Category Archives: Privacy Policy

Evernote employees will be able to read notes only if users allow it

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Evernote has recently announced that, starting on January 23, 2017, Evernote users’ unencrypted notes will be accessible to some Evernote employees. The change to the service’s privacy policy was announced on Tuesday, and the explanation for this particular change was as follows: “This is primarily to make sure that our machine learning technologies are working correctly, in order to surface the most relevant content and features to you. While our computer systems do a pretty … More → Continue reading Evernote employees will be able to read notes only if users allow it→

Facebook agrees to Stop using UK Users’ WhatsApp Data for Targeted Ads

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In August, Facebook introduced a hugely controversial data sharing plan to start harvesting data from its WhatsApp messaging app from September 25 for delivering more relevant ads on the social network.

Many users were not happy with the move, because there was no real way of opting out from the data sharing – WhatsApp users could only do so within a short period – and even if users did opt

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WhatsApp will share your phone number with Facebook

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For the first time in four years, WhatsApp is updating its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, and the big news is that the messaging service will share users’ phone numbers with Facebook. “By connecting your phone number with Facebook’s systems, Facebook can offer better friend suggestions and show you more relevant ads if you have an account with them,” the company explained the move. The company claims to be still adamantly against third-party banner … More → Continue reading WhatsApp will share your phone number with Facebook→

“I agree to these terms and conditions” is the biggest lie on the Internet

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Two communications professors have proven what we all anecdotally knew to be true: the overwhelming majority of Internet users doesn’t read services’ terms of service (ToS) and privacy policies (PP), and those few they do, they do it far from thoroughly. Despite this, all click on that button that says “I agree to these terms and conditions.” The test In order to see how many people read these documents before signing up for an online … More → Continue reading “I agree to these terms and conditions” is the biggest lie on the Internet→