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Firefox's Tracking Protection is a new experimental feature that can actively block websites from tracking your online behavior. Learn more.

{for not fx33}[[Template:update fx desktop]]{/for} __TOC__ =What is Tracking?= Tracking is the collection of a person’s browsing data across multiple sites, usually via included content. Tracking domains attempt to uniquely identify a person through the use of cookies or other technologies such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprint_%28computing%29 fingerprinting]. =What is Tracking Protection?= Tracking Protection allows you to take control of your privacy online. While Firefox has a [[How do I turn on the Do Not Track feature? | ''Do Not Track'']] feature that tells websites not to monitor your behavior, companies are not required to honor it. Firefox's ''Tracking Protection'' feature puts the control back in your hands by actively blocking domains and sites that are known to track users. {note}The initial blocklist used by Tracking Protection is based on [https://disconnect.me/ Disconnect's blocklist].{/note} =How to turn on Tracking Protection= #[[T:aboutconfig]] # Search for {pref privacy.trackingprotection.enabled}. # Double-click {pref privacy.trackingprotection.enabled} to toggle its value to {pref true}. This will turn on Tracking Protection. If you later want to turn it back off, repeat the above steps to toggle the preference back to {pref false}. =How to use Tracking Protection= Once Tracking Protection is activated, you will see a shield in your address bar whenever Firefox is blocking either tracking domains or mixed content. ;{for win}[[Image:TrackingProtectionActive-Release]]{/for}{for mac}<!-- Mac image needed -->{/for}{for linux}[[Image:TrackingProtectionActive-Linux]]{/for} You may choose to disable Tracking Protection for a particular site by clicking on the shield icon and selecting "Disable protection for this site." Once Tracking Protection is disabled for a site, you will see a shield with a red strike-through. You may choose to re-enable Tracking Protection for the site by clicking the shield icon again and selecting "Enable protection". ;{for win}[[Image:TrackingProtectionDisabled-Release]]{/for}{for mac}<!-- Mac image needed -->{/for}{for linux}[[Image:TrackingProtectionDisabled-Linux]]{/for} To see which resources are being blocked, you can open the web console and look for messages under the Security tab.