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What does the tracking landscape look like after third-party cookies ended?
Third-party cookies are now effectively dead across all major browsers — Chrome completed its Privacy Sandbox rollout, Safari and Firefox blocked them years earlier, and...
How does Firefox Enhanced Tracking Protection work?
Firefox Enhanced Tracking Protection blocks third-party cookies, known trackers from the Disconnect list, cryptominers, and fingerprinting scripts by default. Three modes exist: Standard blocks social...
Does Microsoft Edge have tracking protection?
Yes. Microsoft Edge ships Tracking Prevention with three levels, Basic, Balanced (the default), and Strict, built on Microsoft's own tracker categories from Disconnect-style lists. Balanced...
How do I track across all browsers?
Server-side tracking is the only approach that works uniformly across Safari, Firefox, Chrome, Brave, and Edge without browser-specific code. When your server sends conversion data...
When is Chrome killing third-party cookies?
It isn't, at least not on the original schedule. After years of delays, Google reversed course in 2025 and decided not to force-deprecate third-party cookies...
What is Chrome's Privacy Sandbox?
Chrome's Privacy Sandbox was Google's six-year initiative (2019–2025) to replace third-party cookies with privacy-preserving advertising APIs — including Topics for interest-based targeting, Protected Audience for...
Which browser blocks the most tracking?
By default, Brave blocks the most. It ships with aggressive ad and tracker blocking (Shields) on out of the box, stripping third-party scripts, cookies, and...
How does Brave affect tracking?
Brave blocks 100% of standard analytics endpoints by default through its built-in Shields system — no extensions required. Shields intercepts and prevents third-party tracking scripts...
How do I test if my Safari tracking works?
Test in Safari specifically, because what passes in Chrome can still fail there. Open your site in Safari with Intelligent Tracking Prevention on (the default),...
What's the best Safari tracking solution for WooCommerce?
Server-side tracking from your own domain. Safari's Intelligent Tracking Prevention caps script-set first-party cookies at 7 days and blocks third-party cookies entirely, so any client-side...
Will Safari ever stop blocking tracking?
Almost certainly not. Privacy is a core part of how Apple positions Safari, and Intelligent Tracking Prevention has only tightened since it launched in 2017,...
How do I set Safari-friendly cookies?
Set cookies server-side over HTTP from your own first-party domain, not with JavaScript. Safari's Intelligent Tracking Prevention caps cookies written by document.cookie at 7 days,...