1205217 - [Firefox Privacy page] Clarify negative items

Status: NEW

(www.mozilla.org :: Pages & Content, enhancement)

Description

[Jesse Ruderman]

* Rearrange things so it doesn't sound like Firefox sends large amounts of information to unnamed "service providers".

* Stop mentioning Snippets and Tiles at the top level. These are just parts of updating the browser and tracking what parts are used, respectively.

* Bring the Location Services thing to the top, since it is the only actual surprise in the entire document.

Comment 1

[Jesse Ruderman]

▼  What Firefox sends to Mozilla

    Firefox sends tiny amounts of information to Mozilla and Google as a side effect of updating itself and its security features.
    [[Learn more about software updates]]

    Firefox sends Mozilla small amounts of information about what parts of the browser are most used.
    [[Learn more about usage data]]

    When you ask it to, Firefox connects to Mozilla to provide you with features such as Sync, crash reporting, and add-ons.
    [[Learn more about these opt-in features]]

    When you ask Firefox to share your location with a web site, Firefox in turn asks your Location Services provider to help determine your location. The default provider is Google.
    [[Learn more about Location Services]]


▼  How Mozilla safeguards your information

    We treat your personal information with the utmost care. We only share it with your clear permission and intent (or due to legal or safety requirements).
    [[Read our full privacy policy]]

    Our contract with Google (for Safe Browsing and Location Services) requires Google to follow stringent rules with data from these features
    [[Read about privacy considerations in partnerships]]

    When we publish data about how Firefox is used, we take care to only publish aggregate data and to ensure it is of value to users.
    [[Explore published data]]

Comment 2

[Mika]

Hi Jesse,

Thanks for your suggestions.  Marshall, who heads our data compliance efforts will review and work with the legal team to address improvements to the privacy notice.

Thanks,
Mika

Comment 3

[Mike Alexis [:malexis]]

Marshall, ping Jen Bertsch and myself when ready to move forward on this and we will prioritize and assign a dev.

Comment 4

[Merwin]

Thank you Mike.  We need to revisit a number of our privacy notices and look at their structure.  We are talking about that internally.  I will loop back around on this bug when we have made progress on that.