FLoC

Today’s model of selecting and reaching audiences, primarily based on data brokers, raises many questions regarding the transparency of obtaining information about the user, and the coming changes in regards to the removal of 3rd party cookies will significantly impact the data brokerage industry.

It’s been a year and a half since Google’s January 2020 announcement regarding the death of third-party cookies. Since then, an ambitious goal has been set up to have brand new privacy-preserving advertising technologies deployed for the developer community to start adopting in place of Google third-party cookies in 2022.

We now know that third-party cookies will be staying with us a little longer. On June 24, Google released an updated timeline for the Privacy Sandbox – a high-level plan indicating that it will phase out support for third-party cookies over a three month period starting mid-2023.

The question is – how much more time does the industry actually have? The answer is – not much. Based on the official procedures for bringing new features to Chrome, we at RTB House expect that the next two years will be filled with work.

In this Media Review, we selected four articles about potential direction for FLoC, detailed description of Google’s Attribution Reporting API, the analysis of SWAN and the explanation of UID 2.0.

Contextual targeting might not be a new, flashy approach, but with the shift towards privacy-friendly cookieless advertising, it’s about to become a crucial part of every advertiser’s outreach strategy. As Google retires third-party cookies, old methods of targeting will become ineffective, and the ability to target interested users through more subtle markets, like content context, will be one of the keys to marketing success.

Let’s learn more about contextual targeting, look at some contextual advertising examples, and learn how you can deploy it in your campaigns.

It’s time for our 4th Media Review. This month, we selected 5 stories, such as an update from Chrome on the progress of the Privacy Sandbox and an analysis of the future of reporting.