General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which goes into effect in May 2018, was designed to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, to protect and empower all EU citizens’ data privacy and to reshape the way organizations across the region approach data privacy.
See our Guide to GDPR for a look at what you need to know and how you can prepare and comply.
Consumers say they want much more control over their personal data
91 percent of survey respondents expressed a desire to have more control or block companies from using their personal data....
GDPR complaints stack up across the EU as regulators prepare to issue fines
Is it more bark than bite? What U.S. marketers can learn from how GDPR is unfolding...
How the IAB Tech Lab’s new PrivacyChain could solve one of consent management’s biggest problems
Now entering a testing-and-comments phase, the blockchain-based PrivacyChain could ease tensions between advertisers, publishers and...
Feds call for public comments on US privacy legislation ahead of Wednesday’s Senate hearing
Google and IAB have both presented frameworks as industry groups lobby for business-friendly data privacy...
119 billion reasons why brands must control their customer data
With growing consumer awareness of data use and misuse comes a heightened responsibility for businesses to safeguard and responsibly manage...
Top tech firms call for pro-business updates to federal data privacy laws
The companies are hoping that a federal law will override state rules like California's recently-passed pro-consumer...
US Chamber of Commerce calls on feds to preempt CA privacy law
Pressure is building from business interests for new federal privacy legislation....
Complaints to the ICO have spiked since GDPR came into effect in May
If related to GDPR, the bump serves as a preview to US companies that will soon be grappling with their own states' data privacy...
Google, IAB Europe still negotiating GDPR Consent Framework implementation
Google has yet to launch its consent management...
Two French location data companies receive GDPR consent warnings
The companies were obtaining user location data from app publishers, but consumers were not told about that usage....
New report: Facebook and Google among tech firms lobbying Congress for ‘kinder’ federal data privacy laws
The companies want pro-business federal rules that will override stringent state privacy laws like California's recently passed...
The United States finally starts to talk about data privacy legislation
Despite the US Commerce Secretary's condemnation of Europe's GDPR in May, there are signs that federal and state governments are starting to...
Quantcast reports more than 90% of visitors to EU domains grant GDPR consent
About 81 percent of visitors say yes to every consent choice, according to this consent management...
Report: 1/3 of top US news sites block EU users rather than comply with GDPR
The list includes a third of the top US news sites, including the Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News, Dallas Morning News, Newsday and The...
Report: More than 1,000 personal data breaches reported in Ireland since GDPR deadline
The top GDPR-related complaints are: processing involving the disclosure of personal data without a legal basis; user requests for information...
Report: Majority of companies fear 3rd-party vendors make them vulnerable to GDPR legal risks
Only 32 percent of companies say they are fully GDPR-compliant, according to the Demandbase/Demand Metric...
Cedato unveils ‘contextual lookalike targeting’ for programmatic video
The company says it's the first to offer data-based contextual advertising for video that meets clients'...
Predictions About Data Usage Post-GDPR
Contributor Rob Rasko interviewed 3 industry leaders and asked, 'Has GDPR changed business practices, the perceptions around data usage and how...
As Facebook user and revenue growth slows in Q2, advertisers still on board
The company is betting on Stories ads and says GDPR impact on user growth was in line with expectations. ...
New report: Consent management platforms are purchased less often than other privacy tools
According to TrustArc and the IAPP, that may be because consent management has too many 'cooks in the...
