Google and Meta face mega fines in ad price fix probe
Google and Facebook parent Meta are facing a pan-European probe into alleged anti-competitive conduct in their online display advertising services…
French lifeline for online firms using Google Analytics
Online businesses which use Google Analytics have been given a lifeline by the French data protection watchdog, despite a ruling that…
Lovehoney spanks Google over SafeSearch site block
Sex toy specialist Lovehoney has attacked the new Google SafeSearch feature – and accompanying changes to the Google search algorithm…
Google Analytics’ rulings put online brands on red alert
Online businesses are being warned to tighten up their privacy notices for Google Analytics – which transfers consumers’ personal data…
Apple and Google face UK action on mobile dominance
Apple and Google have such a “vice-like grip” on mobile phone operating systems, that millions of UK users are losing…
Latest ICO adtech ‘warning’ infuriates privacy groups
The Information Commissioner’s Office is once again under fire over its inaction on the adtech industry’s mass abuse of data, despite…
Supreme Court rejects £3bn data claim against Google
The Supreme Court appears to have put the kibosh on a raft of compensation claims in the UK over abuse…
Google DeepMind faces UK class action over health data
Google is facing yet another class action in the UK, this time over the controversial deal which saw its DeepMind…
Brits will only pay 4p a day to prevent data use in ads
Fears that the marketing industry is alienating consumers by riding roughshod over their personal data appear somewhat wide of the mark,…
Opaque tech group demands more Google transparency
Movement for an Open Web, a coalition of leading tech, advertising, and publishing companies which refuses to name its members,…