Instacart hit with $60 million fine for hidden fees and subscription traps
FTC settlement reveals Instacart concealed mandatory service fees, misled customers about refund policies, and charged memberships without proper consent from 2013-2019.
Luis Rijo
Luís Rijo is a seasoned marketing professional with over 10 years of experience in Digital Marketing, Search, Social, Display, Video, and DOOH. Based in Europe. Also writing in the spend. Reach out via luis@ppc.land
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Place Exchange just made DOOH buying as easy as display ads
Place Exchange launches Programmatic Guaranteed for DOOH in Google DV360, enabling unified cross-channel campaign management with guaranteed pricing and placement.
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Contentsquare brings AI analytics to Shopify checkout process
Contentsquare announces Shopify partnership on December 17, enabling session replay, heatmaps, and frustration scoring across checkout flows for merchants.
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Google sues SerpApi over search scraping in copyright lawsuit
Google filed lawsuit Dec. 19 against Texas API company for bypassing SearchGuard protections and scraping copyrighted content from search results pages.
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DoubleVerify sued for allegedly not verifying its own claims
Shareholder derivative lawsuit accuses DoubleVerify executives of misleading investors about AI capabilities, bot detection failures, and closed platform challenges during 2023-2025.
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The Trade Desk cut 39 jobs during employee meeting a year after its biggest reorg
The Trade Desk dismissed approximately 39 employees on December 17, 2025, during an all-hands meeting, marking the second significant workforce adjustment in 12 months at the programmatic advertising platform.
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Austrian court gives one man total access to his Meta data after 11-year battle
Meta ordered to reveal all user data after decade-long privacy case ends with Austrian court victory establishing unprecedented access rights under GDPR Article 15.
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Texas sues Hisense over smart TV surveillance affecting 1.27 million residents
Texas Attorney General files lawsuit against Hisense for collecting viewing data through ACR technology from 470,000 households without proper consent or disclosure.
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Belgian court overturns data fine in direct marketing ruling
Brussels appeals court annuls GDPR reprimand for marketing campaign targeting age groups, finding health benefits justified processing under legitimate interest assessment.
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Body cameras require immediate disclosure under GDPR, EU court rules
EU court clarifies body cameras trigger Article 13 GDPR requiring instant passenger notification, ending debate over whether observation-based data collection needs immediate transparency.
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Google tells website owners nothing has changed for AI search
Google Search Relations team says traditional SEO practices remain effective for AI-powered search features despite industry pushing new optimization acronyms.
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Apple expands App Store search ads with multiple placements arriving in 2026
Apple announced additional App Store search ad positions launching in 2026, automatically enrolling campaigns without modifications as competition intensifies.
