Legal: Privacy
In a victory for speech, EU’s top court sides with Google in right to be forgotten case
A decision in favor of French regulators might have set a difficult precedent....
Does the 9th Circuit’s decision in HiQ vs. LinkedIn open the floodgates to scraping?
The case may still be reheard or appealed but it appears to be a broad ruling in favor of "the open internet."...
DuckDuckGo proposes the “Do-Not-Track Act of 2019”
If enacted, the law would require sites to honor user tracking...
DuckDuckGo CEO testifies: Privacy legislation isn’t ‘anti-advertising’
Gabriel Weinberg also believes that privacy legislation can make the internet more competitive....
Google may be headed for victory in EU right-to-be-forgotten indexing appeal
The top legal advisor for the European Court of Justice has recommended that delisting under RTBF not extend outside the EU....
Opinion: Google’s store sales measurement data deal with Mastercard not ‘deceptive’
Bloomberg report zeroes-in on lack of consumer disclosure by the credit card...
Google rolls out updates to give users easier access to privacy controls
Will easier access to privacy controls cause headaches for marketers who rely on activity-related...
Google updates ‘Ad Settings’ to allow users to turn off targeting signals
Google is also extending 'Why this ad?' notices to all services that display Google Ads, including YouTube, Google Play, Gmail, Maps and partner...
Google rolls out new ID requirements for US political ads
Due to increased scrutiny of how these ads affect users and voters, company says more transparency intiatives are to...
Google involved in Supreme Court case that may change class-action damages awards
The question before the court involves 'cy-près' and whether it was OK for plaintiffs' attorneys to allocate settlement money to their own law...
Google loses ‘right to be forgotten’ case in UK High Court
Decision likely to spark other appeals to courts by those denied de-listing....
Facebook & Cambridge Analytica: What we know, what they knew & where that leaves us
A brief history of the many privacy disasters at the world's dominant social media platform, and what the most recent data exposure means for...
To comply with GDPR, Google asks publishers to manage user-data consent for ad targeting in EU
Publishers are being asked to manage the consent process on behalf of...
German court: Google has no ‘duty to inspect’ websites for illegal content before displaying
The court held that Google can't be held liable before being notified of a 'clearly recognizable violation' of individual rights....
Law and reputation firms generate 21% of Right to Be Forgotten delistings, says Google
New report from Google digs into three years' worth of data on removal requests and exposes the delisting criteria....
How much will privacy regulation disrupt the local search market in 2018?
Columnist Wesley Young covers a growing storm of events that are likely to culminate in substantial regulatory change and analyzes the impact...
Echo and Home will probably have to tell you they’re always listening — in Europe
As smart speakers proliferate around the world, some governments will require strong privacy disclosures and consent to recording....
Privacy group files flawed complaint against Google Store Sales Measurement
EPIC gets the basic facts wrong about the data being used in Google program....
Google receives search warrant for identities of everyone who searched crime victim’s name
If this overly broad warrant were duplicated in other jurisdictions, local law enforcement might use Google as a first stop in their...
Bing to censor Bing.com in the EU for Right To Be Forgotten searches
According to the announcement, Bing's updated RTBF policy for the EU will use location-based signals to remove relevant URLs on all versions of...