Consent

Google Analytics 4 has a new consent setting section that is now available to all users globally. The platform added this feature in preparation for the enforcement of Google’s EU User Consent Policy (EU UCP), which will require advertisers to send it verifiable consent signals if they want to serve personalized ads in the UK and European Economic Area (EEA).Google cautioned that neglecting to adhere to this policy could adversely affect ad campaign performance, impacting both reach and return on investment…

Boundaries are a vital part of any healthy relationship. That means establishing some ground rules with your family members as well. Though many of us tend to be more forgiving and lenient when it comes to our relatives, they still need to understand that some behaviors are definitely not okay.Reddit user u/Rayshays recently went viral after sharing how her mother-in-law, who is sixty years old, tried to breastfeed the author’s baby without asking for consent. Read on for the story in full, as well as the advice the…

Three years ago, shortly before dawn, Elle McAlpine was catching the train home, having just orchestrated an orgy. She had left the set of Yorgos Lanthimos’ Oscar-nominated Poor Things: a night-time shoot where more than 100 dancers descend into sexual revelry.McAlpine laughs to remember her journey home, sitting on the tube alongside her fellow passengers, still processing the scene she’d just presided over. “I was like, ‘If people knew what I’ve just done …’“For all intents and purposes, it looked real, as well: all…

Responding to concerns about the forceful adoption of Digi Yatra at airports, civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said that he has taken cognisance of the issue and that personnel at airports across the country have been told to strictly ensure that informed consent is taken for enrolling passengers into Digi Yatra and that the process must be kept completely voluntary."Consent of passenger is pre-requisite for taking face biometric," Scindia said in a letter to Rajya Sabha member Saket Gokhale.Elevate Your…

Google warned website and app owners that they could face account suspension in the European Union (EU) if they display non-compliant GDPR Consent Banners. Why we care. Site owners need address violations before Google-assigned deadlines or risk not generating revenue from Google. Action needed. If Google detects a violation, it will send an email pinpointing the problem and a deadline for fixing it. Google will monitor your account to make sure…

Pornhub notified performers this week that the platform is requiring proof of consent from anyone featured in its videos moving forward, according to emails seen by 404 Media Thursday. The policy update is Pornhub’s latest effort to verify that its performers are not being abused or sexually trafficked.Remake this Sci-Fi Film with Peter Capaldi!“On January 23, 2024, in addition to providing approved Co-Performer IDs, we will also require proof of consent, such as Signed Release Forms, when a new Co-Performer is added onto…

Consent is an essential idea for your kids to understand from an early age. It helps protect them and it gets them used to enforcing healthy boundaries as they grow up. However, some family members might think that it’s ‘too early’ to teach them concepts like this. This can lead to a lot of friction down the line when people’s different ideas about parenting clash.Case in point, one anonymous mom turned to the AITA online community for their verdict after she had a massive argument with her mother-in-law. The older…

Apple has said it now requires a judge's order to hand over information about its customers' push notification to law enforcement, putting the iPhone maker's policy in line with rival Google and raising the hurdle officials must clear to get app data about users.The new policy was not formally announced but appeared sometime over the past few days on Apple's publicly available law enforcement guidelines. It follows the revelation from Oregon Senator Ron Wyden that officials were requesting such data from Apple as well as…

Social media and internet giants Google and Meta are headed for a clash in India over the critical issue of age verification and consent management for young internet users below 18.Meta is likely to propose to the Indian government that the best solution to implement age-gating and subsequent consent management architecture for the parents of users below 18 is an app-store-level check, vice president of global policy Joel Kaplan told ET. Age-gating is the process of restricting access to age-inappropriate content,…

Billionaire businessman Elon Musk on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether the Securities and Exchange Commission overstepped its authority in enforcing a consent decree that he has called a "muzzle" on his constitutional free speech rights, his lawyer said.Musk asked the justices to hear his appeal of a lower court's decision in May that upheld the decree, which arose from his August 2018 post on the social media platform then called Twitter, now called X, that he had "funding secured" to take his…