Dynamic Yield has released “No Consent, No Cookies”, a solution that blocks user activity tracking without relying on cookies. This avoids the problem of using cookies to track whether consumers have consented to cookies being used. Don’t think about it too hard or your head may explode.

European tech regulators have been more aggressive. Their latest act is a formal accusation by the European Commission that Amazon improperly used third-party merchant data on its platform to benefit Amazon’s own business. The Commission also announced a second probe into preferential treatment for Amazon’s own products and merchants who use Amazon fulfillment services.

The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its holdings within a year. The bill now goes to the President Biden, who has said he will sign it. Court challenges are likely to follow.