children’s data privacy

It’s a resolution of mine to start using the word “people” more often than the word “consumer.” People are more than just what they consume.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. A Sign Of The Times The New York Times beat expectations for Q4 2022 thanks to a strong subscription bundling push, according to its earnings report. But digital ad revenue was only up a smidge. The Times added 240,000 net digital subscribers in […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Disconnecticut Connecticut has become the fifth state to pass a data privacy law. The Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA), effective July 2023, follows in the footsteps of California, Colorado, Virginia and Utah in setting statewide safety rails around consumer data collection. Like its predecessors, […]

The internet needs child-safety guardrails, but lawmakers are hawking bills that could distract from the danger of widespread data collection and advertising targeted at children. The EARN IT Act is one of them. It purports to eliminate child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online, but privacy advocates say it’s unlikely to do so because its real function is just to hobble Big Tech.