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It also hindered “cross-site tracking,” limiting tracking cookies from being read beyond the first 24 hours.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tip:&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"https://www.refersion.com/case-studies/pura-vida/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Learn how PuraVida Bracelets used Refersion to earn 590% more revenue.</strong></a></p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"f3c0\">Then a few months later, Apple rolled out ITP 2.0 that removed even those first 24 hours from the equation; meaning, cookies could no longer be read by 3rd-parties that Apple had deemed are “known for tracking.” In short, if you’re on Apple’s watch list as being a site that tracks, ITP 2.0 was designed to prevent you from doing so.</p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-heading-3-font-size wp-block-heading\" id=\"d002\">Google Chrome seems to be next to adopt ITP</h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"5dcf\">Since Apple’s move with Safari, there have been rumors that Google would be implementing a similar cookie tracking blocker as well. 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You will have to resort to “cookieless tracking” which can get around these browser privacy walls, but these can be less useful than actual cookies.</p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"cdc1\">The best course of action is to&nbsp;<strong>make sure that your affiliate marketing runs on a platform that isn’t considered a tracker</strong>, and thus isn’t on Safari or Chrome’s blacklist.</p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"62fc\">For example, if you use Refersion, you don’t have to worry about a thing. When ITP 2.0 debuted, our merchants weren’t impacted because Refersion utilizes first-party storage techniques and doesn’t rely on accessing data across domains (ie. no cross-domain tracking). We’re not on Safari’s list as a tracker. 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