EDPS opinion puts targeted advertising in crosshairs
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Neil Hodge2021-02-22T20:22:00
The EU’s chief data regulator says planned regulations to oversee the tech sector should be tightened further to ban targeted advertising based on tracking online activity—an opinion that could prompt Big Tech and adtech firms to lobby hard against the changes.
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