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Anyone remember that time I roll.me was selling info from the emails it scanned like what you purchased etc but wasn’t up front about it (hidden away in the pri
by lathiat 9y ago
Anyone remember that time I roll.me was selling info from the emails it scanned like what you purchased etc but wasn’t up front about it (hidden away in the privacy policy):
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/04/how-did-unrollme-get-users-to-allow-it-to-sell-their-inbox-data/ https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/04/how-did-unrollme-get-user...
- size12font 9y agoI was the biggest fan of Unroll me! Anything to get rid of junk from my inbox is a godsend. When I found about this data selling issue I was already getting "Unroll has stopped working" emails. After reading the article my motivation for reactivating was surprisingly quite low :( At AirHelp we're not selling your data to any third party companies. We simply do not do this. We only use the data we find to do 2 things: 1. Find compensation for you if there are any. 2. Show some cool flight stats Our business model revolves around helping people get compensation not selling user data to external companies. -jq PS. I work in Product at AirHelp.
- craftkiller 9y ago> At AirHelp we're not selling your data to any third party companies. We simply do not do this. Yet. And what happens when you get hacked. Email is the root of trust for at least 90% of my accounts online.
- ufmace 9y ago> Yet. According to the current management under the current financial circumstances. What happens when they run out of money, get sold, or get their C-suite management replaced by investors who want to make back their investment? If it's stored somewhere at a cool startup, odds are it will make it into a third-party's hands eventually.
- bckygldstn 9y agoHow do you make money?
- hangonhn 9y agoI think you can reassure people by taking us how you handle and treat the data and also how you guys make money off of it.