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===Potential CCPA Compliance Issues Before the TOU Update=== | ===Potential CCPA Compliance Issues Before the TOU Update=== | ||
The CCPA defines "selling data" as: <blockquote>'' | The CCPA defines "selling data" as: <blockquote>'' “Sell,” “selling,” “sale,” or “sold,” means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer’s personal information by the business to another business or a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.''<ref name="ccpa">{{cite web | ||
|title= CCPA Full Text | |title= CCPA Full Text | ||
|url= https://www.osano.com/resources/ccpa | |url= https://www.osano.com/resources/ccpa | ||
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By removing explicit guarantees such as "we never sell your data" & rewriting the Terms of Use, Mozilla eliminated legal ambiguity while maintaining its existing business model. | By removing explicit guarantees such as "we never sell your data" & rewriting the Terms of Use, Mozilla eliminated legal ambiguity while maintaining its existing business model. | ||
'''While the new terms of use does not confirm that Mozilla intends to sell user data, & puts its current practices in-line with California's Consumer Privacy Act, ''it no longer explicitly prohibits it'', leaving open the possibility for future monetization.''' | '''While the new terms of use does not confirm that Mozilla intends to sell user data, & puts its current practices in-line with California's Consumer Privacy Act, ''it no longer explicitly prohibits it'', leaving open the possibility for future monetization.''' | ||
==Community Concerns & Digging into the validity of them== | ==Community Concerns & Digging into the validity of them== | ||