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Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox (blog.mozilla.org)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago (4 children)

When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox.

What? This sounds way too broad, as if everything we do can be used by Mozilla to do whatever they want.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah I think the "you" in "help you navigate [...]" is the key but it is way too broad. I had a quick look to the privacy notice and it seems quite reasonable. For each feature they either :

process data locally (eg. for translations)
anonymise it before sending it to partners (eg. affiliated searches 💩)
store a minimal amount of information (eg. for FF account)

There is a paragraph about partners being legally binded to comply to their privacy policy, I guess this is about cloud providers? 🤷

So I hope they'll take the time to clarify that...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I really hope an explanation is forthcoming as to why they need all data. It is concerning that a "privacy-focused" browser doesn't take the time to explain that.

Until they do, I think I'm gonna give WaterFox a whirl.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds pretty concerning, but I can't find it in the article. Where did you find it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's in the actual Terms of Use that's linked in the article: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/firefox/#you-give-mozilla-certain-rights-and-permissions

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Thank you

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

I'm pretty sure that's exactly what it means. It's no longer a browser focused on privacy