Mozilla introduces TOS to Firefox: Difference between revisions

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You give Mozilla all rights necessary to operate Firefox, including processing data as we describe in the Firefox Privacy Notice, as well as acting on your behalf to help you navigate the internet. 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.

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The vagueness of the terms has resulted in users questioning how much of their data they were granting Mozilla a licence to use, especially since the company puts a lot of emphasis on transparency and privacy on their manifesto.<ref name="manifesto">

The vagueness of the terms has resulted in users questioning how much of their data they were granting Mozilla a licence to use, especially since the company puts a lot of emphasis on transparency and privacy on their manifesto.<ref name="manifesto"> Of note is the concern of the possible use of user "input" to "help you experience online content" by training and creating AI/LLM based tools.

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'''UPDATE''': We’ve seen a little confusion about the language regarding licenses, so we want to clear that up. We need a license to allow us to make some of the basic functionality of Firefox possible. Without it, we couldn’t use information typed into Firefox, for example. It does NOT give us ownership of your data or a right to use it for anything other than what is described in the Privacy Notice.

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While not putting concerns to rest due to the broadness that can be attributed to the terms the privacy policy does contain fairly extensive and clear statements on how data is to be used by the company.

While not putting concerns to rest due to the broadness that can be attributed to the wording of the terms, the privacy policy does contain fairly extensive and clear statements on how data is to be used by the company. It does not explicitely contain mention of AI/LLM tools other than the ability to use third party chat assistants (as well as the fact that Mozilla has no access to those chats).

==See also==

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 You give Mozilla all rights necessary to operate Firefox, including processing data as we describe in the Firefox Privacy Notice, as well as acting on your behalf to help you navigate the internet. 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.
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-The vagueness of the terms has resulted in users questioning how much of their data they were granting Mozilla a licence to use, especially since the company puts a lot of emphasis on transparency and privacy on their manifesto.<ref name="manifesto">
+The vagueness of the terms has resulted in users questioning how much of their data they were granting Mozilla a licence to use, especially since the company puts a lot of emphasis on transparency and privacy on their manifesto.<ref name="manifesto"> Of note is the concern of the possible use of user "input" to "help you experience online content" by training and creating AI/LLM based tools.
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 '''UPDATE''': We’ve seen a little confusion about the language regarding licenses, so we want to clear that up. We need a license to allow us to make some of the basic functionality of Firefox possible. Without it, we couldn’t use information typed into Firefox, for example. It does NOT give us ownership of your data or a right to use it for anything other than what is described in the Privacy Notice.
 </blockquote>
-While not putting concerns to rest due to the broadness that can be attributed to the terms the privacy policy does contain fairly extensive and clear statements on how data is to be used by the company.
+While not putting concerns to rest due to the broadness that can be attributed to the wording of the terms, the privacy policy does contain fairly extensive and clear statements on how data is to be used by the company. It does not explicitely contain mention of AI/LLM tools other than the ability to use third party chat assistants (as well as the fact that Mozilla has no access to those chats).
 ==See also==