Firefox updates its Referrer policy to improve user privacy

Mozilla Firefox may not command a dominant segment of the browser market share any longer but that hasn’t stopped the non-profit company behind the open-source browser from adding several privacy-enhancing protections over the past few years. The upcoming version of Firefox will take this a step further by preventing user browsing from getting leaked while browsing online.

According to a report by ZDNet, the popular open-source browser will make an important change to the method used to send information about a user’s “request” when browsing the web. The browser will reduce the information sent in the “referrer header” so that a site doesn’t accidentally (or intentionally) leak out personal information.