DoJ approves Google's acquisition of Mandiant In Brief Plus: Ukrainian fake news and Uber admits covering up data breach Security25 Jul 2022 | 2
Meta agrees to tweak ad system after US govt brands it discriminatory And pay the tiniest of fines, too Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 11
Cookie consent crumbles under fresh UK data law proposals Campaigners fear erosion of rights as narrowing of law proposed as well as political control over independent watchdog Security17 Jun 2022 | 121
UK monopoly watchdog investigates Google's online advertising business Another probe? Mountain View is starting to look like a pincushion at this rate Legal27 May 2022 | 11
Facebook opens political ad data vaults to researchers Social network builds FORT to protect against onslaught of regulation, investigation Security24 May 2022 |
Lawmakers launch bill to break up tech giants' ad dominance Running ad auctions while also buying and selling ads may be outlawed for large firms Legal19 May 2022 | 5
Your data's auctioned off up to 987 times a day, NGO reports Irish Council on Civil Liberties said this is first time the scope of real-time bidding is being measured Security18 May 2022 | 31
Ad-tech firms grab email addresses from forms before they're even submitted Researchers find widespread harvesting of info without consent Personal Tech16 May 2022 | 91
Google's FLoC flopped, boffins claim, because it failed to provide promised privacy MIT folk tested the interest-based ad scheme to understand why it was discontinued Personal Tech05 May 2022 | 22
Google starts testing fenced frames to guard its Privacy Sandbox Oh, serve me ads, lots of ads, under clouded eyes above, just fence me in Security03 May 2022 | 7
Google must pay €150 million fine to French Competition Authority, court orders 'Opaque and difficult' ad rules cost biz 20 hours of annual profit Personal Tech08 Apr 2022 | 12
Meta accused of hiring Republican consultancy to seed anti-TikTok rumors Slap-a-teacher and smash-the-school crazes were carefully engineered smears, it is claimed Personal Tech31 Mar 2022 | 24
Ubiquiti sues Krebs on Security for defamation Network equipment maker insists it acted responsibly following intrusion Security30 Mar 2022 | 38
Google resumes shoveling stuff into its 'Privacy Sandbox' Chrome trials scheduled for FLEDGE and Topics APIs Applications29 Mar 2022 | 18
File Explorer fiasco: Window to Microsoft's mixed-up motivations Opinion MS craves extra revenue, but ad pipelines in the OS are hostages to fortune OSes21 Mar 2022 | 79
This browser-in-browser attack is perfect for phishing If you're involved in malvertising, please don't read this. We don't want to give you ideas Security18 Mar 2022 | 28
Meta sued for 'aiding and abetting' crypto scammers Watchdog claims Facebook parent sat on its hands as fake ads fleeced netizens Personal Tech18 Mar 2022 | 51
UK, EU regulators probe Google and Meta's 'Jedi Blue' ad deal Watchdog: We're 'concerned' they 'teamed up ... to put obstacles in the way of competitors' Legal11 Mar 2022 | 12
Google expands Privacy Sandbox to Android Web giant shocked, shocked, to find misuse of data going on in here Security17 Feb 2022 | 17
European watchdog: All data collected about users via ad-consent popup system must be deleted Decision to affect Google's, Amazon's and Microsoft's online ads biz Networks02 Feb 2022 | 103
Google dumps interest-based ad system for another interest-based ad system For FLoC's sake, people Personal Tech26 Jan 2022 | 57
Ad blockers altering website code is not a copyright violation, German court rules Browser filter biz Eyeo defeats Axel Springer – but case against Google poses similar risks Personal Tech19 Jan 2022 | 72
Google and Facebook's top execs allegedly approved dividing ad market among themselves Latest iteration of Texas-led antitrust complaint against Google expands claims of bad behavior Legal15 Jan 2022 | 42
Pen Test Partners: Anyone could view Gumtree users' GPS location by pressing F12 And online flea market had IDOR in an iOS-focused API Security15 Dec 2021 | 18
Google Chrome's upcoming crackdown on ad-blockers and other extensions still really sucks, EFF laments Analysis Three years of pushback have produced few changes while search giant insists it's listening to netizens Applications14 Dec 2021 | 97
US states' antitrust lawsuit against Google's advertising business keeps growing Texas and pals are back with more details of Chocolate Factory's alleged efforts to unfairly rig the online advertising world Personal Tech16 Nov 2021 | 10
He called himself the King of Fraud. Now this bot lord will reign in prison for years Thousands of servers, hundreds of thousands of IP addresses used by scammer to drum up $7m in fake web advert impressions On-Prem13 Nov 2021 | 58
Antitrust battle latest: Google, Facebook 'colluded' to smash Apple's privacy protections Amended Texas complaint alleges backroom efforts to maintain ad dominance and more Personal Tech22 Oct 2021 | 38
Google trims the cut its Play Store takes from digital subscriptions, ebooks, music streaming But with 97 per cent of Android devs offering free software, web giant's share of mobile ad spend matters more Software21 Oct 2021 | 4
Ad-blocking browser extension actually adds ads, say Imperva researchers Oi, Google: how did this get past your review process? And Imperva: why does your web page offer to install software? Security14 Oct 2021 | 23
Motivated by commerce, not conscience, Google bans ads for climate change consensus contradictors Publishers won't get ads, advertisers won't get a voice, nobody will be spared weeks of tedious culture wars Personal Tech08 Oct 2021 | 44
Australian regulator finds Google dominates adtech, seeks powerup to fight back Calls for global approach to curtail self-preferencing behaviour, unhelpful opacity that crimps competition Personal Tech28 Sep 2021 | 12
Remember when UK watchdog spent a bunch of cash with Google warning people about ad scams ... on Google? Mountain View still ducking questions over whether it'll reimburse that Off-Prem23 Sep 2021 | 6
Lenovo pops up tips on its tablets. And by tips, Lenovo means: Unacceptable ads Amid customer fury, PC maker says it has 'no plans to add any further push notifications' to its stealth adware Personal Tech03 Sep 2021 | 122
Once again, Facebook champions privacy ... of its algorithms: Independent probe into Instagram shut down AlgorithmWatch ends newsfeed study after 'thinly veiled threat' Personal Tech13 Aug 2021 | 16
Woman sues McDonald's for $14 after cheeseburger ad did exactly what it's designed to Orthodox Christian said mouth-watering banner made her break Lent fast Bootnotes09 Aug 2021 | 142
Communism never looked so good: China cracks down on pop-up ads Developers accused of ignoring regulations and adding adware where it's not allowed Personal Tech30 Jul 2021 | 21
Privacy proves elusive in Google's Privacy Sandbox Like FLoC, FLEDGE isn't yet ready to fly for web-based ads, judging from this proof-of-concept exploit code Applications29 Jul 2021 | 17
Watchdog slaps down Three's claims to be building the UK's 'fastest 5G network' – again Company can't seem to help running its mouth, despite ASA's ruling last year Networks21 Jul 2021 | 18
Google herds FLoC back to the lab for undisclosed post-third-party-cookie ad tech modifications Privacy advocates say surgery on bird-themed system must happen in public Applications08 Jul 2021 | 13
Google: About that whole getting rid of third-party cookies thing – we're gonna need another year or so Plan to reinvent advertising turns out to be more difficult than expected Personal Tech25 Jun 2021 | 20
Ex-Brave staffer launches GDPR sueball in Germany over tech giants' real-time bidding for ad inventory Privacy browser's former chief policy officer calls web advertising ecosystem 'the Biggest. Data. Breach. Ever' Security17 Jun 2021 | 21
Guy who wrote women are 'soft, weak, cosseted, naive' lasted about a month at Apple until internal revolt Updated Ad tech engineer out after autobiography sparks protest – and what does this say about iGiant's hiring process? Personal Tech13 May 2021 | 160
Signal banned for booking obviously targeted ads? That story's too good to be true, Facebook claims Antisocial giant dismisses chat app rival's 'stunt' in escalating war of words Personal Tech05 May 2021 | 25
It doesn't really matter how many of us gripe about Google, nothing can stop it printing billions of dollars Profit, sales soar as giant seemingly scales beyond our perception of reality and scrutiny of society PaaS + IaaS27 Apr 2021 | 10
Facebook job ads algorithm still discriminates on gender, LinkedIn not so much Gender bias found in employment adverts despite antisocial network giant's past promises Software09 Apr 2021 | 21
EFF urges Google to ground its FLoC: 'Pro-privacy' third-party cookie replacement not actually great for privacy 'That is not the world we want, nor the one users deserve' Security05 Mar 2021 | 57
AdGuard names 6,000+ web trackers that use CNAME chicanery: Feel free to feed them into your browser's filter Assuming your content blocker can scrutinize DNS Security04 Mar 2021 | 38
Google says once third-party cookies are toast, Chrome won't help ad networks track individuals around the web Notes an 'erosion of trust' – gee, wonder who could be responsible for that... Personal Tech03 Mar 2021 | 73
Euro privacy watchdog calls for end of targeted advertising plus a squeeze on the processing of personal info Could the lucrative era of light-touch regulation finally be over for Google and Facebook? Personal Tech11 Feb 2021 | 37
In a trial run, Google Chrome to corral netizens into groups for tailored web ads rather than target individuals Analysis The third-party advertising cookie: Barely tolerated anymore. We can rebuild it, internet titan insists, we have the technology. Personal Tech25 Jan 2021 | 29
Google AMP gets a shock to its system as advisor quits, lawsuit claims foul play No one's AMPing up the love Software19 Dec 2020 | 42
Wait ages for an antitrust battle and three come along at once: Google sued by 38 US states over search monopoly Silicon Valley titan allegedly screwed rivals with exclusionary agreements Personal Tech17 Dec 2020 | 15
About $15m in advertising booked to appear on millions of smart TVs was never seen by anyone, says Oracle Yes, Oracle the database giant. 2020 keeps on being 2020 Personal Tech17 Dec 2020 | 51
Ad blocking made Google throw its toys out of the pram – and now even more control is being taken from us Column We need regulations on web advertising Security14 Dec 2020 | 186
Arriving in 2021, the UK's Digital Markets Unit 'could' start to do something about the power of online ad giants But Parliament seems a bit busy at the moment to legislate Science27 Nov 2020 | 18
Who watches the watchers? Samsung does so it can fling ads at owners of its smart TVs Customers forgot they are the product when splashing out on a nice telly Security30 Sep 2020 | 135
This'll upset the Apple cart: 1,200 iOS apps downloaded 300 million times a month include 'ad fraud' code Updated Synk accuses China-based Mintegral of distributing malicious SDK Personal Tech24 Aug 2020 | 14
Glum Alphabet execs look up from red-ink ad figures. What will we do, they ask. Ahem, coughs Google Cloud Chocolate Factory's as-a-service stuff grows as advertising, profit takes a tumble SaaS31 Jul 2020 | 7
Australia sues Google over data collection practices that merged DoubleClick data to create single user profiles Alleges opt-in that promised “more control” actually sent more data without informed consent. Google 'strongly disagrees' Legal27 Jul 2020 | 15
No one can compete with Google... unless it opens its click-and-query data to rivals, says UK markets watchdog Sharing's caring On-Prem02 Jul 2020 | 1
The incumbent President of the United States of America ran now-banned Facebook ads loaded with Nazi references We wanted flying cars and space travel for 2020 but instead we got re-runs of fascist propaganda Personal Tech18 Jun 2020 | 156