Death of Third-Party Cookies | Digital Marketing

With an increase of users valuing their own private data and there being a demand for more privacy, a cookie-less world emerging shouldn’t be a surprise. Already, browsers, such as Safari and Firefox, are blocking third party cookies, and Chrome will join them by 2022. ‍

Third-Party Cookies

Being used for ad targeting and behavioural advertising, third-party cookies can track a user throughout their journey on the web whilst visiting various websites. This benefits advertisers and digital marketers because they can build up profiles based on interests and habits, helping to provide better, more relevant content.

There has been huge controversy around the topic of third-party cookies and many believe they’re an invasion of people’s privacy; whilst others browse the internet freely without even realising they're dropping cookie crumbles everywhere they go.

Google's Decided to Phase Out Third Party Cookies

“Privacy is paramount to us, in everything we do. So today, we are announcing a new initiative to develop a set of open standards to fundamentally enhance privacy on the web. We’re calling this a PrivacySandbox.” - Justin Schuh (Director, Chrome Engineering)

The idea behind this new concept is to protect anonymity whilst still delivering results for online advertisers and marketers. Google will move towards a Facebook-like “Lookalike audience” model that will group users for profiling.

Did you know?

72% of people feel that almost everything they do online is being tracked by advertisers, technology firms or other companies.

(Source: Pew Research Center)

The Future of Search Engines

Here’s what Susan Dolan, a Search Engine Optimisation Consultant, foresees happening in search and the digital sphere:

Ethical consumer targeting
Adtech companies collaborating to find ways that respect their audience’s privacy
A more private, personalised web
More conversations around how much and what data collection is ethical
More user-led choices
Rise in the usage of alternative browsers
Incentivising users to voluntarily share their data
Better use of technology for good

Be Successful Online with Creative Ideaz!

With many changes on the way, be sure your digital marketing is on track with the help of Creative Ideaz. Get in touch to ensure that your advertising efforts won’t be effected by the third-party cookie death.

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