Let’s list marketing cloud vendors: Adobe, Salesforce, Oracle, IBM and…Nielsen? Who knew? The Nielsen cloud was announced last April (no, not on April 1). As you might expect, the Nielsen cloud is mostly about data, including cross-device profiles, a Data Management Platform for audience creation, and several types of analytics. It feeds data to other systems for execution. Nielsen just announced a connector for personalization vendor RichRelevance. It will provide demographics, interest, and intent data on otherwise new and anonymous Web site visitors so that RichRelevance can personalize their treatments..

Here’s another mixed blessing. The new chief of the Federal Communications Commission is expected to overturn rules that required consumer consent before Internet Service Providers like Verizon and Comcast could monetize the behaviors of their customers. Net neutrality is on the chopping block too. Ad industry leaders are happy. Privacy advocates, not so much.

CDP and data solutions provider Zeotap is adding the ID5 ID to its identity graph.  The ID5 identifier supports individual-level programmatic ad targeting without relying on third-party cookies, extending the reach of Zeotap ad segments.