Tapad has integrated its identity graph with Adobe Audience Manager, expanding the reach of Audience Manager by adding new device connections. Originally a cross-device matching vendor, Tapad has recently added full data ingestion capabilities which qualify it as a CDP.

Finally, marketing agency network Dentsu Aegis has found that CMOs rate individual-level targeting ahead of AI, digital technology, and new customer segments as their biggest strategic opportunity. Music to CDP ears: 57% are expanding use of existing (first party) customer data compared with just 37% expanding use of purchased data. Sadder tunes: CMOs number one fear is a data breach (29%) and 60% think GDPR will make it harder to build direct customer relationships. La la la.

A U.S. district court judge has ruled that Google acted to create illegal monopolies in online advertising technology in a way that blocked competition and allowed higher ad prices to be charged. Google will appeal; meantime, the government will decide what to ask the court to do to remedy the monopoly. Google also faces a new U.K. antitrust lawsuit over its dominance of search.