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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/14/2026 16:00 EDT

Audit Finds Google, Microsoft, and Meta Still Tracking Users After Opt-Out

alternative_right shares a report from 404 Media: An independent privacy audit of Microsoft, Meta, and Google web traffic in California found that the companies may be violating state regulations and racking up billions in fines. According to the audit from privacy search engine webXray, 55 percent of the sites it checked set ad cookies in a user's browser even if they opted out of tracking. Each company disputed or took issue with the research, with Google saying it was based on a "fundamental misunderstan

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