Firefox

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Firefox is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation. It is officially available on Windows (10 and above), macOS and Linux.

Firefox

Basic Information
Release Year	2004
Product Type	Browser, Web Browser
In Production	Yes
Official Website	https://www.firefox.com/

Consumer impact summary

Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):

• User Freedom
• User Privacy
• Business Model
• Market Control

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User privacy

Despite marketing itself as a security browser, by default "technical and interaction data" is sent to Firefox. The opt-out option can be disabled easily using the GUI settings.

However, some options cannot be conveniently disabled, and requires fiddling the settings in about:config. Some of these examples include:

• Integrated Pocket technology as a built-in extension, which in its Privacy Policy uses Google Analytics.
• Google Analytics in the browser. Firefox stated they will not "give the 'data directly to Google'" but will "[collect] aggregate and non-identifiable data in numbers to ensure our development/UX changes are met well. [...] We need some data, anonymised and aggregated, to do this."

User freedom

• Heavily configurable via about:config.

Incidents

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This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Firefox category.

Mozilla introduces TOS to Firefox (02/27/2025)

Main article: Mozilla introduces TOS to Firefox

On February 26th, 2025 Mozilla announced in their blog that they are introducing Terms of Use to Firefox, effective June 10th, 2025. Their reasoning is to "give [the user] more transparency over [their] rights and permissions as [they] use Firefox". In the same blog post they announce an update to their Privacy Policy.

Under section "Mozilla Can Update or Terminate This Agreement" in the ToS, it is announced that updates to it will be posted online, and continued use of Firefox is taken as the user's acceptance of the new terms. No mention is made of any other commitment to notify the user (in-browser notification, etc.). In the next section, "Termination", it is explicitly stated that Mozilla will "try to notify [the user]" at their email address or next time they try to access their account, in case Mozilla denies or suspend anyone's access to Firefox.

Alternatives

• LibreWolf
• Mullvad Browser
• Zen Browser

See also

• Brave
• DuckDuckGo Browser
• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Edge