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  "id": "google-chrome-phasing-out-third-party-cookies",
  "slug": "google-chrome-phasing-out-third-party-cookies",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/google-chrome-phasing-out-third-party-cookies/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/google-chrome-phasing-out-third-party-cookies.json",
  "claim": "Google Chrome is phasing out third-party cookies",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Third-party cookies are going away in Chrome\"",
  "verdict": "outdated",
  "verdict_definition": "Source found and quoted correctly, but old enough that the market has changed.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 3,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Google Privacy Sandbox (Anthony Chavez)",
    "title": "Update on Plans for Privacy Sandbox Technologies (Oct. 17, 2025)",
    "year": "2025"
  },
  "quote": "Since announcing that Chrome will maintain our current approach to offering users third-party cookie choice in Chrome ... we've decided to retire the following Privacy Sandbox technologies: Attribution Reporting API (Chrome and Android), IP Protection , On-Device Personalization , Private Aggregation (including Shared Storage ), Protected Audience (Chrome and Android), Protected App Signals",
  "method": "Official Google update.",
  "drift": [
    "Date: plans to deprecate cookies were dropped; Chrome keeps third-party cookie choice and is retiring most Privacy Sandbox APIs"
  ],
  "interest": "Google operates Chrome and sells ads.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Google dropped its plan to phase out third-party cookies: Chrome keeps its current approach to cookie choice, and in October 2025 Google said it would retire most Privacy Sandbox technologies.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Privacy Sandbox — Update on Plans for Privacy Sandbox Technologies",
      "url": "https://privacysandbox.com/news/update-on-plans-for-privacy-sandbox-technologies/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "Oct. 17, 2025 update",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}