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TikTok Hit with €345 Million Fine for Data Privacy Violations in Europe

Retail TouchPoints

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined ByteDance -owned TikTok €345 million (approximately $368 million ) for a series of violations of children’s data privacy. An inquiry by the DPC found that between July 31, 2020 and Dec. An inquiry by the DPC found that between July 31, 2020 and Dec.

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Google Again Delays Cookie Depreciation, This Time to 2025

Retail TouchPoints

This marks the third time Google has pushed back the timeline on cookie deprecation, plans for which were first announced in January 2020 , when the company committed to removing tracking tech from Chrome within two years. But January 2022 has come and gone, and cookies are still a part of daily life.

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CES 2021 Highlights: COVID-Accelerated Innovations, 5G and Privacy Issues Dominate

Retail TouchPoints

Microsoft: Brad Smith, President of Microsoft, gave his vision for ensuring cybersecurity and customer privacy protection and discussed the tech industry’s responsibility to “exercise our conscience.”

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Why Google, Facebook and Instagram Ads Blossomed in 2020 — and Where They’re Headed Next

Retail TouchPoints

ROI for online advertising benefited from the shift to ecommerce in 2020, as well as the increasingly granular targeting capabilities offered by the biggest players in the space, according to the Sidecar 2021 Benchmark Report. Targeting Makes Google Paid Ads Cost-Effective, but Privacy Concerns Loom.

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Woolworths loses Australia’s most-trusted brand crown 

Inside Retail

Bunnings lost the title of Australia’s most trusted brand to Woolworths in May 2020. According to Roy Morgan, Australians’ distrust of businesses has increased in recent years due to corporate greed, bad customer service, high prices, dishonesty, unethical tactics, and inadequate privacy policies.

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Future Forward: Zero-Party Data and the Evolution of Retail Advertising

Retail TouchPoints

2024 introduces distinct challenges for retail brands navigating data privacy amidst Google’s removal of cookies. Though cookie depreciation has been a looming threat since the original announcement back in 2020, Adtaxi’s 2024 Privacy Survey tells us that 33% of respondents still lack a cookie-replacement strategy.

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Investments in privacy and security innovation

Cisco Retail

The following is based on an excerpt from the 2020 CSR Impact Report , published on December 8, 2020. At Cisco, we have always taken a global approach to privacy and security. We have a centralized Chief Privacy Office with regional officers leading each of the three major regions where we do business. Privacy Shield.