Privacy Sandbox

Dig into the
Google Privacy Sandbox

The Privacy Sandbox is a set of APIs designed to safeguard key addressability functionality on Chrome without third-party cookies. With 63% of the world’s browser traffic coming from Chrome, the Privacy Sandbox is a key pillar of our addressability strategy.

Thinking inside the sandbox

As one of Google’s first (and largest) testing partners, our platform is already integrated with the Privacy Sandbox and scaled testing is well underway. Our work has focused on three primary APIs: Topics, Protected Audiences and Attribution Reporting.

Google Topics

To unlock expansive scale for their campaigns, brands and advertisers need to understand users’ interests without relying on site-to-site tracking. By assigning users to interest groups within the browser itself, the Topics API enables interest-based advertising at scale.

Protected Audience

Building a granular custom audience for targeting has been a mainstay for advertisers for years—but it’s historically relied on third party cookies. In the cookieless age, the Protected Audience API aims to replicate this functionality without exposing an individual’s browsing habits. It also enables secure on-device ad auctions to activate these audiences.

Attribution Reporting

Measurement has always been an essential component of running effective digital advertising campaigns. The Attribution Reporting API with Privacy Sandbox enables advertisers to measure conversions in a privacy-safe way.

Get the full picture of what it takes to test Google's Privacy Sandbox in our deep-dive article.

"We have a duty to our clients, partners and the wider industry to ensure the economics of advertising continue to work for everyone."
Todd Parsons |Chief Product Officer, Criteo

Criteo's Privacy Sandbox
testing timeline

In preparation for the CMA’s decision about Privacy Sandbox, we’ll be running, monitoring, and iterating on our testing to deliver the most accurate data for evaluation. Here’s what the first half of 2024 looks like for our team.

January 4 - March 11

1% Cookie Deprecation

On January 4th, Google deprecated third-party cookies in Chrome for 1% of traffic in preparation for market testing.

Iteration Period

Criteo runs tests while continuing to check setup, monitor population recruitment and iterate accordingly.

March 11 - June 15

Locked Testing

Format industry testing period begins, dedicated to collecting final data for CMA evaluation.

Analyze & Deliver Results

Multi-step review, analysis and compilation of results for the final report to the CMA, which will be delivered by June 15.

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