Firefox drops privacy promise
2025-02-28 22:37:33.412763+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Mozilla deletes promise not to sell Firefox users’ data
The hits just keep on coming. Mozilla not only changed its Privacy Notice and introduced a Terms of Use for Firefox for the first time with some pretty onerous terms, they also removed a rather specific question and answer pair from their page with frequently asked questions about Firefox, as discovered by David Gerard. The following question and answer were removed:
"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."
I have the David Gerard toot cued up in my saved Fediverse posts, so I'll just link that here (I suspect that the one up there will go stale after a bit):
New Mozilla TOS diff. This is what they just removed:
* 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.
The purpose of the new TOS appears to be to enable them to do this - such as for their advertising and AI sidelines.
Edit: Mozilla responds to backlash over new terms, saying it’s not using people’s data for AI
Edit Edit: Mozilla Blog: Firefox: An update on our Terms of Use