Critics said the new terms implied Mozilla was asking users for the rights to whatever data they input or upload through Firefox.

In response to users’ feedback about the Firefox Terms of Use, Mozilla updated some of the language about data usage. Mozilla also updated its Privacy FAQ.

Mozilla faced backlash after updating Firefox’s Terms of Use, which initially suggested the company could exploit user data.

Mozilla has responded to user backlash over the Firefox web browser's new Terms of Use, which critics have called out for using overly broad language that

These high-level appointments were announced by Laura Chambers, who hopped aboard as CEO a year ago; the hiring came the month after deep staffing cuts at the Mozilla Foundation – the non-profit that oversees the Mozilla Corporation that develops Firefox and other things.

Mozilla, the company behind Firefox, was intensely criticized by some users after amending its communications about how it handles users' data.

The company behind Firefox, Mozilla, has this week made changes to its data sharing policy and, in turn, infuriated its users.

Mozilla is revising its new Terms of Use for Firefox introduced on Wednesday following criticisms over language that seemed to give the company broad ownership over user data. With the change, “we’re updating the language to more clearly reflect the limited scope of how Mozilla interacts with user data,” the company says in a Friday post.

Nothing stings like betrayal, which is why Firefox users are furious with Mozilla after a controversial update to the developer's Terms of Use last week. Mozilla is scrambling to smooth things over, but the damage may already be done for many former fans of Firefox.

Mozilla revises Firefox terms of service after backlash, clarifying data ownership and privacy policies in response to user concerns about data handling and licensing language.

“Royalty-free” was used because Firefox is free and neither Mozilla nor the user should owe each other money in exchange for handling the data in order to provide the browser. And “worldwide” was used because Firefox is available worldwide and provides access to the global internet.