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Podcast episode on GDPR (“what is personal data?”), ePrivacy (“what requires consent? or not?”), adtech (TCF notably) and “Pay or OK” – a fantastic conversation with Alan Chapell on The Monopoly Report. So much still to talk about, so we’ll see if a follow-up comes! Here are some links (42min): – on the Monopoly Report […]
Now that the Commission has withdrawn its proposal for an ePrivacy Regulation, where does that leave the ePrivacy Directive and the issues organisations face? Over the past 7-8 years, a lot has been said about the proposed ePrivacy Regulation. Intended as both a modernisation of the ePrivacy Directive and a manner of getting to (more) […]
Want to learn about mobile app reflexes re GDPR + ePrivacy compliance, and fancy hearing about both the legal and technical aspects and how they interact? Watch the recording of the webinar that Thomas Ghys and I gave today (1h). We talk in it about the CNIL recommendations re mobile apps, what regulators are likely […]
AI-powered adtech = prohibited AI? Interesting perspective, though I have my doubts as to whether the typical adtech-related AI systems we encounter in Europe would be classified as “manipulative” (let alone harmful) under the EU AI Act – once we look at how things work in practice. After all, manipulation and influence are not the […]
Wasn’t FOMO manipulation / “trick wording” a darkpattern? Why then do some critics thereof use them? Genuinely curious. Not all do so, far from it (and some of the most prominent ones are very good at *avoiding* such techniques), but it seems that some enjoy labelling everything as “Breaking” (even information that is more than […]
Contextual ads > targeted ads”? Often this approach refers to one Dutch broadcaster’s (misinterpreted) story and mistaken assumptions that “contextual” means “no data”. Now for the opposite story from Belgium: the news website Tweakers tried an allegedly “tracking-free” contextual ad system since May 2022 but announced yesterday it was not economically viable and would be […]
One of the hot topics in onlineadvertising today is the Google Privacy Sandbox, especially given the phasing out of 3rd-party cookies in Chrome. For a discussion that will likely cover the practical implications and possible limitations (and perhaps less the legal aspects like ePrivacy and GDPR?), I cannot recommend enough the lineup of tomorrow’s discussion. […]
This op-ed was first published on EULawLive on 21 January 2025 and is now republished here, in accordance with the EULawLive guidelines & terms for guest authors. The header image is of course an easy pun about the implications of a broader application of judgment T-354/22 and how data subjects might be in a position […]
“We want to encourage publishers to deploy more privacy-preserving advertising such as contextual models, and we will explore where the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) consent requirements are preventing such a shift”. Thank you, Information Commissioner’s Office, for showing openness to this issue. Regulators in the EU, the UK and even the USA have […]
Websites, web apps & cookies get a lot of attention, but the GDPR and ePrivacy rules also apply to other digital properties & technologies. To emphasise this, the CNIL published recommendations for mobile apps last September. During a free webinar on 3 February, Thomas Ghys and I will cover practical considerations relating to these recommendations, […]
