OpenAI updates privacy policy as ads expand in ChatGPT
OpenAI’s privacy updates let advertisers run personalized ads without accessing users’ chats, keeping targeting safe and privacy-friendly.
Topic: Privacy policy
Google tightens AdMob policies, reshaping ad placement rules
Ads will be restricted in private communications and personalized advertising rules will be refined, reshaping user targeting.
Reddit is removing the ability to opt-out of ad personalization
Reddit won't be serving more ads as a result, but users can expect to see ads that are more relevant.
Reddit is updating its gender identity and ads policies
Reddit will send private messages to redditors that previously provided their gender to make users aware of this update.
Google and Meta are losing their edge as TikTok, Amazon, Instacart ads grow
For the first time in a decade, ad giants Google and Meta are slowing down, making room for smaller, emerging platforms to take over.
New Meta privacy updates for teens
New Facebook and Instagram teen users will automatically be opted in, while current users will need to manually select the settings.
Why Your Website Needs A Cookie And Privacy Policy (And How To Add One)
Are you trying to build up a website or blog? If so then you must be very excited: your website will take the shape of your dreams, projects and interests. On the way to reaching your aims, there is something that has to be considered carefully in your plan: the law. In particular – privacy […]
Apple’s App Tracking Transparency is live; Wednesday’s daily brief
And, at what point does “disruption” become permanent change?
Google Ads’ continuous audience sharing is now available from sub-accounts
When enabled, existing and new remarketing lists you create from sub-accounts are automatically shared with your manager account.
Check your YoY reporting and how to set HARD, DUMB or FAST search marketing goals; Monday’s daily brief
Plus, ORM strategies when attack sites strike and Facebook says the algorithm isn't the ONLY one to blame
Google Search launches about this result feature
Google launches a feature to help searchers learn more about the search result listing before they click on it.
Apple’s data-collection ‘nutrition labels’ for apps will begin appearing next week
Developers are now required to self-report to Apple on the data they collect from users. Very few will escape the new rules.
Recommendations for Website Publishers
If you own or run a website and are looking for ways to make your life easier, then this list of recommendations for website publishers might just help you. The below website tools are ones that I have found to be immensely useful and helpful. I personally find it really stressful to deal with admin […]
Digital Marketing Basics
If you’re new to Digital Marketing (or just need a refresher), then you’re in the right place – welcome to Digital Marketing Basics. Digital marketing is such a sprawling landscape of different channels and platforms that it can be hard for anyone to keep up, or even know where to start. That is where this […]
Google Ads intros ‘continuous audience sharing’ for manager accounts
The new opt-in capability is now available in your manager account settings.
Cookie & Privacy Policy Recommendation: Iubenda
If you have a website, you need a cookie and privacy policy. Regardless of where you are based, if you have users in the EU (which everyone will), you need to inform them of what cookies are dropping on their computer (and get their consent to do so). This can be a real headache, as […]
Google Faces Potential $19M Privacy Fine In The Netherlands
Google continues to face potential fines for failing to change its privacy policy in Europe. Since the company introduced its “simplified privacy policy” in 2012 it has faced Europe-wide criticism and the threat of fines for violating local data protection laws. Multiple government data protection authorities across Europe are cooperating in an effort to compel Google to make changes in […]
Sample Cookie Policy
If you are a site that is based anywhere in the EU, you will legally need to have a Cookie Policy overlay on your site to warn visitors your site will be dropping cookies on their computer. Pretty much all sites do this, as cookies are used for everything from analytics to web functionality to advertising. […]
SearchCap: Google Updates Its Privacy Policy
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Updates Its Privacy Policy You may have noticed Google’s Privacy Policy has been updated as of March 31, with a red letter “Updated” call-out the site’s home page preceding Google’s […]
Google Updates Its Privacy Policy
You may have noticed Google’s Privacy Policy has been updated as of March 31, with a red letter “Updated” call-out the site’s home page preceding Google’s Privacy & Terms link. This is the first time the company has updated the policy this year, following an update in December of 2013. There were only two updates […]
EU Wants More Search Concessions, Google Defies French Authority
Round and round she goes. The European Commission is seeking a final round of “concessions” from Google in an 11th hour effort to settle potential antitrust claims against the company. EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia made public statements asserting that Google needs to deliver additional, revised proposals within weeks to avoid a formal antitrust proceeding. […]
Google Maps Makes Exception & Speeds Up Process To Replace Image Of Shooting Victim
Google Maps is making an exception to its process for reviewing image removal requests, and speeding up the actions needed to replace a satellite image of a 14-year old shooting victim. Following a story broadcast on KTVU-TV, a CNN affiliate in Oakland, California and a report on CNN.com, Google claims it will take approximately eight days […]
Facebook To Retire “Who Can Look Up My Timeline By Name?” Search Setting For All Users
As of today, Facebook announced that it is completing the removal of its “Who can look up my timeline by name?” search setting. Users who still have access to it will begin seeing a reminder below their Facebook search bar that the setting is being retired. Last December, Facebook announced it was replacing the search […]
How Local Businesses Can Leverage New Facebook & Foursquare Features
Recently, Facebook and Foursquare announced new features that will drastically change the ways local businesses leverage the social networks to build customer loyalty and drive new sales. With Facebook, the introduction of Graph Search provides businesses with greater incentive to invest time and effort in their presence on the site so they can appear among the […]
Search In Pics: Google Corkscrew Set, Google Privacy Policy & Toronto Office
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more.
Video: Google’s Susan Wojcicki Keynotes SMX West 2012
Susan Wojcicki, Google’s SVP of Advertising, spoke at our recent SMX West search marketing conference in a keynote conversation with Search Engine Land’s Danny Sullivan and Chris Sherman. The conversation covered many different topics — not just the advertising side of Google where Susan is most heavily involved — from privacy issues to mobile marketing […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 1, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Testing New, Google-y Local Search Results If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the folks at Bing Local are paying Google a very nice compliment with a new display […]
Google Is Watching You (Or Not): New Privacy Policy Takes Effect Today
With several governments and regulatory bodies around the world saying that Google’s new privacy policy may violate their domestic rules (Europe, Japan), it goes into effect today. Advocacy group EPIC has been trying to block it saying that the consolidated privacy policy violates Google’s earlier settlement with the FTC in the Buzz case/investigation. However that […]
Google Screenwise: New Program Pays You To Give Up Privacy & Surf The Web With Chrome
Google is quietly taking requests from web users who want to get paid to surf the web using the Chrome browser while sharing data with Google. The program is called Screenwise and, though we’re not aware of any official announcement, Google has a signup page at www.google.com/landing/screenwisepanel. The page explains that Google wants to create […]
Google’s New Privacy Policy May Violate HIPAA, Congresswoman Says
Several members of Congress continued to express reservations about Google’s new privacy policy after a closed-door meeting on Thursday, with one House member saying that Google’s handling of sensitive medical searches may violate HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Members of the House Energy and Commerce committee grilled Pablo Chavez, Google’s director of […]
Google Unveils Ad Preferences Center For Search And Gmail Ads
Sensitive to privacy issues surrounding ad targeting, Google is opening the kimono to consumers about why certain search and Gmail ads are targeted to certain people. The company is launching an additional section to its ad preference center — where users can already manage targeting criteria for display ads. In the new area, people will […]
Taylor: “The Majority Of People On Facebook Have Modified Their Privacy Settings”
Speaking at Web 2.0 Summit today, Facebook’s chief technical officer Bret Taylor said that people do change their default privacy settings on Facebook — most of them, in fact. “The majority of people on Facebook have modified their privacy settings,” Taylor said. “If you talk to a college student, they know exactly what their parents can see […]
Google’s Horowitz: “We Need To Improve” Google Plus & Facebook’s Sharing Controls Are “Familiar”
In what amounted to a “State of Google Plus” talk today, Google’s Bradley Horowitz said “we need to improve,” hinted at some features that may be in Google’s pipeline and called Facebook’s new sharing controls “familiar.” Horowitz, the VP of Product for Google Plus, spoke to Tim O’Reilly during an hour-long, live webcast conversation that […]
New Facebook Sharing Controls Undermine Google+ Privacy Advantage
There will be extensive discussion and debate today about whether the broad and welcome array of new privacy, tagging and sharing controls on Facebook are or aren’t a response to Google+. I directly asked Facebook that question and was told that the new features have nothing to do with Google+ and have been in the […]
Microsoft Tulalip: Is A New Social/Search Hybrid On The Way?
It appears that Microsoft is planning a new project called Tulalip and could be positioning it as a hybrid search/social networking service. First reported by Fusible, Tulalip currently sits on the SOCL.com domain, which is owned by Microsoft. You can see the socl.com WHOIS record on DomainTools to confirm. Tulalip currently only offers a “welcome” […]
Google+ Profiles Will Be Public: Google To Terminate All Private Profiles After July 31st
There was speculation back in March that Google was going to launch a social network when it was announced that there would be no more private Google profiles after July 31st. The launch of Google+ solidified this stance as on Google’s public profiles page it states: The purpose of Google Profiles is to enable you […]
Google Settles FTC Charges Over Buzz, Agrees To 20 Years Of Privacy Audits
Google has agreed to have independent privacy audits over the next 20 years, to settle an FTC investigation into wrong doing over its Google Buzz product. The FTC has release a statement where Google agreed to allow independent audits of how Google handles privacy controls. After Google Buzz launched there was a lot of concern […]
Turning The Tables On The Google Toolbar & Disclosure Claims
Part of this week’s debate over whether Microsoft’s Bing search engine is learning from Google involves data that Bing gathers through Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Google has suggested Microsoft isn’t giving fair disclosure. I disagree. To better illustrate, let’s turn the tables and look at the Google Toolbar and disclosure.
Google Legal Headaches Roundup: Angry Chinese Resellers, Toolbar Snooping, Texas Conspiracy Theories
No stranger to lawsuits and regulatory complaints, Google is dealing with a trio of new claims and contentions. Ad reseller partners in China are suing Google for lost commissions and other damages tied to Google’s recent pullout of that market. According to an article in Shanghai Daily: Seven former advertising resellers for Google China in […]
Google Appoints Privacy Director & Adds New Privacy Measures
Google has announced they have increased their privacy controls within Google to better secure user privacy. Google has done this in response to them collecting data over wifi via their street view cars. Google has added three broad changes to help secure private data going forward: (1) They appointed a director of privacy, Alma Whitten […]