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In the absence of a federal privacy law, advertisers can expect a steady stream of state privacy law announcements. Just fill in the blanks.

U.S. state privacy laws are multiplying at a dizzying rate. Here are the key points to know for the collection and processing of sensitive information for the rest of 2023.

Here’s why YouTube has legal protection from copyright infringement, and what content owners do when they detect reposted content on YouTube using the platform’s recognition tools.

Putting data in the possession of a presumably trusted third party makes a world of sense. But while clean rooms are very useful for some things, it is questionable whether they are the panacea for all privacy-compliance challenges.

Companies throughout the ad tech ecosystem are reckoning with the fact that, due to the revised definition of “business purpose” in the CPRA, they may no longer qualify as “service providers” under California privacy law. Davis+Gilbert’s Richard Eisert and Zachary Klein break down what to expect.

The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which takes effect on January 1, 2023, and replaces the current California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), throws a curveball to measurement and analytics practices. Gary Kibel, partner at Davis+Gilbert, explains how restrictions on combining data will impact measurement.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is the most mature and comprehensive health data protection law in the US. (It passed in 1996.) But does this patient data protection law apply to data-driven advertising and online data collection? The answer is yes and no.

When brands need to better position their products and services, they turn to the advertising industry. So how did the advertising industry allow the term “surveillance advertising” to gain a foothold, not just with aggressive privacy advocates but with lawmakers and regulators, asks Davis+Gilbert’s Gary Kibel.

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Richard Eisert, partner, Davis+Gilbert. Everyone in the ad tech industry should have January 1, 2023 highlighted and underscored—twice—on their calendars. That’s the day that both the Virginia Consumer Data Protection […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Another Day, Another Grilling The Senate Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust is continuing its probe into big tech, and the latest hearing drilled down on competition (or, rather, the lack thereof) in Apple’s App Store and Google Play, The Wall Street Journal reports. The usual […]