Compliance notes

Short compliance reads on ADOTAT investigations: what the reporting found, where the contract or claims exposure sits, and the questions to put to a vendor before you sign.

• claims · november 4, 2026
  Samsung, LG and Vizio Sell ACR as Glass-Level Data. Inside Netflix and YouTube, Their Own Filings Say It Goes Dark.

  Samsung tells advertisers its ACR captures every pixel on the screen and Vizio sells glass-level data, but Vizio's filings say contracts restrict use of Netflix and Disney+ viewing data, and LG says its ACR does not operate inside Netflix or YouTube apps.

• fraud · november 4, 2026
  LiveIntent Says Its Graph Is Authenticated Daily. A Peer-Reviewed Study Shows It Gave a Declared Bot an ID.

  A peer-reviewed study found 17 of 18 major identity vendors gave persistent IDs to the HTTP Archive crawler, a self-declared bot on the IAB Spiders and Bots list since 2013, and only Flashtalking flagged it.

• claims · october 29, 2026
  OpenAI and Meta Call AI Rewrites Enhancement. Their New Terms Make You Liable for Ads You Never Read.

  OpenAI and Meta now let their systems rewrite headlines, translate copy, resize images and in OpenAI's case change the landing page, switched on by default.

• claims · october 28, 2026
  Cox Pitched Reserved Ads Inside Bulldogs Games. Georgia's Rights Holder Says It Authorized No One.

  Cox Media Group pitched an Atlanta advertiser reserved inventory inside live Georgia Bulldogs games, but Georgia's rights holder says it authorized no one, and the advertiser turned it down because she knew it could not be guaranteed.

• fraud · october 22, 2026
  Asellus Says It Has Contracts for Guaranteed In-Game Sports Ads. No League, Team or Network Has Shown One.

  Resellers including Asellus are selling local advertisers guaranteed ad slots inside specific live games, team by team and market by market.

• fraud · october 21, 2026
  DSPs Quote Buyers a 1 to 3 Percent Fraud Rate. Anura's Post-Click Scans Keep Finding Half.

  DSPs tell clients their fraud rate runs 1 to 3 percent, a self-reported figure from pre-bid filters that get about 20 milliseconds per decision.

• disclosure · october 20, 2026
  Thrad Calls It a $1 Million Monetization Fund. Its Own FAQ Says It Is Neither a Grant Nor an Investment.

  Thrad announced a $1 million Monetization Fund for AI chat apps, but its own FAQ says it is neither a grant nor an investment: it is up to $1 million in advertiser spend routed through Thrad's own DSP.

• regulated · october 20, 2026
  GumGum Says It Cut Ties With Discover-Tech's Family a Decade Ago. Discover-Tech Was Founded in 2020.

  GumGum says it ended its one partnership in the Discover-Tech family nearly a decade ago, but Discover-Tech was founded in 2020 and took over the Google ID and domains of MyDSP, whose code still listed GumGum among 13 connections.