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Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox

calendar February 26, 2025
author Ajit Varma
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UPDATE: We've seen a little confusion about the language regarding
licenses, so we want to clear that up. We need a license to allow us
to make some of the basic functionality of Firefox possible. Without
it, we couldn't use information typed into Firefox, for example. It
does NOT give us ownership of your data or a right to use it for
anything other than what is described in the Privacy Notice.

We're introducing a Terms of Use for Firefox for the first time,
along with an updated Privacy Notice. 

Why now? Although we've historically relied on our open source
license for Firefox and public commitments to you, we are building in
a much different technology landscape today. We want to make these
commitments abundantly clear and accessible. 

While for most companies these are pretty standard legal documents,
at Mozilla we look at things differently. We lay out our principles
in our Manifesto:

  * Your security and privacy on the internet are fundamental and
    must not be treated as optional. 
  * You deserve the ability to shape the internet and your own
    experiences on it -- including how your data is used. 
  * We believe that practicing transparency creates accountability
    and trust.

Firefox will always continue to add new features, improve existing
ones, and test new ideas. We remain dedicated to making Firefox open
source, but we believe that doing so along with an official Terms of
Use will give you more transparency over your rights and permissions
as you use Firefox. And actually asking you to acknowledge it is an
important step, so we're making it a part of the standard product
experience starting in early March for new users and later this year
for existing ones.

In addition to the Terms of Use, we are providing a more detailed
explanation of our data practices in our updated Privacy Notice. We
tried to make these easy to read and understand -- there shouldn't be
any surprises in how we operate or how our product works.

We have always prioritized user privacy and will continue to do so.
We use data to make Firefox functional and sustainable, improve your
experience, and keep you safe. Some optional Firefox features or
services may require us to collect additional data to make them work,
and when they do, your privacy remains our priority. We intend to be
clear about what data we collect and how we use it. 

Finally, you are in control. We've set responsible defaults that you
can review during onboarding or adjust in your settings at any time:
These simple, yet powerful tools let you manage your data the way you
want.

You deserve that choice, and we hope all technology companies will
start to provide it. It's standard operating procedure for us.

 
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