In this episode, I’m joined by Roy Smith, CEO and founder of PrivacyCheq, a privacy tech company that develops privacy-enhancing technologies for mobile and web. We discuss the history of online privacy and data protection laws, current challenges within the ad tech space, and GPC, a newly proposed web standard for signaling privacy preferences.
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A most common myth that Roy sees end-users buying into is that cookie banners are all that a company need deploy for compliance with modern privacy and data protection laws. Roy breaks down how adtech companies use "the cookie myth" to distort how people perceive what's required for operational compliance. He illustrates the tsunami of global privacy regulations related to adtech and the limitations that exist due to siloed consent data.
We dive deeper into the W3C's newly proposed Global Privacy Control (GPC) specification and how GPC lets users signal their desired privacy levels just by browsing the web. Roy unpacks why it was developed and what problems it solves on a legal level. He also highlights his concern that implementing GPC will create a false sense of privacy as GPC signals depart from consumer expectations.
Listen to our conversation on the benefits and drawbacks of GPC.
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