Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker by Ghostery

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Review by Firefox user 14458819

by Firefox user 14458819, 6 years ago

I have been a user of Ghostery for a number of years. I have now disabled it. The reason? I am alarmed by the request to "access all data" submitted to websites. Why does Ghostery need to capture my sensitive data such as passwords? Is Ghostery GDRP compliant or should there be a referral to the Information Comissioners Office.? Come on Ghostery spill the beans why do you want all this data.

Developer response

posted 6 years ago

Hi, in order for Ghostery to block trackers and ads, it needs to be able to detect and take action on elements of a web page as you browse. We do not record sensitive information, record browsing history, or disclose user data. Note that despite the prompt being new, Ghostery is not introducing any new permissions with the update. You can read about this in greater detail on our FAQ page, here: https://www.ghostery.com/faqs/why-am-i-being-prompted-to-approve-an-update-from-ghostery/