Narrowing the focus again, we have another contestant on Survivor: Cookie Replacement. This one comes from community-owned Prebid.org, which makes first-party ID PubCommon – developed by Epsilon, available for free, and used by thousands of publishers, we’re told – available as a third-party ID to use in programmatic ad bidding. Unless consumers opt out.
It’s always a good day when we have a CDP survey for you, Dear Reader. Twilio Segment reports that customer experience is the most common use case for CDPs (cited by 73%) and reliable, scalable customer data is the most common CDP business objective. Enthusiasm is high: 86% plan to continue using a CDP and 75% expect 5X or higher ROI from their CDP investment.
Swiss authority follows Schrems II and rules against sharing with US.
It’s tough to get brand safety right, but the industry keeps trying. IPG Mediabrands announced a new set of tools to find and block inappropriate ad placements, while IAS expanded its suitability measurements to include standards from the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM). Meanwhile, DoubleVerify admitted a mistake made brand safety on X/Twitter look worse than it really was in October 2023 and March 2024.