Results for 'advertising'
The end looms for Meta’s behavioural advertising in Europe
August 4, 2023 - The EU is going toe to toe with Meta once more, with the social network giant conceding defeat yet again. After...
New tool allows you to opt out of Facebook’s targeted advertising
April 6, 2023 - After Meta (Facebook and Instagram) switched the legal basis for targeting advertising from automatic consent to opt-out, privacy watchdog noyb has...
Charities and the advertising industry: data ecosystems and privacy risks
September 17, 2020 - Data makes the world go round, more often than not via advertising and its tracking mechanisms. Whether you think making money...
Stalkerware advertising ban by Google a welcome, if incomplete, step
July 14, 2020 - On Friday, July 10, Google announced it would no longer allow advertising for spyware and similar surveillance technology—often referred to as...
A Look Back on Misleading Advertising
March 30, 2016 - Increasing reports on malvertising has left us with the notion that any site belonging to legitimate businesses that earn through ads...
Advertising Brokers: A Background Information
October 29, 2015 - This post is intended to give you some background information about advertisement brokers, the men and women that are in the...
The Grey Side of Mobile Advertising
July 2, 2015 - Mobile advertising is a headache because of its intrusiveness, the amount of bandwidth used, and other unexpected nefarious behaviors. I get...
Advertising: The Digital Turf War on your Desktop
June 22, 2015 - Hello! Here’s your computer after ten minutes on the Internet: This nightmarish vision of “Buy all the things” is a very old...
AdChoices, interest based advertising
June 19, 2015 - Did you ever notice the AdChoices icon while you were surfing? Ads like these show up all across the Internet. Sometimes...