Mozilla launches Firefox Enterprise to give European firms more choice — new browser gives government, healthcare and finance more control over how they use the web, handle sensitive data and access AI tools
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A non-Chromium enterprise browser aimed at EU government, healthcare, and finance is a bid to make the browser itself a compliance and AI-governance surface. If you operate in regulated Europe, you now have leverage to demand finer-grained control over data flows, extension policy, and which AI endpoints your users can hit from the browser.
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