<p>While <a href="/tags/mozilla/" rel="tag">#mozilla</a> may have backed off from their over-broad rights grant for information posted via <a href="/tags/firefox/" rel="tag">#firefox</a> the underlying rationale for why the change is happening now continues to be unclear.</p><p>Many seem to think that this has to do with <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#california</a> <a href="/tags/ccpa/" rel="tag">#ccpa</a> - as I was exploring that, I took a deeper dive into Mozilla's new <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> policy.</p><p>My takeaway? </p><p>It appears that Mozilla may have been sharing more data with Mozilla's ad partners than you expected: <a href="https://www.quippd.com/social/posts/2025/03/02/who-else-is-surprised-that-mozilla-uses-technical-and-interaction-data-for-advertising-purposes-on-the-new-tab-page.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.quippd.com/social/posts/2025/03/02/who-else-is-surprised-that-mozilla-uses-technical-and-interaction-data-for-advertising-purposes-on-the-new-tab-page.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.quippd.com/social/posts/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/02/who-else-is-surprised-that-mozilla-uses-technical-and-interaction-data-for-advertising-purposes-on-the-new-tab-page.html</span></a></p>
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