]

The Federal Trade Commission is recruiting ad tech experts. Specifically, the FTC is looking for two people to gather and analyze information on digital advertising markets to inform how the agency and other policymakers think about policy development and enforcement as they consider potential consumer threats. Usually, the agency relies on a stable of economists […]

The world is in a state of flux – but so is the ad tech industry. That’s why IAB UK created a new role in April focused solely on helping ad tech “build a more sustainable future,” said Tina Lakhani, who was elevated to fill the head of ad tech position. Lakhani joined IAB UK in […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Primed For TV  Amazon beefed up its ad-supported OTT ranks with the hire of Maggie Zhang, former EVP of video research and insights at Dentsu Aegis Network. At Amazon, Zhang will develop reach and measurement products for Prime Video advertisers in a role that […]

With just over two months to go until the July 1 enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act, privacy professionals are zooming to get ready. Literally. Julia Shullman, chief privacy officer and general counsel at TripleLift, has lost track of the number of CCPA prep calls and video chats she’s been on since the coronavirus […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Cashing In The new hottest thing on Instagram is … giving away cash. Facebook and Google ads are a slow, expensive way to accrue followers. With cash giveaways, brands acquire hundreds or thousands of new users in one swoop. Influencers provide a list of […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Here To Stay Hotel and hospitality companies are well known for their marketing partnerships with food, cosmetics and retail brands. But a recent tie-up between Hilton and Lysol, the cleaning product brand owned by Reckitt Benckiser, on new cleaning protocols across all Hilton hotels […]

“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. Sports federations, leagues, clubs and athletes are fighting for their future. In a matter of weeks live sport evaporated due to COVID-19, with some events […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Branding The Game Brands are jumping into Nintendo’s newest Animal Crossing game. Highsnobiety and 100 Thieves are recreating their clothing collections so people can dress up avatars, and even non-apparel brands such as Twitter and Xbox have branded in-game clothing. Getty images lets players […]

“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 Alan Chapell, president at Chapell & Associates. There’s been lots to take in over the past month. During those moments when you’re not focusing on the safety of loved ones, you […]