Kacper Polewiak

Despite their seemingly innocent name, cookies have found themselves at the heart of one of the internet’s biggest privacy revolutions. Specifically, third-party cookies have come under fire from privacy-advocacy groups, ultimately leading Google to work towards a cookieless future. This change will have significant implications for advertisers, as third-party cookies have been an essential targeting technology since their inception.

Let’s dive into the implications of Google’s decision and how you can prepare for the cookieless future.

In this Cookieless Newsroom, you can read about RTB House’s early learnings from Privacy Sandbox’s tests, the introduction of Edge’s Privacy-Preserving Ads, regulatory bodies’ beef with the external identifiers, and many more cookieless topics.

In this Media Review, you can read about Privacy Sandbox’s General Availability, rebranding of First-Party Sets and enlarging its scale, further obstacles in the way of tracking individual users across the Internet, and regulatory updates in Europe.

In this Media Review, you can read about Google’s Privacy Sandbox for Desktop and Android advancements, Meta’s swap from GDPR’s Legitimate Interest to Consent clause, and European Commission’s concerns over Google disrupting competition across MarTech.

In this edition of the Cookieless Newsroom, we spotlight pivotal updates from Europe. The European Data Protection Supervisor clarifies that pseudonymized data remains non-personal if re-identification is unfeasible, while French and German regulators are poised to take decisive action against Apple’s anti-competitive practices under the DMA.

In this edition of the Cookieless Newsroom, we bring you the latest in digital ad innovations and regulatory moves. From antitrust trials and new product launches to evolving privacy standards, industry giants such as Google, Apple, and Amazon are redefining the landscape as we move further into a cookieless future.