German publishers and advertisers are calling for lawmakers to intervene on Google’s plan to phase out third-party cookies by next year, the Financial Times reports. “Publishers must remain in a position where they are allowed to ask their users for consent to process data, without Google capturing this decision,” the group, including Politico Publisher Axel Springer and Germany’s federal association of digital publishers, said in a 108-page complaint to the European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager. Editor’s note: IAPP Staff Writer Joe Duball reported on Google’s post-third-party cookie plans.
24 Jan. 2022
German publishers, advertisers seek EU intervention on Google’s cookie phaseout
RELATED STORIES
What to know about the new Canadian government PIA standard
Notes from the IAPP Canada: 'The Debaters' battle it out over privacy
A view from DC: What does a second Trump presidency mean for privacy, AI governance?
A view from Brussels: Global Privacy Assembly explores the 'Power of i'
What the US election results may mean for digital policy