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Privacy Debate: Urgent Issue or Industry Hype?. Alan Chapell. Getting Better all the time. Bridging the gap @Chapell68. Can’t get no worse. Traditional Privacy-speak…. Privacy is about trust. Traditional Privacy-speak…. Privacy is building brand equity. Traditional Privacy-speak….
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Privacy Debate: Urgent Issue or Industry Hype? Alan Chapell Getting Better all the time Bridging the gap @Chapell68 Can’t get no worse
Traditional Privacy-speak… Privacy is about trust
Traditional Privacy-speak… Privacy is building brand equity
Traditional Privacy-speak… Privacy doing the right thing
DNT = Control, Market share + privacy (maybe)
DNT gives browsers (and others) more power How will power be used?
Networks, platforms, exchangesMid and long-tail publishersAd AgenciesConsumers
Networks, platforms, exchangesMid and long-tail publishersAd AgenciesConsumers
Networks, platforms, exchangesMid and long-tail publishersAd agenciesConsumers
Premium Publishers Not as reliant upon third-party tracking for revenues Replace some non-PII tracking info with PII User registration in exchange for content Would benefit from demise of long-tail
Lower CPMs / ad revenues • Some (many?) will stop publishing Tracking is CRITICAL to the mid and long-tail
Networks, platforms, exchangesMid and long-tail publishersAd agenciesConsumers
“Ask websites not to track me” • No definition of tracking • Could include frequency capping, analytics, and other ad serving functions • Its not the websites who are doing the tracking • No mention of advertising supported content
Is information collection only by the large and powerful good for privacy?
Do Not Track • Few (if any) restrictions on first party tracking • Additional power in hands of browsers and user agents • No requirement that browsers and user agents clearly communicate DNT functionality • Little agency or mid to long-tail publisher involvement • No interest in understanding economic impact Further consolidation of digital media, few privacy gains
Regulators and privacy advocates are supposed to care about competition
But few are openly talking about consolidation in the context of privacy
WHY? • Defining or quantifying tracking harms is difficult • Half-truth - brand risk already regulates first parties • Go after small and then focus on large (eventually) • Gives the impression that you’re ‘doing’ something • What problem are we solving?
Fewer Marketplace participants means fewer companies to enforce
Big fines make headlines…. And sometimes, make political careers
Fewer media buying options+Programmatic buying+diff rule set for larger entities= ???????