The Information Trust Exchange Project — Editors, researchers, technologists, entrepreneurs and journalism advocates taking on the task of making a new market for digital information. Governed by a public-benefit consortium. Committed to respecting individual identity and privacy.
"PRIVACY TOWN" -- Can a news organization become its community’s “privacy protector” . . . cut down on ad fraud . . . and reach new readers, viewers and users with trustworthy services? ITEGA considers testing.
Read MoreMajor publisher group DCN says “sky won’t fall” if RTB switches to non-personal data; calls for evolution from status quo
The head of the biggest group that represents digital operations of major U.S. publishers says not to heed the “sky is falling” message from ad-tech companies and turn instead to “evolving” from the status quo of Real Time Bidding. “Ad market is unhealthy, lots of...
California lawmakers sidetrack CCPA amendments sought by privacy advocates; but advance amendments to ease restrictions on “de-identified” aggregate data; and allow charging non-sharing users
In Sacramento, the California Legislature has until the end of September to advance or kill a series of amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act, before it becomes effective on Jan. 1, 2020. One pending proposal important to publishers could permit charging...
Pre-law student’s paper examines the potential for constitutional challenge to CCPA | No firm conclusion
Could application of the U.S. Constitution’s interstate commerce clause — generally leaving nationwide business exchange to Congress to regulate — de-rail the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)? That’s the question posed in a legal review by a University of...
Big tech, others, seek CCPA changes to allow trading of “premium features” for user data; open up use of publicly available information
Two important efforts to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) have emerged — and one of them may affect the sale of premium content. Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Uber and Lyft are pushing at least eight amendments in the California Legislature in...
Key ad-tech inventor says consumers need protection; Senate panel probes data privacy and competition
The inventor of real-time bidding (RTB) and other online ad tech has told a U.S. Senate committee that it’s time to give consumers a bill of rights to protect their personal data and make it portable. “I think you can draft that user agreement,” Brian...
Public Knowledge’s Harold Feld seeks Digital Platform Act and a look to the past for reigning in behavior of platforms
A respected researcher and attorney at the open-Internet access group Public Knowledge says new laws, a new federal agency and a careful definition of the public interest are urgently needed to counter the growing monopoly-like power of digital platforms such as...