{"id":63029,"date":"2019-11-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foxtail\/2019\/11\/21\/holiday-shopping-privacy\/"},"modified":"2021-02-09T00:26:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T00:26:36","slug":"holiday-shopping-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/firefox\/holiday-shopping-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Two ways Firefox protects your holiday shopping"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We\u2019re entering another holiday shopping season, and while you\u2019re browsing around on the internet looking for thoughtful presents for friends and loved ones, it\u2019s also a good time to give yourself the gift of privacy. Your research and shopping behavior has the potential to be a huge gift to the advertisers collecting data about your habits. If you\u2019re not using Firefox, every weird search for every weird gift could get packaged up in a marketplace where companies and advertisers will be buying, selling and trading this data about you in their own holiday shopping bonanza. Using Firefox is the preventative measure you need during the holiday season (but really anytime you’re shopping online) to protect you from two potential problems:<\/p>\n

Problem 1. You get profiled by the interests of friends and loved ones<\/h2>\n

As you\u2019re searching for and purchasing gifts for others, like maybe your \u201cprepper\u201d uncle or pregnant cousin, trackers are going to add these areas of interest to your<\/i> profile, and target you for things based on interests you don\u2019t actually have. You might get followed by things like:<\/p>\n