UK Government Blocks Third-Party Cookie Deprecation For Now
The Competition & Markets Authority, a U.K. government department, reiterated in a new report that Google cannot proceed with third-party cookie deprecation until competition concerns are resolved. In particular, the CMA says that the Privacy Sandbox must not be used to reinforce the existing market position of Google ads. It’s not clear how the CMA’s position impacts Google’s earlier move to allow 300 million global users to disable cookies.