Intelligent Tracking Prevention

E127266

Safari feature privacy technology tracking prevention feature

Intelligent Tracking Prevention is a Safari privacy technology that uses machine learning to limit cross-site tracking and reduce advertisers’ ability to follow users across the web.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Intelligent Tracking Prevention canonical	2
Intelligent Tracking Prevention 1.0	1
Intelligent Tracking Prevention 2.0	1
Intelligent Tracking Prevention 2.1	1
Intelligent Tracking Prevention 2.2	1
Intelligent Tracking Prevention 2.3	1
Intelligent Tracking Prevention 3.0	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1096822 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Intelligent Tracking Prevention
Context triple: [Apple Safari, feature, Intelligent Tracking Prevention]

A. Epic Privacy Browser
Epic Privacy Browser is a Chromium-based web browser focused on protecting user privacy through built-in ad and tracker blocking, encrypted proxy, and minimal data collection.
B. InPrivate browsing
InPrivate browsing is Microsoft Edge’s private browsing mode that helps prevent your browsing history, cookies, and other data from being saved on your device.
C. Avast Secure Browser
Avast Secure Browser is a privacy-focused web browser developed by Avast that emphasizes security features like built-in ad blocking, anti-tracking, and protection against malicious websites.
D. Brave web browser
Brave web browser is a privacy-focused, open-source web browser known for its built-in ad and tracker blocking and optional cryptocurrency-based rewards system for users and publishers.
E. Google Analytics 4
Google Analytics 4 is Google’s latest-generation web and app analytics platform that tracks user behavior across devices and channels to provide privacy-focused, event-based insights for marketers and businesses.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Intelligent Tracking Prevention
Target entity description: Intelligent Tracking Prevention is a Safari privacy technology that uses machine learning to limit cross-site tracking and reduce advertisers’ ability to follow users across the web.

A. Epic Privacy Browser
Epic Privacy Browser is a Chromium-based web browser focused on protecting user privacy through built-in ad and tracker blocking, encrypted proxy, and minimal data collection.
B. InPrivate browsing
InPrivate browsing is Microsoft Edge’s private browsing mode that helps prevent your browsing history, cookies, and other data from being saved on your device.
C. Avast Secure Browser
Avast Secure Browser is a privacy-focused web browser developed by Avast that emphasizes security features like built-in ad blocking, anti-tracking, and protection against malicious websites.
D. Brave web browser
Brave web browser is a privacy-focused, open-source web browser known for its built-in ad and tracker blocking and optional cryptocurrency-based rewards system for users and publishers.
E. Google Analytics 4
Google Analytics 4 is Google’s latest-generation web and app analytics platform that tracks user behavior across devices and channels to provide privacy-focused, event-based insights for marketers and businesses.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Safari feature ⓘ privacy technology ⓘ tracking prevention feature ⓘ
affects	ad tech companies ⓘ online advertising tracking ⓘ
announcedAt	Apple WWDC 2017 ⓘ surface form: WWDC 2017
availableIn	Safari ⓘ surface form: Safari for iOS Safari ⓘ surface form: Safari for iPadOS Safari ⓘ surface form: Safari for macOS
availableOn	iOS ⓘ iPadOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ
blocks	third-party tracking cookies in many cases ⓘ
classificationMethod	classifies domains based on tracking behavior ⓘ
comparedWith	Google Chrome ⓘ surface form: Google Chrome privacy sandbox Mozilla Enhanced Tracking Protection ⓘ
componentOf	Apple privacy protections ⓘ Safari privacy features ⓘ
dataProcessing	performs tracking analysis locally on device ⓘ
defaultState	enabled by default in modern Safari versions ⓘ
designedFor	end users of Safari ⓘ
developedBy	Apple Inc. ⓘ
governedBy	Safari privacy settings ⓘ
hasPurpose	limit cross-site tracking ⓘ mitigate tracking via cookies ⓘ protect user privacy ⓘ reduce advertisers’ ability to follow users across the web ⓘ reduce third-party tracking ⓘ
hasVersion	Intelligent Tracking Prevention self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Intelligent Tracking Prevention 1.0 Intelligent Tracking Prevention self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Intelligent Tracking Prevention 2.0 Intelligent Tracking Prevention self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Intelligent Tracking Prevention 2.1 Intelligent Tracking Prevention self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Intelligent Tracking Prevention 2.2 Intelligent Tracking Prevention self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Intelligent Tracking Prevention 2.3 Intelligent Tracking Prevention self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Intelligent Tracking Prevention 3.0
introducedBy	Apple Inc. ⓘ
introducedInProduct	Safari ⓘ
introducedInVersion	Apple Safari ⓘ surface form: Safari 11
introducedInYear	2017 ⓘ
limits	cookie lifespan for tracking cookies ⓘ cross-site cookie access ⓘ
operatesOn	cookies ⓘ website data ⓘ
relatedTo	anti-tracking technologies ⓘ content blocking ⓘ
storesData	tracking classification on device ⓘ
targets	cross-site tracking cookies ⓘ third-party cookies ⓘ
usesTechnology	machine learning ⓘ on-device machine learning ⓘ

How these facts were elicited