Privacy Policy - Optery
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Please read this Privacy Policy to learn how Optery treats your personal data. By using or accessing our Services in any manner, you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined below, and you hereby consent that we will collect, use and disclose your information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Optery advertises themselves as a privacy oriented service that helps you remove data from data brokers.

In the policy they mention they send your profile data to Advertising Partners with the purpose of

• Providing, Customizing and Improving the Services • Marketing the Services

Isn’t this almost opposite of the whole purpose of their service? Or am I reading this wrong and this is just because they have to send your data to the brokers to process deletions?

Are there recommended alternatives?

P.S. I reached out to them about this but they haven’t gotten back to me yet

Closed my account and left feedback. They replied: Thank you for sharing your feedback regarding your account cancellation. We acknowledge your decision to delete your account and want to address any concerns you have raised.

We understand your questions about privacy, and we want to reassure you that Optery is committed to protecting your personal information. Our core mission is to remove your data from data broker sites, not to exploit or misuse it. Here’s how we prioritize your privacy:

  1. We do not sell your personal data. Optery has no involvement with companies that post or sell personal information online. Our sole purpose is to help remove your personal information from people search sites and data brokers. If you see your information online, it is unrelated to Optery’s operations.

  2. Google Analytics and Advertising. While our privacy policy mentions advertising partnerships, this typically involves anonymized or aggregated data, not personal details. We use tools like Google Analytics to analyze website traffic and improve user experience. Rest assured, personal information is not stored in these tools. Google uses collected data for web analytics, and while this may influence ad targeting, it is not tied to any personal data.

For more on how Google handles data: Google Privacy Terms and Google’s Data Protection.

We also encourage you to explore Google’s privacy practices: Google Analytics Privacy Safeguards.

We aim to follow a privacy-first model, taking inspiration from companies like Proton. Your feedback is invaluable, as it helps us ensure we align with the trust our customers place in us.

You can learn more here - How Optery Secures Your Data

Transparency and user trust are at the heart of everything we do. If you have more questions or need further clarification about our privacy practices, feel free to reach out.

  • MajorHavoc
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    4 days ago

    Or am I reading this wrong and this is just because they have to send your data to the brokers to process deletions?

    You are reading it correctly.

    If they only used your data to process deletions, it would read along the lines of “data shared with partners as necessary to provide (data deletion, etc) services.”

    It should also normally be followed by a sentence that links to each partners privacy policies, and says that each partner complies with similar restrictions on using your data only for the same purposes listed in the earlier sentence.