Chrome’s New Path for Privacy

A Consent-Based Model Means De Facto Cookie Deprecation

Report by Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf  | UPDATED: Aug 23, 2024
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Google won’t kill third-party cookies in Chrome, but consumers effectively will
How should advertisers react to Google’s U-turn on third-party cookies?
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Google no longer plans to unilaterally eliminate cookies from its Chrome browser. After four years of begrudging preparation, the advertising industry is reeling.
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Consumer Privacy & Security
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Google won’t kill third-party cookies in Chrome, but consumers effectively will
How should advertisers react to Google’s U-turn on third-party cookies?
Sources
Media Gallery

In January 2020, Google announced plans to deprecate third-party cookies in Chrome, sending shockwaves through the advertising industry. In July 2024, Google reversed course.

Key Question: What does Google's decision to continue supporting third-party cookies in Chrome mean for marketers?

Almost 90% of US Browsers Could Become Cookieless Long Term (top 4 US browsers % of market, by presence of third-party cookies, July 2024 vs. posited future*)
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Key Stat: Although third-party cookies will still be supported in Chrome, just over a tenth of total US browsers could be addressable via cookies long term, according to our analysis of StatCounter data.

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Table of Contents

  1. Executive Summary
  2. Google won’t kill third-party cookies in Chrome, but consumers effectively will
  1. How should advertisers react to Google’s U-turn on third-party cookies?
  2. Sources
  1. Media Gallery

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Almost 90% of US Browsers Could Become Cookieless Long Term (top 4 US browsers % of market, by presence of third-party cookies, July 2024 vs. posited future*)Less Than 1 in 5 US Consumers Always Accept Third-Party Cookies When Given the Choice (% of US consumers, May 2024)
The Share of US iOS Users Who Have Opted In to AppTrackingTransparency (ATT) Has Gone Up (% of US iOS users opted in to ATT, Q2 2021*-Q2 2024)About Half of US Marketers Were Using or Planned to Use Privacy Sandbox APIs This Year (% of US marketing and advertising professionals who planned to use select cookieless solutions, Nov 2023)
Direct Purchase Paths Will Continue Gaining Favor Over the Open Exchange Amid Signal Loss (% of US programmatic nonsocial digital display ad spending, by transaction method, 2019-2025)

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First Published on Aug 12, 2024

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