Natasha Lomas reports: In the latest blow to the creepy ‘tracking-ads’ complex, French adtech giant Criteo has been found in breach of European Union data protection regulation and hit with a €60 million sanction (~$65 million) by the country’s national privacy watchdog in a preliminary decision following a multi-year investigation. Digital rights advocacy group Privacy…
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India withdraws personal data protection bill that alarmed tech giants
Manish Singh reports: The Indian government has withdrawn its long-awaited Personal Data Protection Bill that drew scrutiny from several privacy advocates and tech giants who feared the legislation could restrict how they managed sensitive information while giving government broad powers to access it. The move comes as a surprise as lawmakers had indicated recently that…
Sensitive data ruling by Europe’s top court could force broad privacy reboot
Natasha Lomas reports: A ruling put out yesterday by the European Union’s top court could have major implications for online platforms that use background tracking and profiling to target users with behavioral ads or to feed recommender engines that are designed to surface so-called ‘personalized’ content. The impacts could be even broader — with privacy law experts…
Beware of Third-Party Trackers Like Meta Pixel. Ignoring Them Could Be Costly.
Odia Kagan of FoxRothschild offers some concise and sage advice: If you are dealing with sensitive information of any kind (yes, this includes precise geolocation, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc), but especially health information (and yes, reproductive health information too), do yourself a favor: Scan your website for third party trackers like Meta Pixel. Talk to…