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Data

The latest news about data. Data is used in advertising in a variety of ways, including Audience targeting, Ad personalization, Ad optimization, Ad placement, and Measurement. Advertisers use data in advertising to reduce wasted ad spend.

Data   -   Mar 11, 2026 W3C pushes DIDs v1.1 to implementations - and your ad stack may feel it
W3C logo and "Decentralized Identifier" text marking the DID v1.1 Candidate Recommendation release.

W3C's Decentralized Identifiers v1.1 enters Candidate Recommendation on March 5, 2026, inviting implementations of a cryptographic identity standard that could reshape how digital identity works online.

Data   -   Mar 10, 2026 Jeff Green says trade press lost its curiosity - and the data backs him up
Empty newsroom desk as ad trade press faces scrutiny over missing industry stories.

Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green argues ad trade journalism has drifted toward drama and cynicism, missing landmark stories like the DOJ antitrust case against Google. Here is what the record shows.

Search Off the Record podcast episode 105 thumbnail, Inside Googlebot, Google Search Central.
Data   -   Mar 12, 2026 Googlebot is not a program - Google engineers finally explain what it really is

Google engineers reveal Googlebot is a misnomer for a central SaaS crawling platform serving dozens of products, with a 15 MB default file size limit and geo-crawling constraints.

by Luis Espada
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Data   -   Mar 12, 2026 Googlebot is not a program - Google engineers finally explain what it really is
Search Off the Record podcast episode 105 thumbnail, Inside Googlebot, Google Search Central.

Google engineers reveal Googlebot is a misnomer for a central SaaS crawling platform serving dozens of products, with a 15 MB default file size limit and geo-crawling constraints.

by Luis Espada
Data   -   Mar 11, 2026 W3C pushes DIDs v1.1 to implementations - and your ad stack may feel it
W3C logo and "Decentralized Identifier" text marking the DID v1.1 Candidate Recommendation release.

W3C's Decentralized Identifiers v1.1 enters Candidate Recommendation on March 5, 2026, inviting implementations of a cryptographic identity standard that could reshape how digital identity works online.

by Luis Espada
Data   -   Mar 10, 2026 Jeff Green says trade press lost its curiosity - and the data backs him up
Empty newsroom desk as ad trade press faces scrutiny over missing industry stories.

Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green argues ad trade journalism has drifted toward drama and cynicism, missing landmark stories like the DOJ antitrust case against Google. Here is what the record shows.

by Luis Espada
AI   -   Mar 10, 2026 IAB Tech Lab's CoMP spec forces LLMs to pay before they crawl
IAB Tech Lab CoMP framework: AI bot agreements, marketplace content surfacing, token delivery flow.

IAB Tech Lab today released CoMP v1.0, a standardized protocol requiring AI systems to secure commercial agreements with publishers before crawling content. Open for public comment until April 9, 2026.

by Luis Espada
Data   -   Mar 10, 2026 Spain fines Yoti €950,000 over biometric data and consent failures
Yoti's age estimation interface showing facial scan with the claim that photos are deleted after use.

Spain's AEPD fined Yoti Ltd €950,000 for three GDPR violations involving biometric data, invalid consent, and excessive data retention in its age verification app.

by Luis Espada
Data   -   Mar 10, 2026 Meta's Messenger gets a cryptographic shield nobody asked about - but everyone needed
Messenger's Safe Browsing warning screen and Advanced Browsing Protection settings on mobile.

Meta yesterday detailed the cryptography and confidential computing architecture behind Advanced Browsing Protection in Messenger, a tool that scans malicious links inside end-to-end encrypted chats without exposing user URLs to its own servers.

by Luis Espada
Data   -   Mar 10, 2026 Looker Studio opens CSV connector to all users after Pro-only launch
CSV file icons streaming through an open golden gateway into Looker Studio dashboards at dusk.

Looker Studio's CSV connector UI enhancements reach all users on March 6, 2026, reversing a Pro-only rollout from October 2025. Full technical details inside.

by Luis Espada
Data   -   Mar 10, 2026 Slovakia's own DPA found FATCA transfers illegal - and did nothing
Slovak DPA archive with EU and Slovak flags, sealed document, data files drifting untouched.

Slovakia's data protection authority concluded in 2021 that FATCA bank data transfers to the US breach GDPR. Four years on, no enforcement action has followed.

by Luis Espada
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