A federal judge has blocked passage of a controversial law that would have required parental consent for use of social media for youth as old as 18. The law, which was signed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, was deemed “unconstitutionally vague” by the judge in response to a suit brought by NetChoice, an organization whose members include many large tech companies.
Private Internet Access (PIA), a US-based virtual private network (VPN) company has ranked the best to worst US states for privacy. Ranking criteria assessing a variety of factors, including the strength of local privacy laws, requirements placed on business to control data and manage customer privacy, and protections for consumers over their data and over children’s data.
Just a nanosecond (it seems) after changing its name to a single letter (wonder if going to punctuation is next?), the company’s privacy policy is asking you to agree to this for “safety, security and identification purposes.”
Marketers have plenty of tech, according to Ninth Edition of Salesforce’s State of Marketing Report: 72% have a CDP, and even more have tools for analytics (88%), CRM (86%) and journey management (78%). But just 32% are fully satisfied with the results of their marketing investments. They have reason to be unhappy: barely half have fully integrated data, under 60% have real time data, and just 40% can pull a customer segment without IT assistance.