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Hey Hackers, My name is Gal Ringel, and I'm the co-founder and CEO at Mine. Mine lets you discover your digital footprint and remove your personal data from se

Hey Hackers, My name is Gal Ringel, and I'm the co-founder and CEO at Mine. Mine lets you discover your digital footprint and remove your personal data from services you no longer use. So far, 40,000 users have already used our product to send more than 250,000 deletion requests to companies, in order to reduce their online exposure and keep their data safe. We make privacy regulations accessible to everyone, and help users to leave their data only where they really need it. During March alone, we were able to save more than 5,000 users from being part of data breaches, because they deleted their data on time. Since the Coronavirus started, we detected a spike of more than 50% in personal data exposure, which put us at risk more than ever. We all spend more (or all) of our time at home due to quarantine instructions or personal choice and forced to move 100% of our day to day needs online. We order online instead of leaving home, preparing our emergency stock by boosting online shopping activity, and are therefore more exposed to the risk of our data being collected and used by companies and hackers. We are here to help you reduce your online exposure and avoid potential digital risks in the future. Would love to hear your thoughts!

Nextgrid 6y ago
> more exposed to the risk of our data being collected and used by companies You seem to be contributing to the problem by having Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics on your website. I am not sure where you are based but analytics need to be strictly opt-in according to the GDPR and that doesn't seem to be the case here.
- galringel 6y ago
  Our website saymine.com does allow you to opt-out from Google Analytics as the GDPR instructing. saymineapp.com is a web application where we use Google Analytics to track anonymous clicks and to identify errors. Check out our privacy policy here: https://saymine.com/privacy-policy https://saymine.com/privacy-policy
  - Nextgrid 6y ago
    How can it be "anonymous" if you're implicitly sending the IP address to Google (by making requests to them) and the IP is considered personal data as per the GDPR?
    - galringel 6y ago
      From Google’s documentation: “IP addresses are not available in your Google Analytics reports. So, while Google does collect IP addresses, Google doesn't provide that data to end users. The bottom line is you are not able to see IP addresses anywhere in your Google Analytics reports.”
      - Nextgrid 6y ago
        Google collecting IP addresses is exactly my problem. I don’t mind you having access to them (and in fact you do in your server logs), I just don’t want a malicious third-party knowing what I’m doing on your site.

Nextgrid 6y ago

> more exposed to the risk of our data being collected and used by companies You seem to be contributing to the problem by having Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics on your website. I am not sure where you are based but analytics need to be strictly opt-in according to the GDPR and that doesn't seem to be the case here.

galringel 6y ago
Our website saymine.com does allow you to opt-out from Google Analytics as the GDPR instructing. saymineapp.com is a web application where we use Google Analytics to track anonymous clicks and to identify errors. Check out our privacy policy here: https://saymine.com/privacy-policy https://saymine.com/privacy-policy
- Nextgrid 6y ago
  How can it be "anonymous" if you're implicitly sending the IP address to Google (by making requests to them) and the IP is considered personal data as per the GDPR?
  - galringel 6y ago
    From Google’s documentation: “IP addresses are not available in your Google Analytics reports. So, while Google does collect IP addresses, Google doesn't provide that data to end users. The bottom line is you are not able to see IP addresses anywhere in your Google Analytics reports.”
    - Nextgrid 6y ago
      Google collecting IP addresses is exactly my problem. I don’t mind you having access to them (and in fact you do in your server logs), I just don’t want a malicious third-party knowing what I’m doing on your site.