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<h2>Recently, around 30 million people were allowed the option to enrol in Google&#8217;s ad privacy initiative</h2>
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<p><p>Dubbed the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://says.com/my/tech/google-disabled-cookies-for-30-milion-users-how-to-check-if-affected">Privacy Sandbox initiative</a>, selected users were allowed to opt out of Google Chrome&#8217;s cookie tracking. These cookies are used to track users&#8217; online behaviour and preferences. Advertisers would then use the data collected to advertise to these users.</p>
<p>However, with Google gradually phasing out third-party cookies in stages, selected users began receiving a pop-up message that said, &#8220;Enhanced ad privacy in Chrome&#8221;.﻿</p>
<p>Those who didn&#8217;t get invited will have to wait until the end of 2024 or&#8230; </p>
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<h2>You can follow these steps to stop Google Chrome from tracking you right now</h2>
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<h2>STEP 1: Click on the Chrome menu icon (the three dots located on the top right)</h2>
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<h2>STEP 4: Expand the &#8216;Third-party cookies&#8217; bar</h2>
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<h2>STEP 5: Select &#8216;Block third-party cookies&#8217;</h2>
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