Mozilla reverses course on its terms of use

Mozilla has issuedan update to its terms of use (TOU) that were announcedon February26. It has removed a reference in the TOU toMozilla's Acceptable Use Policy "because it seems to be causingmore confusion than clarity", and has revised the TOU "to moreclearly reflect the limited scope of how Mozilla interacts with userdata". The new language says:

You give Mozilla the rights necessary to operate Firefox. Thisincludes processing your data as we describe in the Firefox PrivacyNotice. It also includes a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwidelicense for the purpose of doing as you request with the content youinput in Firefox. This does not give Mozilla any ownership in thatcontent.

Mozilla has also updated its Privacy FAQ to providemore detail about its reasons for the changes.