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Ad Tech Is ‘Easy Pickings’ For Data Privacy Regulators

Allison Schiff — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 05:00:10 +0000

Jamie Barnard, the CEO of a privacy compliance software startup called Compliant, recently told me in passing, “I don’t know that there’s such a thing as pure compliance in media.” Interesting statement coming from the head of a company literally named “Compliant.” But it’s true. The Minotaur’s labyrinth has got nothing on the ad tech […]

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Defining Data Ethics With Unilever’s Former General Counsel

Allison Schiff — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 10:00:11 +0000

Due diligence isn’t a synonym for doing good. “So many people approach compliance as risk avoidance … if I do X or Y, then I’m less likely to be fined,” says Jamie Barnard, CEO of Compliant, a newly launched privacy tech startup that helps companies automate their privacy compliance, on this week’s episode of AdExchanger […]

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Code Warriors Are Putting Google And Apple’s Privacy Changes Under The Microscope

Allison Schiff — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:33:54 +0000

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Allison Schiff, senior editor at AdExchanger. It’s part of a series of perspectives from AdExchanger’s editorial team. When the big platforms say “jump,” the ad industry warily asks, “how high?” Apple […]

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FTC Seeks Ad Tech Pros To Bone Up On The ‘Opaque’ Business Of Digital Advertising

Allison Schiff — Fri, 08 May 2020 18:38:48 +0000

The Federal Trade Commission is recruiting ad tech experts. Specifically, the FTC is looking for two people to gather and analyze information on digital advertising markets to inform how the agency and other policymakers think about policy development and enforcement as they consider potential consumer threats. Usually, the agency relies on a stable of economists […]

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Privacy Regs Like GDPR Hurt Competition In The Short Term, Study Finds

Allison Schiff — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 12:16:53 +0000

Privacy regulations have the potential to consolidate market share among large technology platforms. Aka, when publishers reduce the number of ad tech, audience measurement and other web technology vendors they work with, Google and Facebook win, according to new academic research examining the unintended consequences of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The skittishness with […]

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California Isn’t The Only State Getting Busy With New Privacy Laws

Allison Schiff — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 04:35:54 +0000

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) grabs most of the attention, but other state privacy laws are cropping up across the nation. More than a dozen states either have new data protection regulations on the books or in committee, from Nevada, Maine, Pennsylvania and Connecticut to Massachusetts, New Jersey, Illinois and Maryland, said Gary Kibel, […]

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Here’s How The Rest Of The World Is Going After Facebook, Following Its $5B FTC Fine

Allison Schiff — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 18:52:40 +0000

There aren’t a lot of companies that can take a multibillion-dollar fine from the Federal Trade Commission in stride – and fewer still whose stock actually rises on the news. But that’s Facebook for you, whose stock went up 1.8% at the close of trading last week after reports that the FTC is planning a $5 […]

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Forget The Duopoly (For Now). It’s The Little Guys Taking Heat On GDPR

Allison Schiff — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 17:45:37 +0000

Bonjour, GDPR enforcement. Google and Facebook may have bullseyes on their backs in Europe, but it’s two mid-sized French startups that received the first warning shots from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – and that shouldn’t be surprising. “GDPR is not just there for the big guys,” said Ronan Tigner, an associate at Morrison […]

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After Google’s $5B Antitrust Fine, Will GDPR Enforcement Be Next?

Allison Schiff — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 17:10:03 +0000

Google was hit with a $5.1 billion fine by the European Union on Wednesday for antitrust practices around the Android mobile operating system – a move that underscores Europe’s willingness to issue steep financial penalties for bad behavior. And there’s another bludgeon in the EU’s cache that Google – and the advertising world in general […]

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The GDPR Effect Will Reverberate Way Beyond Europe

Allison Schiff — Tue, 29 May 2018 18:12:43 +0000

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) may have originated in Europe, but its reach and influence stretches across the globe, including to the US. For example, it’s actually easier for large enterprises to apply standards globally. Having already made a major effort to comply with GDPR for EU citizen data, it’s only logical to stay […]

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