Tag: micro-targeting
  • Sep 13, 2023 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Online Privacy, Online Security, Surveillance,

Google Built a Surveillance System Into Its Chrome Browser to “Improve Privacy”

Google has announced that its Privacy Sandbox for the Web is now generally available to anyone using Chrome browser. It’s the latest iteration of Google’s efforts to improve online privacy without harming its digital advertising ecosystem, which currently provides around $30 billion of its revenue each year. This blog first wrote about Google’s Privacy Sandbox … Continue reading “Google Built a Surveillance System Into Its Chrome Browser to “Improve Privacy””

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  • Oct 3, 2022 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Surveillance,

Burgeoning Mass Surveillance in the US by Police, Immigration, Customs, and Military

A couple of weeks ago, the PIA blog had a long and detailed post about Fog Reveal. Long story short, Fog Reveal provides law enforcement with easy and often warrantless access to the precise geolocation of hundreds of millions of US citizens. Significantly, it is able to do that using standard advertising identifiers employed by … Continue reading “Burgeoning Mass Surveillance in the US by Police, Immigration, Customs, and Military”

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  • Feb 4, 2022 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Google’s Surveillance Advertising Model under Attack on Both Sides of the Atlantic for Its Deep Privacy Problems

PIA blog has just written about a major problem for Google: a decision by the Austrian Data Protection Authority that the continuing use of Google Analytics violates the EU’s GDPR legislation. The post noted that the Dutch Data Protection Authority is also investigating the use of Google Analytics; now it seems that France may follow … Continue reading “Google’s Surveillance Advertising Model under Attack on Both Sides of the Atlantic for Its Deep Privacy Problems”

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  • Jan 10, 2022 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media,

Here Comes the Digital Markets Act, Important New Legislation From the EU Boosting Privacy and Interoperability

Back in June 2021, this blog noted that there were two important proposals for new laws moving their way through the European Union’s legislative system. One, the Digital Services Act (DSA), aims to regulate how all digital services, notably social media, operate in the EU. For example, it will stipulate rules for the removal of … Continue reading “Here Comes the Digital Markets Act, Important New Legislation From the EU Boosting Privacy and Interoperability”

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  • Nov 16, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media,

Google Allegedly Boasted of Slowing Down and Delaying ePrivacy Regulation, Accused of Colluding with Facebook

Back in December last year, Texas and nine other US states sued Google alleging that the company enjoys monopolistic power, and that it is stifling competition. Google called this a “misleading attack“, and insisted that the allegations were “wrong”. The move by the US states is of great relevance to this blog because it concerned … Continue reading “Google Allegedly Boasted of Slowing Down and Delaying ePrivacy Regulation, Accused of Colluding with Facebook”

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  • Nov 11, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Belgium, GDPR Superpower, About to Rule Leading Ad Tracking Framework is Illegal

This blog’s posts can often seem a depressing series of stories about privacy loss. But there are some major fightbacks happening in the background, many of which require the slow grinding through bureaucratic and legal processes. The main framework for these is the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), whose impact reaches far beyond Europe. … Continue reading “Belgium, GDPR Superpower, About to Rule Leading Ad Tracking Framework is Illegal”

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  • Nov 4, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Social Media, Surveillance,

“Complexity is Fraud”: Why We Must Drop Micro-Targeted Ads to Help Publishers and to Protect Online Privacy

It has been clear for years that the widespread use of micro-targeted advertising and real-time bidding represents a huge threat to online privacy. Fortunately, an alternative approach is already to hand. Using contextual advertising, where ads are placed according to the editorial material, rather than based on who is viewing it, would allow the entire … Continue reading ““Complexity is Fraud”: Why We Must Drop Micro-Targeted Ads to Help Publishers and to Protect Online Privacy”

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  • Oct 20, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Facebook’s Very Bad, No Good Week: What It Means for Privacy, and How to Make Things Better

On 5 October, Mark Zuckerberg sent a note to Facebook employees, beginning: “Hey everyone: it’s been quite a week, and I wanted to share some thoughts with all of you.” That’s something of an understatement in the wake of not one, but two, devastating blows to the company, both with important implications for privacy. The … Continue reading “Facebook’s Very Bad, No Good Week: What It Means for Privacy, and How to Make Things Better”

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