Google to delete incognito search data to end privacy suit
Google has agreed to delete a vast trove of search data to settle a suit that it tracked millions of US users who thought they were browsing the internet privately.
Apr 1, 2024
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Google Chrome restricts cookies in first step towards elimination
Google has begun limiting third-party cookies for some users of its Chrome web browser, a first step towards eventually abandoning the files that have raised privacy concerns.
Jan 5, 2024
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Browser cookies make people more cautious online, study finds
Website cookies are online surveillance tools, and the commercial and government entities that use them would prefer people not read those notifications too closely. People who do read the notifications carefully will find ...
Jul 5, 2022
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Google makes cookie opt-out easier after France fine
Google announced on Thursday it was starting to roll out an option for European users to reject "cookies" with a single click, months after it was slapped with a massive fine.
Apr 21, 2022
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Engineers introduce the Oreometer
When you twist open an Oreo cookie to get to the creamy center, you're mimicking a standard test in rheology—the study of how a non-Newtonian material flows when twisted, pressed, or otherwise stressed. MIT engineers have ...
Apr 19, 2022
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Exposing alarming practices of online tracking on websites and apps
Researchers are calling for website and app developers to be more transparent and to educate users about online tracking practices, after a study has shown cookie notices and user opt-out routes violations in 97 out of EU's ...
Mar 4, 2022
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Google ends sale of ads using individual web tracking data
Google says it won't develop new ways to follow individual users across the internet after it phases out existing ad-tracking technology from its Chrome browser, a change that could shake up the online advertising industry.
Mar 3, 2021
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France fines Google, Amazon 135 mn euros
France's CNIL data privacy watchdog slapped 135 million euros in fines on US tech titans Google and Amazon for placing advertising cookies on users' computers without consent.
Dec 10, 2020
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Data-trackers turn from cookies to phone sensors
Lou Montulli and the late Ruth Wakefield share a common bond. Sort of. Ruth invented the chocolate chip cookie, which has fueled many programmers through long trying hours into the evening testing code and tracking down bugs. ...
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Google suggests trust tokens as part of ending support of third-party cookies
Google has announced that as part of its effort to provide users with more ad transparency, it will begin testing the idea of using "trust tokens" which, unlike cookies, will allow website owners to authenticate users to ...
