Tactics Google and other large online-ad players use in digital ad auctions violate European Union privacy law, investigators for Belgium’s privacy regulator wrote in an internal report, a preliminary finding with implications across the continent. European privacy regulators are homing in on the electronic auctions that happen in milliseconds to determine which ads show up when you load a webpage. In that time, hundreds of potential advertising bidders can find out information about you, including your location, birthday...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 16, 2020 18:20 UTC