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4 Deceptive Mobile Ad Tricks and What Marketers Can Learn From Them
4 Deceptive Mobile Ad Tricks and What Marketers Can Learn From Them By Lauren Johnson Despite the explosion in mobile advertising (eMarketer pegs mobile to generate $70 billion in the U.S. this year, up from $47 billion in 2016), mobile advertising, by and …
Unilever threatens to pull online advertising from ‘toxic’ platforms
Unilever threatens to pull online advertising from ‘toxic’ platforms By Dani Deahl Consumer goods company Unilever is threatening to pull all advertising from online platforms that allow “toxic” online content, as reported by Reuters. According to a speech that is expected to …
We Know You Don’t Really Read Privacy Policies. This AI Can Do It For You.
We Know You Don’t Really Read Privacy Policies. This AI Can Do It For You. By Dom Galeon “I have read and understood…” has got to be one of the biggest lies people commit on a regular basis. It’s the …
Social Media Influencers Stump for More Seamless Product Placement
Social Media Influencers Stump for More Seamless Product Placement By Mikey Glazer There’s a new social media beef brewing in Hollywood. A cross-section of influencers, their reps, and brand middlemen called out the FTC’s compulsory disclosures for their lucrative “sponsored post” …
Shocking look at how much of your data companies are sharing
Shocking look at how much of your data companies are sharing By Kevin Downey, Komando.com You probably do this all the time. It seems like a simple thing that everyone does so why not? Unfortunately, dozens of companies, or maybe hundreds …
Vtech settles FTC lawsuit over children’s data privacy
Vtech settles FTC lawsuit over children’s data privacy By David Lumb Two years ago, kids electronics maker Vtech suffered a data breach that exposed the personal info of five million customers (over half of whom were not adults). Naturally, the DOJ on behalf of …
Ancestry Made Its Privacy Policy More Transparent, but It Still Claims to Own Your DNA
Ancestry Made Its Privacy Policy More Transparent, but It Still Claims to Own Your DNA By Kristen V. Brown AncestryDNA, owned by the company behind family-tree website Ancestry.com, has taken at least one step toward making its policies more transparent. The …
Why Data Privacy Matters Even More in an IoT World
Why Data Privacy Matters Even More in an IoT World By Juliet Childers Privacy is paramount, but as we further approach an IoT future, the lines of privacy and integration are blurring. Despite their page on data protection, Google repeatedly comes under fire every year for …
Apple is sharing your face with apps. That’s a new privacy worry.
Apple is sharing your face with apps. That’s a new privacy worry. By Geoffrey A. Fowler It’s going to hit the fan when the face-mapping tech that powers the iPhone X’s cutesy “Animoji” starts being used for creepier purposes. And Apple …
Sears Petitions to Change Its 8-Year-Old FTC Privacy Settlement Order
Sears Petitions to Change Its 8-Year-Old FTC Privacy Settlement Order By Wendell Bartnick On October 30, 2017, Sears Holding Management Corporation (“Sears”) petitioned the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) to reopen and modify the settlement to which they agreed in 2009. At that time, …
