#adtracking — Public Fediverse posts

Firefox private browsing flaw let ad trackers fingerprint Tor users: Firefox IndexedDB flaw let websites fingerprint users in private sessions and through Tor New Identity resets - patched April 21 in Firefox 150 and ESR 140.10. https://ppc.land/firefox-private-browsing-flaw-let-ad-trackers-fingerprint-tor-users/ #Firefox #Privacy #Cybersecurity #Tor #AdTracking

🌟 Behold the groundbreaking revelation: selling ads requires... tracking! 😱 Cory Doctorow, ever the digital Nostradamus, exposes this "fascist" plot while promoting his very tracker-free website. 🚀 Meanwhile, the rest of the internet collectively yawns. 😴
https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/10/ice-tech/#foreseeable-outcomes #HackerNews #CoryDoctorow #adtracking #digitalprivacy #internetawareness #HackerNews #ngated

ICYMI: PlayOn Sports hit with $1.1M fine for forcing students to accept tracking: California's privacy agency fined PlayOn Sports $1.1M for forcing students to click "agree" to ad tracking before using digital tickets at high school events. https://ppc.land/playon-sports-hit-with-1-1m-fine-for-forcing-students-to-accept-tracking/ #PlayOnSports #PrivacyAgency #AdTracking #DigitalTickets #StudentRights

ICYMI: PlayOn Sports hit with $1.1M fine for forcing students to accept tracking: California's privacy agency fined PlayOn Sports $1.1M for forcing students to click "agree" to ad tracking before using digital tickets at high school events. https://ppc.land/playon-sports-hit-with-1-1m-fine-for-forcing-students-to-accept-tracking/ #PlayOnSports #PrivacyAgency #AdTracking #DigitalTickets #StudentRights

ICYMI: PlayOn Sports hit with $1.1M fine for forcing students to accept tracking: California's privacy agency fined PlayOn Sports $1.1M for forcing students to click "agree" to ad tracking before using digital tickets at high school events. https://ppc.land/playon-sports-hit-with-1-1m-fine-for-forcing-students-to-accept-tracking/ #PlayOnSports #PrivacyAgency #AdTracking #DigitalTickets #StudentRights

PlayOn Sports hit with $1.1M fine for forcing students to accept tracking: California's privacy agency fined PlayOn Sports $1.1M for forcing students to click "agree" to ad tracking before using digital tickets at high school events. https://ppc.land/playon-sports-hit-with-1-1m-fine-for-forcing-students-to-accept-tracking/ #Privacy #DataProtection #AdTracking #DigitalTickets #California

PlayOn Sports hit with $1.1M fine for forcing students to accept tracking: California's privacy agency fined PlayOn Sports $1.1M for forcing students to click "agree" to ad tracking before using digital tickets at high school events. https://ppc.land/playon-sports-hit-with-1-1m-fine-for-forcing-students-to-accept-tracking/ #Privacy #DataProtection #AdTracking #DigitalTickets #California

PlayOn Sports hit with $1.1M fine for forcing students to accept tracking: California's privacy agency fined PlayOn Sports $1.1M for forcing students to click "agree" to ad tracking before using digital tickets at high school events. https://ppc.land/playon-sports-hit-with-1-1m-fine-for-forcing-students-to-accept-tracking/ #Privacy #DataProtection #AdTracking #DigitalTickets #California

PlayOn Sports hit with $1.1M fine for forcing students to accept tracking: California's privacy agency fined PlayOn Sports $1.1M for forcing students to click "agree" to ad tracking before using digital tickets at high school events. https://ppc.land/playon-sports-hit-with-1-1m-fine-for-forcing-students-to-accept-tracking/ #Privacy #DataProtection #AdTracking #DigitalTickets #California

How to: Utiq Tracking sperren (Tracking via IP & Telefonnummer)

Ich bin kein großer Fan davon, im Internet ge’tracked zu werden. Bisher dachte ich, Cookies löschen und Pi-Hole wären schon eine recht gute Lösung. — Dass aber noch direkt am Telefonanbieter auch noch ein Unternehmen steckt und cookieless track’ed, hat mich dann doch sehr überrascht.

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How to: Utiq Tracking sperren (Tracking via IP & Telefonnummer)

Ich bin kein großer Fan davon, im Internet ge’tracked zu werden. Bisher dachte ich, Cookies löschen und Pi-Hole wären schon eine recht gute Lösung. — Dass aber noch direkt am Telefonanbieter auch noch ein Unternehmen steckt und cookieless track’ed, hat mich dann doch sehr überrascht.

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How to: Utiq Tracking sperren (Tracking via IP & Telefonnummer)

Ich bin kein großer Fan davon, im Internet ge’tracked zu werden. Bisher dachte ich, Cookies löschen und Pi-Hole wären schon eine recht gute Lösung. — Dass aber noch direkt am Telefonanbieter auch noch ein Unternehmen steckt und cookieless track’ed, hat mich dann doch sehr überrascht.

[…]

How to: Utiq Tracking sperren (Tracking via IP & Telefonnummer)

Ich bin kein großer Fan davon, im Internet ge’tracked zu werden. Bisher dachte ich, Cookies löschen und Pi-Hole wären schon eine recht gute Lösung. — Dass aber noch direkt am Telefonanbieter auch noch ein Unternehmen steckt und cookieless track’ed, hat mich dann doch sehr überrascht.

[…]

How to: Utiq Tracking sperren (Tracking via IP & Telefonnummer)

Ich bin kein großer Fan davon, im Internet ge’tracked zu werden. Bisher dachte ich, Cookies löschen und Pi-Hole wären schon eine recht gute Lösung. — Dass aber noch direkt am Telefonanbieter auch noch ein Unternehmen steckt und cookieless track’ed, hat mich dann doch sehr überrascht.

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The #Inaudible #Surveillance That Linked Your #Phone to #Stores

#ultrasonic #tracking #tracker

Why #advertisers figured out how to follow you from your couch to a #store using #offline #adtracking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVzhDH2q1Bs

The #Inaudible #Surveillance That Linked Your #Phone to #Stores

#ultrasonic #tracking #tracker

Why #advertisers figured out how to follow you from your couch to a #store using #offline #adtracking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVzhDH2q1Bs

Facebook Conversions API Explained

https://ift.tt/7UhXDx9

#FacebookMarketing #ConversionsAPI #DigitalAdvertising #AdTracking #GoogleTagManager #MarketingAnalytics

"Pay or Okay user study. The law requires that users have a “genuine or free choice”. To find out if this right is respected, noyb has commissioned an academic study about user choices. Even though participants did not need to make any real payments during the study, the results are still clear:

- When asked openly, only about 2 out 10 people agree with companies collecting and analysing their data.
- However, when they face “pay” and a “consent” option, about 9 out of 10 people chose “consent”. The high consent rate seems to be caused by the lack of a reasonable alternative.
- Finally, when there’s a “pay”, a “consent” and a “advertising, but no tracking” option, most users switch to the latter. 7 out of 10 people then choose the “advertising, but no tracking” option.

This shows that the “third option” (as suggested by the EDPB) is supported by objective evidence: Users accept funding of websites via advertising – but not online tracking.

No difference between different sites. The study also shows that users do not behave differently depending on whether they are on large social networks, journalistic pages or other websites. Therefore, there is no factual basis to treat these websites differently and, e.g., create different Pay or Okay guidelines for media websites than for social media.

“Privacy fee” vs “paying for a service”. With Pay or Okay, users are required to pay a privacy fee if they want to retain their right to online privacy. While website providers can, of course, ask for payment in exchange for access to content or a service they provide (like Netflix for TV shows or Spotify for music), Pay or Okay systems try to charge users for their data protection rights without compensation. Unfortunately, even the French Data Protection Authority confuses this, referencing a survey in a bid to support Pay or Okay."

https://noyb.eu/en/pay-or-okay-study-users-prefer-tracking-free-third-option

#EU #GDPR #DataProtection #Privacy #PayOrOkay #EDPB #AdTracking

Yesterday I was surprised that my blog post about IP tracking vs "conspiracy" my-phone-is-spying gets low but constant visits. - I reviewed it, corrected a couple of spelling mistakes and added some details.

After all, I'm just happy that I wrote this blog post. I often simply use the blog to "offload" a thought process out of my brain. No matter if someone reads it.

https://www.locked.de/is-your-phone-listening-or-is-it-ip-based-ad-tracking/

#adtracking #privacy

I will Set up Facebook Pixel, Meta Pixel & Conversion API via GTM

If your campaigns are not showing the right results, it’s likely due to improper Pixel or Conversion API setup. Without accurate tracking, you’re wasting ad spend and missing out on valuable insights.

Link Here: https://lnkd.in/gP4cR3Qn

#FacebookAds #MetaAds #DigitalMarketing #ConversionAPI hashtag#MetaPixel #GoogleTagManager #arunroy9400 #PerformanceMarketing #MarketingStrategy #FacebookPixel #AdTracking

I will Set up Facebook Pixel, Meta Pixel & Conversion API via GTM

If your campaigns are not showing the right results, it’s likely due to improper Pixel or Conversion API setup. Without accurate tracking, you’re wasting ad spend and missing out on valuable insights.

Link Here: https://lnkd.in/gP4cR3Qn

#FacebookAds #MetaAds #DigitalMarketing #ConversionAPI hashtag#MetaPixel #GoogleTagManager #arunroy9400 #PerformanceMarketing #MarketingStrategy #FacebookPixel #AdTracking

I will Set up Facebook Pixel, Meta Pixel & Conversion API via GTM

If your campaigns are not showing the right results, it’s likely due to improper Pixel or Conversion API setup. Without accurate tracking, you’re wasting ad spend and missing out on valuable insights.

Link Here: https://lnkd.in/gP4cR3Qn

#FacebookAds #MetaAds #DigitalMarketing #ConversionAPI hashtag#MetaPixel #GoogleTagManager #arunroy9400 #PerformanceMarketing #MarketingStrategy #FacebookPixel #AdTracking

"Researchers recently caught Meta using an egregious new tracking technique to spy on you. Exploiting a technical loophole, the company was able to have their apps snoop on users’ web browsing. This tracking technique stands out for its flagrant disregard of core security protections built into phones and browsers. The episode is yet another reason to distrust Meta, block web tracking, and end surveillance advertising.

Fortunately, there are steps that you, your browser, and your government can take to fight online tracking."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/protect-yourself-metas-latest-attack-privacy

#SocialMedia #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #Surveillance #AdTracking #Privacy #DataProtection

Gizmodo: Period Data ‘Gold Mine’ Poses Serious Health and Safety Risks, Report Finds. “Apps that help people track their menstrual cycle are data “gold mines” for advertisers, a new report warns. Advertisers use this highly valuable data for customer profiling, allowing them to tailor marketing campaigns to specific groups of consumers. The report, published by the University of […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/14/gizmodo-period-data-gold-mine-poses-serious-health-and-safety-risks-report-finds/

Gizmodo: Period Data ‘Gold Mine’ Poses Serious Health and Safety Risks, Report Finds. “Apps that help people track their menstrual cycle are data “gold mines” for advertisers, a new report warns. Advertisers use this highly valuable data for customer profiling, allowing them to tailor marketing campaigns to specific groups of consumers. The report, published by the University of […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/14/gizmodo-period-data-gold-mine-poses-serious-health-and-safety-risks-report-finds/

ICYMI: Apple expands AdAttributionKit with new tracking features for mobile ads: Apple adds multiple conversion tracking, custom attribution rules, and location data to mobile ad measurement framework. https://ppc.land/apple-expands-adattributionkit-with-new-tracking-features-for-mobile-ads/ #Apple #MobileAds #AdTracking #DigitalMarketing #PPC

ICYMI: Apple expands AdAttributionKit with new tracking features for mobile ads: Apple adds multiple conversion tracking, custom attribution rules, and location data to mobile ad measurement framework. https://ppc.land/apple-expands-adattributionkit-with-new-tracking-features-for-mobile-ads/ #Apple #MobileAds #AdTracking #DigitalMarketing #PPC

ICYMI: Apple expands AdAttributionKit with new tracking features for mobile ads: Apple adds multiple conversion tracking, custom attribution rules, and location data to mobile ad measurement framework. https://ppc.land/apple-expands-adattributionkit-with-new-tracking-features-for-mobile-ads/ #Apple #MobileAds #AdTracking #DigitalMarketing #PPC

Apple expands AdAttributionKit with new tracking features for mobile ads: Apple adds multiple conversion tracking, custom attribution rules, and location data to mobile ad measurement framework. https://ppc.land/apple-expands-adattributionkit-with-new-tracking-features-for-mobile-ads/ #Apple #AdAttributionKit #MobileAds #AdTracking #ConversionTracking

Apple expands AdAttributionKit with new tracking features for mobile ads: Apple adds multiple conversion tracking, custom attribution rules, and location data to mobile ad measurement framework. https://ppc.land/apple-expands-adattributionkit-with-new-tracking-features-for-mobile-ads/ #Apple #AdAttributionKit #MobileAds #AdTracking #ConversionTracking

Google introduces tag gateway to improve ad tracking accuracy: Google launches tag gateway for advertisers with Cloudflare integration, improving data accuracy by 11% through first-party tracking infrastructure. https://ppc.land/google-introduces-tag-gateway-to-improve-ad-tracking-accuracy/ #Google #AdTracking #DigitalMarketing #DataAccuracy #Advertising

Google introduces tag gateway to improve ad tracking accuracy: Google launches tag gateway for advertisers with Cloudflare integration, improving data accuracy by 11% through first-party tracking infrastructure. https://ppc.land/google-introduces-tag-gateway-to-improve-ad-tracking-accuracy/ #Google #AdTracking #DigitalMarketing #DataAccuracy #Advertising

Google introduces tag gateway to improve ad tracking accuracy: Google launches tag gateway for advertisers with Cloudflare integration, improving data accuracy by 11% through first-party tracking infrastructure. https://ppc.land/google-introduces-tag-gateway-to-improve-ad-tracking-accuracy/ #Google #AdTracking #DigitalMarketing #DataAccuracy #Advertising

💡 Easy privacy win: Turn off ad ID tracking on your phone.
Both Android & iPhone assign you a unique ID for targeted ads.
Turning it off won’t stop all tracking — but it cuts off one major pipeline.
Settings > Privacy > Ads
#PrivacyTip #AdTracking #DigitalWellness #BiyteLüm #SmartphoneSecurity

💡 Easy privacy win: Turn off ad ID tracking on your phone.
Both Android & iPhone assign you a unique ID for targeted ads.
Turning it off won’t stop all tracking — but it cuts off one major pipeline.
Settings > Privacy > Ads
#PrivacyTip #AdTracking #DigitalWellness #BiyteLüm #SmartphoneSecurity

Google will not phase out tracking cookies in Chrome after all

https://stackdiary.com/google-will-not-phase-out-tracking-cookies-in-chrome-after-all/

#Privacy #AdTracking #GoogleChrome #ThirdPartyCookies #OnlinePrivacy #DataCollection #UserControl #PrivacySettings #AdTech #BrowserPrivacy #DigitalPrivacy #UserConsent #PrivacySandbox #TrackingCookies #AdTargeting #PrivacyTools #DataProtection #UserChoice #BrowserSettings #PrivacyExtensions #UserData #OnlineSecurity #AdTransparency #UserRights #PrivacyControls #DataPrivacy #BrowserTracking

Another day, another attempt by Microsoft to extract as much revenue as possible from Office users:

"Microsoft has quietly launched a new version of Microsoft Office for Windows that can be used to edit documents for free, no Microsoft 365 subscription or Office license key required. This free version of Office is based on the full desktop apps, but has most features locked behind the Microsoft 365 subscription.

First spotted by Beebom, the free version of Office for Windows includes ads that are permanently on screen when within a document in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Additionally, this new free version of Office also only allows you to save files to OneDrive, meaning no support for editing local files.

To access the free version of Office, just skip the prompt to sign-in when you first run an Office app. From there, you will be given the choice to continue to use Office for free in exchange for ads and limited features. In this mode, you can open, view, and even edit documents, just like you can with the web version of Office."

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/office-365/microsoft-quietly-launches-free-ad-supported-version-of-office-apps-for-windows-with-limited-functionality

#Microsoft #AdTech #Advertising #Surveillance #AdTargeting #AdTracking #MSOffice

Mozilla: Arms race with advertisers may be unwinnable

https://stackdiary.com/mozilla-arms-race-with-advertisers-may-be-unwinnable/

#Mozilla #Firefox #Privacy #Advertising #Tracking #OnlinePrivacy #UserPrivacy #AdTracking #TechNews #DigitalAdvertising #WebBrowser #DataProtection #AdMeasurement #TechControversy #UserData #AdMetrics #BrowserPrivacy #PrivacyFeature #DigitalPrivacy #WebPrivacy #AdTech #TechDebate #PrivacySettings #UserConsent #OnlineTracking #TechUpdates #PrivacyFirst #AdAPI #PrivacyTools #InternetSafety

Decrypted: Police leaks, iOS 14 kills ad-tracking, anti-encryption bill - What would the world look like if encryption were outlawed? If three Republican senators get their w... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/YQk6HHlNaf8/ #nationalsecurity #adtracking #encryption #decrypted #security #privacy #ios14

"Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, and the entire tracking-based advertising industry rely on the “Transparency & Consent Framework” (TCF) to obtain “consent” for data processing. This evening the Belgian Court of Appeal ruled that the TCF is illegal. The TCF is live on 80% of the Internet.[1]

Today’s decision arises from enforcement by the Belgian Data Protection Authority, prompted by complainants coordinated by Dr Johnny Ryan, Director of Enforce at the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. The group of complainants are: Dr Johnny Ryan of Enforce, Katarzyna Szymielewicz of the Panoptykon Foundation, Dr Jef Ausloos, Dr Pierre Dewitte, Stichting Bits of Freedom, and Ligue des Droits Humains.

Dr Johnny Ryan said "Today's court's decision shows that the consent system used by Google, Amazon, X, Microsoft, deceives hundreds of millions of Europeans. The tech industry has sought to hide its vast data breach behind sham consent popups. Tech companies turned the GDPR into a daily nuisance rather than a shield for people."

This Belgian enforcement arises from a chain of complaints and litigation across Europe initiated by Dr Ryan in 2018 against Real-Time Bidding (RTB)."

https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/eu-ruling-tracking-based-advertising-by-google-microsoft-amazon-x-across-europe-has-no-legal-basis/

#EU #Belgium #AdTech #AdTracking #TCF #RTB #RealTimeBidding #DataProtection #GDPR #BigTech #Google #Amazon #Twitter #Microsoft

Disable ad personalization settings.
You're letting companies build rich behavioral profiles.
#AdTracking #SurveillanceCapitalism #BehavioralData

⛔ Facebook to stop targeting ads at UK woman after legal fight
—@BBCNews

｢ She said the adverts she got "suddenly started changing within weeks to lots of baby photos and other things - ads about babies and pregnancy and motherhood".

"I just found it unnerving - this was before I'd even told people in my private life, and yet Facebook had already determined that I was pregnant," she continued ｣

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1en1yjv4dpo

#privacy #adtracking #meta #surveillance

"Tracking and profiling for advertising purposes present significant risks to consumers and society. This is demonstrated by a report commissioned by the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (vzbv). The advertising industry’s practice of categorising and influencing individuals based on their preferences, behaviours and vulnerabilities leads to manipulation, discrimination and a loss of trust. vzbv calls on the European Commission to ban tracking and profiling for advertising purposes and ensure the protection of digital fundamental rights.

“Every click on the internet is tracked because it supposedly reveals something about us: our preferences, desires and interests. The uncontrolled data collection by the advertising industry poses great risks to consumers and society,” says Michaela Schröder, Head of Consumer Policy at vzbv. “Consumers are powerless against the practices of the advertising industry. Existing laws are not sufficient. A ban on tracking and profiling is the only way to ensure meaningful consumer protection,” Schröder states."

https://www.vzbv.de/en/personalised-advertising-overdue-regulation

#EU #ConsumersRights #AdTech #Surveillance #TargetedAds #DataBrokers #AdTracking #DataProtection

🚀 New Pi-hole, enjoy.

｢ The much-anticipated Pi-hole 6, a network-wide ad blocker that acts as a DNS sinkhole to block advertisements, trackers, and malicious domains at the network level, has been officially released, now featuring an embedded web server and a new REST API directly integrated into the pihole-FTL binary ｣

https://linuxiac.com/pi-hole-6-is-here-now-faster-smarter-and-more-secure/

#pihole #adtracking #privacy

ICYMI: Ad Creative ID Framework gains support from major ad registries: IAB's unified ad tracking system sees adoption from key industry players across Europe and United States. https://ppc.land/ad-creative-id-framework-gains-support-from-major-ad-registries/ #AdCreativeID #IAB #AdTracking #DigitalMarketing #Advertising

Ad Creative ID Framework gains support from major ad registries: IAB's unified ad tracking system sees adoption from key industry players across Europe and United States. https://ppc.land/ad-creative-id-framework-gains-support-from-major-ad-registries/ #AdTech #DigitalMarketing #Advertising #IAB #AdTracking

Is your phone listening – or is it IP based Ad Tracking?

In my recent blog post about reducing Ad-Tracking by using Firewall rules, I already mentioned that I might dig a bit deeper into the topic of IP-based AD-tracking.

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"While I once hoped 2017 would be the year of privacy, 2024 closes on a troubling note, a likely decrease in privacy standards across the web. I was surprised by the recent Information Commissioner’s Office post, which criticized Google’s decision to introduce device fingerprinting for advertising purposes from February 2025. According to ICO, this change risks undermining user control and transparency in how personal data is collected and used. Could this mark the end of nearly a decade of progress in internet and web privacy? It would be unfortunate if the newly developing AI economy started from a decrease of privacy and data protection standards. Some analysts or observers might then be inclined to wonder whether this approach to privacy online might signal similar attitudes in other future Google products, like AI.

I can confidently raise this question, having observed and analyzed this area for over 15 years from various perspectives. My background includes experience in web browser security and privacy, including in standardization. I served in the W3C Technical Architecture Group, and have authored scientific papers on privacy, tracking, and fingerprinting, as well as assessments of technologies like Web APIs. This includes the Privacy Sandbox’s Protected Audience API. I was looking forward to the architectural improvements of web privacy. In other words, I am deeply familiar with this context. The media so far have done a great job bringing attention to the issue, but they frame this development as a controversy between Google’s policy change and the UK ICO’s concerns. I believe that the general public and experts alike would benefit from a broader perspective."

https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/biggest-privacy-erosion-in-10-years-on-googles-policy-change-towards-fingerprinting/

#Google #Surveillance #AdTracking #Privacy #DataProtection

"The UK’s data protection regulator has criticised Google over its decision to allow advertisers to use technology to track users which is harder to control or block.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said Google’s decision was “irresponsible” and accused the company of a U-turn, having previously prohibited the use of so-called fingerprinting technology.

Fingerprinting involves collecting pieces of information about a device’s software and hardware which can be combined to uniquely identify a device and its user – and the ICO has warned that this technology is harder to wipe than clearing cookies or site data from a web browser, meaning users could continue to be identified by advertisers."

https://www.independent.co.uk/business/ico-criticises-google-over-irresponsible-advertising-tracking-change-b2667072.html

#UK #ICO #Google #AdTracking #FingerPrinting #DataProtection #Privacy

And this post about #Meta's creepy & invasive #adtracking is one of my absolute favorites, which I hope will resonate with you: "Show Me Your Ads" https://therealists.org/2024/06/show-me-your-ads/

In short, because I had Meta apps on an empty burner phone that was always home, Meta started to bombard me with ads about "gentle walking workouts" featuring 70-somethings... thinking I was an elderly woman who never left the house. In reality I walk at least 11000 steps/day every day 😂

#blog #advertising #privacy #BigTech