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Company says it needs time to clear up confusion and misinformation
Smaller online ad groups fear plan to remove third-party cookies will increase tech company’s advantage
Developers look at invasive user tracking techniques before advertising rule change
Social media company cites uncertainties arising from split with the EU
Social media platform hit with penalty for GDPR breach under new EU privacy regime
Getting rid of tracking cookies will hand control of web to US tech giant, say lobbyists
Austrian activist files complaints with German and Spanish data protection authorities
Coalition of trade groups opposes tech company’s plan to restrict trackers used for mobile advertising
Two books ask how we can take back control of our data in a surveillance society
Regulations must be designed to keep the internet open and global
UK Information Commission concludes three-year investigation into digital marketing group
Move threatens to complicate Brexit negotiations over data sharing between bloc and UK
Google and Amazon wrestle with how to fit hardware into everyday life without provoking a backlash
Campaigners say profiling the age group is exploitative because of their susceptibility to marketing
A new executive order could address the confusion left by ECJ’s privacy shield ruling
European Commission paper sets up potential clash with tech companies and privacy advocates
Two months after ECJ struck down Privacy Shield, activists are targeting companies for not protecting data
Upcoming iPhone update will ask users if they want to be tracked
Citizens must be able to choose how their data are governed
Forced sale of Chinese app in the US marks a turning point
ECJ rules main mechanism for transferring information fails to protect EU citizens’ privacy
Controversial facial recognition provider is already under investigation globally
Big tech companies must judge whether they can comply with China’s sweeping new security law
Companies face difficult choice over Hong Kong’s new security law
Moves by social media companies follow rollout of China’s national security law
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