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  • No Ads In WhatsApp; New RTB Guidance From UK Regulator

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. WhatsAds? Facebook is giving up on its plan to introduce ads on WhatsApp. The messaging app recently shut down a team tasked with bringing ads to the platform and deleted the code from its app, The Wall Street Journal reports. Despite unveiling a prototype […]

  • UK Data Watchdog Has ‘Significant Concerns’ About Real-Time Bidding And The Transparency And Consent Framework

    The future of RTB is “in the balance,” the United Kingdom’s data protection authority said Friday. In a blog post, the United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) reiterated its stance that certain aspects of real-time bidding could be illegal under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – and that the Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) […]

  • French Data Regulators Place Targeted Advertising In The Crosshairs

    France’s data protection regulator is going public with its action plan – and targeted online advertising is to be a “priority topic.” The Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) shared its 2019-2020 agenda in response to appeals from the public, privacy advocates and online marketing professionals looking for guidance on how to comply […]