Meta, the Facebook owner, is under threat from Ireland's data regulator. They will order Meta to stop data transfers to the United States. This comes in the wake of a privacy case that has already seen threats from the social media giant to withdraw its websites from Europe. Helen Dixon, the Irish data protection commissioner,...
Tag: Privacy
What does GDPR mean in practise?
Many businesses thought that by adding Cookie consent banners to their web pages and opt-in forms for email newsletter subscriptions they have satisfied the GDPR requirements. As it turns out, this is not the case. There are rulings by the Datenschutzbehörde in Austria, CNIL in France and a court in Munich that show how far...
Google Fonts violate the GDPR
Loading Google Fonts via URL is a violation of GDPR rules. A ruling of court in Munich sets a precedent. On January 20, a Munich district court ruled that a plaintiff was entitled to an injunctive relief and €100 in damages against a website operator for providing the visitor's IP address to Google through the...
CNIL has ruled that Google Analytics’ use is against the GDPR
The French Data Protection Agency CNIL (Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertes) has ruled that Google Analytics' use is against the GDPR. The CNIL began issuing notices to website administrators using Google Analytics.
Cookies: I looked at 50 well-known websites and most are gathering our data illegally
Alphabet and Meta and were both heavily fined for using cookies illegally at the tail end of 2021 by the French data protection authority.
Google Analytics Now Illegal in Austria
After Max Schrems, an Austrian data protection activist, complained that Google Analytics had violated data protection regulations, the DSB (Datenschutzbehörde) ruled in against of Google.
Super Apps for Media Companies – How to turn Ads into Services for Revenue
Super apps are booming due to a seismic shift in the way the ad-supported mobile app economy operates. Media companies that used ads to moneytize their content face a huge challenge: the underlying advertising platforms heavily depend on tracking users to optimize ad placements. However, with the looming end of third party cookies and privacy...
DuckDuckGo introdudes a new function to prevent app tracking on Android
Apple’s introduction of App Tracking Transparency Tools shook the advertising industry to the core. iPhone and iPad owners can now block apps from using their data to personalize advertising and track their behavior. The revenues of Snap and Meta Platform’s Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have been reduced by almost $10 billion since the launch of...
Popular Apps are leaking GPS data to third parties – Without the Consent of Users
Although the systematic recording of movements from smartphones is a multi-billion dollar industry, little information is available about how this data is collected and used. AppCensus’s new research shows that even seemingly innocent apps like barcode scanners and GPS speedometers collect detailed data about users without their consent. AppCensus explained in a blog post that...
What Apple’s email privacy changes mean for your mailing list
By now you’ve probably heard about Apple’s privacy changes that will come into effect with iOS 15 in September. This change will have a significant impact on businesses that use mailing lists to engage their customers. This is on top of handling PII compliance (PII = personally identifiable information) which is in itself a complex...
