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Amazon Launches Online Ad Partnership as Google Eliminates Tracking Cookies
Amazon Launches Online Ad Partnership as Google Eliminates Tracking Cookies
February 05, 2024  |  Amazon

Amazon has teamed with British publishing giant Reach to obtain targeted customer ad data. The partnership, the subject of a Monday (Feb. 5) report by the Financial Times (FT),...

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Google to Test Limiting Cross-Site Tracking on Chrome Browser
Google to Test Limiting Cross-Site Tracking on Chrome Browser
December 14, 2023  |  Google

Google’s Chrome browser will begin testing a new feature that limits cross-site tracking by restricting website access to third-party cookies by default.  The new Tracking Protection feature...

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Pinterest Says It Doesn’t Need to Track Users to Be Relevant  
Pinterest Says It Doesn’t Need to Track Users to Be Relevant  
October 30, 2023  |  Social Commerce

Pinterest’s CEO, Bill Ready, made it clear on Monday (Oct. 30) that the social media platform is prepared to embrace a cookieless future, emphasizing that...

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Netherlands Consumer Group Sues Amazon Over Privacy Violations
Netherlands Consumer Group Sues Amazon Over Privacy Violations
October 18, 2023  |  Amazon

A Dutch consumer rights group is suing Amazon over its data tracking practices.  Stichting Data Bescherming Nederland (SDBN), a consumer rights group in the Netherlands,...

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Google Faces Lawsuit In Australia Over Use Of Personal Data
Google Faces Lawsuit In Australia Over Use Of Personal Data
July 27, 2020  |  Google

As Google CEO Sundar Pichai prepares to appear before Congress Wednesday (July 29) to face antitrust charges, Australia’s competition watchdog has accused the Alphabet Inc....

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The Supreme Oreo And Other Astonishing Food Commerce
The Supreme Oreo And Other Astonishing Food Commerce
February 22, 2020  |  Retail

For those seeking streetwear-themed food, there is a cornucopia of options. Ground zero seems to have been Taco Bell and Forever 21’s 2017 team-up to combine fast...

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Google Quits Cookies As Data Privacy Regs Show Fangs
Google Quits Cookies As Data Privacy Regs Show Fangs
February 05, 2020  |  Safety and Security

Looks like the digital advertising and marketing sectors are in for a reckoning. How that will affect merchants’ online promotional activity hangs in the balance....

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Google Chrome To Eliminate Third-Party Cookies In Privacy Push
Google Chrome To Eliminate Third-Party Cookies In Privacy Push
January 14, 2020  |  Safety and Security

After bans brought about by Microsoft, Mozilla and Apple, Google also is seeking to make so-called third-party cookies “obsolete.” Cross-website cookies have underpinned digital advertising...

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Privacy Concerns Spark Fresh Moves In Digital World
Privacy Concerns Spark Fresh Moves In Digital World
August 22, 2019  |  Safety and Security

The push to offer more online privacy to increasingly concerned consumers continues. This time, it’s a move from Google, but it’s unclear how far these...

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