Mozilla’s Firefox Data Privacy Rule Changes Scare Its Users: Here’s What The Company Said

Mozilla Firefox has often been regarded as the browser which doesn’t look to gather data of its users. But a recent policy change irked millions, who were worried for the direction of Firefox in the years to come.

Mozilla basically made a few updates to its policies, which suggested Firefox is free to use any content that you upload or input through the browser and they even have the license to use the information. Seeing these words would scare anyone, but when you see the name Firefox attached to it, the alarm bells were obviously going to be buzzing.

Firefox Privacy Changes? Mozilla Explains

Mozilla has usually advocated for privacy so when these new terms were spotted in its policy, people were outraged. However, the company has quickly realised that making even minor changes can be detrimental to its business and the views about Firefox browser of its users.

Mozilla has revised the terms once again, rewording the parts where people thought the company would be free to use their content uploaded on Firefox. Mozilla also assures that it will never use their data to push ads or other features. However, it will use the data to provide a better experience on Firefox, without ever taking ownership of your data.

Words Matter And Affect

Mozilla is the latest company facing pressure from its users to change the revised policies, even if it was just the use of wrong words. Adobe had a similar issue earlier this year regarding its AI data policy, which did not go down well with the creator community and eventually the company had to backtrack on its changes and assure users that its policies will always abide by your content and never use it for training its AI systems in the future.