Google announced several weeks ago that starting today, January 4, 2024, it will begin testing a new anti-tracking security feature, This includes restricting access to third-party ‘cookies’ on websites by default when browsing in the Chrome browser.
This innovation, for now, will be installed worldwide and by 1% of people using Google Chrome It is one of the measures that creates the privacy sandbox initiative.
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“The Privacy Sandbox team’s mission is to keep most people’s activity private in a free and open Internet world, and to support the company’s broader mission to ensure that information remains accessible and useful to all.” Victor Wong said, Google’s senior director of product management for Privacy Sandbox with Gizmodo in an April 2023 interview.
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It should be clarified Sandbox is a proposal generated by Google to offer digital advertising that respects user data And it removes third-party tracking ‘cookies’ in Chrome with an alternative API to take care of online data.
However, many wonder if they are part of this select list, so, we tell you How do you know if you’re part of the 30 million people who choose Google?
This is how you can find out whether Google has disabled your cookies or not
At first, you’ll see a pop-up window in Chrome, describing the new Google “Tracking Protection”As the company calls its anti-cookie plan.
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On the other hand, you will notice that the usual cookie notice is not appearing and you may also notice that when the protection is crawled, you will see a small eye logo in the URL bar. However, if you want to allow a particular website to use cookies with you, you can click that eye.
You can also check it manually and review your browser preferences from Chrome settings. Go to the “Privacy and Security” section, and if you see cookie notifications enabled, You could be one of the 30 million selected for this Google test.
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