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Looks like a stealth edit of the privacy policy. The policy [0] in place prior to Jan 1 of this year doesn't mention it. The "announcement" [1] of the new polic

Looks like a stealth edit of the privacy policy. The policy [0] in place prior to Jan 1 of this year doesn't mention it. The "announcement" [1] of the new policy also didn't recognize the change. Also, you apparently cannot (yet) delete [2] the data reddit already surreptitiously collected. [0] https://www.reddit.com/help/privacypolicy?v=33a67dd2-e2c6-11e4-807a-22000b248ffc https://www.reddit.com/help/privacypolicy?v=33a67dd2-e2c6-11... [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3tlcil/we_are_updating_our_privacy_policy_effective_jan/ https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3tlcil/we_ar... [2] https://m.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/4rl5to/outbound_clicks_rollout_complete/d524dpl https://m.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/4rl5to/outbound_cl...

Silhouette 10y ago
There's definitely something a bit shady about this, given that existing accounts have been silently opted in and as a long-time Redditor and someone who does actually scan privacy policies before signing up for things I still had no idea about it until seeing this story on HN. It's not as if Reddit is the only major site doing this kind of thing (hello, search engines) but that doesn't make it any less creepy, IMHO.
- jsprogrammer 10y ago
  It is all kinds of shady. The policy says that if material changes are made to the policy, special notice, including sending notifications, will be made. As I noted, even the policy change announcement does not include a mention of this material change. Why is this feature being prioritized and snuck in, while the most significant announcement from their last raise (that users will receive 10% of the raise) seems to have been all but forgotten? It really puts this interview with Steve in some context: https://youtu.be/uSVqoW1rz6w?t=13m50s https://youtu.be/uSVqoW1rz6w?t=13m50s
  - jsprogrammer 10y ago
    Really? No one can counter this?

Silhouette 10y ago

There's definitely something a bit shady about this, given that existing accounts have been silently opted in and as a long-time Redditor and someone who does actually scan privacy policies before signing up for things I still had no idea about it until seeing this story on HN. It's not as if Reddit is the only major site doing this kind of thing (hello, search engines) but that doesn't make it any less creepy, IMHO.

jsprogrammer 10y ago
It is all kinds of shady. The policy says that if material changes are made to the policy, special notice, including sending notifications, will be made. As I noted, even the policy change announcement does not include a mention of this material change. Why is this feature being prioritized and snuck in, while the most significant announcement from their last raise (that users will receive 10% of the raise) seems to have been all but forgotten? It really puts this interview with Steve in some context: https://youtu.be/uSVqoW1rz6w?t=13m50s https://youtu.be/uSVqoW1rz6w?t=13m50s
- jsprogrammer 10y ago
  Really? No one can counter this?