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Developers of the first, & still most advanced CMP. An unobtrusive button avoids incessant pop-ups, & un-consented tracking is blocked by default We support ePrivacy & helped progress DoNotTrack for years, against the opposition of Big Tech lobbyists.
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Google has agreed to pay $1.375 billion to settle a case that Texas brought against it for allegedly tracking and collecting user data and geolocation without proper consent.
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Google to pay $1.375B in Texas privacy lawsuit settlement - Austin Business Journal
Texas and Google have finalized a huge settlement tied to a privacy lawsuit.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Google has agreed to pay $1.375 billion to settle a case that Texas brought against it for allegedly tracking and collecting user data and geolocation without proper consent.
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Google agreed to pay up to $190 million in legal fees to private law firms representing Texas as part of a $1.375 billion consumer privacy settlement with the state. The company said it would also pay $71 million in legal fees to the Texas AG’s office as part of the May settlement reut.rs/47sM4Gx
October 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Google agreed to pay up to $190 million in legal fees to private law firms representing Texas as part of a $1.375 billion consumer privacy settlement with the state. The company said it would also pay $71 million in legal fees to the Texas AG’s office as part of the May settlement reut.rs/47sM4Gx
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Good News! Governor Newsom has rightly rejected pressure from Silicon Valley Big Tech & AdTech & just signed the CA Opt Me Out Act (was AB-566)! h/t
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Here is my post about it from last week.
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Here is my post about it from last week.
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If it happens, this will mean that companies than develop or maintain browsers, i.e. any "interactive software application that is used by consumers to locate, access, and navigate internet websites", must:
baycloud.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Good News! Governor Newsom has rightly rejected pressure from Silicon Valley Big Tech & AdTech & just signed the CA Opt Me Out Act (was AB-566)! h/t
@calprivacy.bsky.social
Here is my post about it from last week.
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@calprivacy.bsky.social
Here is my post about it from last week.
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The Network Advertising Initiative proposes their version of St Augustin' s prayer "make me chaste and virtuous, but not yet.". In case anyone is taken in by this (thinking of you
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social), this was exactly their position 12 years ago with Do Not Track
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social), this was exactly their position 12 years ago with Do Not Track
October 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The Network Advertising Initiative proposes their version of St Augustin' s prayer "make me chaste and virtuous, but not yet.". In case anyone is taken in by this (thinking of you
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social), this was exactly their position 12 years ago with Do Not Track
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social), this was exactly their position 12 years ago with Do Not Track
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Google has deleted its political ad archive for the EU, thus the last 7 years of ads, of political spending, of messaging, of targeting - on YouTube, on Search and for display ads for countless elections across 27 countries are gone
www.thebriefing.ie/google-just-...
www.thebriefing.ie/google-just-...
Google just erased 7 years of our political history
Google appears to have deleted its political ad archive for the EU; so the last 7 years of ads, of political spending, of messaging, of targeting - on YouTube, on Search and for display ads - for coun...
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September 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Google has deleted its political ad archive for the EU, thus the last 7 years of ads, of political spending, of messaging, of targeting - on YouTube, on Search and for display ads for countless elections across 27 countries are gone
www.thebriefing.ie/google-just-...
www.thebriefing.ie/google-just-...
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This is a short, punchy, set of facts. It is worth reading the piece directly.
But also, if we wanted a reliable ad archive (and we do) we should have legislated for it, and not rely on public policy whims of the companies who profit from them.
But also, if we wanted a reliable ad archive (and we do) we should have legislated for it, and not rely on public policy whims of the companies who profit from them.
Google has deleted its political ad archive for the EU, thus the last 7 years of ads, of political spending, of messaging, of targeting - on YouTube, on Search and for display ads for countless elections across 27 countries are gone
www.thebriefing.ie/google-just-...
www.thebriefing.ie/google-just-...
Google just erased 7 years of our political history
Google appears to have deleted its political ad archive for the EU; so the last 7 years of ads, of political spending, of messaging, of targeting - on YouTube, on Search and for display ads - for coun...
www.thebriefing.ie
September 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
This is a short, punchy, set of facts. It is worth reading the piece directly.
But also, if we wanted a reliable ad archive (and we do) we should have legislated for it, and not rely on public policy whims of the companies who profit from them.
But also, if we wanted a reliable ad archive (and we do) we should have legislated for it, and not rely on public policy whims of the companies who profit from them.
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Tony Blair Institute has received US levels of big tech corporate funding from Oracle and others and has massive influence on UK Government policy including on AI and exploitation of peoples sensitive personal data.
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Inside the Tony Blair Institute
A former PM, Trump's 'CEO of everything' and NHS data - what could go wrong?
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September 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Tony Blair Institute has received US levels of big tech corporate funding from Oracle and others and has massive influence on UK Government policy including on AI and exploitation of peoples sensitive personal data.
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democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...
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As we said many times over 15 years, the ePrivacy Directive didn't call for incessant "consent popups", only that people mustn't be tracked UNLESS they give informed consent. An unobtrusive button in a footer linking to a clear description & an agree/decline option suffices
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In a bid to slash red tape, the European Commission wants to eliminate one of its peskiest laws: a 2009 tech rule that plastered the online world with pop-ups requesting consent to cookies.
Europe’s cookie law messed up the internet. Brussels wants to fix it.
The European Commission wants to take a bite out of privacy rules that force websites to run cookie banners.
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September 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
As we said many times over 15 years, the ePrivacy Directive didn't call for incessant "consent popups", only that people mustn't be tracked UNLESS they give informed consent. An unobtrusive button in a footer linking to a clear description & an agree/decline option suffices
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We cooperated with RTE PrimeTime over the last year on this very significant story about RTB data exposing the movements of Irish people, including military and political personnel.
Link to this morning's preview piece is here --> www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
Link to this morning's preview piece is here --> www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
September 18, 2025 at 5:49 AM
We cooperated with RTE PrimeTime over the last year on this very significant story about RTB data exposing the movements of Irish people, including military and political personnel.
Link to this morning's preview piece is here --> www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
Link to this morning's preview piece is here --> www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
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A Judge Lets Google Get Away with Monopoly
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A Judge Lets Google Get Away with Monopoly
Judge Amit Mehta had a chance to restore some semblance of the rule of law when he handed down a remedy decision in the Google case. He didn't. Google won this round. And Wall Street is rejoicing.
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September 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
A Judge Lets Google Get Away with Monopoly
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