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...Advertisers are often unaware of exactly where their ads run because Google limits the use of independent, third-party tracking tools that can precisely measure how and where digital ads are placed....
...information and diverse perspectives on any topic from the entire web”....
...DS: Customers — meaning [web] publishers — would try to audit their auctions to make sure that their ad space is being sold to the highest bidder....
...The Privacy Sandbox initiative was launched for web users of Google products in 2019 in an attempt to limit third-party cookies online....
...Google has 92 per cent of the search engine market, according to web traffic analysis site StatCounter. Silicon Valley’s clout also fuels growing disquiet in the US....
...) Confirm Solutions, founded by Dr....
...CME runs several large derivatives markets, including those tracking interest rates, equities and commodities prices....
...In his evidence, Johnny Ryan, chief policy officer of the niche web browser Brave, said he had discovered the secret web pages as he tried to monitor how his data were being traded on Google’s advertising...
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on April 6 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...Google warned that the move would force it to stop offering its web search function, which is used by 95 per cent of Australians — prompting the nation’s prime minister to say: “We don’t respond to threats...
...For Amazon, the emissions challenge is not only its data centres — which have surged under Amazon Web Services — but also its fulfilment centres and delivery trucks....
...All this results in more clicks, better algorithms and increased market share for Google. What’s the solution?...
...Rival makers of wearable technology are ramping up their opposition to Google’s $2.1bn acquisition of fitness-tracking company Fitbit, arguing to the EU that it still poses a threat to competition and privacy...
...Google changes....
...It is right to experiment fast, as many governments are doing, and figure out the best ways to integrate app data with human tracing and tracking systems....
...by Google and Apple....
...Privacy advocates say this arrangement is the least intrusive form of mobile tracking....
...The tool is seen by privacy advocates as a pioneering privacy-enhancing technology for web browsers, and has forced competitors including Google’s Chrome browser to augment their own tracking controls....
...It is still possible that a solution may be found, for example if the tech companies and the holdout countries reconcile their differences or if everyone falls into line with Apple and Google....
...In a new complaint submitted to the Irish data regulator, the niche web browser Brave accused Google of operating an “internal data-free-for-all”. 3....
...For a more lasting solution, some in the industry are looking to deep-pocketed potential supporters: benevolent billionaires, tech platforms and, if necessary, governments....
...It will allow it to compete better with Apple's smartwatch, but it's unclear how the software side will work, with Google already having Wear OS for smartwatches and the health-tracking service Google Fit...
...From next February, Google will no longer allow advertisers to see key information known as “contextual content” about web pages when they bid for display adverts....
...A spokesperson for the FT said: “We send data to these providers to enable services such as push notifications, crash tracking, Google sign-on and personalised advertising....
...Some Chinese users would no doubt welcome the return of even a heavily censored version of Google search. The vast majority of web surfers are resigned to life within the Great Firewall....
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