Evendigital rights groupscalled FLoC “a terrible idea” and claimed it allowed “predatory targeting.”

Other web browsing companies, likeMozilla, refused to adopt it.

Google Topics aims to do better.

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Google keeps that information for three weeks before deleting and starting again.

Google states that it will work with external partners to define sensitive topics better.

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