Firefox is the latest and most important browser to incorporate the Global Privacy Control. The GPC – mandatory for EU countries and California businesses – restricts companies from storing or sharing personal data.
Global Privacy Control on Firefox Nightly…
Facebook ads business would suffer, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and Apple’s privacy changes. Thus, the company predicts that that Apple’s App Tracking Transparency requirements will impact ad targeting more than expected.
More downturns for the…
Attackers
used cookie theft in order to hijack the channels of high-profile
YouTube creators. It’s no secret that cryptocurrency scams are
running rampant. Recently, hacker-for-hire networks have taken to
posing as YouTubers and luring creators with bogus…
Cybersecurity company Imperva discovered a new ad injection campaign that tricked people by using an ad blocker extension. The campaign snuck ads and affiliate codes onto websites using the extension for Chrome and Opera browsers.
Chrome and Opera, affected by ad…
Some Google ads forced the company to ban some of them for “stalkerware” apps, which can be bought and downloaded by anyone. These consumer-grade spyware apps are often marketed to parents, who want to use them to monitor their child’s activities with the…
According to Blackberry’s Research and Intelligence Team, there are three phishing scams targeting Indian nationals. They are apparently coming from a Chinese state-sponsored malware gang.
Phishing scams from old attackers
Blackberry identified an Advanced…
The Facebook outage made every user get nervous. Still, it also brought a good thing for conscious users. Thus, we know now how much the ads that they push in front of us worth.
A Facebook outage estimation
Both Fortune and Snopes came with an estimation about…
The consumer watchdog Which? has attempted to discover the right personal data value. And they did this to regulate the data-collection practices of tech giants such as Google and Facebook. The British company has repeatedly argued that people are uncomfortable about the…
Australia wants to regulate the ad tech space and slams Google
September 28, 2021
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has found Google has a dominant position in the ad tech space. Thus, the commission considers that the position created “systemic competition concerns.”
Google controls the ad tech space
The…
The Brazilian government launched a data protection guide, so that it can raise awareness on data protection among the general public. The “How to protect your personal data” guide includes information on how to restrict access to one’s data. Also, it…
