I post both here and on the Cal Rivals board. This morning, when I was logging onto the Cal Rivals Board, I was presented with a screen that noted Rivals is now owned by an outfit called Oath, which apparently also owns Yahoo and a few other Internet related companies.
The screen presented some highlights concerning Oath's Privacy Policy, and I scanned it for a minute or so. It appears that Oath wants to reserve the right to use and aggregate any data that users put on this Board, and also to sell it to third parties. That seems very much like the kind of activity that is prompting Facebook to get so much criticism. I was offered the opportunity of either accepting the Oath Privacy Policy now, or deferring it until later. I chose Option Two.
I have not seen that same screen while logging on here this morning, but I imagine it will be showing up here pretty soon. I scrolled to the bottom of the McAndrew Board page, clicked on Privacy Policy, and sure enough, the Oath Privacy Policy is what appeared.
The Oath Privacy Policy contains this nugget:
"Information Sharing & Disclosure Practices
I'm curious as to what others here may think about this.
The screen presented some highlights concerning Oath's Privacy Policy, and I scanned it for a minute or so. It appears that Oath wants to reserve the right to use and aggregate any data that users put on this Board, and also to sell it to third parties. That seems very much like the kind of activity that is prompting Facebook to get so much criticism. I was offered the opportunity of either accepting the Oath Privacy Policy now, or deferring it until later. I chose Option Two.
I have not seen that same screen while logging on here this morning, but I imagine it will be showing up here pretty soon. I scrolled to the bottom of the McAndrew Board page, clicked on Privacy Policy, and sure enough, the Oath Privacy Policy is what appeared.
The Oath Privacy Policy contains this nugget:
"Information Sharing & Disclosure Practices
- Comments you make in the Media Services are public and may include your name, nickname, avatar, image and/or contact information associated with your account. These comments may also be surfaced to other users."
I'm curious as to what others here may think about this.