Mozilla just ditched its privacy partner because its CEO is tied to data brokers
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#6KJ7M)
Image: Mozilla Mozilla is ending its partnership with Onerep after the company's CEO admitted to having ties to a data broker, as first reported by Krebs on Security. Though customer data was never at risk, the outside financial interests and activities of Onerep's CEO do not align with our values," writes Mozilla's vice president of communications Brandon Borrman, in a statement provided to The Verge.
In February, Mozilla bundled Onerep's data removal service into its new $8.99 per month Monitor Plus subscription. The service let users hunt down their personal information on the web and submit takedown requests across dozens of websites - all through Mozilla's partnership with Onerep.
However, an in-depth report from Krebs on Security found that...