Location-based platforms may come and go but if you really want a business with ups and downs, try elevator advertising. Captivate has taken the industry to new heights with Captivate Places, a centralized analytics and planning system that lets marketers target audiences using first and third party data and then measures campaign impact on brand lift, foot traffic, and Web behaviors.
You won’t be surprised that privacy rights organization Privacy International is “gravely concerned at the data processing activities of the data broking and AdTech industry”. So you probably shouldn’t be surprised that they’ve filed GDPR complaints against Oracle, Acxiom, Experian, Equifax, Quantcast, Tapad, and Criteo. The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has already issued assessment notices to Acxiom, Equifax, and Experian so this is really about Privacy International wanting to get its arguments considered. And some publicity.
Yellowfin is another company that’s replacing helping data analysts. It’s just introduced Yellowfin Signals, which continuously looks for changes in source data. The company describes this much more eloquently as “continuous time-series detection of trends and anomalies with instant correlations”. It’s also added Yellowfin Stores, which assembles insights in one place but is oh-so-much-smarter than what you used to call a dashboard.
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.