Der unerwartete Schritt von Mozilla terms of use für Firefox einzuführen, beschäftigt gerade viele privacy advocates. Hier gab es bis dato noch keine Diskussion dazu.
Neben der Frage weshalb überhaupt terms of use eingeführt werden, steht zentral das Ende des „Wir verkaufen Deine Daten nicht“-Versprechens.
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Unlike other companies, we don’t sell access to your data.
sowie im Q&A
Boiling Steam fasst die Lagegut zusammen:
Following the backlash, Mozilla has tried to backpedal with a clarification. Unfortunately, the clarification confirms the initial fears. They are removing the mention of not selling data because of a wider meaning associated to the word selling in certain jurisdictions, such as in California:
We never sell your data” is because, in some places, the LEGAL definition of “sale of data” is broad and evolving. As an example, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) defines “sale” as the “selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer’s personal information by [a] business to another business or a third party” in exchange for “monetary” or “other valuable consideration.”
Well, if that’s what Mozilla is doing, then yes, it is clearly what most people would understand as selling your data, as in making some kind of profit or revenue from what they collect.
Was man bisher noch nicht findet ist eine (vollständige) Aufstellung darüber für welche Produkte oder Funktionen dieses Versprechen sterben musste.
Ajit Varma (VP Product) führt zwei Beispiel im Mozilla Blog an:
In order to make Firefox commercially viable, there are a number of places where we collect and share some data with our partners, including our optional ads on New Tab and providing sponsored suggestions in the search bar. We set all of this out in our Privacy Notice. Whenever we share data with our partners, we put a lot of work into making sure that the data that we share is stripped of potentially identifying information, or shared only in the aggregate, or is put through our privacy preserving technologies (like OHTTP).
Reichen Euch die Informationen in der Datenschutzerklärung?
- Gibt es eine (bessere) Aufstellung?
- Was ist Eure Meinung?
- Alles nur hyperventilierendes Social Media?
Die Business-Entwicklung von Mozilla ist noch einen eigenen Thread wert. Das letzte Kapitel, der Kauf einer Adtech-Firma (https://www.anonymco.com & https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/advertising) sowie zahlreiche Manager aus der for-profit bay area und 7 Millionen USD CEO-Gehalt.