{"id":16933,"date":"2024-12-19T13:40:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T12:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/19\/uk-data-regulator-criticises-google-for-irresponsible-ad-tracking-change\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T13:40:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T12:40:07","slug":"uk-data-regulator-criticises-google-for-irresponsible-ad-tracking-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/19\/uk-data-regulator-criticises-google-for-irresponsible-ad-tracking-change\/","title":{"rendered":"UK data regulator criticises Google for \u2018irresponsible\u2019 ad tracking change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ICO says allowing advertisers to track digital \u2018fingerprints\u2019 will undermine consumers\u2019 control over information<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2024\/dec\/18\/uk-inflation-forecast-climbed-further-above-bank-england-target-federal-reserve-business-live\">Business live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Britain\u2019s data protection regulator has labelled Google as \u201cirresponsible\u201d for allowing advertisers to track customers\u2019 digital \u201cfingerprints\u201d, amid fears even privacy-conscious users will find the online monitoring technique difficult to block.<\/p>\n<p>The UK Information Commissioner\u2019s Office (ICO) has warned the practice will undermine consumers\u2019 control and choice over how their data is collected and used, and Google\u2019s plan to allow its deployment departs from its \u201cexpectation of a privacy-driven internet\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/dec\/19\/google-advertisers-digital-fingerprints-ico-uk-data-regulator\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/dcd3e5edbbdf4fc645c60c9a4e2b1a755997f6cd\/60_298_2822_1694\/master\/2822.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=393c9a69d03d1f23864be622e2f04a25\" title=\"UK data regulator criticises Google for \u2018irresponsible\u2019 ad tracking change\" \/>ICO says allowing advertisers to track digital \u2018fingerprints\u2019 will undermine consumers\u2019 control over information<br \/>\nBusiness live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nBritain\u2019s data protection regulator has labelled Google as \u201cirresponsible\u201d for allowing advertisers to track customers\u2019 digital \u201cfingerprints\u201d, amid fears even privacy-conscious users will find the online monitoring technique difficult to block.<br \/>\nThe UK Information Commissioner\u2019s Office (ICO) has warned the practice will undermine consumers\u2019 control and choice over how their data is collected and used, and Google\u2019s plan to allow its deployment departs from its \u201cexpectation of a privacy-driven internet\u201d. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICO says allowing advertisers to track digital \u2018fingerprints\u2019 will undermine consumers\u2019 control over information Business live \u2013 latest updates Britain\u2019s data protection regulator has labelled Google as \u201cirresponsible\u201d for allowing advertisers to track customers\u2019 digital \u201cfingerprints\u201d, amid fears even privacy-conscious users will find the online monitoring technique difficult to block. The UK Information Commissioner\u2019s Office &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/19\/uk-data-regulator-criticises-google-for-irresponsible-ad-tracking-change\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UK data regulator criticises Google for \u2018irresponsible\u2019 ad tracking change<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16933"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}