{"id":789,"date":"2014-04-08T11:59:47","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T18:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/privacy\/?p=789"},"modified":"2014-04-08T11:59:47","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T18:59:47","slug":"clearer-mozilla-privacy-website-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/netpolicy\/2014\/04\/08\/clearer-mozilla-privacy-website-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Clearer Mozilla Privacy Website & Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"

*<\/b>*APRIL 16 UPDATE<\/b>:<\/b> the privacy policies are now updated, and you can view them here<\/a>. Thanks to everyone who provided input on draft policies. We have updated the post below to remove links that are now out of date.*<\/b>*<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

Over the last year, a group of Mozillians have been exploring how to make our privacy website and policies better.\u00a0 For example, the Firefox Privacy Policy<\/a> (Update<\/strong>: link now points to an archived version of previous policy) is over 14 pages long and can be hard to parse \u2013 we don\u2019t like that.\u00a0 Given our focus on transparency and privacy, we wanted to create a framework that:<\/p>\n

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  1. Is easy to understand yet detailed enough to provide transparency.<\/li>\n
  2. Gives users an opportunity to dive deeper into the technical aspects of our policy for specific products.<\/li>\n
  3. Does not modify our practices but clarifies how we communicate them.<\/li>\n
  4. Allows each product to have its own notice that is simple, clear and usable.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We now have an approach that we want to share and gather input on before implementing. I want to make it clear that although we\u2019re rewriting the text of our privacy notices, we are NOT changing our practices. Our goal is only to make the notices easier to digest and provide users with the information they care about most, including new ways to access more detail if they are interested.<\/p>\n

    Here\u2019s an overview of the new approach:<\/p>\n