# Privacy Essentials

> Protect your privacy while browsing the web.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/privacy-essentials](https://chrome-stats.com/d/privacy-essentials)

## Overview

- **ID:** `privacy-essentials`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials
- **Daily users:** 17
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Rating:** 1.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-03-25
- **First published:** 2025-03-25
- **Size:** 25 KB
- **Data as of:** 2025-12-03
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/privacy-essentials/)

## Description

The Web Privacy Protection extension helps prevent online tracking, block malicious ads, and protect your personal data. It automatically detects and blocks tracking cookies, hidden trackers, and other security threats, providing a safer and more private browsing experience.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `storage`
- `activeTab`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension is not longer available in the store

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- [Privacy Guard web](https://chrome-stats.com/d/privacy-guard-web)
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- [Privacy Guard Premium](https://chrome-stats.com/d/privacy-guard-premium)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/privacy-essentials)