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Unroll.me cofounder’s rant reminds us to be wary of free services
- pawadu 9y agoThe upcoming EU privacy rules should stop this kind of behavior. It requires companies to explain exactly how user data will be used and not hide behind a generic EULA statement such as "anonymized data may be used to improve our services".
- chmaynard 9y agoAnother approach might be to restrict your use of online services to those provided by public companies. As I understand it, public companies are required to disclose their sources of revenue in their SEC filings.
- gdulli 9y agoThe unroll.me privacy policy says "We may collect, use, transfer, sell, and disclose non-personal information for any purpose." People aren't going to read a clearly written privacy policy they have to acknowledge during signup, but they're going to read SEC filings? This is perfectly legal so public/private companies will both do it and I believe it would be illegal for private companies not to disclose it in their privacy policy anyway.