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The Implications of Privacy Updates on Social Media Performance

Ignite Social Media

Digital Privacy Takes Center Stage in 2021. As the digital space continues its evolution, two very important privacy situations are unfolding that can fundamentally change the marketing landscape. Apple took a strong stand on user privacy with its iOS 14.5 What Privacy Updates Mean for Social Media Marketers.

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Apple iOS 13’s New Privacy And Security Features Questioned By Lawmakers

Forbes Social Media

Apple iOS 13 promises to help you take back control of your data with a host of new privacy and security features that hit out at firms such as Google and Facebook. But Apple’s own practices are leading lawmakers to question its motives….

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What Chrome’s Elimination of Third-Party Cookies Means for Meta Advertisers

Jon Loomer

On January 4, Google began its test to phase out third-party cookies , with the completion expected in the second half of 2024. Google’s Tracking Protection Google’s Tracking Protection initiative is part of their Privacy Sandbox for the Web. What does this development mean for Meta advertisers? I wish I were.

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The Average Social Media Privacy Policy Takes an Hour to Read

The Realtime Report

The Average Social Media Privacy. Privacy Policies vs. Historical Texts and Literary Works. Whether you care to admit it or not, we’ve all hit the “I accept” button on a privacy policy without reading the fine print. Up until recently, it wasn’t that big of a deal to not read privacy policies. Written by.

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Growing Privacy Concerns Put Social Networks’ Targeting at Risk

Ignite Social Media

With the release of the Apple intelligent tracking prevention (ITP) settings in 2017, Mozilla and Apple blocking cookies in 2019 and 2020, and Google planning to phase out third-party cookies, this tracking method is gradually being stripped away. Subscribe to Social You Should Know.

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Could the Survival of Facebook Depend on Its Privacy?

Waxing UnLyrical

Lots of reasons for that, put forward by people much smarterthan I, which you can easily read about via a Google search. In the past, I’ve made the argument that your privacy is not Facebook’s responsibility, and I still believe that. Google is much more like Apple, Facebook is more like Yahoo!).

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Google to Pay $22.5 Million to Settle FTC Privacy Charges

Bill Hartzer

Google has agreed to pay a $22.5 million dollar civil penalty to settle FTC (Federal Trade Commission) charges that Google misrepresented themselves when it came to the privacy of Apple users. That violated an earlier privacy settlement between Google and the FTC. CIVIL PENALTY JUDGMENT.

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