Mozilla introduces TOS to Firefox: Difference between revisions
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==Mozilla's response== | ==Mozilla's response== | ||
[[File:Firefox-privacy-lawful-bases.png|thumb|Partial screenshot of lawful basis section for data usage from the Firefox privacy policy.]] | [[File:Firefox-privacy-lawful-bases.png|thumb|Partial screenshot of lawful basis section for data usage from the Firefox privacy policy.]] | ||
At the time of writing Mozilla has not issued an official response but has updated the initial blog post to | At the time of writing Mozilla has not issued an official response but has updated the initial blog post to include the following<ref name="tos-announce" />: | ||
<blockquote> | <blockquote> | ||
'''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. | '''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> | </blockquote> | ||
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 | 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 explicitly 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== | ==See also== |