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Massachusetts, Illinois, Indiana and New York look to emulate the ADPPA.

Also: Ukraine is arguably defeating Russia in the online propaganda fight, where the advantage was expected to be the Kremlin’s.

The promise of comprehensive federal privacy law has been dangled like a carrot before consumer watchdogs and privacy advocates for at least a decade. But without a nationwide privacy law protecting personal data privacy and security, the U.S. lags behind the European Union and several other countries across the globe — not to mention a growing number of states. Looking ahead, experts disagree on the likelihood that a federal privacy law will pass this year or even this Congress. However, pri...

By John McCarthy-14 January 2021 15:00pm The CMA is investing Googles cookie replacement, the Privacy Sandbox Google’s efforts to rewrite how Chrome users are targeted with ads is now being probed by a UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) keen to ensure it “develops proposals in a way that does not distort competition”. The Drum explores why Googles Privacy Sandbox, the mission to replace third-party cookie, has come under this close regional scrutiny. Google is...