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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250227171252/https://lemmy.world/post/26091770 | |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250227171252/https://lemmy.world/post/26091770 | ||
|archive-date=27 Feb 2025 | |archive-date=27 Feb 2025 | ||
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{{cite web | |||
|author=AshleyT | |||
|title= Information about the New Terms of Use and Updated Privacy Notice for Firefox | |||
|url= https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/information-about-the-new-terms-of-use-and-updated-privacy/m-p/87949/highlight/true#M33725 | |||
|website= Mozilla connect | |||
|date=26 Feb 2025 | |||
|access-date=28 Feb 2025 | |||
|url-status=live | |||
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250228135428/https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/information-about-the-new-terms-of-use-and-updated-privacy/m-p/87949/highlight/true#M33725 | |||
|archive-date=28 Feb 2025 | |||
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Concerns center especially around the phrasing of terms outlined<ref name="TOS"> | Concerns center especially around the phrasing of terms outlined<ref name="TOS"> | ||
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===Date of effect=== | ===Date of effect=== | ||
It is also worth noting that the announcement of the introduction of the TOS and new privacy policy was made in a blog post one day after the terms and privacy policy are to take effect. No other communication was made to users of the browser as of February 27th 2025. | It is also worth noting that the announcement of the introduction of the TOS and new privacy policy was made in a blog post one day after the terms and privacy policy are to take effect. No other communication was made to users of the browser as of February 27th 2025. | ||
===Change of Firefox's FAQ=== | |||
[[File:Firefox-faq.png|thumb|Firefox FAQ wording changes, new left old right.]] | |||
Also of note is a recent change to the firefox FAQ page<ref name="faq-old">{{cite web | |||
|author=<!--not stated--> | |||
|title= Firefox FAQ | |||
|url= https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/faq/ | |||
|website= Mozilla | |||
|access-date=28 Feb 2025 | |||
|url-status=live | |||
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250227214216/https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/faq/ | |||
|archive-date=27 Feb 2025 | |||
}}</ref> to remove the section promising not to sell personal data: | |||
Does Firefox sell your personal data? | |||
Nope. Never have, never will. And we protect you from many of the advertisers who do. Firefox products are designed to protect your privacy. That’s a promise. | |||
and removing part of the sentence answering the question "Is Firefox free?" that read ", and we don’t sell your personal data.". | |||
Both of these were present in the FAQ until at least January 30th 2025.<ref name="faq">{{cite web | |||
|author=<!--not stated--> | |||
|title= Firefox older FAQ | |||
|url= https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/faq/ | |||
|website= Mozilla | |||
|url-status=dead | |||
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130092351/https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/faq/ | |||
|archive-date=30 Jan 2025 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
==Mozilla's response== | ==Mozilla's response== | ||