It’s nice to have an occasional bit of good news about privacy, but there’s plenty on the other side of the ledger. Gizmodo reports that the “Do Not Track” function built into many Web browsers is basically useless because most Web sites ignore it. Unlike GDPR, Do Not Track has no legal standing. That would require an Act of Congress so don’t hold your breath.
Perhaps you think that “camera marketing” refers to selling cameras? Don’t be silly. Camera IQ uses the term to describe Augmented Reality experiences embedded inside advertisements. Which are themselves wrapped in social media which is viewed on your smartphone which is where the camera comes in. In case it’s still too simple, the ads are sold programmatically.
It’s hard to know what else you’ll like, so I’ll give you some options. Marketing ops: Mintent has bought gShift, which gives marketers a combination of content creation (Mintent) and content performance measurement (gShift). Conversational marketing: AdLingo has launched to provide conversational interfaces inside Web display ads. Customer data: mobile app developer inMobi has bought mobile user data and advertising platform Pinsight from Sprint. Note that I didn’t even bother with privacy.
GrowthLoop will use TransUnion identity data to improve U.S. consumer match rates on client files sent to advertising media such as Facebook and Google Ads. The data should also help clients to find matches among records within their files, building more accurate customer profiles. GrowthLoop calls itself a “composable CDP”, meaning it works with data assembled in external data warehouses.