Google's change will allow advertisers to track customers' digital “fingerprints”, but UK data protection watchdog is not happy
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Google Cancels Plan To Axe Third Party Cookies For Chrome Browser
Better switch to Firefox? After years of delays, Google performs u-turn and will no longer cancel third-party tracking cookies
Google To Destroy Billions Of Private Browsing Records
Lawsuit settlement. Google agrees to destroy billions of private or “incognito” mode records as part of lawsuit settlement
Google Begins To Switch Off Ad-Tracker Cookies
Google starts switch-off of third-party ad tracking cookies under privacy initiative, as advertisers say company gaining too much control
Google To Begin Disabling Third-Party Chrome Cookies In Q1 2024
Google’s Privacy Sandbox to begin replacing third-party cookies for 1 percent of Chrome users in Q1 2024, with full switch off later
Google To Limit Ad Tracking On Android Apps
More bad news for advertisers? Google announces the Privacy Sandbox will be expanded from web browser and will include Android apps
UK Watchdog Accepts Google’s Revised Browser Cookie Pledge
CMA says it will keep “close eye” on Google after it accepted the firm's revised offer concerning the banning of third-party cookies
UK To Overhaul Data Protection Rules, Targets Cookie Pop-ups
Government to refresh the UK's data protection rules, and poaches New Zealand's Privacy Commissioner to replace outgoing Information Commissioner
Google Delays Third-Party Cookie Removal Until 2023
Google blinks first and delays Chrome’s plan to phase out support for third-party cookies until 2023, citing need to work with regulators
UK Watchdog Agrees ‘Oversight’ On Google’s Cookie Removal
Unhappy advertiser complaint sees CMA taking a key oversight role over Google’s planned removal of third-party cookies (i.e. its Privacy Sandbox project)
Google Tracking Of Safari Users, Heads To UK Supreme Court
Ten years after it emerged Google had tracked Safari users browser history, the landmark case is to go before the Supreme Court
Google ‘Set To Roll Out’ Ad Tracker Blocking In Chrome
The move could help Google improve its privacy image – while at the same time giving it an advantage over rivals in the online ad market
Yahoo Woes Continue As Hackers Access 32 Million Accounts Using Forged Cookies
Yahoo regulatory filing reveals continued impacts of mass security failings
EU Privacy Proposal Demands User Consent
Do not track unless the user has consented, could present headaches for Facebook and Google
Cheap ‘Poison Tap’ Tool Hacks Locked Computers
Unattended password-protected or locked PCs or Macs can be hacked with a simple $5 device
Belgian Appeal Strikes Down Facebook Privacy Ruling
The appeal annuls a ruling that had prompted Facebook to block access to its Belgian site for non-users
Facebook Backs Down In Cookie Row With Belgian Watchdog
Facebook blinks first in bitter clash Belgian Privacy Watchdog over user tracking cookies
How To Explain Cookies To A Five-year-old
The definitive definition of cookies from the experts for the kids (and grown ups, too)
High Court Rules Google Safari Privacy Case Must Be Heard In UK
Google fails to get its case moved to California
Google: We Should Not Be Subject To British Privacy Law
Google said to have made claim in defending itself against circumvention of Apple Safari cookie protections
Twitter Toying With Tailored Ads
Twitter is doing what Facebook does, but with an added dose of privacy
Half Of UK Organisations Ignore The Cookie Law
A year after it was introduced, the EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications still doesn’t bother Britain
Web Firm Provokes ICO Over ‘Ridiculous’ Cookie Law
Cookie law sends firm cookie as it asks ICO to sue it for breaching the regulation
Google FTC Fine Hits Record Of £14m
Google guilty of tricking Safari users into accepting tracking cookies
FTC Agrees £14m Fine For Google Over Apple Safari
The FTC has approved a fine of $22.5 million against Google over claims it breached Apple Safari users’ privacy
EU Takes Five Countries To Court Over Cookie Law
Massive fines are threatening Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Slovenia
ICO Receives 64 Cookie Complaints In Three Days
The ICO confirms 64 complaints have been made over cookies, just two days after the law was enforced
ICO’s Cookie Law Advice May Make Life Easier For Websites
The ICO offers more promotion of the implied consent method for cookie law compliance, as concerns over confusion mount
Government Proves Cookie Law Is Cuckoo
The cookie law is crazy, as the government has shown by saying it hasn't bothered to get compliant, argues Tom Brewster
Cookies Must Crumble Before May Is Out
The ICO deadline for cookie compliance is upon us but there is little evidence of action and fines could mount up on 26 May, warns Eric Doyle