After several delays, Google has finally begun to deprecate third-party cookies in its widely used Chrome browser. The initial step, taken on January 4, was to offer a randomly chosen 1% of Chrome users (some 30 million people) the opportunity to opt out of being tracked. Full deprecation of cookies is still set for later this year.

Global information and insights company TransUnion has announced enhancements to the AI-driven identity graph that supports the solutions in its TruAudience marketing portfolio. TransUnion says that it has measurably improved the accuracy of identity resolution and has added new demographic attributes. Identity resolution is seen by many marketers as a viable alternative to cookie-based tracking.

Marketers have plenty of tech, according to Ninth Edition of Salesforce’s State of Marketing Report: 72% have a CDP, and even more have tools for analytics (88%), CRM (86%) and journey management (78%).  But just 32% are fully satisfied with the results of their marketing investments.  They have reason to be unhappy: barely half have fully integrated data, under 60% have real time data, and just 40% can pull a customer segment without IT assistance.