Privacy & Trust

As GDPR Rocks the EU Ad-Tech World, Vendors Must Learn to Adapt

Regulators have been forced to push back against some industry giants

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The Data Protection Commission is investigating Google, Facebook, Twitter and Quantcast for GDPR compliance. Getty Images

By Ronan Shields

September 22, 2019

Since May 2018, General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) have been enforceable across the EU, with ad-tech companies both big and small now facing fundamental questions over their core functions.

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Ronan Shields
@ronan_shields ronan.shields@adweek.com Ronan Shields is Adweek's programmatic editor.
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