CMA: Google Privacy Sandbox commitments antitrust case

Competition and Markets Authority · decided Jan 7, 2021 · Closed

The investigation examined whether Google's plan to replace third-party cookies in Chrome would entrench its advertising position.

The case

Against: Google
Regulator: Competition and Markets Authority
Decided: Jan 7, 2021
Status: ClosedCase closed in October 2025.
Outcome: The CMA accepted commitments from Google on how it would develop and remove third-party cookies from Chrome.

1 dated entry

Date	Entry	Type	Source
Jan 7, 2021	Decision: CMA: Google Privacy Sandbox commitments	Decision	Link

When	Case	Kind	Status	Filed
Sep 25Telephone Conference Todaynext date	United States v. Visa (debit)Telephone ConferenceActiveAntitrustS.D. N.Y.	Antitrust	Active	Sep 24, 2024
Oct 2Joint proposed final judgment due in 7dnext date	United States v. Google (ad tech)Joint proposed final judgment dueDecidedAntitrustE.D. Va.	Antitrust	Decided	Jan 24, 2023
Oct 8Oral Argument in 13dnext date	Hachette Book Group v. GoogleOral ArgumentActiveCopyrightS.D. N.Y.	Copyright	Active	Jul 10
Oct 13Motion Hearing in 18dnext date	Google v. SerpApiMotion HearingActiveContractN.D. Cal.	Contract	Active	Dec 19, 2025
Oct 15Initial Case Management Conference in 20dnext date	EVOX Productions v. GoogleInitial Case Management ConferenceActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.	Copyright	Active	Jul 9
Dec 2Further Case Management Conference in 68dnext date	Gavalas v. Google (Gemini)Further Case Management ConferenceActiveConsumer protectionN.D. Cal.	Consumer protection	Active	Mar 4
Jul 23Filed 64d agofiled	EU Commission: Google DMA finesDecidedAntitrustEuropean CommissionEUR 890 million	Antitrust	Decided	Jul 23
Jul 9Filed 78d agofiled	EU Commission: SAP ERP support commitmentsClosedAntitrustEuropean Commission	Antitrust	Closed	Jul 9

Caption and links

Investigation into Google's 'Privacy Sandbox' browser changes