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> Mozilla doesn't sell data about you (in the way that most people think about "selling data"), and we don't buy data about you. Since we strive for transparenc
by JohnFen 2y ago
> Mozilla doesn't sell data about you (in the way that most people think about "selling data"), and we don't buy data about you. Since we strive for transparency, and the LEGAL definition of "sale of data" is extremely broad in some places, we've had to step back from making the definitive statements you know and love.
Am I the only one who reads that as "Mozilla will sell data about you, but we'll be indirect about it"?
- jqpabc123 2y agoThey will link your unique Firefox ID to your Google Analytics ID --- and let Google take it from there. But the mere fact that Google is the source of almost all their income doesn't necessarily mean that anything is technically being "sold". "This data will allow us to correlate telemetry IDs with download tokens and Google Analytics IDs". https://www.ghacks.net/2022/03/17/each-firefox-download-has-a-unique-identifier/ https://www.ghacks.net/2022/03/17/each-firefox-download-has-...