Browser fingerprinting should have been forbidden for such use years ago. Horror: tracking without cookies enabled. 😱
"(...)Google announced to organisations that use its advertising products, it will no longer prohibit them from employing fingerprinting techniques. Fingerprinting involves the collection of pieces of information about a device’s software or hardware, which, when combined, can uniquely identify a particular device and user. "
#AdMob #Tracking #Privacy
https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2024/12/our-response-to-google-s-policy-change-on-fingerprinting/
Helma 🤗 /
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2024-12-30 16:45:17
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2024-12-30 16:45:17Event JSON
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