ActionIQ and Neustar have added their own identity resolution partnership.  The deal will include unification, enrichment, and activation based on Neustar’s Unified Identity product.  If you’re wondering why integrations like this are needed, remember that many companies don’t have enough data of their own to build a comprehensive identity graph.

Covid may have changed some things, but consumers worldwide are as cynical about brands as ever, according to the latest Havas Meaningful Brands report.  Fewer than half (47%) see brands as trustworthy and 71% doubt brands will deliver on their promises.  Despite this pessimism, 73% of consumers believe that brands should act for the good of society and 53% say they’d pay more for a brand that takes a stand.

Just over one-third of marketers plan to either buy a new CDP (21%) or replace an existing one (13%) this year, according to this Optimove survey. Unfortunately, it doesn’t report how many have a CDP already in place, which would put the other values in perspective. It does seem that CDPs are a relatively low priority: they rank sixth on the list of new systems and eighth on the list of systems to replace.