Legal [email protected]English • 3 months ago

Mozilla accused of tracking users in Firefox without consent

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Mozilla accused of tracking users in Firefox without consent

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Legal [email protected]English • 3 months ago

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/23424886

European digital rights group NOYB (None Of Your Business) has filed a privacy complaint with the Austrian data protection watchdog (DSB) against Mozilla, alleging the company uses a Firefox privacy feature (enabled without consent) to track users’ online behavior.

Complaint: https://noyb.eu/en/firefox-tracks-you-privacy-preserving-feature

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Firefox users can disable the PPA feature by opening the web browser’s Privacy & Security settings and unchecking the option labeled “Allow websites to perform privacy-preserving ad measurement.”
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  Opt-out as opposed to opt-in is not privacy respecting in any way, shape, or form.

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