Data Broker Profiles – Acxiom and LiveRamp
2019-01-09
by Johann Kwan with research by Lily Wang On October 1st, 2018, Acxiom, one of the world’s largest data brokers, sold its Acxiom Marketing Solutions (AMS) division to the advertising giant Interpublic Group (IPG) for US $2.3 billion and consolidated its resources under its subsidiary brand, LiveRamp. AMS is Acxiom’sRead More →
Data Broker Profiles – Oracle Data Cloud, Oracle DLX (Datalogix), Bluekai
2018-12-05
by Johann Kwan with research by Lily Wang and Rex Yeung Oracle, one of the world’s biggest multinational technology companies, has been buying data broker companies and consolidating their services under the Oracle Data Cloud. In 2014, Oracle acquired data broker firms Bluekai and Datalogix (now Oracle DLX) and incorporatedRead More →
Boots that Stalk: How Data Brokers Can Affect the Ads You See Online
2018-11-08
by Dustin Moores “I don’t get it,” my wife said over the phone one blustery November afternoon, “why am I seeing ads for your boots on my work computer?” It was a great question, and the aspiring cyber-sleuth in me wanted nothing more than to find the answer. “Did youRead More →
Podcast 2 – What do data brokers do?
2018-11-01
CIPPIC intern Dustin Mores offers a tour of the different kinds of products offered by data brokers. He goes over each of the three main categories of products: (1) marketing products, (2) risk mitigation products, and (3) “people search” products. Theme music: “Cool It” by Nctrnm, licensed under CC BYRead More →
Podcast 1 – Introduction
2018-11-01
Welcome to CIPPIC’s Data Broker Project Podcasts. In this podcast, CIPPIC Director David Fewer describes our project – why we are studying data brokers, how changes to technology over the past decade have changed the industry, and how we look at data flows. We give a look ahead at whatRead More →