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Privacy, the GDPR implementation and competition enforcement

MEF regulatory advisor Serafino Abate examines recent privacy events in Europe where in Germany courts took action against Facebook’s practices and the EU’s first GDPR implementation report was published. A few weeks back, we saw two different, but related, public interventions on privacy and data protection. In Germany, the Supreme…

MEFJuly 16, 2020

Mobile Advertising Mobile Content Personal Data

TIK TOK under review by European Privacy authorities

The Italian authority for Privacy (GPDP) has launched a co-ordinated action to review the risks linked with the TikTok app – an attempt to protect children’s privacy rights. TikTok is a social network that allows creating and sharing audios, videos, and pictures, used by millions of mostly young users worldwide.…

Dario BettiJanuary 29, 2020

Mobile Advertising Personal Data Regulation

RTB advertising: ICO threatens punishments, more work to be done

Six months after its first warning the UK Privacy Regulator (ICO) is making clear that the issues with RTB online advertising have not gone away, and it is now threatening to punish companies that are misbehaving. The analysis from ICO shows that sensitive personal information is shared by some advertising…

Dario BettiJanuary 21, 2020

Enterprise Communications Fireside Chat

Fireside chat: Modica Group

In this Fireside Chat MEF CEO Dario Betti speaks to Stuart Wilson, CEO of New Zealand based A2P messaging platform Modica Group about their business and the current state of the A2P market in New Zealand and globally. Asked about the maturity and growth of the SMS A2P Market in…

MEFSeptember 26, 2019

Personal Data

Internet Business Models are changing – around Personal Data

The major discussion across Internet players today is about the future model to collect, manage and monetise personal data. MEF CEO Dario Betti calls for businesses to help define the opportunities at the heart of the next crucial phase of the Internet’s development. Much of the early Internet experience was…

Dario BettiAugust 14, 2019

Personal Data Regulation

Brazilian Data Privacy Law is updated after latest Congress round of negotiations

Rafael Pellon, MEF LatAm advisor and Technology, Media & IP Law specialist Nathalia Santos share an update on the latest developments in Brazilian data privacy regulation, and the recently approved Brazilian Data Protection Law. After much discussions and negotiations on Congress, the Brazilian Data Protection Law (“LGPD”) was finally approved…

MEFAugust 5, 2019

Mobile Advertising Personal Data

MEF Briefing: UK Regulator gives 6 months to restructure personal data sharing in programmatic media

The Information Commissioner’s Officer (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection, is giving 6 months to adtech companies for adjusting the process of data sharing in real time biding (RTB), programmatic advertising. The analysis from ICO shows that sensitive personal information is shared by some advertising players, without securing approval…

MEFJuly 9, 2019

Internet of Things Opinions Personal Data

A Year of GDPR: Looking Back & To The Future

Michael Becker, co-author of the MEF consumer Trust Report reflects on the first year of the GDPR and takes a detailed look at the impact it has had across the ecosystem globally. May 25th marked the one-year anniversary of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), a tsunami that washed on…

MEFJune 13, 2019

Industry Views Personal Data Regulation

Industry views: GDPR one year on

This Saturday the 25th of May marks one year since the launch of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation which introduced new rules for how businesses handle consumer's personal data. We asked MEF Members from across the mobile value chain to share their thoughts on GDPR's first year; how has…

MEFMay 23, 2019

Interviews

Member Interview: Sundi Sundaresh, Cinarra

MEFTV speaks to Sundi Sundaresh, President & CEO of Cinarra who among other things discussed the challenges of handling consumer’s personal data responsibly – we asked how the landscape has changed for businesses in light of new regulation such as GDPR: “Interestingly the landscape hasn’t changed for us very much,…

MEFMay 8, 2019

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