Marketers who argue that consumers should consent to share their personal data because they’ll get better-targeted advertising should think again, according to this survey from GlobalWebIndex. Only 16% of respondents said personalized ads or recommendations would motivate them to share data, compared with 37% citing discounts and a whopping 53% saying because they trusted the company in the first place. Interesting data here on other topics, too.

Tech product distributor Ingram Micro hasn’t yet created a full-scope software suite, but it did just launch a marketing application for its channel partners. That marketing applications are well enough understood for Ingram Micro to build one is another sign of market maturity.

Salesforce’s Dreamforce mega-conference is next week and the company’s publicity elves are already working overtime.  In the first of what are sure to be daily announcements this week, the company announced 100+ industry-specific prompts, data models, and AI capabilities across its fifteen industry clouds.  It also launched an AI Use Case Library to house its industry-specific AI offerings.