{"id":26615,"date":"2023-08-14T09:21:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T13:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=26615"},"modified":"2023-08-14T09:21:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T13:21:16","slug":"googles-new-enhanced-ad-privacy-in-chrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/googles-new-enhanced-ad-privacy-in-chrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s New Enhanced Ad Privacy in Chrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Google&#8217;s New Enhanced Ad Privacy in Chrome<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2023\/chromeads.png\" alt=\"Google's new Enhanced Ad Privacy in Chrome - Cloudeight InfoAve\" width=\"600\" height=\"644\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Today, when I opened the Chrome Browser, I was greeted with a notice about Google&#8217;s new Enhanced ad privacy features in Google Chrome. I\u00a0 wanted to learn more about it so I could tell you what Google&#8217;s Enhanced ad privacy means to you. And this is what I found out&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Google&#8217;s new Enhanced ad privacy in Chrome is a set of features designed to give users more control over how their data is used to show them ads. The features include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">AD Topics<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Chrome will use AI to assign users to a group of topics based on their browsing history. According to Google, this information will be stored locally on the user&#8217;s device and won&#8217;t be shared with Google or any other third party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2023\/chromeads2.png\" alt=\"Google's new Enhanced Ad Privacy in Chrome - Cloudeight InfoAve\" width=\"600\" height=\"385\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Interest-based ads<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Sites can request any user&#8217;s topics from Chrome and use that information to display ads that are relevant to their interests. Users can also choose to block certain topics from being used for ads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2023\/chromeads4.png\" alt=\"Google's new Enhanced Ad Privacy in Chrome - Cloudeight InfoAve\" width=\"600\" height=\"460\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Site-suggested ads<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Sites can also suggest ads to users based on their browsing history. These ads will not be based on the user&#8217;s topics, but, according to Google, they will still be more relevant than ads that are not personalized at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2023\/chromeads3.png\" alt=\"Google's new Enhanced Ad Privacy in Chrome - Cloudeight InfoAve\" width=\"600\" height=\"391\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Google claims that its new Enhanced Ad Privacy will give users more control over their privacy while still showing them relevant ads. The company also says that the new features will be more effective at blocking tracking cookies than current ad blockers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Here are some of the pros and cons of Google&#8217;s Enhanced Ad Privacy:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Pros<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Gives users more control over how their data is used for ads.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">More effective at blocking tracking cookies than current ad blockers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Still allows users to see relevant ads.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Cons<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">May not be as effective at targeting ads as current ad systems.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Some users will find the AI-driven Topics API to be too invasive.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">No one is sure what effect the new features will have on the revenue of websites that rely on advertising.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Overall, we think that Google&#8217;s Enhanced Ad Privacy is a step in the right direction for online privacy. The new features give users more control over their data and make it more difficult for advertisers to track them across the web. But it remains to be seen how effective the new features will be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">It&#8217;s important to remember that no matter what you read or what privacy tools you use, you do not expect privacy while using the web. Nothing you do, while you&#8217;re on the web, is ever 100% private.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Google&#8217;s New Enhanced Ad Privacy in Chrome Today, when I opened the Chrome Browser, I was greeted with a notice about Google&#8217;s new Enhanced ad privacy features in Google Chrome. I\u00a0 wanted to learn more about it so I could tell you what Google&#8217;s Enhanced ad privacy means to you. 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