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Privacy Attorney & Regulatory Strategist | Marketecture's Monopoly Report Podcast | Chapell Regulatory Insider More about me at linktr.ee/thisischapell. Subscribe to The Chapell Regulatory Insider. chapellreport.substack.com

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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 7h
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Episode 84: Dr. Johnny Ryan on GDPR Enforcement, Ad Tech Privacy and the Future of Digital Advertising
Alan Chapell speaks with Dr. Johnny Ryan, Director of ENFORCE at the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, about GDPR enforcement, real-time bidding, purpose limitation, publisher economics, and the grow...
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 14h
@johnnyryan.bsky.social brings "the craic" to the @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast. Dr. Ryan has a dim view of the current state of regulation in the ads space. I agree that there is a current sense of lawlessness - particularly in, but not exclusively in Europe.
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's my take on Infillion's acquisition of Foursquare: Brilliant move by Infillion, but it also exposes a huge flaw in the way privacy is regulated in the U.S. Privacy Law's Competition Problem. This week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social newsletter. monopoly-report.com/p/privacy-la...
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Don't Be Evil" has gone from promise to platitude to parody to the point where one may wonder: what does it mean? Claire Stapleton joins me on this week's The Monopoly Report podcast to share the back story on her best selling book: tinyurl.com/2s3jxpv6
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Episode 83: Inside Google’s Culture, Power and the “Don’t Be Evil” mantra with Claire Stapleton
Claire Stapleton joins Alan Chapell to discuss her years inside Google, from shaping the company’s internal communications to helping organize the 2018 Google walkout. They explore the following from ...
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Here's a venn diagram that attempts to frame California's privacy approach over the past five years. A good deal of focus on creating rules for data brokers and adtechs. 1/3
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Megan Gray @megangray.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Great insight from @chapell68
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Google has mastered the Art of Regulatory Jiu-jitsu - using the momentum, weight, or complexity of existing regulations to its own advantage rather than fighting against them. Doing so requires that the company make very different arguments in different venues. monopoly-report.com/p/google-and...
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Google and the Art of Regulatory Jiu-Jitsu
Google is brilliant at arguing different things in different rooms
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
In a NY bankruptcy court, Google is about to purchase a trove of data from the Spirit Airlines bankruptcy. But don't worry they say, it's not personal data - it's been anonymized.
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Wrote a followup piece on this for @monopolyreport.bsky.social at monopoly-report.com/p/google-won...
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Google Won't Share Because "Privacy"
Search cases highlight the tension between privacy and competition
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Is it possible for Google to share search data with rivals in a privacy-safe way? Google seems to believe the answer is a hard no! I welcome @alissacooper.bsky.social from KGI to discuss. Here's a quick overview - the episode drops on Wednesday Aug 5. This week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
13 months of Google's search data is worth roughly 17 years of Bing's search data. That helps to explain why Google's search business is now under pressure from: the DOJ's antitrust remedy, the EU's Digital Markets Act, the UK's CMA, & the proposed US SEARCH Act. tinyurl.com/4czehcyy
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
13 months of Google's search data is worth roughly 17 years of Bing's search data. That helps to explain why Google's search business is now under pressure from: the DOJ's antitrust remedy, the EU's Digital Markets Act, the UK's CMA, & the proposed US SEARCH Act. tinyurl.com/4czehcyy
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Who likes cookie banners? Does anyone? The EU Commission was looking to get rid of them and turn Europe into a shining Utopia. But as legend has it, Google got in the way. monopoly-report.com/p/europe-hat...
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Europe Hates Cookie Banners
Here's why quitting EU cookie consents is complicated
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Is it possible for Google to share search data with rivals in a privacy-safe way? Google seems to believe the answer is a hard no! I welcome @alissacooper.bsky.social from KGI to discuss. Here's a quick overview - the episode drops on Wednesday Aug 5. This week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Who likes cookie banners? Does anyone? The EU Commission was looking to get rid of them and turn Europe into a shining Utopia. But as legend has it, Google got in the way. monopoly-report.com/p/europe-hat...
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Europe Hates Cookie Banners
Here's why quitting EU cookie consents is complicated
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Andy Dale is my guest this week on @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast. We discuss some of the transition taking place in our industry trade bodies - and point to a more collaborative path forward for the trades. tinyurl.com/5xfaakuy
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
After spending 15 telling everyone that fingerprinting is horrible for privacy, Google is launching a set of fingerprinting tool in Europe. Chutzpah aside, it's a smart move.... tinyurl.com/42up24up
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Google’s new use of IPs in Europe
Google’s “IP-based” measurement and personalization in Europe is a liability play
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Martin Thomson is a distinguished engineer at @mozilla.org and a key player in the @w3c.bsky.social Attribution Spec which is out for public comment. In this clip, I ask Martin whether some of the PETs being used are making a meaningful impact in the minds of consumers.
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
OpenAI's strategy is an enigma - with three huge (potentially contradictory) forces in play: 1. OpenAI needs ad revenue 2. OpenAI is planning to pivot from chat, which seems to be OpenAI’s most obvious ad surface. 3. OpenAI's Ad principles were served to create trust. Can they be cast aside?
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Not for nothing folks, but at this point, the "future viability of the DPF cross-border data transfer program" is probably the least of our worries.
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Being a cynic is easy. Hats off to someone willing to stare down insurmountable challenges Cindy Cohn is the former Executive Director of @eff.org - and her work over the past quarter century ensuring civil liberties is nothing short of astonishing. Cindy joined me on my pod tinyurl.com/385yzb6e
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Episode 78: Privacy’s Defender Cindy Cohn on Encryption, Surveillance, Privacy Rights, and the Future of Digital Freedom
Alan Chapell sits down with Cindy Cohn, former Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and author of Privacy’s Defender. They discuss the landmark Bernstein encryption case, the...
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Robert Moses never held office and never passed a law. But he recognized that infrastructure is Policy. Those of us in the ads space would be well served to learn from the lessons taught by Moses monopoly-report.com/p/the-many-r...
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The Many Road(s) to Ad Revenue
Infrastructure is policy. Who is building it in ad tech?
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
If you are reading this, it's pretty clear which party you've chosen. Yet.... I'm struggling to grok how these became our only two party options. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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It's Saturday Night. You have a choice as between: (1) a party that is pretty dead and where you don't know many people, and (2) a lively party where the host has invited racists, misogynists,...
It's Saturday Night. You have a choice as between: (1) a party that is pretty dead and where you don't know many people, and (2) a lively party where the host has invited racists, misogynists, and per...
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
This week I sat down with journalist/entrepreneur John Battelle — co-founder of Wired, founder of The Industry Standard. I love that I get to chat with people who are asking some of the same questions as me - but coming at them from an entirely different perspective. tinyurl.com/2s49vsy8
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Episode 76: John Battelle on AI, Data Ownership and the Future of the Open Internet
Alan Chapell sits down with journalist, entrepreneur, and Wired co-founder John Battelle for a deep discussion on AI, privacy, data ownership, publishing, and the future of the internet. They unpack t...
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
My PSA to all the (big) tech engineers and privacy-pros who are singing the praises of Privacy Enhancing Technologies..... And some great research from @garjoh.bsky.social and @buquestrom.bsky.social!! This week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social monopoly-report.com/p/pets-what-...
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PETs! What Are They Good For? (Anything?)
PETs should be tied to specific outcomes and allow for third-party validation of key claims.
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
There's no shortage of meaty problems to solve for as the ads space moves into our agentic future. In this week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social , I make that case that one of agentic's bigger challenges lay in a key component of privacy law. tinyurl.com/ykxvn3za
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Agentic's Biggest Obstacle
There are lots of challenges, but the biggest one just might be privacy law
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
What is the "Attribution Cartel"? Don Marti has been active within the W3C. Per Don, the Attribution Cartel is a group of companies and browsers attempting to determine who gets access to the critical data that helps advertisers determine whether their campaigns are working tinyurl.com/3vyr4abu
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The Chapell Regulatory Insider for April just dropped. And like some indie rock band from the 90's, it's going to make some noise. Check out a trial sub and see for yourself. chapellreport.substack.com
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
@mozilla.org is trying to compete on privacy in a browser marketplace that is dominated by Big Tech. Ajit Varma and Kush Amlani join me on a recent @monopolyreport.bsky.social pod to explain how. Kush shares how privacy is used as a shield to prevent competition. tinyurl.com/y89b3h2u
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
It was a huge honor to host FTC Commissioner Mark Meador at Marketecture Live in NYC last month. We got into a number of huge topics impacting the ads space. Here is clip where the Commissioner discusses some of the challenges re: untangling a monopolist from a marketplace. tinyurl.com/88jjtss6
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Mark Naples and I started our respective businesses a little over 20 years ago and have regularly compared notes on how to grow and stay relevant in the digital media space. We come at this from a diff perspective, but found ourselves in the same room as industry self-reg was taking off.
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Is the Global Privacy Control anti-competitive? Given all we've learned over the last ten years about the economics of browsers, it is huge mistake to require the marketplace to support these signals without setting up competitive guard rails. monopoly-report.com/p/are-gpc-si...
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Are GPC Signals Anti-Competitive?
I think so
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I don't like the term "surveillance advertising" but it becomes way more difficult to push back on such terms when there are companies in our industry who are helping the U.S. government surveil. @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast with Allison Schiff from @adexchanger.com. tinyurl.com/3hsdk79w
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Poor DSAR response processes & misconfigured CMPs pose two of the biggest regulatory risks for digital media companies right now - particularly adtechs. It's a shame given that both are fairly easy to fix. monopoly-report.com/p/the-dilemm...
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The Dilemma of the DSAR DMV
Honoring user choice shouldn't be so hard
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Regulatory Question of the Week. Are all adtech companies joint controllers of EU personal data?
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Looking forward to taking over the main stage this morning at Marketecture Live. I'll be doing a fireside chat with FTC Commissioner Mark Meador to get his take on the future of industry self regulation, the viability of cookie opt out tools and the current trajectory of AI use in the ads space.
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The move to agentic will change the data business in ways that very few around here have grappled with. On this week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social, I evaluate "compliance inputs" - tools which can be used as part of agentic frameworks to assess data vendors. tinyurl.com/32ccyww9
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Agentic's Big Gaping Hole
Robots won't fix what's wrong in the ads space without help.
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Per Wendy Davis: "Virginia's unanimously passed a bill banning the sale of precise location data. What's the next domino to fall? How many years does the precise location data space have at this point? Can some of the 40 Cali registered data brokers pivot? www.mediapost.com/publications...
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
My regulatory question of the week. Lots of intimate data being input into AI chatbots. What happens to that data AFTER input? OpenAI is promising that it won't be used over time to create profiles for advertising. But having it used for advertising might be the least of your concerns....
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Here are some regulatory questions for the week of Feb 16. Pls share your answers. chapellreport.substack.com
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
AI Content Marketplaces are a great idea... if only we could get Google, OpenAI and the rest of the AI companies to consistently pay for the content they are taking. The question is.... HOW? I have a few thoughts on this week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social monopoly-report.com/p/ai-content...
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AI Content Marketplaces Won't Work
Unless someone figures out what to do about Google
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The February edition of the Chapell Regulatory Insider just dropped. Click the link to sign up for a free trial subscription. chapellreport.substack.com
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Professor @jmiers230.bsky.social joined me on @monopolyreport.bsky.social pod to discuss some of the challenges around age verification. In this clip, Jess breaks down a supreme court decision which under-appreciated the "friction" that age verification measures create for adults.
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Here are my regulatory questions of the week beginning Feb 9. Please leave your answers in the comments. The February edition of the Chapell Regulatory Insider will be out next week. Sign up below to get a free trial - chapellreport.substack.com
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I'm looking for a podcast guest who can speak to the public policy, legal and power dynamics taking place as Governments across the globe are trying to grapple with Grok's enablement and generation of sexualized images. Pls DM me.
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
What are the goals of CalPrivacy - California's privacy regulator? What are they looking to accomplish in 2026? @tomkemp00.bsky.social of CalPrivacy was kind enough to join me on @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast this week - and I wrote a side-car article at monopoly-report.com/p/ccpa-vs-bi...
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CCPA vs. Big Tech
If Big Tech is the problem, is CalPrivacy the solution?
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Regulatory questions of the week.
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Thanks! @brendanbenedict.bsky.social did a great job!!
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Google is currently facing FOURTEEN private antitrust lawsuits re: its ad tech business. If you have an informed take re: the merits and/or strategy behind any of these suits, pls PM me. @monopolyreport.bsky.social pod
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
EU Court of Justice in Russmedia surfaced a semi-hidden tension between the GDPR and e-commerce directive. @daphnek.bsky.social joins me on this week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast to break it all down. Here is an overview of the goal of intermediary liability provisions. tinyurl.com/yjspkcs9
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