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Senior Fellow at @ICCLTweet & @OpenMarkets. Previously Chief Policy Officer @Brave. FRHistS. On Mastodon too -- @johnnyryan@eupolicy.social
Sep 4, 2018 6 tweets 4 min read
Today @Brave wrote to @IAB @IABTechLab to provide feedback on the OpenRTB 3.0 #adtech spec. It appears to severely infringe Article 5 of the #GDPR 1/ brave.com/iab-rtb-proble… Our letter contains a summary of the various personal data that are broadcast in the OpenRTB system. Note that these data are very likely to include “special categories” of personal data, since they show what the person is watching and reading, can include brokers’ segment IDs 2/
May 8, 2018 37 tweets 9 min read
Facebook is confronting EU users a new “terms of service” dialogue that denies access until a user opt-ins to tracking for ad targeting, and various other data processing purposes... These Terms refer to the “data policy” that says “we use the information we have about you – including information about your interests, actions and connections – to select and personalise ads, offers and other sponsored content that we show you.”
Mar 22, 2018 12 tweets 7 min read
Re Facebook-alytica-omni-shambles-gate...

Facebook left its API wide open, and had no control over personal data once those data left Facebook.

But there is a wider story coming: (thread...) Every single big website in the world is leaking data in a similar way, through "RTB bid requests" for online behavioural advertising #adtech. 2/12