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Investigation into Google’s ‘Privacy Sandbox’ browser changes

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) consulted on a proposal to release the Commitments previously accepted by the CMA from Google in relation to Google’s Privacy Sandbox.

Last fetched 03 May 2026 · gov.uk

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The CMA had competition concerns regarding Google’s Privacy Sandbox proposals and previously accepted Commitments offered by Google to address these. Google has since announced that it no longer plans to block third-party cookies in general browsing in Chrome, or prompt users to decide if they want to do this.

The CMA now believes the Commitments are no longer necessary and so is consulting before taking a decision on whether to release them.

All guidance documents included in the scope of this consultation can be found on the separate consultation page.

Documents

Notice of intention to release commitmentsapplication/pdf Decision to release the commitments previously accepted by the CMA in respect of Google’s Privacy Sandbox proposalsapplication/pdf