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When the cookies start to crumble

The use of ‘stalker’ third-party cookies for online advertising has had its time, but what’s going to replace it?

Most browsers are doing away with cookies that help advertisers track internet users’ activity.

Will Mace Tue, 09 Jul 2024
Key points
  • What’s at stake: A key mechanism for targeted online advertising is changing, affecting millions of businesses worldwide.

  • Background: Popular web browsers such as Apple’s Safari and Mozilla’s Firefox have already switched off default third-party cookies and Google Chrome is set to follow.
  • Main players: Google, Apple, Mozilla, Black Pearl, Atlas Ventures, Flow Marketing, NetSafe.

While to many people a ‘third-party cookie’ might sound like a not-so-hygienic afternoon snack, anyone engaging in online advertising over the past two decades should be intimately familiar with the phenomenon.

Just in case you’re not, here’s a quick explanation.

Cookies are bits of code that

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Will Mace Tue, 09 Jul 2024
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Key points
  • What’s at stake: A key mechanism for targeted online advertising is changing, affecting millions of businesses worldwide.

  • Background: Popular web browsers such as Apple’s Safari and Mozilla’s Firefox have already switched off default third-party cookies and Google Chrome is set to follow.
  • Main players: Google, Apple, Mozilla, Black Pearl, Atlas Ventures, Flow Marketing, NetSafe.
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