Security News > 2024 > September > Mozilla Faces Privacy Complaint for Enabling Tracking in Firefox Without User Consent
2024-09-25 14:12
Vienna-based privacy non-profit noyb (short for None Of Your Business) has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority (DPA) against Firefox maker Mozilla for enabling a new feature called Privacy Preserving Attribution (PPA) without explicitly seeking users' consent. "Contrary to its reassuring name, this technology allows Firefox to track user behavior on websites," noyb said
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