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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 58943" data-source="post: 714166">I&#039;m advocating for DISCLOSURE.. The problem is, products/services either go out of their way to obscure what they do, or are overly vague about it. Consumers are left scratching their heads, and often don&#039;t have the knowledge to discover what a product/service is really doing aside from vague or sometimes incorrect privacy policies. With disclosure, a customer can make an informed decision. Without disclosure, everyone is left to wonder, and we can&#039;t assume people have the technical knowledge to dissect what every product/service is doing.Nobody says they MUST use the products. We&#039;re saying there should be some universal disclosure, required by law, and the parameters established by privacy experts beyond the extremely generic verbiage of privacy policies often stolen from other vendors.. A &#039;grading&#039; of privacy of each and every product. Software Companies/Services have become reckless with customer information. To fix it, companies need to be compelled to make disclosures otherwise nobody can make informed decisions.Since you brought up food.. In many states, Calorie count MUST be put next to the food item. So an informed decision can be made. In the USA ingredients must be disclosed if requested, so informed decisions can be made. To continue the food analogy; I want to know the calories (logging/telemetry/privacy) of EVERY product I use so I can make an informed decision. This should be printed on the menu (download page) of the product perhaps. EULA&#039;s and Privacy Policies are vague and generally used more to obscure activity than disclose it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 58943, post: 714166"] I'm advocating for DISCLOSURE.. The problem is, products/services either go out of their way to obscure what they do, or are overly vague about it. Consumers are left scratching their heads, and often don't have the knowledge to discover what a product/service is really doing aside from vague or sometimes incorrect privacy policies. With disclosure, a customer can make an informed decision. Without disclosure, everyone is left to wonder, and we can't assume people have the technical knowledge to dissect what every product/service is doing. Nobody says they MUST use the products. We're saying there should be some universal disclosure, required by law, and the parameters established by privacy experts beyond the extremely generic verbiage of privacy policies often stolen from other vendors.. A 'grading' of privacy of each and every product. Software Companies/Services have become reckless with customer information. To fix it, companies need to be compelled to make disclosures otherwise nobody can make informed decisions. Since you brought up food.. In many states, Calorie count MUST be put next to the food item. So an informed decision can be made. In the USA ingredients must be disclosed if requested, so informed decisions can be made. To continue the food analogy; I want to know the calories (logging/telemetry/privacy) of EVERY product I use so I can make an informed decision. This should be printed on the menu (download page) of the product perhaps. EULA's and Privacy Policies are vague and generally used more to obscure activity than disclose it. [/QUOTE]

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