UK competition body investigating Google privacy plan to ditch third-party cookies from Chrome

The UK’s Competition

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an inquiry into Google’s plan to remove third-party cookies from its Chrome browser over fears the move will have a “significant impact” on the digital ad market.

Google plans, through its ‘Privacy Sandbox’ proposals, to end support for all cookies except for those that track user activity within a company’s own site, and replace tracking tools with a system that limits and anonymises the information advertisers receive from consumers. 

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