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I'm surprised to see mint in that list. Have you contacted them in any way about this?
by Khao 14y ago
I'm surprised to see mint in that list. Have you contacted them in any way about this?
- purephase 14y agoWhy are you surprised? It's a free service. I assume that my data is for sale for every free service I use. Also, the parent is Intuit which, IMO, is not exactly tops when it comes to data security and privacy.
- Khao 14y agoBecause the point number 1 on their Privacy and Security Policy is "Your Privacy is not for sale" : https://www.mint.com/how-it-works/security/policy/ https://www.mint.com/how-it-works/security/policy/ The way it is worded, it seems like your e-mail may be used by Intuit for promotion or by third-parties bound by the same privacy policies, but certainly not sold for spam.
- lawnchair_larry 14y agoDefinitions vary, but I consider "third party promotions" to be spam.
- k3n 14y ago> [...] it seems like your e-mail may be used by Intuit for promotion or by third-parties bound by the same privacy policies, but certainly not sold for spam Same difference in my book. If you are not the original entity that I supplied my address to, and I get email from some 3rd party, that's SPAM. Sure, you could argue that it's in the T&C and that I "agreed" to it, but it's still SPAM the way I see it. And since it's a 3rd party, then that'd mean my information was sold (or otherwise bartered/traded).
- Khao 14y agoFor me there is a clear different between "Hey! You use Mint, we thought you'd like [finance product X] Try it free!" and "Your paypal account has been compromised, log here to reset your password : www.paypalscam.com/reset"
- rhizome 14y agoWhat's surprising about it? I've been receiving "ACTION REQUIRED" emails from them for years that do not actually require action, I receive them simply because I haven't logged in. Mint isn't as different from any of the other unsurprising email-leakers GP mentions as their reputation might otherwise lead one to believe.
- jewel 14y agoI've been meaning to send in a complaint, but they should really have some canary addresses in there to catch this. Of interest, the mint spam is a lot more varied than the geico spam. The geico address gets nothing but Canadian Pharmacy Viagra spam.
- onedognight 14y agoFWIW, I received spam to my unique address that I only use for turbotax. Mint is owned by Intuit, so it's possible that they lost all their emails.