The Industry is Looking to First-Party Data to Replace Cookies, but the Open Web May Lose Out

The online advertising industry is in search of a new identity. One potential solution: people’s email addresses or phone numbers. At the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s Annual Leadership Meeting in Palm Springs, California, on Feb. 10, the IAB Tech Lab proposed developing a new identifier based on people’s email addresses or phone numbers, which provide a more consistent, deterministic way of recognizing someone than the third-party cookie ever did.

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