The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority has opened a consultation on potentially releasing Google from Privacy Sandbox commitments imposed in 2022. Some are concerned this represents ‘a W’ for corporate conjury.
The move, announced June 13, follows Google’s April decision to drop plans to prompt Chrome users to block third-party cookies, a shift seen as reducing potential competitive harm. Indeed some are asking whether or not the April policy-reversal on nudging Chrome-users to dump cookies has been successful?
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