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 [email protected]

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Data - Apr 19, 2026 EU court's top adviser says data watchdogs must honor GDPR access requests

An EU Advocate General says data protection authorities qualify as data controllers under GDPR and cannot block subject access requests under national law.

by Luis Rijo

Search - Apr 19, 2026 EU moves to force Google to open search data to rivals under DMA

EU forces open Google Search vault, spilling query data to Bing, DuckDuckGo and rivals.

EU proposes requiring Alphabet to share Google Search query, click, ranking and view data with rival engines on FRAND terms in DMA specification proceedings.

by Luis Rijo

Data - Apr 19, 2026 Dresden court hits Meta with €1,500 GDPR fine over Instagram tracking

German gavel with flag crushes Meta like icon, symbolizing OLG Dresden GDPR ruling

A German appeals court on April 13, 2026, ordered Meta to pay €1,500 in GDPR damages for tracking an Instagram user via Business Tools on third-party sites.

by Luis Rijo

Retail - Apr 18, 2026 Amazon's Seller Assistant now checks review sharing eligibility per variation

Amazon's Seller Assistant now flags which variations lose review sharing as the May 31 phased rollout deadline closes in on marketplace sellers worldwide.

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Search - Apr 18, 2026 US digital ad revenue hits $294.6B in 2025 - social and video lead the surge

IAB 2025 US digital ad revenue by category: social leads at $117.7B, search $114.2B.

IAB and PwC report $294.6B in US digital ad revenue for 2025 - social up 32.6%, programmatic crossing $162B, and creator spend at $37B without any Olympics boost.

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Search - Apr 18, 2026 ClickUp's blog lost 97.6% of its traffic - here is exactly how

ClickUp's blog fell from 1.19 million monthly visits in January 2025 to under 29,000 by April 2026, hit across nine consecutive Google algorithm updates.

by Luis Rijo

Social - Apr 18, 2026 Pinterest sued over tariffs: executives allegedly hid ad revenue collapse

Investors sue Pinterest, CEO William Ready and CFO Julia Donnelly alleging concealment of tariff-driven ad revenue declines behind three steep stock drops.

by Luis Rijo

AI - Apr 18, 2026 Google's AI Mode in Chrome is doing what iframes couldn't

Google AI Mode in Chrome embeds publishers inside its interface, overriding X-Frame-Options and CSP headers - the same protections it uses for its own sites.

by Luis Rijo