9 December 2024 ICCL Enforce responded to the consultation from the European Commission on the application of the definition of AI systems and the prohibitions under the EU AI Act. In our submission we emphasise the need to prohibit two harmful …
FTC acts against RTB company Mobilewalla
Following ICCL led submission with Open Markets and the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue, the U.S. FTC acts against RTB firm Mobilewalla
Once-in-a-generation moment to protect U.S. Privacy
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering new privacy rules to protect Internet users against tracking. The ICCL/Open Markets/TACD submission reveals the impact of tracking-based online advertising to enable the FTC to act.
Class action against Oracle’s worldwide surveillance machine
Oracle claims to have amassed dossiers on 5 billion people, and generates $42.4 billion in annual revenue. ICCL’s Dr Johnny Ryan is a lead plaintiff in a new U.S. class action to stop its global surveillance machine.
ICCL report on the scale of Real-Time Bidding data broadcasts in the U.S. and Europe
New report: the $127 billion “Real-Time Bidding” online ad industry tracks & shares what people view online, and their locations, 178 Trillion times a year in the U.S. & Europe.
IAB Europe can’t audit what 1000+ companies that use its TCF system do with our personal data
Thanks to Dr Panos Papadopoulos, Dr Krzysztof Franaszek, Zach Edwards, Dr Augustine Fou, Pete Snyder for their insights. Any mistakes are my own. 20 January 2022 This note describes why IAB Europe’s new “vendor compliance programme” is unable to establish transparency …
Sustainability without surveillance
New report: Tracking-based online advertising imperils fundamental rights and publisher sustainability by diverting data and revenue from publishers.
ICCL’s Dr Johnny Ryan keynotes European Parliament launch of Tracking-free Ads Coalition
2 February 2021 Dr Johnny Ryan gave a keynote speech at the launch of the European Parliament tracking-free ads coalition. The Coalition intends to investigate whether Europe should prevent online surveillance to protect privacy and better support journalism. Javier Espinoza …