The French Data Protection Authority (DPA) found a lack of transparency when it comes to how Google harvests and uses personal data for ad-targeting purposes. France’s National Data Protection ...

GDPR, we were told, was an attempt to rein in the power of the giant techs and the threat they pose to our privacy. If data is the new oil, as some claim, then others argue that data is the new ...

“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 Joshua Koran, managing director, DMP, at ...

Major publishing groups air concerns about Google’s proposed GDPR strategy. Four major publisher trade groups have said that Google’s GDPR compliance plan will force media companies to shoulder an ...

Google is making it more difficult for advertisers to have an independent view of the data generated from ad buys in its ecosystem. In a note to partners sent Friday and obtained by AdExchanger, ...

The first big fine under the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has finally arrived — a €50m fine for Google from the French data protection authority, CNIL. CNIL said the fine ...

A group of European and international publishers have accused Google of using an incoming update to the European Union’s data protection framework to try to push “draconian” new terms on them in ...

Consumer protection agencies from seven EU countries filed today GDPR complaints against Google for using deceptive practices to track users' location. The seven consumer protection agencies claim ...

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 ...

Google is the subject of its first GDPR probe from Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DCP), Reuters is reporting. It’s the first major standoff between the company and its lead privacy regulator ...