Once-in-a-generation moment to protect U.S. Privacy

Johnny Ryan2022, DIGITAL & DATA, Featured Reports, NEWS, PUBLICATION, Report, SUBMISSION

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.

ICCL report on the scale of Real-Time Bidding data broadcasts in the U.S. and Europe

Johnny Ryan2022, DIGITAL & DATA, Featured Reports, NEWS, PUBLICATION, Report

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.

ICCL lawsuit takes aim at Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter and the entire online advertising industry

Johnny Ryan2021, DIGITAL & DATA, NEWS, PRESS RELEASE, SUBMISSION

15 June 2021  Dublin – Online advertising causes the world’s biggest data breach. Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is going to court in Germany to stop it. ICCL’s lawsuit takes aim at Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, Verizon, AT&T, and …

4 Big Questions about Google’s new privacy position

Johnny Ryan2021, DIGITAL & DATA

This note examines Google’s planned advertising system, and highlights privacy, data protection, and competition questions.  Author: Dr Johnny Ryan  In January 2020 Google announced that it was considering a major change in how its online advertising system operates.[1] Hidden machines …