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Incident #565C22 · 20 MAY 2026minor
Financial Times / Privacy Policy EU

FT privacy policy adds cookie use to improve search and AskFT presentation

AI training: reworded

A new bullet in the cookies section says information from cookies and similar tools is used to improve search functionality and how content is presented, with the AskFT tool given as an example. The policy's review and update dates were also bumped, which is not material by itself.

Taken from you

  • Cookie data may now be used to improve search and AskFT content presentation
Evidence · 1 of 1 quotes matched in source
improve search functionality and how content is presented, for example, our AskFT tool;+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
Archived version ↗ · 25 words changed
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