AdBlock for Firefox by AdBlock

4.3 Stars out of 5

Review by The Beard Below My Chin

by The Beard Below My Chin, 7 years ago

They're not shy about collecting user data, just another wart from Chromes lenient data slurping policies. The question of the day is if uBlock can get away without profiling users why can't you?

Developer response

posted 7 years ago

Hi, Beard! I'm not sure where you got the idea that we collect user data. We do not collect any personally identifiable information on the vast majority of our users. As our privacy policy states, "If all you do is use the extension then you're practically, except for an anonymous, unique ID, invisible to us."

For the 0.1% of our users who donate (again from our privacy policy), "we collect and store all information, excluding the credit card number, given during the payment process. This includes IP address, unique ID, logging some of the button clicks (payment, download buttons) and user event logging. AdBlock does not handle or have access to full credit card numbers, bank account details or payment account login information."

I encourage you to read this article in our Knowledge Base:

https://help.getadblock.com/solution/articles/6000087917-i-see-a-warning-that-adblock-can-access-my-data-and-browsing-activity-

...as well as our privacy policy:

https://getadblock.com/privacy/

And if you have any questions about anything you read in these sources, please feel free to ask! Just drop us a line at help@getadblock.com.

- Rhana Cassidy
AdBlock Community Manager