Data Privacy Day was this past weekend—the Mozilla Foundation’s favorite day of the year!

If you ask us, one day isn’t nearly enough to sing the praises of privacy and data protection. So, we work hard every day to make the internet a place that’s safe for everyone. To do this, we’re calling out companies that collect too much data without your consent and also supporting legislation that will make data privacy the default for all products.

Here’s just a few examples of what we’ve done since last year’s Data Privacy Day:

• Our *Privacy Not Included team looked at mental health apps and how they treat your data - we exposed the worst offenders and pushed Calm and other companies to improve their privacy policies and better protect your data
• When the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, we published a report on Period and Pregnancy Tracking apps to make sure people can choose the alternatives that ensure their private choices over their body stay what they are: private
• We campaigned against the dating app Tinder for its use of customers’ data for algorithmic pricing around the world—a number of countries began regulatory investigations in response 
• We worked to strengthen legislation that would expand and enforce data privacy regulation to increase user choice and right to privacy

We do all that to help protect you, so that you’re aware of what information can be collected, how it’s used and why companies value it (spoiler: it’s a money maker).

We also strongly believe that protecting your data shouldn’t just be left up to you. We can’t uncover or investigate every app or product—and neither can you. That’s why we need to work together to ensure our elected officials prioritize the protection of our data so we can hold the worst offenders accountable.

We’re dedicated to the fight to ensure we all get to experience the joy, connection, and delight of the internet while knowing we’re safe and secure in the process, on Data Privacy Day—and every other day of the year.

Thank you for fighting with us – and being part of the Mozilla community.