Profile of privacy activist Ashkan Soltani, who was named head of the California Privacy Protection Agency on Monday
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Profile of privacy activist Ashkan Soltani, who was named head of the California Privacy Protection Agency on Monday
The California Privacy Protection Agency's new executive director Ashkan Soltani is uniquely poised to tackle enforcement and rulemaking for The Golden State's landmark …
Former Trump spokesman Jason Miller leads GETTR, a Twitter-like service that bills itself as a “non-bias social network”, in the newest pro-MAGA tech venture
won't have any financial stake or participation, I'm told. Apparently the ex president still has plans for a separate platform. Unclear what exactly. Will Sommer / @willsommer : QAnon fans were initia...
Google delays plans to block third-party cookies from early 2022 to late 2023, says it wants to find ways to protect privacy without hurting ad-dependent sites
With Lots of Entry Points Lane Ellis / B2B Marketing Blog : B2B Marketing News: Brand Social Media Expectations Study, Google Postpones Cookie Changes, & B2B Buyer Behavior Report Sumit Adhikari / And...
FTC's Khan appoints Erie Meyer as chief technologist, Holly Vedova as acting head of Bureau of Competition, Sam Levine as head of Bureau of Consumer Protection
Diane Bartz / Reuters : Tweets: @ashk4n , @katyetc , @carlmalamud , @nancyscola , and @joshua_sisco Tweets: Ashkan Soltani / @ashk4n : Oh wow Erie Meyer (@chopraftc's incredible staff technologist/ad...
Twitter introduces Tip Jar, allowing everyone using Twitter in English to send tips, and a limited group, including journalists and experts, to accept tips
here's how to use it Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer : Twitter Tip Jar may expose PayPal address, sparks privacy concerns Prasham Parikh / Android Police : Twitter's new Tip Jar makes it super easy to su...
Google is further integrating the Publisher Provided Identifier into its Ad Manager, aiding publishers' first-party tracking in lieu of third-party cookies
>advertiser identity resolution. https://twitter.com/... @jbrouet : Google drew a line in the sand on March 3rd, when it said it wouldn't build or support cross-site identifiers. But single-site ident...
FTC's Facebook settlement does little to hamper the company's ad business or data collection practices, mostly re-committing Facebook to previous goals
“Mr. Zuckerberg does remain the controlling shareholder, but his power over privacy in particular will be diffused.” Kurt Wagner / @kurtwagner8 : Facebook's $5 billion agreement with the FTC is offici...
Sources: in a 3-2 vote, FTC commissioners have approved a record $5B settlement with Facebook over the company's privacy violations
or one month's worth of revenue Swati Khandelwal / The Hacker News : Facebook to Pay $5 Billion Fine to Settle FTC Privacy Investigation Howard Lindzon : Why Facebook Needs Libra Mark Wyciślik-Wilson ...
Study on behavioral ad targeting finds that publishers only get about 4% more revenue for an ad impression that has a cookie enabled than for one that doesn't
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @johnwilander , @jason_kint , @robinberjon , @hoofnagle , @ashk4n , and @profcarroll . Thanks: @cremnob Tweets: John Wilander / @johnwilander : “Publishers...