CData Secures some $350m in Strategic Growth Funding

As CDPs become more closely integrated with corporate data architectures, we’re reminded that general purpose data management tools play in a much larger pond than specialist CDP vendors. Case in point: CData, a provider of data connectivity solutions, has secured around $350 million in funding to accelerate its product roadmap. In addition to helping companies like Home Depot and FedEx with data connectivity, CData solutions are embedded in leading software platforms (Google, Salesforce) to enhance data integration.

Beginning July 1, advertisers worldwide (not just the U.S.) will be required to pay Apple a 30% fee for Facebook and Instagram ad purchases made through iOS apps. Desktop purchases from Facebook and Instagram directly avoid the fee. The EU is already probing Apple’s fee structure for developers.

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No and no. The European Commission has sent Meta results of its preliminary findings, and they are the company’s “Pay or Consent” ad model fails the Digital Markets Act (DMA) on two big counts. These are that “Pay or Consent” 1) does not allow users to opt for a service that uses less of their personal data, and 2) that the mechanism does not allow users to exercise their right to freely consent to the combination of their personal data, so they violate DMA Article 5(2).

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Google lashed out at the Department of Justice’s threat to break up the company, calling the proposals “radical.” Among other things, Google says the proposals would threaten users’ privacy, stifle innovation and break Android and Chrome. Given the appeals process, it will likely be years before we know whether Google will stay in one piece.

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