LinkedIn has been forced to ‘pause’ a feature in Europe in which the platform emails members’ connections when they’ve been ‘mentioned in the news’. The regulatory action follows a number of data protection complaints after LinkedIn’s algorithms incorrect matched members to news articles — triggering a review of the feature and subsequent suspension order. The […]
View More LinkedIn forced to ‘pause’ mentioned in the news feature in Europe after complaints about ID mix-upsCategory: data controller
Even the IAB warned adtech risks EU privacy rules
A privacy complaint targeting the behavioral advertising industry has a new piece of evidence that shows the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) shedding doubt on whether it’s possible to obtain informed consent from web users for the programmatic ad industry’s real-time bidding (RTB) system to broadcast their personal data. The adtech industry functions by harvesting web users’ data, […]
View More Even the IAB warned adtech risks EU privacy rulesHow a small French privacy ruling could remake adtech for good
A ruling in late October against a little known French adtech firm that popped up on the national data watchdog’s website earlier this month, is causing ripples of excitement to run through privacy watchers in Europe who believe it signals the beginning of the end for creepy online ads. The excitement is palpable. Impressively so, […]
View More How a small French privacy ruling could remake adtech for goodFacebook must change and policymakers must act on data, warns UK watchdog
The UK’s data watchdog has warned that Facebook must overhaul its privacy-hostile business model or risk burning user trust for good. Comments she made today have also raised questions over the legality of so-called lookalike audiences to target political ads at users of its platform. Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham was giving evidence to the Digital, […]
View More Facebook must change and policymakers must act on data, warns UK watchdogEurope is drawing fresh battle lines around the ethics of big data
It’s been just over four months since Europe’s tough new privacy framework came into force. You might believe that little of substance has changed for big tech’s data-hungry smooth operators since then — beyond firing out a wave of privacy policy update spam, and putting up a fresh cluster of consent pop-ups that are just […]
View More Europe is drawing fresh battle lines around the ethics of big dataGoogle accused of using GDPR to impose unfair terms on publishers
A group of European and international publishers have accused Google of using an incoming update to the European Union’s data protection framework to try to push “draconian” new terms on them in exchange for continued access to its ad network — which many publishers rely on to monetize their content online. Google trailed the terms […]
View More Google accused of using GDPR to impose unfair terms on publishersFacebook face recognition error looks awkward ahead of GDPR
A Facebook face recognition notification slip-up hints at how risky the company’s approach to compliance with a tough new European data protection standard could turn out to be. On Friday a Metro journalist in the UK reported receiving a notification about the company’s face recognition technology — which told him “the setting is on”. The […]
View More Facebook face recognition error looks awkward ahead of GDPR