behavioral advertising

How will the California Privacy Protection Agency’s new rules on automated decision making and AI impact ad targeting? We asked the experts.

Has the Federal Trade Commission been overstepping its bounds? Yes, according to newly appointed Republican FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak.

On Wednesday – less than two months after going to town on the Google Video Partners program – Adalytics published what it says is direct evidence of personalized ads being served against kids content on YouTube in a follow-up to its bombshell report last week alleging the same.

Contextual targeting is all the rage – and no, it’s not 1998. It’s 2019, and the industry is anxiously casting around for an alternative to third-party cookies as the browsers clamp down on cross-site tracking and regulatory pressure ratchets up in the United States and around the world. A shift away from audience-based buying is […]

As Apple finally shuts down its unique device identifier (UDID), tech companies are betting on ad targeting capabilities touted as privacy-friendly. In describing their products, companies have moved away from the label “fingerprinting” technology, which was popular several years ago, and embraced terms like “device matching” and  “mobile signature.” AdExchanger spoke with two active players in […]

AudienceScience announced that is has acquired ad network, Wunderloop, as AudienceScience looks to broaden its reach in the European market. According to the release, “Wunderloop offers the possibility to precisely reach target groups on the Internet and was the first company in Germany to qualify for the European Union-backed ‘EuroPriSe’ seal for exemplary privacy protection.” […]

Audience management company, Demdex, announced that it has raised $6 million in Series A financing in a round led by Shasta Ventures and also inclusive of existing investors First Round Capital and Genacast Ventures. Read the release. CEO Randy Nicolau discussed the new financing and the company’s plans. AdExchanger.com: From your perspective, what is the […]

Representatives Rick Boucher (Democrat, Virginia) and Cliff Stearns, (Republican, Florida) released their “discussion draft of legislation to assure the privacy of information about individuals both on the Internet and offline.” (Given the initial language from the release, it would seem that there is much more broader scope such as the offline direct marketing (catalogs etc.) […]

A new study released by The Ponemon Institute, and covered here by The New York Times, says that privacy concerns are impacting online ad spend. From the Times article: “Privacy issues have prompted marketers to use online behavioral advertising — based on tracking a user’s Web browsing habits — 75 percent less than they would […]

Yesterday, BlueKai announced the second edition of its BlueKai Pulse which looks at intent data across its data exchange through the end of November. The report offers insights on consumer buying trends much like the company’s new analytics tool, BlueKai In-Market Reports, which includes access to a a panel of 160 million unique users across […]