“Self-Learning Data Platform” Reltio has raised $45 million in new funding, bringing their total to $117 million. Reltio’s roots are in master data management but it now focuses primarily on unified customer databases and related tools for analytics and recommendations. The “self-learning” label relates to use of machine learning to generate insights and recommendations.

Visual analytics vendor Arcadia Data is also jumping on the GDPR bandwagon. You might find the connection tenuous but they do have data security and governance features that could help with GDPR compliance. David Meerman Scott calls this “newsjacking”. Many firms are doing it.

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.