In a December, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) responded to Google’s decision to lift a prohibition on device fingerprinting (which involves collecting and combining information about a device’s software and hardware, for the purpose of identifying the device) for organisations using its advertising products, effective from 16 February 2025 (see an overview of
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On February 21, 2024, the California Attorney General (CA AG) announced that it had reached a settlement with DoorDash over allegations that the company failed to comply with “sale” requirements under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and disclosure requirements under the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA). The settlement requires DoorDash to pay
Continue Reading California Attorney General Settles with DoorDash over Alleged Sale of Personal InformationAuthors: Ewa Kurowska-Tober, Andrew Serwin, John Magee and Madison Swoy
A trio of forthcoming decisions against tech giant Meta may signal the end for Meta’s targeted ads model, though the issue is likely to rumble on for some time.
For many years, Meta has relied on contractual necessity (Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR)
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