Posts tagged with: GDPR

Much as contextual targeting is experiencing a rebirth due to the arrival of the General Data Protection Regulation, ad-buyer demand for programmatic guaranteed deals is also increasing for some publishers. This method of ad buying, in which an advertiser can...
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“PLEASE don’t leave us.” From the dozens of e-mails in people’s inboxes, begging them to give their consent to be sent further messages, you could deduce that the senders of newsletters and the like are hardest hit by the European...
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For publishers, complying with the impending General Data Protection Regulation and the eventual ePrivacy law continues to involve a series of trust falls — too many for publishers’ comfort. On April 25 — a month before GDPR takes effect —...
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  • GDPR will pop the adtech bubble
In The Big Short , investor Michael Burry says “One hallmark of mania is the rapid rise in the incidence and complexity of fraud.” (Burry shorted the mania- and fraud-filled subprime mortgage market and made a mint in the process.)...
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  • 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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Google’s latest General Data Protection Regulation update has unsettled publishers and independent ad tech vendors. Last week, the tech platform confirmed it’s limiting how many ad tech vendors publishers can get user consent for, should they choose to use Google’s...
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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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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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