Mozilla publishes Anti-Tracking Policy

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Firefox browser maker Mozilla published an Anti-Tracking policy recently that defines which tracking techniques Firefox will block by default in the future.

The organization launched Tracking Protection, a feature to block or restrict certain connections, in 2014, and revealed in 2015 that Tracking Protection would reduce page load times by 44% on average.

Tracking Protection launched in Firefox Stable for non-private browsing windows along a new feature called tailing in November 2017 with the release of Firefox 57.

Mozilla revealed plans in mid-2018 to push Tracking Protection in Firefox and the Anti-Tracking policy is an important milestone of the process.

Mozilla's plan is to implement protection in the Firefox web browser against all practices outlined in the anti-tracking policy.

Tracking Protection relies on Disconnect lists currently to identify trackers. Mozilla defines tracking in the following way in the document:

Tracking is the collection of data regarding a particular user's activity across multiple websites or applications (i.e., first parties) that aren’t owned by the data collector, and the retention, use, or sharing of data derived from that activity with parties other than the first party on which it was collected.

Full reading: https://www.ghacks.net/2019/02/01/mozill...ng-policy/