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EDPB Web Scraping Guidelines for Generative AI: The New 2026 Anonymization Test

On 7 July 2026 the European Data Protection Board adopted two draft guidelines that redraw where the GDPR stops applying to AI training data, and the consultation on both closes 30 October 2026.

Jul 27, 2026

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Google Consent Mode June 2026: ad_storage Is Now the Only Gate on GA4 Ads Data

Since June 15, 2026, the Google Consent Mode ad_storage parameter is the sole control over whether advertising data collected by your Google Analytics tags reaches your Google Ads account.

Jul 28, 2026

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Stanford's 2026 AI Index Found Transparency Scores Dropped as Capability Soared: What That Means for AI Governance Programs

If your team just tried to fill out a vendor risk assessment for a frontier model and hit a wall of "information not disclosed," you are not imagining a trend.

Jul 22, 2026

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Only 6.6% of CMPs Support CTV: What the TCF v5.0.b February 2027 Deadline Means for Publishers

If you're running ads on a CTV app and assumed your CMP already handles TCF the same way it does on your website, check that assumption before mid-February 2027.

Jul 23, 2026

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Only 26% of Boards Discuss AI Every Meeting: What the 2026 Protiviti Survey Means

Only 26% of corporate boards discuss AI at every board meeting. The number that should worry a director more than the headline, though, is the one sitting next to it: 63% of boards at organizations reporting high AI return on investment discuss AI at every meeting, compared with just 13% at organizations reporting low AI ROI.

Jul 22, 2026

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The Breach Transparency Governance Gap: What the 2026 Bitdefender Survey Reveals About Internal Silence

More than half of the people whose job is to catch and report security incidents say someone told them not to. 55.2% of respondents who had experienced a security incident or breach in the prior 12 months said they were instructed to keep it confidential despite believing, themselves, that it should have been reported.

Jul 13, 2026

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AI Agents Are Bypassing Your Cookie Consent Banner: The GDPR Compliance Gap No One's Documenting

If your site got a visit from Perplexity Comet or ChatGPT Atlas this week, it probably didn't show up in your logs as anything unusual, and that's the problem.

Jul 13, 2026

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Trump AI Executive Order and State Law Preemption: What to Do Now

If your AI governance roadmap has a line item that says "pause pending the executive order," that line is the wrong call.

Jul 13, 2026

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Didomi Acquired Sourcepoint: What Enterprise Buyers Evaluating Consent Management Platforms Need to Know in 2026

If you're currently evaluating CMPs and Didomi or Sourcepoint is in the mix, the acquisition changes what questions you need answered before signing.

Jul 10, 2026

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EU AI Act Digital Omnibus: The New High-Risk AI Deadlines After Council Approval

Your compliance calendar probably still has August 2, 2026 circled as the day full EU AI Act high-risk obligations hit. That date is no longer correct, and treating it as either still-urgent or now-irrelevant are both mistakes.

By Daniel de Almeida Afonso

Jul 10, 2026

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Arkansas APDPA Cure Period Ends 2027 (ADRSTA Never Passed)

If your compliance calendar has "Arkansas ADRSTA" on it, delete it and add "APDPA cure period expires January 1, 2027" instead.

EU AI Act Article 50: Transparency Obligations for Chatbots and Deepfakes (2026)

Each of these scenarios maps to a specific Article 50 obligation, and the provider or deployer responsible for compliance is not always who you expect.

Jul 9, 2026

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Explore our latest blog posts — Page 4

EDPB Web Scraping Guidelines for Generative AI: The New 2026 Anonymization Test

Google Consent Mode June 2026: ad_storage Is Now the Only Gate on GA4 Ads Data

Stanford's 2026 AI Index Found Transparency Scores Dropped as Capability Soared: What That Means for AI Governance Programs

Only 6.6% of CMPs Support CTV: What the TCF v5.0.b February 2027 Deadline Means for Publishers

Only 26% of Boards Discuss AI Every Meeting: What the 2026 Protiviti Survey Means

The Breach Transparency Governance Gap: What the 2026 Bitdefender Survey Reveals About Internal Silence

AI Agents Are Bypassing Your Cookie Consent Banner: The GDPR Compliance Gap No One's Documenting

Trump AI Executive Order and State Law Preemption: What to Do Now

Didomi Acquired Sourcepoint: What Enterprise Buyers Evaluating Consent Management Platforms Need to Know in 2026

EU AI Act Digital Omnibus: The New High-Risk AI Deadlines After Council Approval

Arkansas APDPA Cure Period Ends 2027 (ADRSTA Never Passed)

EU AI Act Article 50: Transparency Obligations for Chatbots and Deepfakes (2026)

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