Google will allow sites and apps to disable personalized ad serving across its ad products to help partners comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The CCPA goes into effect in less than six weeks. Here’s how it works: Advertisers and publishers will be able to restrict how data is processed through Google Ads, […]
“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 Alessandro De Zanche, an audience and data strategy consultant. Companies’ user data ownership is dead, but we may have not fully realized and accepted it yet. How will privacy trends […]
The IAB Tech Lab released the first version of technical specs on Monday that publishers and ad tech companies can use to start complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) while transacting via real-time bidding. The Interactive Advertising Bureau sought public comments for a draft of the compliance framework over a two-week period from […]
“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 Tony Chen, CEO at Channel Factory. As the EU’s General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) loomed last year, many industry leaders asked if limitations on consumer data would disrupt ad targeting. Major […]
Microsoft is planning to apply the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) across the entirety of its business and customer base in the United States. Why? Because Congress can’t get its act together (literally). In a blog post on Monday, Microsoft decried the fact that there’s been no serious movement to draft bipartisan federal privacy legislation. […]
The bad news: Lawyers and chief privacy officers think it’s “impossible” to fully comply with certain aspects of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The good news: Everyone’s pretty much in the same boat, and the California attorney general’s office (probably) isn’t looking to put companies that do their due diligence out of business, said […]
Two California House Democrats are taking a stab at federal privacy legislation with a bill that, if passed, would be more exacting than the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA). The Online Privacy Act of 2019 (HR 4978) was introduced on Tuesday by Democratic Reps. Anna Eshoo and Zoe Lofgren of California, who both represent parts […]
The California Consumer Privacy Act wants to make opting out of data collection as easy as clicking a button. But for publishers, advertisers and ad tech companies, it’s not so simple. On Tuesday, the Interactive Advertising Bureau and the IAB Tech Lab released the first draft of a compliance framework to help companies handle the […]
Change is in the air. To wit, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, topping the polls of Democratic presidential candidates, has made the breakup of big tech into a pet issue on the campaign trail. At the same time, regulatory and privacy concerns are driving state legislation that could transform the way consumer data is collected and, thus, […]
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is almost baked. On Friday, two days before the Oct. 13 deadline for his blessing, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed seven bills into law that augment and bolster the CCPA. The bills, which were sitting on his desk since the state legislature closed its 2019 session on Sept. 13, […]
