Net Neutrality is dead, but clean and fast web browsing is still possible with tools like Ghostery
The death of net neutrality The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) repeal of net neutrality legislation, which required Internet Service Providers...
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Ghostery Email Incident Update
Dear Ghostery Users, We are very sorry! Ghostery sent out an email yesterday that resulted in the exposure of account holders’ email addresses to other...
Happy GDPR Day – We’ve got you covered
Dear Ghostery Users, As you may be aware, on May 25, 2018 the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect. We at Ghostery hold ourselves...
How to GDPR Yourself
The European Union law on data protection General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable in just a few days (May 25, 2018). It governs the...
Facebook’s Clear History won’t solve the problem of shadow profiles
If you don’t have a Facebook account, you can’t view or delete the data collected about you on third-party websites and in apps, nor...
Windows 10 April 2018 Update: Diagnostic Data Viewer improves transparency
All telemetry data transmitted from the operating system to Microsoft can now be viewed and searched. However, users still cannot turn off data collection. As...
From The Ghostery Desk Series: Trust & Restrict Sites
Did you know that within the Ghostery extension, you can set certain websites you frequently view as Trusted or Restricted, and that you can view these...
The Tracker Tax: Ghostery study reveals that tracking makes websites load 2 times slower
Simply cut your page load times in half by blocking trackers and eliminating clutter Tracking scripts from Google, Facebook and many other companies monitor...
Third-party trackers misuse Facebook Login to collect user data
Princeton researchers have identified several tracking scripts that abuse the social login system to access Facebook users’ profile information....
From The Ghostery Desk Series: Notifications
Did you know you can control what Ghostery notifies you about? Ghostery gives you the option to decide what notifications we display for you. To edit these...
Report: Have publishers banned Facebook trackers from their pages after the Cambridge Analytica scandal?
After the New York Times and the Guardian reported a massive data leakage revealed by former Cambridge Analytica employee Chris Wylie, Facebook’s...
10 tips for better Internet safety
These days, people use the Internet for almost everything: they inform themselves, make contacts, communicate, shop, do banking, play or work online....
After Cambridge Analytica scandal: How to delete your Facebook account
In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, many Facebook users have lost all trust in the social network. The data analysis company managed to secretly...
Did you know that incognito mode is not private at all?
Many people mistakenly think that they browse anonymously in incognito mode. In fact, the private browsing mode alone does not prevent websites from gathering...
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Ghostery Goes Open Source [version 8.1]
Hey Ghostery fans, We are pleased to announce that Ghostery is officially open source software! As of today, March 8th, our code is available for anyone...
Cookies and fingerprinting: tracking methods clearly explained
You have probably heard of cookies and perhaps fingerprinting in connection with online tracking. But do you also know what is behind it and what...