Firefox for Android starting to share location data with third parties

[simpss]

Today i got a notification on my phone, that firefox is changing how it handles my location data and that it might be shared with third parties[1].

This update is yet to be included in the official play store page[2], but has already taken affect for the installed application.

[1] - https://i.imgur.com/8rBB8k4.jpeg

[2] - See play store snapshot, that states "no data is shared with third parties": https://web.archive.org/web/20250310211223/https://play.google.com/store/apps/datasafety?id=org.mozilla.firefox&hl=en-us

[karmakaze]

I don't allow location access for Firefox or other apps. Even with delivery apps I'll manually enter pickup address (or use saved nicknames).

I mostly leave location services disabled altogether (as it saves a good amount of battery).

[taauji]

> I mostly leave location services disabled altogether

how do you get around using navigation. that was the only reason that prevented me from turning off location permanently.

[WayToDoor]

Third party, such as other websites when giving explicit permission? This sounds fine to me.

[simpss]

I wish that was the case.

Opening the "data safety" section another pop-up[1] comes up and the specific use-cases listed are "advertising or marketing" and "personalisation".

[1] - https://i.imgur.com/QwqiQna.jpeg