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We are pleased to announce the “Consumer Expectations of Privacy in Commerce and Advertising: Profiling, Data Monetisation, Ethical and Regulatory Perspective” (October 6) at MediaNama’s PrivacyNama conference. Our speakers will share their experience in balancing advertising and commerce agendas with consumer privacy, for our audience of stakeholders in India and across the world. We’ll be […]
We are pleased to announce the “Data Protection Regulator Roundtable” (October 7) at MediaNama’s PrivacyNama conference. Our speakers will discuss their experience in running a data protection commission, for our audience of stakeholders in India and across the world. We’ll be in conversation with Commissioner Adv Collen Weapond (South Africa) and Sharon Azarya (Israel). Renuka […]
We are pleased to announce the “Privacy and Competition” panel (October 7) at MediaNama’s PrivacyNama conference. Our speakers will share their views on the use of anonymised data for competitive purposes by big tech companies, for our audience of stakeholders in India and across the world. We’ll be in conversation with Deeksha Manchanda (Chandhiok & […]
The Norwegian Consumer Council (Forbrukerrådet) issued a report this week concluding that loot-box mechanics in games are predatory and exploit consumers. It claims that these monetization platforms...
20 European consumer groups have recently called for regulation on loot boxes based on them being exploitative. Read more to find dig deeper into this mess.
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Amazon Prime Won't Let You Go? Time to Break Free
Amazon Prime Won't Let You Go? Time to Break Free
If you've ever made the mistake of becoming a member of Amazon Prime, you should already be familiar with how painstaking it is to cancel your membership. Thousands of disregarded warnings regarding your soon-to-be-lost "benefits" later, you've managed to close your account at last. Or have you? Who's to say?
The maze of redundant clicks and confirmations is purposefully designed to confuse, or else to make you simply give up on the idea of cancelling your membership altogether — your credit card continuing to be charged a superfluous fee with every passing month.