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I once signed up for Runtastic with my Google account. It then wanted access to my personal data which I denied. After that I kept getting marketing emails from

by jahnu 4y ago

I once signed up for Runtastic with my Google account. It then wanted access to my personal data which I denied. After that I kept getting marketing emails from them. The only way to unsubscribe was to delete my account. I tried to delete my account but their workflow required me to authorise them to read my Google data. I still didn’t want them to have access. I tried contacting support, their office, via social media. Nothing. No response. The lesson learned for me, never ever use SSO again.

pca006132 4y ago
You can blacklist that sender.
yreg 4y ago
Sign in with Apple gives the service a spoofed e-mail address it creates (you can choose to use your real one instead). Trouble is that if you need to migrate from Apple, then there's no way to recover the account.
- vertis 4y ago
  On the flip side things like Etsy digital download purchases then don't get delivered and the cause a support headache for sellers.
  - yreg 4y ago
    In this case Apple redirects the mail to you, but you can stop it anytime and then the other party can no longer reach you. For sure, there's a lot of support headache related to OAuth in general.
srcreigh 4y ago
This is an issue with anyone who has your email, not really SSO. Those emails would be illegal in Canada, the business has 10 days to stop sending them after you contact them requesting to unsubscribe.
- vertis 4y ago
  Yeah Australia as well, a bunch of big companies got in trouble a few years back after emailing after unsubscribe from the ACCC. Multi-million fines. I like that the ACCC has teeth. Keeps Australian companies on their toes.
xaerise 4y ago
Pull the GDPR card. The right to be forgotten and make them delete all your data ( including backups ). ( No, they don't need to know whether you are a citizen within EU or not )
- jahnu 4y ago
  I actually did try that! No reply from the Austrian authorities. No reply from any email at Runtastic.

by jahnu 4y ago

pca006132 4y ago

You can blacklist that sender.

yreg 4y ago

Sign in with Apple gives the service a spoofed e-mail address it creates (you can choose to use your real one instead). Trouble is that if you need to migrate from Apple, then there's no way to recover the account.

vertis 4y ago
On the flip side things like Etsy digital download purchases then don't get delivered and the cause a support headache for sellers.
- yreg 4y ago
  In this case Apple redirects the mail to you, but you can stop it anytime and then the other party can no longer reach you. For sure, there's a lot of support headache related to OAuth in general.

srcreigh 4y ago

This is an issue with anyone who has your email, not really SSO. Those emails would be illegal in Canada, the business has 10 days to stop sending them after you contact them requesting to unsubscribe.

vertis 4y ago
Yeah Australia as well, a bunch of big companies got in trouble a few years back after emailing after unsubscribe from the ACCC. Multi-million fines. I like that the ACCC has teeth. Keeps Australian companies on their toes.

xaerise 4y ago

Pull the GDPR card. The right to be forgotten and make them delete all your data ( including backups ). ( No, they don't need to know whether you are a citizen within EU or not )

jahnu 4y ago
I actually did try that! No reply from the Austrian authorities. No reply from any email at Runtastic.