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One month into the summer consultation process (thanks EU Commission & others!), a few thoughts on the ICO’s online advertising consultation. There is still one month to respond to the “call for views” from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (soon “Information Commission”) regarding its approach to regulating online advertising: https://lnkd.in/evScibNJ I cannot stress enough the […]
So the Digital Fairness Act consultation process begins, with lofty yet potentially flawed goals. The Commissions wishes to notably: – “[prevent] traders from using dark patterns and other unfair techniques that pressure, deceive and manipulate consumers online – “[address] problematic personalisation practices, including situations where consumer vulnerabilities are targeted for the purposes of personalised advertising […]
Some food for thought re adtech & metrics, whether you are publisher, CMP or vendor – six points based on recent discussions with a range of clients (and based on the things they need assistance with): 1. Are you sure you are involved in the processing of personal data? The notion of “personal data” has […]
Not a “what ABC taught me about privacy” thing, but a man held on for dear life to the seat in front of him as the plane banked (normally) on my flight back from a great conference in Vilnius. It did bring me back to what I had been telling the hundreds of attendees to […]
Key takeaways from a great lunch discussion on the Digital Fairness Act with European Commission officials and representatives from consumer rights / industry / SME organisations: – Businesses of all sizes should start gathering data to show to the Commission the impact that personalised advertising has had on their growth, if applicable. – The Commission […]
Why the “TCF is illegal” claim is incorrect (and why both sides are saying opposite things): 1. The claim for joint controllership of IAB Europe over further processing (and OpenRTB in particular) was denied. This is significant. Some plaintiffs expressed their disappointment with the CJEU’s position on this during a conference at the VUB (Free […]
The Market Court decision is out in the IAB Europe / TCF vs Belgian DPA case, and its conclusion is nuanced (as one of the few to have truly read the judgment, trust me on this): (i) TC Strings are (were?) personal data under TCF 2.0, (ii) IAB Europe is (was?) joint controller regarding TC […]
Great events I’ll have the pleasure of speaking at in May: 1?? First, an IAPP web conference on adtech where I will be speaking alongside Dr. Sachiko Scheuing (with Joe Jones as moderator). “Adtech: Practical takeaways from recent EU developments”, on 7 May 2024 (4-5pm CET; 10-11am Eastern US). Organised by the IAPP – International […]
Great to see so many big and small(er) names of the adtech, publishing and metrics world have already registered for our 2h complimentary webinar taking place on 16 May at 3pm CET / 9am EDT, entitled “Adtech & Metrics: EU Law Evolutions and Tomorrow�s Legal Strategies”. GDPR, ePrivacy, DMA (Digital Markets Act) and DSA (Digital […]
Time to talk about what can be done to improve the “cookie” rule! In Part I of this series on the opportunities and difficulties of today’s ePrivacy regime, I discussed the underappreciated and seemingly-easy-but-really-complex world of the anti-spam rule, Article 13 of the ePrivacy Directive (or ePD). This Part II is about a provision that […]
