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The modal spawns when the user has just clicked through to a data broker and is about to leave Optery. We have a lot of warnings we're trying to convey on this
by beyondd 5y ago
The modal spawns when the user has just clicked through to a data broker and is about to leave Optery. We have a lot of warnings we're trying to convey on this one modal, most critically, strongly advising users to never share their personal email or pay any money to any data brokers ever.
I can definitely see how this is confusing though to see all the links for all the data brokers regardless of whether the user has been found or not, and we have a Help Desk article on the topic:
https://help.optery.com/en/article/what-if-a-view-leads-to-an-empty-or-not-found-page-21lzew/ https://help.optery.com/en/article/what-if-a-view-leads-to-a...
The primary reason we have this is for our Free Basic users who use the links as a mechanism to explore where their profile might be exposed and do their self-service opt out work. This is great feedback that we need to address this and make it more clear in the product. Thank you for the feedback.
Below is the full text of the modal:
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You Are Leaving Optery
Optery is not affiliated with the site you’re being redirected to.
External links help with self-service opt outs and provide visibility into where your info is posted online, but are not always perfect.
When visiting data brokers, we recommend never sharing your personal email or paying any data brokers any money.
We then link into our Help Desk article advising users to never share their personal email or pay any money to data brokers: https://help.optery.com/en/article/do-not-share-your-personal-email-or-pay-any-money-to-data-brokers-linked-to-from-optery-1f9srmy/ https://help.optery.com/en/article/do-not-share-your-persona...
We then give the user the option to click "Back" and return to Optery, or to "Continue".