Hi All,

Referencing Lawrence's post 
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/mozilla.governance/Q9YHl8eoe10

If you have comments about the language, please post them here. If you have 
comments about the feature, please post them in Lawrence's post.

We're going to modify the following section in the Firefox privacy policy for 
clarity: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/legal/privacy/firefox.html

"Usage Statistics (also known as Telemetry). Beginning with version 7, Firefox 
includes functionality that is turned off by default to send to Mozilla 
non-personal usage, performance, and responsiveness statistics about user 
interface features, memory, and hardware configuration. The only Potentially 
Personal Information sent to Mozilla when this functionality has been enabled 
is IP addresses. Usage statistics are transmitted using SSL (a method of 
protecting data in transit) and help us improve future versions of Firefox. 
Once sent to Mozilla, usage statistics are stored in an aggregate form and made 
available to a broad range of developers, including both Mozilla employees and 
public contributors. Once this functionality is enabled, users can disable it 
in Firefox's Options/Preferences. Simply deselect the "Submit performance data" 
item."

The updated section will read:

"Usage Statistics (also known as Telemetry). Beginning with version 7, Firefox 
includes functionality that sends Mozilla usage, performance, and 
responsiveness statistics about user interface features, memory, hardware 
configuration along with IP address.

This feature is turned off by default in general release versions of Firefox 
and Firefox Beta. In order to enable Aurora and Nightly testers to provide more 
efficient feedback, Usage Statistics are enabled by default on Aurora and 
Nightly. In either case, if this functionality is enabled, users can disable it 
in Firefox's Options/Preferences by simply deselecting the "Submit performance 
data" item.

Usage statistics are transmitted using SSL (a method of protecting data in 
transit) and help us improve future versions of Firefox. Once sent to Mozilla, 
usage statistics are stored in an aggregate form and made available to a broad 
range of developers, including both Mozilla employees and public contributors."

Cheers,
Jishnu
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