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Google’s ‘deceptive’ account sign-up process targeted with GDPR complaints

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The tech giant profiles account holders for ad targeting purposes — apparently relying on user consent as its legal basis. The series of GDPR complaints are being coordination by members group BEUC, aka the European Consumer Organisation. But Ireland has yet to issue a single GDPR decision against Google.

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Irish Data Regulator Fines LinkedIn €310 Million Over Ad Targeting

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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has handed professional social network LinkedIn a €310 million fine today, stating that LinkedIn has violated Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in its processing of personal data for behavioural analysis and ad targeting. The former is particularly interesting.

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Sensitive data ruling by Europe’s top court could force broad privacy reboot

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But the impact of the judgement is likely to be felt across the region as it crystalizes how the bloc’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which sets the legal framework for processing personal data, should be interpreted when it comes to data ops in which sensitive inferences can be made about individuals.

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The Future of AdTech Lies in Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs)

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In the early days of programmatic advertising, ad targeting was limited to the context of the webpage and information about the user from the user-agent string (e.g., The GDPR came into effect two years later on May 25, 2018, and has changed the way companies collect, store and use personal data.

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Weekly Roundup: Post-Cookie Insights for Publishers, GDPR Impact on Global Businesses, and More

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Vox EU examines how GDPR has affected global businesses. A recently released report by Vox EU, CEPR (Centre for Economic Policy Research) Policy Portal, has revealed the impacts of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on business performance globally. Related Read: Checklist for GDPR Compliance for Publishers.

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UK finally opens antitrust probe of Google’s role in the adtech stack

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Google also recently revised its approach to push for topic-based ad targeting, rather than cohorts.). However the DPC is being sued for inaction over complaints that date back to 2018. Behavioral ad industry gets hard reform deadline after IAB’s TCF found to breach Europe’s GDPR.

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4 Ways We’re Preparing for Changes in Data Privacy (& You Can Too)

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4 Ways We're Preparing for Changes in Data Privacy (& So Can You) It’s no secret to any agency, programmatic or not, that major changes are afoot in the ad industry. It came into effect in May of 2018 (though many brands have yet to pursue and/or achieve full compliance).

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