Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Under The Hood Does the web need more browser engines? The recent trend has been toward browser engine consolidation. Google helped this along by growing Chrome’s market share, but Microsoft gave up on its own web-rendering software and moved to Chromium at the end […]
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) officially took effect on Jan. 1, 2020, and now businesses must hustle to comply as a new clock begins to tick. CCPA enforcement starts on July 1. Here’s what you need to know to get up to speed: CCPA basics CCPA is for now the most stringent privacy regulation […]
Regular Californians and business owners are uneasy about the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), based on the feedback submitted to the California attorney general’s office on the AG’s implementation regs. The deadline to turn in comments to the AG’s office was Friday, Dec.6, which followed a 45-day public comment period. Although lawyers and trade associations […]
Hey, CCPA-heads, the moment you’ve been waiting months for has arrived. The California attorney general’s office on Thursday published the first draft of its implementation regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act. [Click here to read the full text.] The purpose of the regulations is to operationalize the law and provide practical guidance. It’s the […]
Big tech can’t swing a cat these days without hitting an antitrust investigation. Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple are all facing varying degrees of heat from the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, state attorneys general across the nation, the House Judiciary Committee and competition authorities around the world. It’s hard to keep track […]
Every state in the United States, plus Washington, DC, has an attorney general tasked with regulating, investigating and enforcing against noncompliant marketing practices. They’re known colloquially as “baby FTCs” – but don’t be fooled. They’ve got teeth. “Think of state attorneys general as the top cops in their respective state; they’ve got active consumer protection agendas […]
