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Privacy non-profit noyb claims that Firefox tracks users with privacy preserving feature

  • Privacy non-profit noyb filed a complaint with the Austrian DPA against Firefox for enabling tracking in Firefox without user consent.
  • The complaint claims that the Privacy-Preserving Attribution (PPA) feature in Firefox allows the browser to track user behavior on websites without explicit consent.
  • The feature was enabled by default in a recent Firefox update, without informing or seeking consent from users.
  • Noyb argues that the PPA feature violates user privacy and adds another method for websites to target ads, despite Mozilla's intention to enhance user privacy.

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