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3 future-proofing strategies for Google’s third-party cookie crackdown

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After four years of anticipation, Google officially began restricting third-party cookies for 1% of Chrome users (about 30 million people) this January. This move lays the groundwork for a broader third-party cookie phaseout in the second half of 2024.

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The Magic Cookie, Longtime Enabler Of Ad Tech, Dies At 30

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It was best-known for something it wasn’t actually designed to do: targeting ads. The cookie – originally named “magic cookie” – which single-handedly enabled a generation of ad targeting, measurement and some mayhem, died this year.

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Google’s ‘deceptive’ account sign-up process targeted with GDPR complaints

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The tech giant profiles account holders for ad targeting purposes — apparently relying on user consent as its legal basis. The series of GDPR complaints are being coordination by members group BEUC, aka the European Consumer Organisation. But Ireland has yet to issue a single GDPR decision against Google.

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Uh oh! European carriers are trying to get into ‘personalized’ ad targeting

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” Users of mobile networks — who pay their hard-earned money to get cellular connectivity, not to be clobbered with (yet) more consent pop-up spam and/or be ad-stalked around the internet — may well take a very different view, as they wonder how many times they’re going to have to keep slaying the tracking zombie.

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Why I’m glad third-party cookies are dying

Martech

Ever since GDPR was rolled out in Europe back in 2016, the rules for how marketers can collect and use data have been getting stricter and stricter, but the real hammer blow will hit next year. Google is following the lead of Apple and Mozilla, which already block those kinds of cookies in their Safari and Firefox browsers.

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Weekly Roundup: Post-Cookie Insights for Publishers, GDPR Impact on Global Businesses, and More

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Post cookie insights for publishers. Vox EU examines how GDPR has affected global businesses. Are Publishers Prepared for a Post-cookie World? Association of Online Publishers (AOP) surveyed 111 industry professionals to share post-cookie insights for publishers and advertisers. Last Week’s Highlights. AdTech Trends.

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Sensitive data ruling by Europe’s top court could force broad privacy reboot

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But the impact of the judgement is likely to be felt across the region as it crystalizes how the bloc’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which sets the legal framework for processing personal data, should be interpreted when it comes to data ops in which sensitive inferences can be made about individuals.

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