Changes to Mozilla Terms of Use

Thane K. Sherrington

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Mar 11, 2025, 2:37:40 PM3/11/25

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I've had a couple of clients wondering about the following change to the Terms of Use. I'm just wondering what other people are thinking about it.

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Andrew C Aitchison

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Mar 11, 2025, 6:39:23 PM3/11/25

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On Tue, 11 Mar 2025, Thane K. Sherrington wrote:

> I've had a couple of clients wondering about the following change to the
> Terms of Use. I'm just wondering what other people are thinking about it.

Is this before or after the change described by TechCrunch:
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/03/mozilla-rewrites-firefoxs-terms-of-use-after-user-backlash/
?

> IMG_1439.png

https://13104491020228125039.googlegroups.com/attach/1a32767802aa7/IMG_1439.png?part=0.1.1&view=1&vt=ANaJVrG3WxIKeIyJlMGd3nlnB1MHbbbEc1YmKzwu7tUz99oRNJDaQraoGbgO4CqUPe8iHevLAt1L2nWaa5Z1evwoKxcMVg84vUAH9MkuwZL39uePH0zCs4M
- which says:

You Give Mozilla Certain Rights and Permissions

You give Mozilla all rights necessary to operate Firefox, including
processing data as we describe in the Firefox Privacy Notice, as well as
acting on your behalf to help you navigate the internet. When you upload or
input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive,
royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate,
experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of
Firefox.

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Andrew C. Aitchison Kendal, UK
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Thane K. Sherrington

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Mar 17, 2025, 8:59:35 AM3/17/25

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Ok, that looks better. I thought it was a mistake of some sort.

Thanks!

Thane K. Sherrington

Computer Connection, Ltd. ...taking the mystery out of computers since 1982.
Winner of the 2012 Ian Spencer - Excellence in Business Award
Thanks for making us the Reader's Choice Best Computer Store in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019!
95 College St.
Antigonish, NS
B2G 1X6
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th...@computerconnectionltd.com

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