Data

DoubleVerify this week announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Meetrics GmbH, an European company doing ad verification, including viewability, audience verification, ad fraud detection, and brand safety monitoring.

IAB Europe this week launched a TCF Vendor Compliance Programme. IAB Europe says the programme has the aim to identify and enforce against instances of non-compliant Vendor implementations.

The Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) is coming into force on 2 September, in the UK.

Last month, CNIL, the French data protection watchdog, fined Le Figaro, a French publisher, €50,000, for dropping cookies without user consent.

Facebook today announced it will launch a Private Lift Measurement broadly to advertisers next year. Facebook is also investing in on-device learning, a technology that processes data locally.

Comscore yesterday announced it is incorporating YouTube and YouTube TV measurement into its cross-platform measurement service, Comscore Campaign Ratings.

Adsquare last month proposed proximity targeting as an alternative to identity-based targeting.

IAS says it is the first ad verification company to help marketers avoid misinformation content based on GDI’s standards.