Mozilla—Mozilla updated Firefox privacy policy, raising concerns about expanded data collection
In early 2024, Mozilla updated Firefox's privacy policy with language that some privacy advocates found concerning, including broader terms around data usage. While Mozilla clarified the changes were about transparency rather than new data collection, noyb filed a GDPR complaint against Mozilla over Firefox's 'Privacy Preserving Attribution' feature, arguing it turned Firefox into a tracking tool.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Transparency | -against | secondary | -0.50 |
| User Privacy | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.443 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.59)
Evidence (1 signal)
noyb filed GDPR complaint against Mozilla over Privacy Preserving Attribution feature
European privacy advocacy group noyb filed a GDPR complaint against Mozilla, arguing that Firefox's Privacy Preserving Attribution feature enabled ad tracking by default without informed consent.