Privacy
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Digital Marketing
Google now lets connected Gmail and Photos data shape ads
Google's privacy policy, effective October 16, 2026, makes its 2021 promise not to personalize ads from Gmail, Drive and Photos content conditional: users who connect those apps to Search via Personal Intelligence can now see ads informed by inferences from them.
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Digital Marketing
Apple confirms Safari 27 blocks email-based identity trackers
Apple's WebKit team confirmed on October 19, 2026 that Safari 27 blocks third parties that turn email addresses typed into login or newsletter forms into cross-site tracking IDs. The block applies across iOS, iPadOS, macOS and visionOS 27, and Apple grants no exceptions to specific parties.
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Google Updates
Google Tests Ads in AI Mode for Personal Intelligence Users
Google has started testing ads in AI Mode for users who connect their apps through Personal Intelligence, reversing the ad-free approach it described in March. Its updated help page says app-derived summaries and inferences may inform ads, but not your Gmail inbox or Photos library directly.
