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| May 8, 2012 | |||
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Mozilla Updates Privacy Policy For App Developers |
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| By Zach Walton | |||
| Mozilla has always been a friend of the Internet. The non-profit puts the user first and they made that even more clear when the corporation came out against CISPA last week. Now, it's no secret that Mozilla is developing an app store called the Mozilla Marketplace and Mozilla wants developers to make sure they aren't keeping any secrets either. Late last week, Mozilla updated their privacy policy guidelines for app developers that want to submit apps to the yet to be released Mozilla Marketplace. Just as they are against CISPA and its privacy-infringing content, they are against any app developers hoping to do the same. The first part of the privacy policy deals with data collection. There have been apps on both iOS and Android recently that were found to be collecting data without the user's permission. The most famous may have been when Path was found to be collecting users' contact lists without their knowledge, but other big names like Twitter have been caught doing the same thing. Continue Reading |
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