Arguing the other side are privacy advocates like those backing the proposed California law that’s often compared with GDPR. This piece from AdExchanger shows how it’s different and in some ways even more stringent (hint: no exemption for “legitimate interest”). You won’t be surprised that it’s strongly opposed by ad industry groups.
Salesforce Marketing Cloud is having its Connections conference this week, which has generated some news. First up, integration of Marketing Cloud with Google Analytics 360 to make journey analytics from each system visible in the other. According to this TechCrunch piece, Salesforce makes clear they are not sharing individual-level data. Ability to push audiences from Google Analytics 360 to Salesforce (and apparently other systems) is due for beta release later this year.
Small business customer communication system Podium announced a $60 million in Series B, bringing its total to $92.6 million. Podium supports online messaging, chat, surveys, and review management. The company has nearly 20,000 businesses as customers.
Tealium has launched a suite of solutions aimed at powering AI models with rich, filtered and consented data. Tealium for AI uses existing Tealium features to support AI applications with specialized integrations, partnerships, configurations, and attributes.