Google to phase out cookies for 1% of Chrome users in early 2024
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Google reiterated its pledge to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome more broadly in the second half of 2024.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, California – Alphabet’s Google will phase out third-party cookies for 1 per cent of the users of its Chrome browser in the first quarter of 2024, a key step in a plan that will upend how advertisements are targeted on websites.
The company reiterated its pledge to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome more broadly in the second half of 2024.
Cookies are software that help track users as they browse the Internet, providing marketers a way to target ads based on a person’s Web interests.
“To get ready for the Web without third-party cookies, it’s important that the ecosystem prepare in advance,” Mr Anthony Chavez, a Google vice-president, wrote in a blog post on Thursday announcing the move.
He said phasing out cookies for a small subset of users will “support developers in conducting real-world experiments that assess the readiness and effectiveness of their products”.
Mr Chavez said the company’s approach was designed in collaboration with Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
“We will continue to address comments made by the CMA, as we prepare for third-party cookie deprecation beyond 1 per cent of Chrome users once the CMA has completed its assessment,” he said. BLOOMBERG
