“ However, the Safari browser contained functionality that then enabled other Google advertising cookies to be set on the browser. We didn’t anticipate that this would happen, and we have now started removing these advertising cookies from Safari browsers. It’s important to stress that, just as on other browsers, these advertising cookies do not collect personal information.”
Rachel Whetstone, Senior Vice president of Communications and Public Policy at Google, respond’s to the WSJ’s report claiming Google has been bypassing Safari’s third-party cookie restrictions.
This statement would be comforting if she had detailed what information these cookies are collecting. I’d wager “personal information” in this context refers to demographic information but doesn’t cover behavioral or search data. Please clarify, Google.
Source: Gizmodo
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imsomafree said:
Google told me last year they had “solved” the iOS cookie conundrum. Of course, at the time nobody could say how or how a user would opt-out of such process. I met a company yesterday that does something equally nefarious. Explanation coming later
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