Customer Data Platforms remain a hot topic, thank goodness. Latest fuel on the fire is MarTech Advisor’s CDP buyer’s guide. Much wisdom and a broad list of vendors. And it’s free.

Maybe you’re interested in the state of Customer Experience and maybe you aren’t. But check out Genesys’ CX survey if only for its cool interactive graphics. Lots of fun splits by region, industry, business department, and age group. For example: 27% of customer care professionals think bots won’t reduce customer care headcount but 62% of IT professionals think they will. You can probably win a bar bet by knowing which region is most fond of personalization, assuming you hang out in the right bars.

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.