Digital identity and humanised technology will grow in 2021

 

In this article, as part of the series examining upcoming 2021 trends, we are going to look at the evolution of digital identity and humanised technology.

Digital identity
Tech giants are working on various legislation changes to protect user data (GDPR, CCPA). For instance, Apple introduced “ITP” and planned IDFA updates, Mozilla’s Firefox has an ETP” solution and Google intends to modify third-party cookie rules. This will lead to the death of cookies in 2021. Nonetheless, brands which have been investing in growing and mining their first party data assets will have another opportunity. To make sure that they are able to offer personalisation, they will have to leverage digital identity. To do this, they need to align their first party data strategy and technology stack to enable identity mapping.

Humanised technology
In 2020, companies were able to identify limitations in technologies that have made them spend a lot of money without delivering efficient results. Such examples are bots that are poorly constructed and cannot give you the right answer or virtual machines that ask you several questions but are unable to solve your issue. The problem here is that the human touch is lost and is replaced with machines. As such, brands will have to re-prioritise the customer experience and deliver the right balance between digital and human integrations and personalisation so that they can offer an excellent service.


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