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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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The Future of AdTech Lies in Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs)

Clearcode

In the early days of programmatic advertising, ad targeting was limited to the context of the webpage and information about the user from the user-agent string (e.g., Then, in the mid- to late-2000s when real-time bidding (RTB) was introduced, companies started utilizing web cookies to identify individuals across different websites.

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Why we care about adtech: The complete guide

Martech

Advertisers are willing to invest in adtech for its ability to attract a target audience and generate strong insights. The pending loss of third-party cookies means contextual advertising will become more important than in the past and adtech is essential to marketers who are looking for ways to access customers through contextual data.

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

Martech

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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Google Privacy Sandbox: What Does It Mean for the Future of Targeted Ads?

Single Grain

In an effort to streamline a bloated digital advertising infrastructure and help create a new set of user privacy-focused open web standards, Google has announced that it will be ending support for third-party browser cookies in its Chrome browser by 2022 with its Privacy Sandbox. Chrome is the most popular browser on the market.

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What are Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PET) in AdTech?

Clearcode

As a result, governments worldwide are taking steps to protect users’ personal information online, recognizing the need to balance the benefits of ad targeting with the right to privacy. Companies would collect large amounts of user data and use it to power everything from ad targeting to measurement.

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What’s the difference between zero-party, first-party and third-party data?

Clearcode

Strong regulations such as the EU’s GDPR help protect personal data and fine organizations that don’t follow the rules or try to bypass them. Moreover, the era of third-party cookies will end next year when Google Chrome is expected to withdraw its support for third-party cookies.

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