We may also collect additional data in pre-release for one of our studies. This helps us answer specific questions to improve Firefox, for example, how to better integrate popular websites in specific locales. We collect more data in pre-release than what we do after release in order to understand how these experimental features are working.
You can opt out of having this data collected in preferences. User control is one of our data privacy principles. We put that into practice in Firefox on our privacy settings page , which serves as a one-stop shop for anyone looking to take control of their privacy in Firefox.
You can turn off data collection there. Accounts are required to sync data across devices, but we only ask you for an email address. We do ask our advertising partners to use only first party data that websites and publishers know about all users, such as the browser you are using and the device you are on. Find out more about how Mozilla protects the internet. Download Firefox Firefox Privacy Notice. Get Mozilla VPN. Firefox for Android Get the customizable mobile browser for Android smartphones.
Firefox Focus Simply private mobile browsing. Privacy Promise Learn how Firefox treats your data with respect. Firefox Blog Read about new Firefox features and ways to stay safe online. Release Notes Get the details on the latest Firefox updates.
Facebook Container Help prevent Facebook from collecting your data outside their site. Pocket Save and discover the best stories from across the web. Mozilla VPN Get protection beyond your browser, on all your devices. Product Promise Learn how each Firefox product protects and respects your data.
Firefox Relay Sign up for new accounts without handing over your email address. By default now, Mozilla's Firefox web browser for Windows and MacOS will protect you from trackers that gather your browsing history, cross-site tracking cookies that follow you from site to site and is how ads follow you around , cryptominers that secretly use your device's resources to mine cryptocurrency and fingerprinters that uniquely identify you based on your device, settings and apps.
But much of the work that Firefox does on your privacy's behalf happens in the background, so to shine a light on the lengths that sites go to track you online, Firefox now comes with a privacy report that gives you a real-time view into how frequently websites try to gather information about you without your consent. Here's how to use Firefox's new Privacy Protection report. The report shows you the trackers, cookies, fingerprinters and cryptominers Firefox is guarding against.
Make sure you're on Firefox 70 you can download it if you don't have it. In the address bar, click the shield over on the left. Firefox, meanwhile, relies on a list of trackers maintained by the web-privacy firm Disconnect and lets users see which ones it blocks at any site. What about the browser Google ships and which a large majority of the web uses, Chrome? Rob Pegoraro is a tech writer based out of Washington, D. To submit a tech question, e-mail Rob at rob robpegoraro.
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