Google wants to figure out how to serve Android users ads while minimizing tracking
As it struggles to do the same on the web.
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Meta will pay $90 million to settle a decade-old privacy lawsuit
Facebook's tracking cookies followed users even after they signed out.
UK regulator accepts Google's updated proposal on browser cookie tracking
The government will keep a 'close eye' on the Privacy Sandbox development.
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Google is testing a new replacement for third-party cookies
Topics API is a browser-based approach and will replace the previously proposed FLoC.
French regulator fines Google and Facebook a combined $238 million over cookies
It ruled that they didn't allow French users to easily reject cookie tracking.
Google delays the rollout of its third-party cookie replacement to mid-2023
It originally planned to ditch individual user tracking in Chrome by 2022.
UK competition regulator to supervise Google's Privacy Sandbox changes
The tech giant is promising to limit the way it uses and combines user data.
Google says it won't build Privacy Sandbox backdoors
It's assuring spooked advertisers that it's committed to ditching third-party cookies.
What would the internet look like without third-party cookies?
And which of the bird-themed proposals will take over?
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
The browser's latest release also includes a multi-view video option.
Google starts testing its replacement for third-party cookies
Chrome will drop third-party cookie support when the tokens are ready.
Chrome is getting more intuitive privacy and security controls
Google is redesigning the desktop Site Settings page to be more useful.
EU says websites can't hide content behind 'cookie walls'
You shouldn't be forced to accept cookies to see a site's content.
Safari now blocks all third-party cookies by default
It's the first mainstream web browser to take this step.
Most websites don't follow European cookie consent laws, study shows
Just over one in ten sites conform to EU laws, according to researchers.
Firefox update adds detailed tracking reports and password tools
A new dashboards shows exactly how many cookies Firefox blocks in a day.
Opera's stricter privacy controls could also speed up your web browsing
Oh, and they'll limit site tracking, too.
