Checkmate, an Australian designed shopping tool that scours the web for best deals, has secured $5 million seed funding from Fuel Capital. Available as a mobile app or laptop extension, Checkmate finds deals and applies them at checkout, so customers can get last-minute deals. It also can manage orders, store gift cards and track deliveries.
India’s Competition Commission (CCI) has said that any distortion in the digital market needs to be corrected promptly as India is emerging as one of the biggest and fastest digital economies. The government is examining the power of big tech companies on digital advertising, spurring speculation that India may seek to regulate their relationship with news publishers.
Customers in Australia, India, and Japan will now be able to access Cloudflare’s Data Localization Suite (DLS) to help global companies and businesses based in these countries comply with data localization obligations. Cloudflare allows users to easily set rules and controls on where domestic data goes and who can access it. This is crucial in the Asian market where nearly 70% of countries have passed or drafted new data protection and privacy legislation.
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.