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BT signs deal with AWS with aim of speeding up digital transformation

BT signs deal with AWS with aim of speeding up digital transformation

Must ... cloudify ... internal .... apps, says giant as it continues to push modernization project

Google says it may have found a privacy-friendly substitute to cookies

Google says it may have found a privacy-friendly substitute to cookies

Tests show advertisers can expect at least 95% of conversions per dollar spent on ads, compared to cookie-based advertising, Google said.

What’s in the Google Privacy Sandbox?

What’s in the Google Privacy Sandbox?

Google's privacy sandbox proposal now plans to phase out third party cookies from the Chrome browser by 2022, and has laid out what is at least a theoretical roadmap to preserving the ...

Who is sharing data with Google's FLoC ad algorithm?

Who is sharing data with Google's FLoC ad algorithm?

99.9% of all websites may be sharing their audiences with Google Chrome's FLoC ad targeting algorithm

Google Chrome and FLoC: The Unclearable Cookie and What It Means for Your Privacy

Google Chrome and FLoC: The Unclearable Cookie and What It Means for Your Privacy

With Big Tech phasing out third-party cookies, Google is pushing something called FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts), a new technology that allows content creators to capture advertising ...

13 ways Google Cloud beats AWS

13 ways Google Cloud beats AWS

From Firebase to sustained use discounts, let’s count the reasons Google Cloud might be a better choice

Critics Blast Google’s Aim to Replace Browser Cookie with ‘FLoC’

Critics Blast Google’s Aim to Replace Browser Cookie with ‘FLoC’

EFF worries that the Google's ‘privacy-first” vision for the future may pose new privacy risks.

This browser extension promises to block Google's controversial new tracking algorithm

This browser extension promises to block Google's controversial new tracking algorithm

DuckDuckGo has launched a new browser extension for Chrome that will prevent FLoC, a new tracking technique used by Google to support web advertising without identifying users.

The Businesses Where Google Is Biggest (And the Ones Where It Isn’t)

The Businesses Where Google Is Biggest (And the Ones Where It Isn’t)

Google, facing a U.S. antitrust lawsuit, is a major player in many businesses and minor in others. Here’s a look at its footprint in several areas.

Browser makers, now including Mozilla’s Firefox, are already ditching Google’s proposed cookieless ad targeting method FLoC

Browser makers, now including Mozilla’s Firefox, are already ditching Google’s proposed cookieless ad targeting method FLoC

Privacy-centric browsers have decided to block Google’s proposed method of tracking and targeting ads to groups of people without cookies.

Millions of Chrome users quietly added to Google’s FLoC pilot

Millions of Chrome users quietly added to Google’s FLoC pilot

Google promised that its third-party cookie replacement—called FLoC—will preserve user privacy. Its trial calls that into question.

Apple says it won’t expand controversial CSAM technology

Apple says it won’t expand controversial CSAM technology

Apple has tried to deflect criticism of its controversial CSAM protection system, but in doing so has illustrated what’s at stake.

Google’s Moves Are A ‘FLoC You’ To Privacy

Google’s Moves Are A ‘FLoC You’ To Privacy

As we all know from the past, what is stated in the documentation is always different from what happens in reality — “obfuscation through documentation." FLoC is no different. On the ...

Google has new tech to track your web browsing – here’s how to stop it

Google has new tech to track your web browsing – here’s how to stop it

Facebook has attracted an outsized share of attention this week over the way it tracks its users’ activity, with that scrutiny coming as a result of Apple rolling out iOS 14.5 on Monday ...

The way the third-party cookie crumbles: Part 2 – Shifting industry practices and alternatives to third-party cookies

The way the third-party cookie crumbles: Part 2 – Shifting industry practices and alternatives to third-party cookies

IAPP Westin Fellow Taylor Kay Lively explains the different alternatives to cookies and how they impact privacy.

Best password manager to use for 2021

Best password manager to use for 2021

Don't let your passwords descend into chaos, or be left vulnerable to hackers.