I’m probably the only one who thinks a privacy policy is ‘light reading over morning coffee’ worthy. . . sigh.
I came across this privacy policy thanks to my dear husband. He knows I like to better understand what PII (Personally Identifiable Information) brands collect on me either knowingly or unknowingly *waves to NSA*.
Now, I really don’t want to drive traffic to this guys site- but I know that if I don’t – you can’t enjoy the same WTF, face palm worthy, perversion of a privacy policy put up by the website designer. To be fair the designer did promise : “We will not sell or share your PII with any unaffiliated third parties for marketing purposes. We will not use your PII for any future communication with you, via email or otherwise.”
Okay so what about those affiliated parties? Will they sell or share my PII with them just because I do business with this guy? (That kind of takes the warm fuzzies away from the promise not to contact me again.) Also, can’t those affiliated parties then sell my PII to some one else?
If any of my info is worth money – then dammit I am entitled to a cut of the spoils. I have bills to pay.
Why aren’t we able to control the sale of our own PII again? Oh that’s right. We haven’t really pushed for putting the control of PII in the hands of the consumer. If we have then please leave a link in the comments. *crosses fingers*
Now, imagine if you could block advertising based on your preference not to support a particular company or brand? Also imagine if you could demand more money for your PII because of being an influencer (online or off).
Sad to say that this privacy policy may have just cost this guy a customer.
Funny – All of this because a web designer put up a privacy policy on a client’s site. (Surprisingly I learned that the site designer was an award-winning company. *yikes*) I bet they have their own PII version of Wall Street. (>.<)
It’s not always easy to share a few thoughts on something as yawn worthy as Privacy Policies. It’s a subject that I wish more people would wake up to and strive to be better educated before they click “submit”.
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Have you read any Privacy Policies lately that made you scratch your head a little? Leave a story and a link in the comments.
