Posts filed under: Privacy

  • Out of Klout: The social media scoring service is shutting down
Klout bows out. Klout, the tech pioneer that measured people’s social media star power, is shutting down after losing influence in an industry over which it once claimed to be the arbiter of influence. The company invented the “Klout Score,”...
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  • Opinion For Adtech Companies, GDPR is a Tall Order
GDPR has become a strong incentive for big companies to cut loose small partners, writes lawyer and entrepreneur Zachi Zach. The deadline for compliance with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), May 25, 2018, is quickly approaching. GDPR...
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  • Platforms That Fail to Prioritize Privacy Will Pay the Price
It looks like we’ve reached a tipping point in online and mobile privacy: Regulators are itching to step in — not just in Europe , either—and users want action. Facebook may be dominating the headlines, but it certainly isn’t the...
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With the deadline a month away, only 40% of companies worldwide are prepared for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), according to a study released on Tuesday by Crowd Research Partners. The main obstacle is lack of expert staff....
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Brand safety means different things to different brands. For some, even the most kamikaze stunts can be brand safe, but you will never know unless you have a real conversation with the marketer, and you won’t be able to act...
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  • Facebook limits ad targeting after Cambridge Analytica data leak
Facebook faces the dilemma of losing trust and even users in the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica data leak. Jefferson Graham reports. SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is taking steps to restore users’ trust in how it handles their data in...
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This morning, Facebook responded to the ongoing Cambridge Analytica scandal by announcing a series of changes to its privacy settings—essentially making it easier for users to find them, control what they share, and download and delete their data. The company—which...
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  • Facebook and Google Face Emboldened Antagonists: Big Advertisers
Add to the list of people frustrated with Facebook Inc. FB (-2.61%) and Google a quiet but hugely influential group—the people who pay the bills. In the past year and a half, the two firms have had one run-in after...
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” 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 Dana Hayes, president at ShareThis . Today’s CMO is tasked with the challenge...
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  • Facebook Exec Addresses Cambridge Analytica Breach and Offers Tips to Marketers on Using Its Platform
Despite the news about how one firm, Cambridge Analytica, improperly used Facebook to collect user data on about 50 million Facebook users, top executives have mostly remained silent on the topic. That was until Carolyn Everson, vp, global marketing solutions...
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