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Google has started disabling third-party cookies for Chrome users
Google has just disabled third-party cookies for one percent of Chrome users, years after it first introduced its Privacy Sandbox project.
Google Chrome's third-party cookie phaseout begins on January 4
Google will begin to restrict third-party cookies in Chrome starting on January 4, 2024.
Mozilla brings its cookie protection tool to Firefox for Android
Total Cookie Protection prevents companies from sharing your cookies across their sites. Instead, the cookies you make stay on the site they were created.
Google wants to figure out how to serve Android users ads while minimizing tracking
Google announced today it's starting a "multi-year initiative to build the Privacy Sandbox on Android."
Meta will pay $90 million to settle a decade-old privacy lawsuit
Meta is paying $90 million to settle a 2012 lawsuit accusing it of violating privacy with tracking cookies.
UK regulator accepts Google's updated proposal on browser cookie tracking
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has accepted Google's latest plan to replace third-party cookies from the Chrome Browser.
Google is testing a new replacement for third-party cookies
Google announced it is testing out Topics API, which will replace FLoC as its primary method to substitute third-party cookies.
French regulator fines Google and Facebook a combined $238 million over cookies
France's data regulator CNIL has fined Google €150 million ($170 million) and Meta/Facebook €60 million ($68 million) for violating EU privacy rules.
Google delays the rollout of its third-party cookie replacement to mid-2023
Google is pushing back its plan to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome as part of its Privacy sandbox changes.
UK competition regulator to supervise Google's Privacy Sandbox changes
The UK's competition regulator has agreed with Google to oversee its Privacy Sandbox changes.
Google says it won't build Privacy Sandbox backdoors
Google has said it will not bypass the Privacy Sandbox rules it plans to impose next year in order to end third-party cookie tracking.
What would the internet look like without third-party cookies?
With recent news about Google committing to disabling third-party cookies in Chrome, it seems like the internet as we know it is about to undergo a seismic shift — at least behind the scenes. What will it look like?
Google is testing its replacement for third-party cookies
FLoC is officially in fashion.
Google's plan to block third-party cookies has drawn attention from the DoJ
There are concerns the move will harm rival ad networks.
Google antitrust lawsuit amended to target Chrome’s Privacy Sandbox
Five more attorneys general have joined the suit, taking the total to 15.
Firefox's Total Cookie Protection aims to stop tracking between multiple sites
Mozilla is adding a 'total cookie protection' feature to Firefox aimed at stopping tracking across multiple websites as part of its latest browser release.
Google starts testing its replacement for third-party cookies
Google is letting developers test trust tokens, its replacement for ad cookies.
Chrome is getting more intuitive privacy and security controls
In an attempt to make privacy and security controls more intuitive and useful, Chrome is rolling out a redesign of its desktop settings.
EU says websites can't hide content behind 'cookie walls'
EU data officials have warned that sites can't force you to accept cookies to visit their pages.
Safari now blocks all third-party cookies by default
Apple's latest flurry of software updates included an important step forward for web privacy. The latest version of Safari for iOS, iPadOS and macOS now blocks all third-party cookies by default -- it's the first mainstream browser to do so, the WebKit team's John Wilander said. The Tor Browser is the only known browser to do so before Safari, while Brave's browser still has a few (if minor) exceptions.