Channel V Media survey of 250 executives finds brand differentiation and visibility now rank above lead generation as marketing's hardest problems in 2026.

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

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.

Amazon Ads launched cross-account reach and frequency reporting on April 2, letting advertisers deduplicate audiences across DSP and Sponsored Ads accounts.

EDPB approves Europrivacy as a European Data Protection Seal for GDPR cross-border transfers, giving non-EEA data importers a certified transfer mechanism.

Meta's new measurement report argues last-click attribution misallocates 31% of conversions, pushing advertisers to adopt hybrid incrementality frameworks.

The EFF filed complaints with California and New York AGs on April 14, 2026, accusing Google of handing a student's data to ICE without prior notice, breaking a decade-long promise.

MIT Technology Review and Usercentrics map how consent design, AI governance, and first-party data quality are reshaping digital marketing strategies in 2026.