> Firefox also shares information with our marketing partners to measure and improve these campaigns; what information is specifically shared varies (depending on how you discovered Firefox and your operating system) but generally includes how you were referred to our download page and whether you actively use Firefox. Where Firefox is pre-installed on your device, technical and interaction data (your device type and whether Firefox is used) will be sent to our marketing partners, and shared with Mozilla. Learn more about what is collected and shared, and how to opt out.
This is new (There's no link or further reference for that "learn more" in context)
> We may also be required to process your personal data to comply with applicable laws and protection purposes, such as:
> (...)
> Identifying, investigating and addressing potential fraudulent activities, or other harmful activities such as illegal activities, cyberattacks or intellectual property infringement (including filing or defending legal claims).
> Performing internal compliance and security activities, such as audits and enterprise security management.
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Being US, how far stretch is it to imagine PII being under scope for some anti-DEI (aka anti-terror) audit? Also you better switch browsers if you'll ever be in a lawsuit with Mozilla I guess...
ELI5: how is any of this legal? Let’s say my distro receives Firefox source code under the terms of MPL, builds it and distributes it to me under the same terms. At no point any of us agreed to any additional terms. Does this apply only to Mozilla-built binaries?
Previous version: https://web.archive.org/web/20250219051713/https://www.mozil...
New version: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox/
> Firefox also shares information with our marketing partners to measure and improve these campaigns; what information is specifically shared varies (depending on how you discovered Firefox and your operating system) but generally includes how you were referred to our download page and whether you actively use Firefox. Where Firefox is pre-installed on your device, technical and interaction data (your device type and whether Firefox is used) will be sent to our marketing partners, and shared with Mozilla. Learn more about what is collected and shared, and how to opt out.
This is new (There's no link or further reference for that "learn more" in context)
This is also new, and very broad and unqualified:
> We may also be required to process your personal data to comply with applicable laws and protection purposes, such as:
> (...)
> Identifying, investigating and addressing potential fraudulent activities, or other harmful activities such as illegal activities, cyberattacks or intellectual property infringement (including filing or defending legal claims).
> Performing internal compliance and security activities, such as audits and enterprise security management.
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Being US, how far stretch is it to imagine PII being under scope for some anti-DEI (aka anti-terror) audit? Also you better switch browsers if you'll ever be in a lawsuit with Mozilla I guess...
ELI5: how is any of this legal? Let’s say my distro receives Firefox source code under the terms of MPL, builds it and distributes it to me under the same terms. At no point any of us agreed to any additional terms. Does this apply only to Mozilla-built binaries?
I wonder if LibreWolf is of any help with those (and previous) changes. Would love to see LibreWolf maintainers chime in on this.
A detailed listing of whats collected and why:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox/#lawful-bases
Wht does Open Source needs any terms of use?
This is into the opposite direction about what "free open-source" means.
You get that software into your computer, you are entitled to free unrestricted use or modify in any way you want.
Except by the Firefox trademark of course.