And an acquisition: partner management platform Partnerize has purchased brand safety platform BrandVerity. The deal will make it easier for Partnerize clients to ensure the affiliates are complying with rules for how brands can be presented. Did you notice that everything’s a platform these days?
The latest phase in pandemic marketing is announcing how you help companies reopen. Cloud-based workforce management vendor Workday is on top of the trend with a new integration with Salesforce’s Work.com office safety suite. Workday also announced integration with Microsoft Teams and availability on the Microsoft Azure cloud.
Trust Stamp preserves privacy with a biometric-based identity token that’s unique for each individual but doesn’t reveal any personal information. This lets companies identify shared customers and authenticate individual identities without exposing personal data. They launched a Seedvest campaign last week which has so far raised $2.7 million of a $5.6 million goal, plus another $2.6 million from private investors.
Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation. The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.