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Global Privacy Control is coming to Firefox. Heres what that means. - The Washington Post
Democracy Dies in Darkness

Your browser can tell websites how to treat your data. But companies didnt have to listen until now

Firefox joins other browsers to add a signal that sends mass do not sell requests on your behalf

October 26, 2021More than4 years ago
Firefox is the latest browser to build a do not sell my personal data signal right into its product. The California Attorney General has said companies are obligated to honor the signal under the states consumer privacy law. (Mozilla)

Privacy-conscious Internet surfers will soon have an additional weapon on their side.

You cant see it working, but a special signal known as global privacy control tells every website you visit not to pass around your personal data behind your back.

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