Half of the systems deployed as Customer Data Platforms do not meet minimum CDP requirements, a Tealium survey found. Fifty percent of users said their CDP can’t ingest data from any channel, 50% can’t stitch together multiple identifiers to create a single customer view, and 59% cannot activate data in real time. That these users think they have a CDP shows how confused buyers have been. But 58% of users plan to switch to a new CDP, offering hope that experienced buyers will make better choices on their second try.

Okay, enough daydreaming about what you’d do with $100 million. Back in reality, a university study found that 11.8% of UK Web sites are collecting consent in ways that meet GDPR requirements. The study also looked at the impact on consent rates of different configurations – providing guidance on what to do or what to avoid, depending on how you look at things.

The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its holdings within a year. The bill now goes to the President Biden, who has said he will sign it. Court challenges are likely to follow.