Google further tightens personalised ad policies - San Francisco News
by Maria Thomas | Updated Jun 12, 2020
The company is introducing a new personalised advertising policy for certain types of ads.
"This policy will prohibit impacted employment, housing, and credit advertisers from targeting or excluding ads based on gender, age, parental status, marital status, or ZIP Code," explained Scott Spencer, Vice President of Product Management, Ads Privacy and Safety.
This is in addition to the longstanding Google policies prohibiting personalisation based on sensitive categories like race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, national origin or disability.
"While the changing circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic and business continuity issues for many advertisers make precise timelines difficult, we plan to roll out this update in the US and Canada as soon as possible," Spencer said in a statement on Thursday.
"We also give users control over the kinds of ads they see, including the ability to opt out of seeing any personalized ads. Our ads policies apply to all the ads we serve and if we find ads that violate our policies, we take action," he added.
Google has been working closely with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on these changes for some time.
"These changes complement our work with businesses, governments, and community organizations to distribute $1 billion we committed for Bay Area housing," said Google.
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