Archive - Privatization

Data Brokers: Go Broke or Snitch

$200BN data industry faces life decisions about what it wants to be when it grows up

Jul 1, 2020 •

June 2020

iGDPR: Apple's New Privacy Rules

The $45BN In-App Ad Economy Just Got Regulated

Jun 23, 2020 •

Incognito Window of Opportunity

Why companies offer private browsing

Jun 18, 2020 •

Platforms Took Away User IDs. Now Apps Are Taking Out Platforms.

How Snap, WeChat, and Others Will Thrive Without Cookies & In-App IDs

Jun 11, 2020 •

Apple Privatizes Shopping

Checkout Page Becomes Battleground for Those Who Control Identity

Jun 4, 2020 •

May 2020

Publishers "Selling Your Data"

What The New York Times got wrong editorially but right economically

May 28, 2020 •

Business and strategy of privacy

Welcome to the Privatization series by me, Victor Wong.

May 26, 2020

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