Pinterest Announces New Partnership with LiveRamp on Data Clean Rooms for Ad Targeting

Pinterest has introduced a brand new partnership with LiveRamp to implement information ‘clean rooms’ for chosen Pinterest advert companions, which is able to allow manufacturers to make the most of their first-party information for advert focusing on, with out having to re-share that data with Pinterest.

Clean Rooms assist to handle the information add and encryption course of, by guaranteeing that user-level information isn’t straight shared between events. Basically, the method allows companies to point out their adverts to individuals who’ve acquired an present relationship with each the enterprise and the advert internet hosting web site, whereas additionally protecting that information wholly separate.

As defined by Pinterest:

“Pinterest’s integration with LiveRamp provides a protected, third-party space where brands like Albertsons can join their first-party data and Pinterest platform data in a secure environment. The clean room keeps data private, and provides aggregated insight into ad performance. Because the neutral clean room environment offers advanced privacy controls, neither party’s personally identifiable sales and campaign data is visible to the other party.” 

Amid ongoing modifications to information assortment processes, from Apple’s iOS tracking updates, to Google’s planned changes to cookie tracking, each platform is now working to develop new processes to facilitate customized advert focusing on, with out the necessity for information sharing throughout totally different apps.

Clean rooms have emerged as a attainable resolution, serving to advert companions merge their very own information with platforms to facilitate extra direct focusing on and monitoring, with Meta and LinkedIn additionally implementing clear rooms, in several methods, to facilitate the identical.

Pinterest is eager to ramp up its advert enterprise, with a purpose to capitalize on its enterprise alternatives. Whereas the app has gotten itself again on observe, by way of user growth, over the previous yr, Pinterest adverts are nonetheless not out there in all areas, and it’s nonetheless working to offer optimum focusing on and efficiency components to encourage extra advert spend.

The brand new restrictions on information assortment make this tougher, and as such, it’s good to see Pinterest seeking to implement new options to handle this ingredient, and facilitate new methods for manufacturers to succeed in its 445 million users.

Pinterest says that grocery retailer Albertsons would be the first advertiser to make the most of this new resolution, with extra advert companions to observe.