The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has released new guidelines for video games to ensure they comply with the UK Children’s Code. Requirements include that companies must: 1) identify that if players are under 18, the game is not detrimental to them; 2) work to discourage false declarations of age; and 3) demonstrate that behavioral profiling for marketing purposes is switched off by default.
Ever click from social to a brand site to make a purchase, or go back to the company site to buy later? According to a Simplicitydx survey of more than 3,000 US consumers’ social shopping behavior, only 23% reported clicking over, directly as opposed to 48% who said they would return to the brand website later to buy. That’s because trust levels in social are still low. It also makes for massive underreporting – as much as 245%, according to Simplicitydx – of the conversion rate.
The suit, filed on behalf of a group of Illinois residents, says a person’s facial features are unique, so collecting and using them without consent is in violation of BIPA rules.
CDP Simon Data has announced the launch of Goals-Based Marketing, initially featuring an AI-powered segmentation workflow. The ultimate goal of this approach is to create revenue-generating customer experiences at scale. The new offering is driven by three AI agentic teams (Strategy Agents, Data Execution Agents, and Revenue Impact Agents) and features Smart Fields and Smart Segments, aimed at uncovering customer behavior patterns.