Mozilla’s Monitor Plus Service is Shutting Down

Mozilla’s paid data removal service, Monitor Plus, will be shut down on December 17. The service offered automatic scanning and removal of personal data that ends up on data broker sites.

Mozilla Monitor Plus landed in hot water after it was discovered that the CEO of the company Mozilla had partnered with, Onerep, had also founded multiple data broker sites.

Mozilla doesn’t comment on the situation with Onerep, with the stated reason for shutting down being more about diverting resources to their other projects:

As part of our ongoing efforts to advance Mozilla’s mission of ensuring people are empowered, safe, and independent online, we’re refocusing our resources on other privacy and security initiatives. This shift will allow us to better serve our users and continue developing tools that have the greatest impact in helping people protect their digital lives.

Mozilla is offering refunds to customers, check their support page for more info. Mozilla claims all data related to the service will be deleted after the shutdown date.

Monitor's free breach monitoring service and email monitoring service will remain active, however.