Cookie tracking brings important fines for Google and Facebook. They made it too difficult for French users to reject the tracking technology, according to the French regulator.
The cookie tracking violates data privacy rules
The Commission Nationale…
Meta filed a lawsuit in California court to stop phishing attacks that target its users on Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and Whatsapp.
The company had to take steps to stop phishing
Meta’s decision came as there
were more than fake 39,000 website trying to…
A key European Parliament committee agreed to a ban on dark patterns that trick web users. Also, they would like to ban advertisements targeting minors. The tougher regulation could spell trouble for tech giants in negotiations with any EU country.
Dark patterns…
For most of us – online users, and our privacy, an ad free life would be the best. Just imagine browsing the internet without pop-ups or ads that cover the content we are interested in.
But marketers are worried about the death of third-party cookies that Google…
Europe’s top adviser says that consumer groups should have the right to act against Facebook for violating consumer privacy. The issue started in 2012 and is one of several that has the social media giant in trouble. European regulators have been trying to curtail the…
Facebook’s acquisition of Giphy would reduce competition in the display advertising market space. Also, Giphy is no longer a potential challenger. This is what the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) decided.
Display advertising suffers because of…
Google has pledged more restrictions on its use of data from Chrome, collected by browser cookies. Thus it addressed concerns raised by Britain’s competition regulator about its plan to ban third-party cookies that advertisers use to track consumers.
Browser…
Ad sales helped Baidu, China’s search engine, beat the expectations set on the Wall Street. Thus, in the third quarter of the year, the company reported that its revenues went above estimates, thanks to strong ad sales. Also, the growth came as a result of high demand…
A baiting attack is using mainly Gmail addresses to reach its victims, as these attacks are on the rise all over the world.
According
to Barracuda who surveyed 10,500 organizations, 35% of them received
at least one bait attack email in September 2021.
What is a…
Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition system. This happens because of the growing societal concerns about the use of such technology.
Thus, in a recent blog post, Jerome Pesenti mentioned that the decision comes “amid this ongoing uncertainty.” The vice…
