Google has an announcement today: It’s not going to do something it has thought about, and tinkered with, for quite some time. Most people who just use the Chrome browser, rather than develop for it ...

There are a lot of things that make browsing the internet painful instead of pleasant, and cookie banners or consent forms are easily at the top of that list. Almost every website you visit greets you ...

After years of seeing other browsers improve privacy features, Google is now offering a native Chrome feature to block cookies from being accessed by third-party clients. With this feature, it will ...

Google on Monday said it was ditching its long mooted plan to block tracking "cookies" on its Chrome browser after years of resistance from online publishers and questions from regulators. The ...

Mozilla has been courting controversy with its move toward blocking some third-party cookies by default in Firefox. While preventing unvisited websites from setting cookies is undoubtedly good for ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google’s plan to implement a new Tracking Protection feature in Chrome begins in January with the intention to ...

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