Incident #AFBF3D · 02 OCT 2026minor
YouTube clarifies personalised ads and search can draw on activity across devices
One sentence about cookies and similar technologies now says that personalised search results and ads are based on your activity 'across devices'. The 'Effective' date line and download links were also removed, which is only a header change.
Taken from you
- Wording now states that ad and search personalisation can use your activity across devices
Evidence · 2 of 2 quotes matched in source
This allows us to do things like maintain your preferences across browsing sessions, such as your preferred language or whether to show you more relevant search results or ads based on your activity across devices.+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
Archived version ↗ · 78 words changed