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What is Real Time Bidding?
Real Time Bidding (RTB) is an online advertising auction that uses sensitive personal information to facilitate the process to determine which digital ad will be displayed to a user on a given website or application. It happens 178 trillion times every year across the U.S. and Europe.
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Risks and Risk Assessments: A Look at California’s Proposed AI & Privacy Regulations
Join EPIC for a virtual panel discussion on California's proposed AI & privacy regulations.
21 Nov. 3:00 PM EDT
The State Data Privacy Act
In our State Data Privacy Act, published with Consumer Reports, we set forth a compromise bill built on existing state laws that meaningfully protects privacy while encouraging innovation.
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