Author/Source: Brian Krebs See the full link here
Takeaway
This article explains why Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox web browser, is ending its partnership with OneRep. You’ll learn that OneRep was helping people remove their personal information from the internet while also running its own websites that collected and sold personal data.
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Analogy/Comparison
It’s like a company that sells you a strong lock for your front door, but then also runs a business that makes copies of everyone’s house keys to sell.
Why It Matters
This matters because people rely on companies like Mozilla to help protect their privacy online. When a company like OneRep is supposed to remove your personal data but also profits from selling that data, it creates a serious conflict of interest. For example, Firefox Monitor users were paying for a service to remove their data, but the partner company was also selling data through other sites it owned.
Related Terms
Data broker, Firefox Monitor. Jargon Conversion: A data broker is a company that collects and sells people’s personal information. Firefox Monitor is a service from Mozilla that helps users find out if their personal information has been part of a data breach and offers tools to help remove it from the internet.
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