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Alan Chapell

Outside privacy and regulatory counsel to premium adtech/martech companies and primary analyst at the Chapell Report, a monthly research report.

Are GPC Signals Anti-Competitive?

Apr 1, 2026

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11 min read

Are GPC Signals Anti-Competitive?

Yes. And they're the future of the ads space. Here's why.

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
The Dilemma of the DSAR DMV

Mar 18, 2026

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9 min read

The Dilemma of the DSAR DMV

Honoring user choice shouldn't be so hard

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
Agentic's Big Gaping Hole

Mar 4, 2026

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9 min read

Agentic's Big Gaping Hole

Robots won't fix what's wrong in the ads space without help.

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
AI Content Marketplaces Won't Work

Feb 18, 2026

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11 min read

AI Content Marketplaces Won't Work

Unless someone figures out what to do about Google

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
CCPA vs. Big Tech

Feb 4, 2026

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11 min read

CCPA vs. Big Tech

If Big Tech is the problem, is CalPrivacy the solution?

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
Big Tech's Regulatory ROI

Jan 28, 2026

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8 min read

Big Tech's Regulatory ROI

It's the End of the World as We Know It (So Let's Talk Fines)

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
Texas vs. the Smart TVs

Jan 14, 2026

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10 min read

Texas vs. the Smart TVs

8 observations about the Texas AG privacy lawsuits

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
It's Time To Get Serious About Privacy

Dec 17, 2025

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10 min read

It's Time To Get Serious About Privacy

Just getting by or doing nothing is very 2019

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
The Flywheel of Google Remedies

Dec 3, 2025

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9 min read

The Flywheel of Google Remedies

Round and round - I knew right from the beginning, that you would end up winning.

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
Europe's Privacy Flip-Flop

Nov 19, 2025

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9 min read

Europe's Privacy Flip-Flop

Suddenly Europe only cares about privacy a little bit(?)

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
CTV Needs to Get Its Act Together

Nov 5, 2025

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9 min read

CTV Needs to Get Its Act Together

It's the last days of the Wild West for CTV

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
The Sandbox's Death Meets Agentic Fever

Oct 22, 2025

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8 min read

The Sandbox's Death Meets Agentic Fever

The future of ad tech privacy in a post-Sandbox world

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
Publishers' Last Stand

Oct 8, 2025

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10 min read

Publishers' Last Stand

Will Cloudflare's scarecrow save publishers from AI?

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
WTH, there's ANOTHER iceberg for digital media?

Sep 17, 2025

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11 min read

WTH, there's ANOTHER iceberg for digital media?

How Google could use the RTB Control to burn down RTB

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
Google was right all along!

Sep 3, 2025

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11 min read

Google was right all along!

Apparently, the reports of a Google breakup were... premature

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
Hey Publishers: Is Pay or Consent Viable?

Aug 20, 2025

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12 min read

Hey Publishers: Is Pay or Consent Viable?

Max Schrems' NOYB provides an emphatic "no." But are they in a position to evaluate publisher economic models?

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
Fun with AI: Health Targeting Edition

Aug 6, 2025

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9 min read

Fun with AI: Health Targeting Edition

An argument against viewing AI as the new wild west for audience targeting

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
Is AI friend or foe to audience creation?

Jul 23, 2025

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9 min read

Is AI friend or foe to audience creation?

OR is AI simply masking the underlying problems in the ads space?

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
2025 mid-year review

Jul 9, 2025

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10 min read

2025 mid-year review

Quick regulatory brain dump before heading off to the beach

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
Google to the UK CMA: Drop Dead

Jun 25, 2025

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12 min read

Google to the UK CMA: Drop Dead

Sundar says: Read my lips - no new Sandbox Commitments(?)

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
Google & the UK CMA

Jun 18, 2025

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11 min read

Google & the UK CMA

So much - yet so little - going on across the pond

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
Meta, Yandex and the quest for UIDs

Jun 11, 2025

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8 min read

Meta, Yandex and the quest for UIDs

Once a first-party, always a first-party?

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
Google: we are not a monopolist (:

Jun 4, 2025

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11 min read

Google: we are not a monopolist (:

Keeping up with Google's search antitrust trial

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
Should the EU pivot on cookie consents?

May 28, 2025

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11 min read

Should the EU pivot on cookie consents?

How stubbornness might undermine competition

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
Congress looks to reset the ad tech regulatory map

May 21, 2025

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10 min read

Congress looks to reset the ad tech regulatory map

A ten year ban on state AI rules would change everything

Alan Chapell
Alan Chapell
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The Monopoly Report

In-depth coverage of advertising privacy, policy and antitrust from Marketecture. Written by Alan Chapell and Ari Paparo.


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