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RTB sells your data hundreds of times over – each and every day

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) did a 30-day look at real-time bidding (RTB) and found user location and activity data is exposed on average 747 times/day in the US, and 376 times/day in the EU. Even more alarming, the ICCL considers these numbers low, since Facebook and Amazon RTB broadcasts weren’t included in the count.

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Children’s Privacy: US FTC prepares to curtail edtech surveillance of students; sets civil penalties for abuse

May 24, 2022

The US Federal Trade Commission has announced that it is illegal under the Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA) for companies to deny students access to remote learning platforms if parents or schools refuse consent for student data to be used for marketing and advertising. Companies will also not be allowed to use data collected from a child with a school’s authorization for commercial purposes, and they are obligated to remove data expeditiously when it’s no longer needed.

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CDP Industry is Growing Again: CDP Institute

July 10, 2025

With CDP vendors increasing their workforces by 3.4% in six months, compared with an average of 0.2% each six months over the prior two years, the sector seems to be growing again, according to our own semi-annual industry update. There is much talk of composable CDPs but they still employ no more than 5% of the sector workforce. What is a clear trend is the acquisition of independent CDPs by vendors interested in adding a CDP to a larger system (usually an activation system).

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