Turkey's KVKK issued Decision 2026/347 on February 18, requiring data controllers to keep consent and clarification texts strictly separate under Law No. 6698.
by Luis Rijo
The Trade Desk faces holdco backlash, Amazon rewires seller billing and streaming pricing, LinkedIn is sued over browser surveillance, and Google's March core update ends.
Gracenote's 2026 study of 4,003 U.S. users finds AI chatbots gaining ground fast in TV content discovery, but 75% of all users still verify chatbot results.
Taboola's DeeperDive reached nearly 7 million monthly active users in six months and is expanding to French, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish.
Amazon Ads launched unified inventory management APIs in open beta in March 2026, consolidating deals, proposals, and inventory groups under the API v1 model.
Class action filed April 6 alleges LinkedIn secretly scanned Chrome users for 6,000 extensions and routed device fingerprints to undisclosed third parties.
IAB and Instacart argue that Marketing Mix Modeling systematically undercounts retail media impact, urging CPG brands to adopt closed-loop measurement instead.
On April 6, 2026, The American Prospect removed all programmatic advertising from its website, citing surveillance, monopoly power, and damage to journalism.
Google today announced a two-phase experiment to update AdSense's commonly used ad technology partner list, with changes starting April 20 and a final update on or after June 5, 2026.