Navigating the cookieless world
Imagine visiting a shop where the shopkeeper immediately followed you around and noted down what you were looking at, where you went in the shop and how you behaved. You don’t know who they are, but they seem to know you. Then, days later you return to the shop and are greeted by name and offered products based on what you browsed previously. A little invasive, to say the least.
The same has been happening in the digital space for a while, but it’s only in the last few years that people have realised that they aren’t necessarily comfortable with being tracked across their browsing. Third-party cookies have long been a golden goose for digital marketers that provides a very cost-effective and simple way to gather customer data for better targeting. However, those days are about to come to an end.