Meanwhile, the nice people at Risk Based Security have issued their own semi-annual report on data breaches. They found the number dropped by half in the first six months of 2020 vs 2019 but suspect the measures are off because reporting has been disrupted. Download to catch up on the latest data breach trends.
A new privacy feature in Apple’s pending update has online publishers and mobile ad companies worried vast numbers of users will opt to block ads. iOS 14 has a pop-up notifying users when an app wants to track them, and requires their opt-in to allow it.
Momentum Worldwide has been asking shoppers about their pandemic behavior. More than one-third (37%) started using grocery delivery services during the pandemic but just 12% of that group plans to continue. Here’s a surprise: as many miss in-store shopping for groceries (74%) as for clothing and shoes (75%). Try not to judge.
Digital advertising platform PubMatic’s new partnership with GroupM, WPP’s media investment group, will enable the delivery of AI-powered cohort modeling to advertisers. Using a distributed AI model developed by Resolve, the collaboration aims to generate privacy-compliant audience segments across multiple publishers simultaneously. Not only does the targeting not rely on third party cookies, it also eradicates the need for user data to be moved or shared during the ad buying process.