Hunton Privacy

JULY 21, 2023

The adoption of these provisional measures by the Norwegian DPA follows the Irish DPA’s recent decision on Meta’s contextual advertising and the decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Meta v. As noted above, the Norwegian DPA’s order only covers targeted advertising based on “observed behavior.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers discovered a new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) that is called BunnyLoader, which has been advertised for sale in multiple cybercrime forums since September 4, 2023. Cybersecurity researchers spotted a new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) called BunnyLoader that’s appeared in the threat landscape.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The FBI warns of cybercriminals using search engine advertisement services to impersonate brands and defraud users. The FBI is warning of cyber criminals using search engine advertisement services to impersonate brands and direct users to websites that were used to defraud users. ” reads the advisory published by the FBI.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Department of Justice says eight individuals have been indicted - and three of them arrested abroad - as part of a multiyear FBI investigation into gangs that allegedly perpetrated digital advertising fraud via the Methbot and 3ve schemes.

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JULY 19, 2022

On July 6, 2022, the Better Business Bureau National Programs’ Children’s Advertising Review Unit (“CARU”) announced that it had found Outright Games in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) and CARU’s Self-Regulatory Guidelines for Advertising and Guidelines for Children’s Online Privacy Protection.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The agenda of the open meeting includes a vote by the FTC on whether to release a staff perspective and recommendations on the blurring of advertising and content on digital media and its effects on children and teens.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 20, 2023

The inquiries reflect a focus by the FTC on the extent of deceptive advertising on social media and video platforms; how the platforms create and monitor ads; and how they help consumers distinguish advertising and other commercial messages from other types of content.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 20, 2021

The Children’s Advertising Review Unit (“CARU”), a part of a part of the Better Business Bureau National Programs (“BBBNP”), released its revised Children’s Advertising Guidelines (the “Guidelines”) earlier this month. CARU also separated its Advertising and Privacy guidance documents.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 24, 2018

Network of Fake Ad Agencies Distributed 1 Billion Bad Ads, Researchers Find The web may be largely funded thanks to online advertising, but the threat posted by malicious advertisements continues to escalate. Indeed, the latest malvertising scheme, uncovered by security firm Confiant, served 1 billion malicious advertisements.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

million and prohibiting Avast from selling or licensing any web browsing data for advertising purposes. The proposed order prohibits Avast from selling, licensing or otherwise sharing any browsing data from Avast-branded products to third parties for advertising purposes.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Advertising injects often insidious economic incentives into social networks, and lays traces for all manner of corrosive and well-documented behaviors. Integrating an Amplify-like advertising product into Threads seems like a smart way to continue Meta’s feature-by-feature conquest of Twitter’s former glory. —

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 25, 2022

France’s privacy watchdog fines €60 million Microsoft for using advertising cookies without explicit customer consent. France’s privacy watchdog fines €60 million Microsoft’s Ireland subsidiary for using advertising cookies without the explicit consent of its customers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

?Ragnar Locker Ransomware operators have started to run Facebook advertisements to force their victims into paying the ransom. Ragnar Locker Ransomware operators are improving their extortion technique and started running Facebook advertisements to make pressure on their victims and force them to pay the ransom. 9, on Facebook.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2023

Atomic macOS Stealer is a new information stealer targeting macOS that is advertised on Telegram for $1,000 per month. Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) recently discovered a Telegram channel advertising a new information-stealing malware, named Atomic macOS Stealer (AMOS).

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 6, 2023

an online mental health counseling service, for sharing consumer data, including sensitive mental health information, with third parties for targeted advertising and other purposes. The proposed order, if approved, would: Prohibit BetterHelp from sharing consumers’ health data for advertising purposes; Require BetterHelp to pay $7.8

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John Battelle's Searchblog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

First, the news – not that it’s that new given many smarter observers have noticed Apple’s recent pivot to advertising. Apple also sells other types of advertising, but what you might not realize is how large the app download advertising business actually is: an estimated $118 billion this year alone.

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The Guardian Data Protection

AUGUST 2, 2023

Facebook and Instagram’s parent company will stop harvesting audience data to create profiles for advertisers after regulatory rulings Facebook and Instagram are to ask EU users for permission to show them personalised adverts, in a concession that challenges the platforms’ core money-making strategy. Continue reading.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Browser Upstart Alleges Ad Firms Are Seeing Too Much Personal Data A web browser startup, Brave, has filed complaints in Europe alleging Google and other behavioral advertising companies are violating Europe's GDPR.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 24, 2020

Apple’s iOS 14, which was announced by Apple in June 2020 and is scheduled for official release later this year, will require that all apps receive user consent in order to access an iPhone’s unique advertising identifier (Identifier for Advertisers, or “IDFA”) or use the IDFA to automatically track users.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Carder Forum Listing Appears Tied to Breaches at Four Restaurant Chains The notorious Joker's Stash carder marketplace has a fresh listing for payment card data that appears to have been stolen from four different U.S. restaurant chains, security experts warn.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Authors: Heidi Waem and Simon Verschaeve The arrival of the internet has revolutionized the advertising landscape, and since the appearance of the first banner ad in 1994, innovative technologies have been developed in the field of online advertising.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

On September 21, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission announced the agenda for its “Protecting Kids from Stealth Advertising in Digital Media” virtual event to be held on October 19, 2022. The event will feature opening remarks by FTC Chair Lina M.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2019

An Iranian developer is advertising on Telegram a Ransomware-as-a-Service called BlackRouter. The same expert advertises other malware and is believed to the author of another ransomware called Blackheart. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. promotes other infections such as a RAT.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 26, 2022

US regulators said social media firm gave advertisers information collected for security purposes Twitter has been fined $150m (£119m) by US authorities after collecting users’ email addresses and phone numbers for security purposes but then using the data to target them with adverts.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The ban would apply across the European Economic Area (“EEA”). Ahead of the publication of the EDPB binding decision, Meta announced the rolling out in the EEA of a subscription model for an ad-free access to its Facebook and Instagram services.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 24, 2022

On August 23, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission announced it is seeking additional public comment on “how children are affected by digital advertising and marketing messages that may blur the line between ads and entertainment” in conjunction with its “Protecting Kids from Stealth Advertising in Digital Media” event on October 19, 2022.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 25, 2022

France’s privacy watchdog fines €60 million Microsoft for using advertising cookies without explicit customer consent. France’s privacy watchdog fines €60 million Microsoft’s Ireland subsidiary for using advertising cookies without the explicit consent of its customers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 3, 2021

On June 3, 2021, Google informed app developers that beginning in late 2021, when Android 12 OS users opt out of personalized ads, the advertising ID provided by Google Play services (the Google Ad ID, or “GAID”) will not be made available to app developers for any purpose.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

APRIL 19, 2020

And of course, all four granted themselves the right to collect, process, and employ user data for the purpose of pursuing advertising businesses – a multi-hundred billion dollar industry driving what Harvard scholar Shoshana Zuboff calls “ surveillance capitalism.” How might Zoom do such a thing?

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WIRED Threat Level

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The world’s most popular browser is about to make it a lot harder for advertisers to track your online activity.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 20, 2023

The DPC’s investigation began after None of Your Business (“NOYB”), a non-governmental organization co-founded by privacy activist Max Schrems, submitted complaints alleging that Facebook and Instagram “forced” users to consent to the processing of personal data for behavioral advertising and other services.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

Company Fined for Dropping Advertising Cookies Without Consent The French data regulator imposed a fine of 10 million euros on Yahoo after determining that the company's advertising cookie policy had violated the country's privacy regulations.

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IG Guru

JULY 11, 2023

AI, Advertising, and the FTC: Avoiding Costly Pitfalls on Thursday July 13 at 1pm Eastern first appeared on IG GURU. Check out the event and registration here. The post Webinar: Magic or Myth?

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JUNE 1, 2020

The relevant language included a hyperlink to 57 companies along with their addresses, commercial sector and the method of communication used for advertising (email, post or telephone). It pertained to users being contacted by post, telephone or email/SMS by third-party partners for promotional offers. I can delete the cookies at any time.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 3, 2023

Targeted Advertising on LinkedIn May Violate Europeans' Privacy Microsoft is warning investors it may receive a fine from European privacy regulators adding up to at least hundreds of millions of dollars over targeted advertising on its LinkedIn social network.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The charges include wire fraud, computer intrusion, aggravated identity theft and money laundering. Ovsyannikov was arrested last month in Malaysia; Zhukov was arrested earlier this month in Bulgaria; and Timchenko was arrested earlier this month in Estonia, all pursuant to provisional arrest warrants issued at the request of the United States.

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