As marketers from around the world spend the week in the south of France for #CannesLions2023, the country’s privacy watchdog sent a strong signal it’s not taking a laissez-faire approach to ad-tech. My recap about @CNIL
's big decision against Criteo:
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CNIL Takes Action Against Criteo on Ad-Tech Privacy
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French Watchdog Decision Against Criteo Under Appeal
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Here’s the 8-K that Criteo filed with the SEC today about the French watchdog’s decision, which it plans to appeal. https://
sec.gov/Archives/edgar
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Criteo Fined EUR 40 Million by France’s CNIL for Advertising Consent Violations
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The fine is related to what France's CNIL says is Criteo's failure to verify if users consented to have their data processed for used in personalized online advertising. Here's the full announcement from earlier today: https://
cnil.fr/en/personalise
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France Fines Criteo €40M for GDPR Data Privacy Violations
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France's data privacy watchdog says it's issued a €40 million fine against the French ad-tech giant Criteo for GDPR violations.
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Old Article Cited in Fordham IP Law Journal
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Always neat to see one of my old articles cited in book, journal or other deeply researched publication. Just stumbled across one in @FordhamNYC
's 2023 Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal: https://
ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewconten
t.cgi?article=1821&context=iplj
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Editorial Integrity: When Marketing Hijacks Journalistic Lists
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If a magazine publishes a list and an actual journalist didn’t oversee it, it’s just a trojan horse for the sales/marketing/advertising side of the house.
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Remote Work Impact on Social Connection and Collective Routine
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I say this with zero sarcasm: It felt so good to take the train during morning rush hour again this morning. Always makes me feel like I’m part of society and a collective routine rather than just working alone from home.
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FTC sues Amazon over deceptive subscription practices
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Here's the full 159-page lawsuit, which includes a lot of redactions that the FTC says won't be needed moving forward. https://
ftc.gov/system/files/f
tc_gov/pdf/amazon-rosca-public-redacted-complaint-to_be_filed.pdf
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FTC Sues Amazon Over Dark Patterns in Prime Subscriptions
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It'll be interesting to see what happens with the FTC's new lawsuit against Amazon for allegedly using "dark patterns" to trick millions of people into subscribing to Amazon Prime and making it hard to cancel. https://
ftc.gov/news-events/ne
ws/press-releases/2023/06/ftc-takes-action-against-amazon-enrolling-consumers-amazon-prime-without-consent-sabotaging-their
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EU Antitrust Case Against Google: Vestager Leadership Impact
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What would this mean for the European Commission's new antitrust case against Google? Would it maintain momentum or potentially slow down without Vestager at the helm as antitrust chief? https://
x.com/kelseylh/statu
/kelseylh/status/1671182901113659394
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