Mozilla updated its Terms of Use for Firefox following backlash regarding the broad licensing language that seemed to grant the company rights over users' uploaded information. The new terms clarify that while Mozilla processes user data to operate Firefox, it does not gain ownership over the content provided by users. The updates come after the introduction of Terms of Use for Firefox and a revised Privacy Notice aimed at enhancing transparency regarding data practices and reassurances that data is not sold or purchased.
We've been listening to some of our community's concerns with parts of the TOU, specifically about licensing. Our intent was just to be as clear as possible about how we make Firefox work, but in doing so we also created some confusion and concern.
Mozilla emphasized that it doesn't sell or buy data about its users, and that it made the changes because certain jurisdictions define the term "sell" more broadly than others.
This includes processing your data as we describe in the Firefox Privacy Notice. It also includes a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license for the purpose of doing as you request with the content you input in Firefox.
The development came days after the company introduced a Terms of Use for Firefox for the first time, along with an updated Privacy Notice that aims to give users more transparency in its data practices.
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