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Keep the cookies; hold for consent. We unpack Google’s reversal on third-party cookies and what it means for the ad industry, which was preparing for a cookieless future.

While the future state of retargeting following Google’s shift away from 3PCs is still evolving, it’s unlikely that a single tactic will emerge as the solution. Instead, advertisers will need to leverage each of these tactics in concert to maximize the value of their retargeting efforts. 

Thursday, July 25, 2024 Good morning! It’s Thursday, and this is your monthly Gaming Brief. Around 62% of American adults play video games, according to Comscore’s 2024 State of Gaming report. The report, put together in collaboration with Anzu, also revealed that 49% of the U.S. gaming population is Millennials, more than both Gen X […]

President Joe Biden is out of the race. And FTC Chair Lina Khan isn’t slowing down at all. “Sure,” you say. “But why is that relevant to the AdExchanger Commerce Media newsletter?” Because Khan, an aggressive antitrust enforcer, is ordering data from eight companies, which she describes as a “shadowy ecosystem of pricing middlemen,” in […]

When Google announced its plan to remove cookies from Chrome, whispers of an apocalypse echoed across the ad industry. Many feared this change would disrupt the $120 billion in ad spending that currently relies on cookies. Words like “demise” and “unprecedented” appeared in headlines.  And then Google surprised us with its latest announcement: Cookies are […]

The race to a federal U.S. data privacy law has been a slow trudge to victory, and the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) is no different. APRA could drastically change digital advertising. By requiring explicit consent for using sensitive data, APRA could potentially hinder small businesses and publishers, threatening their ability to effectively target and personalize ads.

Google has hit the brakes on its plan to eliminate third-party cookies.  Instead of phasing out third-party cookies by default, Google now says it will offer Chrome users new privacy controls, allowing them to opt into or out of cookie tracking at the browser level in a more straightforward way.  But the industry shouldn’t let […]

This week, Google threw the ad tech industry for a loop by announcing a significant shift in its privacy strategy. Contrary to its long-standing plan to eliminate third-party cookies from its Chrome browser, Google has revealed it will offer users the option to opt out of third-party cookies through a new choice mechanism.

Google appears to have thrown regulators for a loop with its surprise announcement on Monday that it no longer plans to deprecate third-party cookies in Chrome. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it will delay publication of its planned quarterly report on the Chrome Privacy Sandbox as it evaluates the situation. The next […]

Bacardi doesn’t have a digital marketing strategy, per se. And that’s because digital is the rum brand’s marketing strategy, said Laila Mignoni, Bacardi’s global VP of marketing and creative excellence. “We still buy TV, of course, mostly around live sports,” Mignoni told AdExchanger, “but digital is in everything we do; it’s the majority of our media […]