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Microsoft updates support for Chrome’s new cookie policies

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Published onJanuary 14, 2020

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This year is starting off strong with a very important set of Patch Tuesday updates. ThePatch Tuesday January 2020 updatesbring the typical new features, bug fixes, and security patches.

For example,KB4534273updatesits support for GoogleChrome‘s new cookie policies.

What are Google’s Chrome’s new cookie policies

GoogleChromeplans to modify the way cookies work, to the point of totally eliminating them in a maximum of two years.

GoogleannouncedthatChromewill soon protect users from cross-site cookies and fingerprinting. The company also plans to launch an open-source ads transparency browser extension.

This latest set of Patch Tuesday updates is set to support this decision. In fact, it is expected that futureupdateswill also support this change in development from the tech giant.

For those that are already users ofWindows 10, remember that Patch Tuesday updates are very important and that installing them on a regular basis is the key to staying safe.

You can install the latest Patch Tuesday updates using two methods:

For more information on how to get the latest Windows updates, check out thisstep-by-step articlethat we have created just for the occasion.

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Coming from a solid background in PC building and software development, with a complete expertise in touch-based devices, he is constantly keeping an eye out for the latest and greatest!

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Coming from a solid background in PC building and software development, he’s a Windows 11 Privacy & Security expert.