Firefox browser manufacturer Mozilla on Friday updated its terms of use within a week after criticism, which appeared to give the company the right to all the information uploaded by users within a week after overbrood language.
The revised conditions of use now state –
You give Mozilla the necessary rights to operate a firefox. This involves processing your data as we describe in Firefox Privacy Notice. This includes a noxclusive, royalty-free, license worldwide for the purpose of requesting you aim at the aim of requesting the contents of the input in the firefox. It does not give any ownership to Mozilla in that material.
A previous version of this section, which came into force on 26 February, said –
When you upload or upload input information via Firefox, you provide us with that information a NOXCLUSIVE, Royalty-Free, Worldwide License, which helps you navigate, experience and interact with online content as you indicate your use with your use of Firefox.
This development occurred a few days after development with an updated privacy notice with the terms of the use of the company for the first time by the company, which aims to give users more transparency in their data practices.
Ajit Verma, VP of the product in Mozilla, said in a statement, “We are listening to some parts of our community with parts of TOU, especially about licensing,” VP Ajit Verma of the product in Mozilla said in a statement. “Our intention was just as clear as possible about how we work firefox, but we also created some confusion and concern in doing so.”
Mosila emphasized that it does not sell or buy data about its users, and made changes because some courts sell the word “sell” more widely than others, including various ways, by which the consumer’s personal information changes hands with another party in lieu of monetary or other benefits.
At its top, it was stated that it collects and shares some data with its partners from alternative advertisements already served on the new tab and the search bar is as a means of living “commercially viable”.
Mosila also stated that while it does not use users’ interactions with the third-party Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots enabled through the sidebar (and through the shortcut), it collects technical and interaction data on how this feature is used to help improve the firefox browser.
This includes how many times each third-party chatbot provider is chosen, how often suggested signals are used, and the length of the selected text.
“Whenever we share data with our partners, we do a lot of work in making sure that the data we share is potentially stripped from information identified, or only shared in collected, or kept through our privacy protection technologies (eg OHTTP),” said Varma.
Pushback follows Google’s new advertising tracking policy against the terms of Mosila’s use, which has investigated with regulators and guards who say that this privacy enhances concerns.
The Ads platform program policies, which went live on 16 February 2025, allow users to use IP addresses to users and reach platforms without the need to re -identify them. The UK Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has called it a “non -individual” change.
The ICO said in a statement, “Organizations seeking to deploy fingerprinting techniques for advertisement will need to demonstrate how they are following the requirements of the data protection law.” “These involve providing transparency to users, gaining independently given consent, ensuring fair processing and maintaining information such as the right of erasure.”
