LiveRamp (Acxiom)

California
Data Security

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

Summary:

LiveRamp is a data onboarding company based in San Francisco. LiveRamp was formerly known as Acxiom. LiveRamp protects its employees from viewpoint discrimination, and the company has not publicly terminated employees or clients due to ideological differences. LiveRamp has signed the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion pledge, though the company has not funded groups hostile to freedom of expression. For these reasons, LiveRamp earns a Lower Risk rating.

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Corporate Weaponization
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Has denied service to customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.

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Rationale

LiveRamp has not publicly terminated business relationships due to political or religious differences.

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Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

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N/A
Rationale

LiveRamp has not made its charitable giving guidelines publicly available (1).

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Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.

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Rationale

LiveRamps’s Code of Ethics specifies that the company employs individuals “of many nationalities, races, religions, and political persuasions” (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
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Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.

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Rationale

LiveRamp has signed the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion pledge (1). LiveRamp has a Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Council (2). The company hosted an anti-racism workshop that described the technology sector as “an industry dominated by white and male” (3). 

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Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

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Rationale

LiveRamp has not corporately funded ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (1).

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Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

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Rationale

The LiveRamp Inc. PAC has donated in a bipartisan manner in accordance with business interests (1)(2).

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July 19, 2023

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