EU digital adspend soars but GDPR threat looms large
Digital advertising may still have a job to do to prove its effectiveness – and its compliance with GDPR –…
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Germans unleash GDPR blitz on behavioural ad giants
Privacy campaigners are ratcheting up their war against online behavioural advertising platforms, which they claim are in breach of GDPR,…
GDPR fuels rise in online ad impressions and cuts costs
It seems that GDPR has not only pushed data firmly onto the boardroom agenda, it has also triggered a rise…
Google Ad Exchange probe threatens online ad mayhem
The online ad industry is facing one of the biggest threats to its current business model after the Irish privacy…
‘Double busy’ ASA reveals fresh spike in online gripes
The ad watchdog has revealed it has been, in the words of Micky Flanagan “double busy”, over the past 12…
Consumers warn brands: ‘stop stalking us online or else’
Brands which use online ads that stalk consumers as they move from website to website risk reputational damage and even…
Porn site blackmailer gets banged up for over 6 years
A man who blackmailed porn site users into coughing up hundreds of pounds to unlock their screens in what police…
Facebook and Google tighten grip on online ad market
Regulators around the world might at last have Google and Facebook in their sights but the duopoly’s grip on the…
ICO taps up industry for probe into programmatic ads
The Information Commissioner’s Office is calling on the adtech industry to help it determine how best to police the programmatic…
CMA batters booking sites but ‘it’s just tip of iceberg’
Leading hotel booking sites including Expedia, Trivago, and Booking.com have vowed to clean up their acts after a Competition &…