Data aggregator Acxiom has joined the Salesforce AppExchange, which will make it easier to add Acxiom data to customer records in the Salesforce CDP. Once in the CDP, the data will be available to the many Salesforce “clouds” for sales, service, marketing, loyalty, commerce, and whatever. We’ve said it before: third-party data is not dead.
Optimove just announced TikTok and Snapchat advertising integrations, making it easier to send audiences to those platforms. Optimove is already integrated with Facebook, Instagram, Google, Criteo, and other ad platforms. Still, it’s a good reminder that CDPs are increasingly used for acquisition in addition to reaching existing customers.
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and EU regulators are eyeing Twitter with increasing alarm as new owner Elon Musk slashed global staff by 50% last week and top privacy and security officers quit in protest. Now, his employees fear they’ll be liable if (when?) laws are broken. Musk’s lawyer said there’s no need to worry about going to jail…. But now a Bloomberg News story based on a previously undisclosed FTC hearing document, quotes Twitter’s ex-head of cybersecurity saying it is a “ticking bomb of security vulnerabilities.” Also, FTC... Read More >
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its holdings within a year. The bill now goes to the President Biden, who has said he will sign it. Court challenges are likely to follow.