Chrome privacy sandbox

Around this time last year, there were only a handful of companies testing the Chrome Privacy Sandbox. Now, according to Google, there are hundreds.

What is Google’s true motive in launching the Chrome Privacy Sandbox? An optimist might give Google credit for not dropping the hammer like Apple did. But it’s hard not to be a little cynical about Google’s goals, according to Samantha Jacobson, chief strategy officer at The Trade Desk.

In today’s newsletter: The CMA still has a bone to pick with the Chrome Privacy Sandbox; the FCC fines mobile carriers for selling customer location data to data brokers; and the Financial Times is the latest publisher to strike a licensing deal with an AI company.

In today’s newsletter: The CMA outlines plans to fix competitive concerns in Google’s Privacy Sandbox; media mix modeling’s comeback continues; Snap’s Q1 earnings illustrate its attribution-driven turnaround.

For companies testing the Chrome Privacy Sandbox, another delay was starting to feel inevitable, even before Google shifted its deprecation deadline.

If you’re looking for a think piece about what Google’s most recent third-party cookie deprecation delay means for the online ad industry – this isn’t it. 😅

The delay is an acknowledgment by Google that efforts to prepare its cookie alternative will take longer than its proposed deadline allows, which shouldn’t be a huge surprise to those actively participating in testing.

In today’s newsletter: Google’s cookie deprecation delay hurts Chrome Privacy Sandbox supporters; mall chains go for broke with their DTC efforts; Warner Bros. Discovery launches a first-party data product.

Google announces it’s delaying its self-imposed deadline to deprecate third-party cookies on Chrome for the third time.

Gathering information from industry insiders is a critical part of the CMA’s evaluation process, says Chris Jenkins, director of the its Digital Markets Unit.