The watchdog this morning announced the latest probe, which is into Quantcast, a U.S.-based advertising tech veteran. Still, their relative organization is striking since there has been little motion in Washington toward achieving a privacy bill. Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, have been calling on the United States to adopt federal privacy legislation similar to the GDPR. Federal Trade Commission is in negotiations with Facebook over a multi-billion dollar fine that would settle the agency's probe into Facebook's privacy practices. Frederic Lardinois of TechCrunch noted that the change provided people with a "middle ground" at a time when technology companies' privacy offerings are under increased scrutiny.

Source: Washington Post May 02, 2019 12:56 UTC