The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) is an industry trade group, so they’re not exactly in business at all. But they’re also giving marketers a clearer picture of the data they’re being offered. The DAA just announced program to certify that consumer identifiers have been gathered in compliance with privacy rules and to document permitted uses.
Buying consumer data has always been hard, and the liabilities associated with privacy violations add new risks. Neutronian is in the business of fixing that, with ratings, certifications, and frameworks to evaluate the sourcing and transparency of marketing data sources. They just released their first full ratings report ranking 250 companies that sell audience data.
Yesterday was both Cinco de Mayo and World Password Day, which probably means a lot of passwords are now set to Taco. Microsoft, Apple, and Google marked the day ironically, by announcing joint plans to support the password-free sign-in standard created by the FIDO Alliance and World Wide Web Consortium. Security experts have come to regard passwords as inherently insecure, preferring hardware- or biometric-based alternatives.
Email and mobile personalization platform Movable Ink has announced a new integration between its Da Vinci content personalization solution and Adobe Journey Optimizer. Joint customers will be able to develop content assets aimed at each individual email recipient and bring them into Adobe Journey Optimizer for deployment. This builds on an existing integration between Movable Ink Da Vinci and Adobe Campaign.