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>'Which basically translates to: We share all the data we want with whoever we want as long as it helps us. For instance, it clearly «assists» Lumosity to share

>'Which basically translates to: We share all the data we want with whoever we want as long as it helps us. For instance, it clearly «assists» Lumosity to share the data on my skills to a paying recruitment agency or university.' I think the most profitable use of this data wouldn't be selling to recruiters, but perhaps to note that Mary and Ben are 67, married and Mary's performance on the exercises suggests accelerating dementia. Medical practices, particularly questionable ones [1] would froth at the mouth to have a lead on a guy who's ready to spend anything to have his wife back. Insurance companies probably wouldn't mind a peek either. As Lumosity makes all claps clear in the TOS [2] they're not a medical service so I wouldn't imagine they'd be bound by any of the protections which apply to actual medical records. 1: http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/enbrel-for-stroke-and-alzheimers/ http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/enbrel-for-stroke-and-al... 2: http://www.lumosity.com/legal/terms_of_service http://www.lumosity.com/legal/terms_of_service

eli 12y ago
I don't actually agree that it would be especially profitable to sell this data to recruiters. Either way, let's be careful about speculating about what they could probably get away with versus things they've actually done.
- ProAm 12y ago
  > let's be careful about speculating about what they could probably get away with versus things they've actually done. Why does this remind me of the quote, "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"
- incision 12y ago
  >'Either way, let's be careful about speculating about what they could probably get away with versus things they've actually done.' I don't follow. Once you have factual information about what has been done it's no longer speculation. Lumosity isn't going to come out and tell the world exactly how they process and/or sell user data any more than Walmart or Google is. In practice, such business process information is only ever revealed in court, so all we'll ever have is speculation and logic plus the typically vague, permissive privacy policy terms which gave shape to it.
  - eli 12y ago
    Just trying to temper the mob mentality. Most businesses could (read: could probably get away with) selling your personal data. But that doesn't mean they do. There is no market for e.g. what types of stories you read on a news site. People also tend to overestimate the value of their data. Postal mailing addresses are worth a bit. Email addresses a lot less. Your luminosity score, I would imagine, is almost worthless to anyone besides luminosity and perhaps a direct competitor.

eli 12y ago

I don't actually agree that it would be especially profitable to sell this data to recruiters. Either way, let's be careful about speculating about what they could probably get away with versus things they've actually done.

ProAm 12y ago
> let's be careful about speculating about what they could probably get away with versus things they've actually done. Why does this remind me of the quote, "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"
incision 12y ago
>'Either way, let's be careful about speculating about what they could probably get away with versus things they've actually done.' I don't follow. Once you have factual information about what has been done it's no longer speculation. Lumosity isn't going to come out and tell the world exactly how they process and/or sell user data any more than Walmart or Google is. In practice, such business process information is only ever revealed in court, so all we'll ever have is speculation and logic plus the typically vague, permissive privacy policy terms which gave shape to it.
- eli 12y ago
  Just trying to temper the mob mentality. Most businesses could (read: could probably get away with) selling your personal data. But that doesn't mean they do. There is no market for e.g. what types of stories you read on a news site. People also tend to overestimate the value of their data. Postal mailing addresses are worth a bit. Email addresses a lot less. Your luminosity score, I would imagine, is almost worthless to anyone besides luminosity and perhaps a direct competitor.