So you're telling me you get my email, my political inclinations, and my offline purchasing habits.
T&C includes the "no class action" and binding arbitration clauses. Privacy policy doesn't actually mention anything about campaigns I use or products I scan, which makes my suspicious mind ... umm... suspicious. At least it omits the "or as otherwise allowed by law" blanket "we do whatever we want" clause.
They do say they won't sell or rent personally identifiable information. I'm not sure if they could weasel out of it by using some sort tracking cookie, but it looks like they seem to be limiting themselves to selling aggregate data.
I'm not a lawyer, of course, but I don't think I really said anything anyone else can't read for themselves.
The privacy policy seems to boil down to "We're not planning on selling your information to anyone, but if it leaks or someone hands us a subpoena, tough noogies."
That makes me itchy, and I'm not even planning on doing anything illegal.
No it doesn't. That privacy policy is pretty clear that they won't share personal information without my consent, and I'm quite certain a court would agree.
I don't have any particular trust in them. However, they've staked their entire business model on privacy. That would be foolish if their intent is to sell user info, because doing that is unlikely to stay private for long.
The privacy policy concerns me a bit. It's clearly copy/pasted from somewhere else (still has `[name]` and `[website]` placeholders) which means the author really hasn't given much thought into privacy, or perhaps they're not being entirely truthful.
Is the data being sold? What security measures have you taken? You're tying email addresses to physical locations, this is a goldmine of information for all sorts of actors.
> We do not share, sell, or disclose any personal information or email content to third parties, except as required by law or as necessary to protect our rights, property, or safety.
This policy claims to protect your privacy but allows them to share your data broadly, including with anyone they see fit to protect their own interests, effectively offering no real privacy guarantee.
It's entirely possible you have pure intentions, but I know nothing about (and therefore have no implicit trust in) your organization, so it would be a huge leap of faith for me to even consider putting this amount and degree of personal information into a random website.
The fact that your privacy policy's fine print allows you to use the information for something other than the express purpose at hand seriously undermines that, even if you have no actual intentions of doing anything shady.
Didn't look into their privacy policy myself, but they see honest and no-bullshit so I would be really surprised if they used your data for anything besides legal compliance.
It's not that hard to write "we keep none of your personal data" as your privacy policy, if you want to track me on a personal blog you better get your legal story straight...
Nice idea, but the first thing that comes to my mind is there is nothing on the landing page that puts my privacy concerns to rest. I see that you mention you won't do anything shady with my data, but that is only mentioned once I click through a few pages. Maybe a small link on the homepage detailing your privacy terms and use of my data. Remember, email is one of the most privately guarded possessions one can have on the internet. It isn't something I will give random services access to without some serious vetting prior.
I would consider using this but don't trust their privacy policy. People have been canned for expressing political opinions or donating to political causes.
How do I know this company won't leak my information? This is especially a concern for people they would not consider political allies. Is there a more anon way to use it than giving your phone number?
if they are making a good faith effort to give all the real privacy you can expect, I don't think they have a particular duty to water down their marketing messages by going into distracting detail that criminals shouldn't have the same expectations. They did disclose within their terms that they don't by default keep logs, and they do need to comply with court orders.
T&C includes the "no class action" and binding arbitration clauses. Privacy policy doesn't actually mention anything about campaigns I use or products I scan, which makes my suspicious mind ... umm... suspicious. At least it omits the "or as otherwise allowed by law" blanket "we do whatever we want" clause.
They do say they won't sell or rent personally identifiable information. I'm not sure if they could weasel out of it by using some sort tracking cookie, but it looks like they seem to be limiting themselves to selling aggregate data.
I'm not a lawyer, of course, but I don't think I really said anything anyone else can't read for themselves.
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