Ghostery is a browser tool available for Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera and Internet Explorer. It scans the page for scripts, pixels, and other elements and notifies the user of the companies whose code is present on the page. These page elements aren’t otherwise visible to the user, and often not detailed in the page source code. It allows users to learn more about these companies and their practices, and block the page elements from loading if the user chooses.
Ghostery also has a privacy team that creates profiles of page elements and companies for educational purposes. It tracks the trackers and gives you a roll-call of the ad networks, behavioral data providers, web publishers, and other companies interested in your activity.
[advt]Detect: Ghostery sees the invisible web – tags, web bugs, pixels and beacons. Ghostery tracks the trackers and gives you a roll-call of the ad networks, behavioral data providers, web publishers, and other companies interested in your activity.
LEARN: After showing you who’s tracking you, Ghostery also gives you a chance to learn more about each company it identifies. How they describe themselves, a link to their privacy policies and a sampling of pages where it has found them are just a click away.
Control: Ghostery allows you to block scripts from companies that you don’t trust, delete local shared objects, and even block images and iframes. It puts your web privacy back in your hands.
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