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Boomerang mines user data

6 points by richardkeller 10 years ago · 2 comments · 1 min read

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I've been interested in using Boomerang, but after seeing this article [1] stating that they "mine user data for information" I'm put off entirely. To what extent do they mine user information? How is this not a direct contradiction of their privacy policy? [2]

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/02/16/want-to-get-more-responses-for-your-emails-write-like-a-third-grader

[2] http://www.boomeranggmail.com/privacy.html

mtmail 10 years ago

The privacy policy lists "Aggregate information is also collected for statistical purposes." and I would see storing the readability score of a message as non-user-identifyable aggregated information.

gchokov 10 years ago

Everybody mines user data.

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