Competition Markets Authority
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Case updates
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| October 2024 to February 2025 | Discussions with Google on changes to the commitments are ongoing. |
| September 2024 | The CMA indicated that competition concerns remain under Googles revised approach, and that the current commitments would need to be updated to reflect the evolution in Googles planned Privacy Sandbox browser changes. |
| July to August 2024 | The CMA invited stakeholders to share their initial views on Googles revised approach, and possible implications for consumers and market outcomes. |
| July 2024 | Google announced that it is changing its approach to Privacy Sandbox. Instead of removing third-party cookies from Chrome, it will allow users to choose whether to retain third party cookies. |
Quarterly reports
Q4 2024
31 January 2025: the CMA published Googles progress report on its compliance with the binding commitments accepted by the CMA. The report covers the period from 1 October 2024 to 31 December 2024.
- (31.1.2025)
Under the commitments, Google is required to report on the progress of the Privacy Sandbox proposals, its interactions with the CMA and third parties, as well as the approach taken to address concerns raised. We published the full report to inform third parties of developments on the Privacy Sandbox.
We have a role in supervising Google to ensure that the Privacy Sandbox is developed in a way that benefits consumers. As part of this role, we have continued to engage with Google on the design and development of the proposals.
The?ICO?has been closely involved in this process, given that the aim is to ensure that both competition and privacy are protected.
We have also received the Monitoring Trustees assessment of Googles compliance with the relevant provisions of the current commitments (paragraphs 25 to 27, 30 to 31 and 33). The Monitoring Trustee has not informed the CMA of any instances of Google being non-compliant with its obligations under those provisions of the commitments.
As discussions with Google on changes to the commitments are ongoing, the CMA will not publish an update report for this quarter. We expect to provide a further update soon.
Q2 to Q3 2024
On 11 November 2024, the CMA published its latest update report on the implementation of Googles Privacy Sandbox commitments (PDF, 141KB) accepted by the CMA in February 2022. The report sets out the CMAs current views on the Privacy Sandbox tools. Also, it incorporates the Monitoring Trustees assessment of Googles compliance with the relevant provisions of the commitments.
- (11.11.24)
The CMA also published Googles progress report on its compliance with the binding commitments accepted by the CMA. The report covers the period from 1 April 2024 to 30 September 2024.
- (11.11.24)
Q1 2024
On 26 April 2024, the CMA published its latest update report on the implementation of accepted by the CMA in February 2022. The report also incorporates the findings from the Monitoring Trustees Q1 2024 report.
- (26.4.24)
We also published Googles Q1 2024 report on its compliance with the binding commitments accepted by the CMA. The report covers the period from 1 January 2024 to 31 March 2024.
- (26.4.24)
Q4 2023
On January 31 2024, the CMA published its update report for Q4 2023 on the implementation of . The report incorporates the findings from the Monitoring Trustees Q4 2023 report.
- (31.1.24)
We also published Googles Q4 2023 report on its compliance with the binding commitments accepted by the CMA. The report covers the period from 1 October 2023 to 31 December 2023.
- (31.1.24)
Q3 2023
On 26 October 2023, the CMA published its update report for Q3 2023 on the implementation of . The report incorporates the findings from the Monitoring Trustees Q3 2023 report.
- (26.10.23)
We also published Googles Q3 2023 report on its compliance with the binding commitments accepted by the CMA. The report covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 September 2023.
- (26.10.23)
Q2 2023
On 27 July 2023, the CMA published its update report for Q2 2023 on the implementation of . The report incorporates the findings from the Monitoring Trustees Q2 202