Interesting Update on Firefox
So Firefox has introduced Terms of Use.
Hot off the back of its recent leadership rejig, Mozilla has announced users of Firefox will soon be subject to a 'Terms of Use' policy — a
Of note:
This was pointed out updated in the Privacy Policy:
We use technical data, language preference, and location to serve content and advertising on the Firefox New Tab page in the correct format (i.e. for mobile vs desktop), language, and relevant location. Mozilla collects technical and interaction data, such as the position, size, views and clicks on New Tab content or ads, to understand how people are interacting with our content and to personalize future content, including sponsored content. This data may be shared with our advertising partners on a de-identified or aggregated basis.
Additionally, you can have a look at their Github changes here, which shows something else interesting:
Mozilla has deleted the lines "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.
Another commit shows another removal of a line that notes that Firefox doesn't sell personal data
bedrock/firefox/templates/firefox/faq.html Old: Yep! The { -brand-name-firefox-browser } is free. Super free, actually. No hidden costs or anything. You don’t pay anything to use it, and we don’t sell your personal data. New: Yep! The { -brand-name-firefox-browser } is free. Super free, actually. No hidden costs or anything. You don’t pay anything to use it.
Scrolling further down, you can see a response to a comment questioning it
Pretty sure this violates consumer privacy laws in some place (ex: California) https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa
If you live in California, you can report a complaint here:
https://privacy.ca.gov/submit-a-complaint/ccpa-complaints/
OH COME THE FUCK ON.
