A-Type is a new approach which places user privacy first and creates rich audience segments for digital advertising without tracking users. It is designed to be GDPR, CCPA and Apple ATT safe and doesn’t require users to login.
Covatic, the fast-growing Techstars backed technology company has launched a new product, Covatic A-Type— a new solution to the ID and privacy challenges currently faced by the digital advertising industry. The product enables publishers and apps to maintain and grow digital revenues while preserving user privacy and meeting tightening industry data standards. A-Type uses Covatic’s […]
Facebook and similar apps and websites can be ordered to take down illegal posts worldwide after a landmark ruling from the EU’s highest court. Platforms may also have to seek out similar examples of the illegal content and remove them, instead of waiting for each to be reported. The European Court of Justice ruling is […]
Google has made a bunch of updates to its privacy and security options, kicking of Cyber Security Awareness Month by giving users more control over their privacy in Maps, YouTube, and Assistant, while strengthening password security. Maps is getting an incognito mode much like the popular feature that’s been in Google’s Chrome browser since 2008 […]
Data privacy battles are heating up now that a group of US senators have asked regulators to investigate how telecom firms sell people’s location data. Earlier this month, Vice’s Motherboard reported that bounty hunters could pinpoint a person’s cellphone after obtaining location data from data resellers. The report led 15 US senators to call for an investigation into […]
GeoEdge brings mobile security and quality up to speed. Using the same proprietary, patent-pending technology that powers GeoEdge’s widely adopted solutions for the broader web, it detects security issues, inappropriate and offensive ad creative, and user experience issues at the pre-impression level delivered by any of the major mediator SDKs. The tool blocks the bad ad […]
Since beginning its investigation into apps connected to its social network, Facebook has banned one and suspended more than 400 of the thousands of apps it has been looking into. This investigation was launched on the back of the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the banned app, called ‘myPersonality’, is one of the apps at the […]
A software bug means that up to 14m Facebook users may have unknowingly posted private information to the public, the firm has warned. A glitch that was active between 18 and 22 May set posts to be shared with “everyone”, even if users had previously chosen a more restricted option as their default. Users who […]
Quantcast, which owns and operates the world’s largest AI-driven audience insights platform for the open internet, announced the launch of Quantcast Choice. Available from May 15 for free, Quantcast Choice is the first widely available implementation of the IAB Europe’s Transparency and Consent Framework. The product has been in beta since February and is already […]
Google is to make it easier for users to understand what data it collects on them and why ahead of EU regulators implementing the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25 May. The firm hasn’t announced any sweeping changes to its data policies, instead like Facebook it’s seeking to improve “user transparency” by giving […]
Apple is reportedly enforcing some of its privacy rules more stringently for apps in its App Store. According to a report by 9to5Mac, the iPhone maker started removing apps that share location data with third-parties without “explicit consent” from users. Apps that have been removed from the App Store in this instance have been cited […]
