The First Truly Honest Privacy Policy

itwbennett writes "You want to know what really happens to your data? Dan Tynan has penned the first completely honest privacy policy — surprisingly free of legalese. We dare you to use it on your website."

Re:From the Article:

[boristdog]

I prefer:

Our privacy policy: We sell your data. You get our content for "free." Deal?

Re:From the Article:

[GreatAntibob]

I prefer:

Our privacy policy: We sell your data. You get our content for "free." Deal?

Correction: You get access to our content for "free". We will sue you, your family, and all your friends and neighbors to the 9th level of Hell should you choose to infringe on our intellectual property.

My proposed privacy policy

[russotto]

All your data are belong to us!

Just as accurate, easier to understand, and shorter.

Cute

[BJ_Covert_Action]

Well, the proposed privacy policy is funny and gives the author a nice little medium through which to rant, but it doesn't really do anything to increase privacy on the internet does it? This privacy has a snowball's chance in hell of actually being adopted by anyone with a legitimate web-business. It's a great joke, but this is hardly a YRO story. It's pretty idle.

Re:From the Article:

[Toe, The]

I prefer:

Our privacy policy: We sell your data. You get our content for "free." Deal?

Correction: You get access to our content for "free". We will sue you, your family, and all your friends and neighbors to the 9th level of Hell should you choose to infringe on our intellectual property.

...which now includes your data.

Re:From the Article:

[gklinger]

"If you are not paying for it, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold." - blue_beetle (quotation taken from here [metafilter.com])

Re:From the Article:

[blair1q]

Radio is free. TV is free.

You pay for those with your attention. You pay for internet content with your attention and your identity and a record of your online behavior and the identities of your friends and maybe some information on your hard drive and you give the internet a shot at pwning your computer or taking all the stuff you own in your name.

Radio is free. TV is free. The Internet is savage.