Firefox Monitor can now remove personal information from the Internet
Firefox Monitor, Mozilla’s password breach checking service, will soon be used to remove personal information from the Internet. Interested Firefox Monitor users can join a waiting list to start using the service.
To do this, it is necessary to log in to a Firefox Monitor account, or create a new one, and click the button join the waiting list of the new function of deleting data from the service.
At this time, little is known about the functionality of the service. Mozilla answers two questions.
Why delete your personal information?
When your personal information is online, it can be an easier target for identity theft, fraud, or even cyberbullying. Advertisers, businesses, and hackers can quickly discover a wealth of information about you, such as your name, home address, family information, or even social security numbers and passwords.
How do we remove it?
We are creating a privacy service to monitor websites for your personal information and remove it from sites that put you and your loved ones at risk. Not yet available, but click below if you are interested in more information.
Many questions remain unanswered at this point, including:
- The definition of personal information, what includes? Are we talking only about textual information, for example, name, address and social security numbers, or also about media, for example, leaked photos?
- The scope of the service. Is Mozilla monitoring the entire internet for leaks, or is the data erasure service limited to certain major sites, like Facebook or Twitter, at least initially?
- How are moves handled?? Is this an automated process, or more likely, in my opinion, users need to give the Mozilla service permission to request data removal for each source individually?
Closing words
The new Firefox Monitor data deletion service adds more value to the service. It’s a nice addition to the service, if Mozilla gets it right. It seems unlikely that the organization is monitoring the entire Internet for its users’ personal information, and it’s unclear whether Mozilla is building the service from scratch or partnering with an established data deletion service. Will the new personal information feature be free? Mozilla is already running several paid services, for example Mozilla VPN or Pocket, and the data removal service may not be free or limited.
All in all, it could give Firefox Monitor a boost, especially compared to the other password filtering solutions that are available on the internet.
Now you: What is your opinion on this new data deletion service? Would you use it?
advertising
