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.
Here’s another link for further discussion and to add feedback on Mozilla Connect:
Firefox Employee Ashley T Post
Employee
02-26-2025 09:20 AM
For the first time, we’re introducing a Terms of Use for Firefox, alongside an updated Privacy Notice.
Earlier today, we published a blog post explaining why we’re making this change and what it means for you.
Now, we want to hear from you.
We’re committed to engaging with our community and keeping you informed about how we build Firefox—and why we make the decisions we do. Firefox wouldn’t be where it is today without the support of our users, and we want to continue working together to build a better internet for all.
To kick off the discussion, here are a few key points from the blog post:
- Transparency matters. We’re introducing a Terms of Use to provide clarity on what users agree to before starting to browse.
- Privacy remains a priority. Our updated Privacy Notice gives a more detailed, easy-to-read explanation of our data practices.
- You stay in control. Firefox is designed to respect user choice, with responsible defaults and simple tools to manage your data.
We’d love to hear your thoughts! Check out the full blog post and share your feedback here. If you have any questions, let us know—we’ll be actively monitoring the discussion and will reply where we can.
Not a direct comment to your comment but a general one:
I really don’t care about Mozilla and their activities anymore. They say the right things but they don’t do it the right way. It always ends up behaving like big tech.
Their business decisions have been horrible and they end up focusing on things that don’t improve their core products nor do they engage with their community on social to listen to the complaints.
Eh - I’m just jaded with Mozilla. And can’t wait for Ladybuird. I just pray it is indeed a legitimate independent alternative.
Yeah, I’m also eagerly waiting to see what potential Ladybird has to offer.
We have another year to go before we get any consumer info on it. Stable release is still 2.5 years away I feel.
I guess this means we’ll need to switch to Mullvad/other Firefox forks? The part about anything getting uploaded is what gets me. Although, to be fair, I’m not sure if other browsers force us into this agreement too and are just very “quiet” about it.
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I guess this means we’ll need to switch to Mullvad/other Firefox forks?
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All the forks haven’t yet clrified how it affects them and what it means for their users given this move my FF. So, we don’t know yet for sure.
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Although, to be fair, I’m not sure if other browsers force us into this agreement too and are just very “quiet” about it.
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yep, that’s the big question. Can’t enforce this. It’s like the government saying torrenting is illegal - sure, but what are they going to do about it?
The way this space works always keeps me on my toes, never a dull moment!
Another update: