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COOKIES The Fnac App Asked, Users Said No, and the Tracker Kept Running: Inside the CNIL’s €7 Million Fine
France’s data protection authority, the CNIL, has fined two Fnac companies a combined €7 million over a tracker in the retailer’s mobile…
Why the IAB’s MSPA Isn’t the Finish Line
On March 4, 2026, the Interactive Advertising Bureau released the Fifth Amended and Restated Multi-State Privacy Agreement, the most significant rewrite of…
COOKIES Meta Pixel’s November 12 On-Device Conversion Update: What Agencies, Marketers and Privacy Officers Must Check Before It Switches On
In August 2025, a San Francisco jury found that Meta violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act by obtaining women’s menstrual cycle…
COOKIES Supreme Court Weighs Whether a Blockbuster-Era Video Privacy Law Can Police Modern Tracking Pixels
On October 14, 2026, the justices spent nearly 90 minutes poking at a 1988 statute written for VHS rental records and asking,…
COOKIES Zero-Click Spyware Through Ads: What Publishers Must Check After the Discover-Tech Suspension
For about six years, an Israeli company called Discover-Tech sat on the list of vendors that IAB Europe’s Transparency & Consent Framework…
COOKIES PrivacyResolve.com – Industrialization of Website Privacy Claims
Talk to an expertSchedule a 15-minute Demo with a Data Privacy ExpertA privacy specialist will walk through your site, your exposure and…
COOKIES Beyond the Website: Why Mobile Apps and Connected TV Are the Next Privacy Litigation Frontier
For the last several years, privacy litigation has focused heavily on websites.
COOKIES How to Block Image-Based Scripts and Tracking Pixels Before Consent
Most discussions about cookie consent focus on scripts. Block Google Analytics. Block Meta Pixel. Block advertising tags. Wait for the visitor to…
COOKIES Captain Compliance Is Now a Documented Consent Layer for Elevar’s Server-Side Stack
Elevar has published the Captain Compliance setup in its own documentation.
COOKIES How Tagmaps Tests Google Tag Manager for Privacy Problems Before They Go Live
Most companies with a mature marketing operation use some form of tag management.
COOKIES __obi cookie – The Architecture of OpenAI’s Ad Tracking Pixel
The launch of ChatGPT’s ad-supported tiers was pitched as a routine monetization play, but under the hood, OpenAI has quietly deployed an…
The 1986 Law Quietly Driving Healthcare’s Biggest Privacy Settlements
Old Statute, New Liability: ECPA’s Quiet Takeover of Healthcare Privacy Litigation The Electronic Communications Privacy Act predates the commercial internet.