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Control who's watching you on the Internet. This article explains how to turn on Tracking Protection in Firefox for Android.

[[Template:fenixmigration]] Tracking generally refers to the collection of a person’s browsing data across multiple websites. Firefox for Android’s Enhanced Tracking Protection feature uses a list provided by Disconnect to identify and block trackers. {note}[https://disconnect.me/trackerprotection Read more] about tracking and the standards Disconnect uses to create its list. [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Tracking_protection#Lists Learn more] about the lists used by Firefox for Android for Enhanced Tracking Protection.{/note} Enhanced Tracking Protection is enabled by default. When you visit a web page with trackers, click the lock icon [[Image:Lock Icon Android|width=20]] that appears in the address bar to check if Firefox is actively blocking trackers on that page. Enhanced Tracking Protection protects you from ad and analytics trackers as well as cryptomining and fingerprinting trackers. Firefox lets you change your level of protection from '''Standard''' to '''Strict''' (default) or to '''Custom'''. Enhanced Tracking Protection also clears cookies from websites you haven't interacted with in thirty days, or which are set by redirects to known tracking websites. __TOC__ <!-- =Total Cookie Protection= Firefox activates [https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/02/23/total-cookie-protection/ Total Cookie Protection], which isolates cookies to the site that created them to prevent cross-site tracking. [https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/02/23/total-cookie-protection/ Total Cookie Protection] prevents sites from tracking your activity from site to site while allowing non-tracking cookies (cookies that are required for a website to work properly). To learn more about what third-party trackers Firefox handles, see [[Third-party trackers]].--> =See what is protected/blocked on a website= # Tap the lock icon in the address bar to view if Enhanced Tracking Protection is on for a site. #;[[Image:Lock icon in Android address bar|width=300]] # Tap {menu Details} under Enhanced Tracking Protection to view and then tap each category of trackers to see exactly what’s being blocked. [[Image:ETP Page Setting]] [[Image:ETP Details]] =Change protection level= [[Template:fenixetp]] =Turn protections on/off for individual websites= Turn Enhanced Tracking Protection off or on for a specific website. Turning it off for a specific website will add that website to your "Exceptions" list. '''To turn Enhanced Tracking Protection off or on for a specific website''': #Tap the lock icon while you're on the website that you want to manage. #;[[Image:Lock icon in Android address bar||width=300]] #Tap the '''Enhanced Tracking Protection''' toggle to turn it on or off. {note} *If you’ve turned Enhanced Tracking Protection off, the website will be added to your "Exceptions" list and it will be off when you visit that website again. *If turning Enhanced Tracking Protection on, the level of protection (Standard, Strict or Custom) that you’ve chosen as your default will apply to the individual website. {/note} =Manage your list of protection exception websites= #[[Template:menupreview]] #Tap Settings. #Tap {menu Enhanced Tracking Protection} in the '''Privacy and Security''' section. #Tap {menu Exceptions}.