IAB Europe supported the Belgian Market Court’s recent ruling that the organization was a limited joint controller under its Transparency Consent Framework. The ruling comes after IAB Europe appealed a 2022 ruling from Belgium’s Data Protection Authority that found the organization engaged in its own subsequent data processing beyond other TCF members. Meanwhile, Irish Council for Civil Liberties Director of Enforce Johnny Ryan issued a statement saying the TCF ruling creates a “clear need for industry to innovate and move away from the dangerous, ineffective … tracking-based advertising.”
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