Advertisers might be dragging their feet on privacy, but fraud has their full attention. Here we have programmatic platform AcuityAds announcing a partnership with Fraudlogix to expand protection. AcuityAds says they currently block 27% of all digital inventory due to fraud and quality issues. Yikes.
SimpleReach has built a niche business in assembling information about marketing content consumption, calling itself a “content data platform” although it doesn’t use the initials CDP. Data gathered by the system is used to by publishers and marketers to create a unified view of content distribution. The company just announced $13 million in funding, bringing its total to $24 million.
For a broader picture of consumer behavior, we have a study from market research firm PQ Media, which found total media usage has reached seven hours per day worldwide and ten hours per day in the U.S. Mobile media are growing fastest while desktop usage is declining.
Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation. The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.