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Bounce Tracking Mitigations

Category
Miscellaneous
Type
New or changed feature
Status
Enabled by default (Chrome 116)
Intent stage
Dev trials

Summary

This feature mitigates bounce tracking on the web. It works by deleting state from sites that access storage during a redirect that the user has never directly interacted with. See the specification for more details.

Motivation

Redirects can be used to implement cross-site tracking of users. In addition, redirects can be used to simulate third-party cookies even when the user has chosen to block third-party cookies. The primary goal of this effort is to mitigate these privacy issues.

Standards & signals

Docs: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/privacy-sandbox/bounce-tracking-mitigations https://developer.chrome.com/blog/bounce-tracking-mitigations-dev-trial

Samples: https://bounce-tracking-demo.glitch.me

Explainers: https://github.com/privacycg/nav-tracking-mitigations/blob/main/bounce-tracking-explainer.md

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