The digital advertising business moves at such a fast clip that it’s difficult for anyone to keep up with emerging trends. For this reason, AdMonsters sits down with thought leaders within the sector who are doing the work of pushing the envelope and innovating so that we can share their…
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The federal privacy battle came to a standoff after President Biden's State of the Union address. Don't hold your breath if you're hoping the two sides are coming to common ground. President Biden reiterated his proposed restrictions for federal ad targeting regulations at the State of the Union. In response,…
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Based on research from last year, Black professionals occupy only 3% of technical roles in the industry. While this reflects a larger societal problem of systemic racism, these Black professionals are making waves and leaving their mark on the advertising and digital media industry. For Black History Month, AdMonsters is…
Read MoreAdMonsters February 10, 2023 Top Mobile Trends For 2023: Privacy Rules In search of the top mobile trends for 2023, we tapped into our mobile mastermind group to gain insight. We spoke with — Amanda Dean, Head of Programmatic Partners and Strategy, IBM Watson Advertising; Adam Gray, Senior Director,…
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GoodRx, was fined $1.5 million for allegedly sharing users' health data for ad purposes. The FTC filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. It alleges that the drug company frequently violated consumers' privacy by sharing personal health information with advertisers or third parties.
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In a search for what's ahead for the rest of 2023 for mobile, we tapped into my mobile mastermind group to gain insight into the top mobile trends for 2023. We spoke with — Amanda Dean, Head of Programmatic Partners and Strategy, IBM Watson Advertising; Adam Gray, Senior Director, Programmatic…
Read MoreAdMonsters February 2, 2023 What Is Identity Resolution, And How Does It Impact Publishers? Identity resolution is recognizing a unique user — regardless of channel or device — to create a persistent and privacy compliant unified profile. Identity resolution often happens in real-time, when a person visits a website…
Read MoreAdMonsters January 26, 2023 Confiant Catches Cookie Fishing Scheme: The Bad Actors of Black Friday Advertisers’ businesses boom yearly on Black Friday as they promote their annual sales. Last year, Black Friday saw another big boom — cookie stuffing — marking a sharp increase in fraudulent ad impressions. Read…
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Many have wondered whether the recent focus on data privacy within advertising will continue. We expect that trend to continue in light of the pace of change which has made compliance a moving target in terms of what regulators consider sufficient. With that in mind and Data Privacy Day 2023…
Read MoreAdMonsters January 20, 2023 HUMAN Discovers and Shuts Down Massive Ad Fraud Scheme Last year, advertisers spent over $327 billion targeting users as they engaged with popular mobile apps, but as HUMAN Security announced yesterday, a chunk of that spending went into the pockets of fraudsters who successfully launched…
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