Following Submission from Open Markets and Partners, the FTC Acts Against RTB Firm Mobilewalla

Open Markets and partners effectively warn FTC about the dangers of data collection from real-time bidding firm Mobilewalla.

The Irish Times - EU opens proceedings against X in first investigation under new rules

Open Markets Senior Fellow Johnny Ryan is quoted in The Irish Times applauding the European Commission’s investigation into Twitter’s online safety and disinformation failures, while urging the Commission to go further to address toxic algorithms.

ClippingsOpen MarketsDecember 18, 20232023, Johnny Ryan, December 2023

Euractiv - MEPs ask Commission to act after revelations of sensitive EU data sell-off

Two reports from Senior Fellow Johnny Ryan and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties revealed that sensitive data on high profile government officials is collected through Real-time bidding (RTB). Euractiv covered reactions from the European Parliament.

ClippingsOpen MarketsNovember 17, 20232023, Johnny Ryan

Financial Times - Web browsing data collected in more detail than previously known, report finds

The Financial Times covers two reports from Senior Fellow Johnny Ryan and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties which show that access to government officials’ personal and sensitive data is broader than was previously believed.

ClippingsOpen MarketsNovember 14, 20232023, Johnny Ryan

Open Markets, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and 75 Civil Society Groups Urge the FTC to Crack Down on Surveillance Advertising

The Open Markets Institute, Irish Council for Civil Liberties, and the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue, a forum of 75 NGOs, have sent the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) a joint submission on the privacy, market, and security hazards of surveillance advertising, urging the agency to act against commercial surveillance and to define “Real-Time Bidding” (RTB) as an unfair and deceptive practice.

How Monopoly Threatens Democracy and Security

Executive director Barry Lynn and senior fellow Johnny Ryan joined the first in-depth public discussion in Brussels of the European Commission’s failure to use its full antimonopoly authority to address pressing threats posed by concentration.

Wired - How GDPR Is Failing

Fellow and adviser Johnny Ryan was quoted discussing an independent review of how to reform and strengthen the Data Protection Commission,

ClippingsOpen MarketsJune 6, 2022Johnny Ryan, 2022, Privacy, Digital advertising, June 2022, Secondary Feature

Asharq Al-Awsat - Online Ads Are on the Way to Becoming Less Creepy

Fellow and adviser Johnny Ryan was mentioned for discussing the legitimacy of personal data security.

ClippingsOpen MarketsFebruary 12, 2022Johnny Ryan, 2022, Privacy, February 2022, Digital advertising

Ad World - Further Data Challenges Lie Ahead for the Advertising Industry

Fellow and adviser Johnny Ryan was referenced regarding his expertise on digital fraud and the potential harms it produces.

ClippingsOpen MarketsJanuary 14, 2022Johnny Ryan, 2022, January 2022, Privacy

Yahoo! Finance - How a civil rights group is holding Europe's online ad industry to account

Fellow and adviser Johnny Ryan asserts that Europe’s data protection regulators will soon declare the current regime illegal

ClippingsOpen MarketsDecember 3, 20212021, December 2021, Johnny Ryan

Private Internet ACCESS - “Complexity is Fraud”: Why We Must Drop Micro-Targeted Ads to Help Publishers and to Protect Online Privacy

Johnny Ryan, Open Markets adviser, is mentioned for his work on sustainable publishing and tracking-based advertising.

ClippingsOpen MarketsNovember 4, 20212021, November 2021, Johnny Ryan, Privacy

Vice - Looks Like Facebook Found a Way to Bypass Europe’s Privacy Rules

Open Markets adviser Johnny Ryan calls out Ireland for holding back European enforcement against Big Tech.

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