The National Institute for Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (INAI) issued guidelines for protecting children’s personal data, including: checking how Internet connections are made, how data will be used, and means to rectify or revoke right of access.
Shopify is buying fulfillment services provider Deliverr, which lets merchants offer their customers standard, three-day, and two-day delivery services. Price is a hefty $2.1 billion. It’s another example of Shopify bolstering its clients’ ability to compete with Amazon.
We have a full pouch of stories about Australian companies but our Emerging Markets editor has threatened bodily harm if I poach them. I can sneak in Aussie-born ecommerce personalization vendor Rokt, because it’s now based in New York. They’ve completed a secondary funding at a valuation of $2.4 billion, one year after a $325 million Series E at $1.95 billion. Not bad in a down year for tech stocks.