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Foursquare And Factual Bet That The Future Of Location Data Is About More Than Advertising

It’s been a big week for location data-related deals. PlaceIQ acquired location data and measurement company Freckle IoT on Tuesday. And a day before, Foursquare said it would merge with Factual. Together, Foursquare and Factual have more than $150 million in combined revenue, data derived from over 500 million devices worldwide and 400+ employees. The... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // April 8th, 2020 //
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PlaceIQ Acquires Freckle IoT In Latest Example Of Location Data Market Consolidation

On Tuesday, PlaceIQ announced its acquisition of Toronto-based location data and measurement company Freckle IoT. Terms were not disclosed. Foot traffic may be way down during the pandemic, but consolidation in the location data space is heating up. The day before, Foursquare revealed merger plans with location data provider Factual less than a year after... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // April 7th, 2020 //
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What Does COVID-19 Mean For Data Protection Under GDPR?

Data protection in the time of the coronavirus is a tricky proposition. Although health data is considered extremely sensitive under the General Data Protection Regulation and usually requires explicit consent, a subsection of the law includes a clause within Article 9 that allows for the processing of personal information without consent if it’s necessary to protect “against... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // March 17th, 2020 //
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WeatherBug Wishes Apps Would Get With The Programmatic Program Faster

Mike Brooks, WeatherBug’s SVP of revenue, is a mobile programmatic evangelist. “We’ve seen a huge positive impact from adopting a unified auction, and we like to be vocal about it,” Brooks said. “We talk about programmatic to anybody who will listen, because this is the way of the future.” In early 2018, the weather app,... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // January 28th, 2020 //
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Verve’s New Parent Company Sees Potential, Despite Obvious Privacy Challenges

Location data is a privacy landmine. But there are still buyers out there for providers, including Media And Games Invest (MGI), the public German conglomerate that acquired mobile location company Verve earlier this week. The last few years haven’t been kind to Verve. The company experienced multiple rounds of layoffs last year and closed its... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // January 24th, 2020 //
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Grindr’s Data Is Sensitive, But Its Data-Sharing Practices Are The Norm In The App World

Grindr and a handful of other dating apps are getting publicly pummeled for sharing personal user data, including location data and sexual preferences, with third-party companies. But Grindr, OKCupid, Tinder and others are not alone. The practice is pervasive among every type of app. A report released Tuesday by the Norwegian Consumer Council, an Oslo-based... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // January 15th, 2020 //
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X-Mode Acquires Location Data Assets From UK-Based Location Sciences

While certain companies, like LiveRamp, run away from location data – others are running to embrace it. On Wednesday, location data company X-Mode acquired the publisher book of business and raw location data assets of Location Sciences, a UK-based third-party location data verification company that helps marketers detect location-related data quality issues in their campaigns.... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // January 15th, 2020 //
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TikTok Seeks To Preempt Brand Safety Fears; Hulu Rethinks Streaming Ads

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Brand Safe Or Bust  TikTok may offer a curated feed of content that will appease advertisers as brand safety becomes a bigger concern on the platform. The feed of vetted TikTok creators will enable the app to charge advertisers higher rates for guaranteed brand... Continue reading »
by AdExchanger // January 14th, 2020 //
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Why LiveRamp Quietly Sold Its Location Data Business Last Year

LiveRamp is distancing itself from location data. AdExchanger has learned that in Q4 2019, the onboarder offloaded the location data-related portion of the business it got along with its 2016 acquisition of Arbor. Cuebiq, a location-intelligence company, bought the assets. LiveRamp is keeping the rest of the Arbor business, which includes technology to connect first-party... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // January 7th, 2020 //
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Foursquare And Placed Are Full Steam Ahead On Their Integration

For Placed, life at Foursquare is a lot different than life was at Snap. Case in point: Foursquare and Placed completed the integration of their first-party audience data sets into a single attribution product within 90 days of the acquisition, which closed this summer. Snap sold Placed to Foursquare in May after acquiring the company... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // October 30th, 2019 //
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