{"id":70249,"date":"2022-10-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=70249"},"modified":"2022-10-25T12:08:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T19:08:06","slug":"internet-safety-for-families-total-cookie-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/firefox\/firefox-tips\/internet-safety-for-families-total-cookie-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep your family\u2019s internet private with Total Cookie Protection on Firefox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By the time a kid turns 13, more than 72 million pieces of personal data have been collected about them on the internet, according to a 2018 report<\/a>. These can include name, date of birth, address, family members, where they hang out, the people they interact with, what they do in the classroom, and which websites they visit. In other words, TMI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a product manager working on Total Cookie Protection, which Firefox rolled out by default<\/a> to all users in June, I wanted to learn more about how this privacy feature could benefit families. So I designed a family cookie experiment. While it wasn\u2019t as yummy as it sounds, the experience reminded me of why online privacy is so important, especially for kids and teens<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, let\u2019s talk about cookies <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Who knows you better than you do? Probably the internet, or at least it sometimes feels that way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One minute you\u2019re daydreaming, casually browsing a travel website. Next minute, you\u2019re seeing ads for luggage, including one in a snazzy shade of green. You hit \u201cBuy.\u201d By the way, there\u2019s a \u201cflash sale for flights to the Bahamas!\u201d according to an email you just got from your favorite airline. Perfect. Now you really have to book that trip. How did the internet know that you need a vacation, and that you need it now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re someone who has spent time online since the days of dial-up, then you\u2019ve probably noticed how internet ads have become a lot more personal. That\u2019s made possible by cookies, or small text files that a web server stores in your computer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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