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The Firefox Privacy Notice indicates that your real-time search queries and technical data are shared directly with your search provider, and their privacy notice will govern this data (data_use-1). When using 'Suggestions from Firefox' in the U.S., de-identified search and interaction data may be shared with Mozilla’s partners to provide relevant suggestions and measure engagement (data_use-2). For sponsored suggestions in some regions, aggregated information on which suggestions are shown and clicked may be shared with partners, but without identifying users or specific keywords (data_use-3). Additionally, technical and interaction data related to New Tab content and ads may be shared with advertising partners on an aggregated or de-identified basis to personalize future content (data_use-4).
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Data Use & Sharing
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Search queries and technical data are sent to your search provider
Your real-time search query and technical data are sent directly to your search provider as you type and are processed according to their privacy notice.
Why it matters: Your search activity and associated technical data, including your real-time search queries, are shared with your search provider. The privacy practices for this data are then governed by the individual search provider's privacy policy, which may differ from Firefox's policy.
Suggestion requests — including your real-time search query and technical data — are sent directly to your search provider as you type, and processed according to your search provider’s privacy notice ([linked below](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox/#bookmark-search-pns)).
To provide and improve search functionality and suggestions, paragraph 2 · Citation strength: strong
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De-identified search and interaction data may be shared with partners when using Suggestions from Firefox in the US.
In some circumstances, Mozilla's partners may receive de-identified search and interaction data when you use Suggestions from Firefox in the United States to serve relevant suggestions and measure user engagement.
Why it matters: Your de-identified search and interaction data may be shared with Mozilla's partners to help serve relevant content and gauge how users interact with suggestions. While de-identified, the specific uses and further sharing by partners are not fully detailed here.
In some circumstances Mozilla’s partners will receive de-identified search and interaction data, in order to serve relevant suggestions and measure user engagement with suggested content.
To provide and improve search functionality and suggestions, paragraph 4 · Citation strength: strong
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Aggregated information about sponsored suggestions may be shared with partners in some regions.
For sponsored suggestions, partners may receive aggregated information about which of their suggestions are shown and clicked on. This information does not include which users saw the suggestions or the keywords that caused them to be served.
Why it matters: Partners who provide sponsored suggestions will know how well their suggestions perform in aggregate, but this aggregated data is designed not to link back to you or your specific search queries.
For sponsored suggestions, our partners may receive aggregated information about which of their suggestions are shown and clicked on, but not which users saw the suggestions or which keywords caused those suggestions to be served.
To provide and improve search functionality and suggestions, paragraph 5 · Citation strength: strong
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Advertising partners may receive aggregate or de-identified data for New Tab content and advertising.
Mozilla collects technical and interaction data (such as views and clicks on New Tab content or ads) to personalize future content and may share this data with advertising partners on an aggregated and/or de-identified basis.
Why it matters: Your technical and interaction data related to New Tab content and ads helps personalize future content, including sponsored content. This data may be shared with advertising partners in an aggregated or de-identified format.
Mozilla collects technical and interaction data, such as the position, size, views and clicks on New Tab content or ads, to understand how people are interacting with our content and to personalize future content, including sponsored content. This data may be shared with our advertising partners on an aggregated and/or de-identified basis.
To serve relevant content and advertising on Firefox New Tab, paragraph 2 · Citation strength: strong
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