#UserPrivacyRights

Mozilla Faces Privacy Complaint for Enabling Tracking in Firefox Without User Consent

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September 25, 2024 at 10:21AM Vienna-based privacy non-profit, noyb, filed a complaint against Mozilla for enabling a new feature, Privacy Preserving Attribution (PPA), in Firefox without users’ explicit consent. PPA tracks user behavior on websites, leading to concerns about privacy violations and alleged similarities to Google’s Privacy Sandbox project. Noyb asserts that enabling PPA by … Read more

X faces GDPR complaints for unauthorized use of data for AI training

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August 12, 2024 at 06:47PM European privacy advocate NOYB has filed nine GDPR complaints against X for using the personal data of over 60 million European users to train “Grok,” the social media company’s language model. Based on the meeting notes, it appears that the European privacy advocate NOYB has filed nine GDPR complaints against … Read more