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Privacy Policy on DigitalOcean

by hetfeld on 10/18/16, 9:47 PM with 22 comments

  • by onli on 10/18/16, 10:10 PM

    While I'm not a fan of this and some parts of the privacy policy, I don't think think the title is fair. What seems to have changed is that DO implemented the Privacy Shield Framework, https://www.privacyshield.gov/welcome. This gives them the right to transfer data of EU-customers into the US, given that some customer rights are preserved, without having to respect every single law in every single EU-country.

    However, they do reserve the right to use collected data to pass sales leads to one of our distribution partners, and that is something that sounds very broad. This is one of those things that do not seem to be explicitly forbidden by privacy shield, but totally collide with german law. I do not see how then privacy shield can be legal in Germany, even if the EU commission did enact that framework. I would expect that the german juridical system will block this later on, but well, I'm an optimist – and I might be wrong here.

    Still, for the submission title to stay like this, OP should point out what exactly did change that warrants it.

  • by unethical_ban on 10/18/16, 10:09 PM

    If only there were technology available to let us see the difference, let's call that the "diff", of various versions of text, knowing what changed would be a lot easier.

    But I don't see where it's particularly egregious. It shares some data with advertisers (surprise) and only to the extent required for ads and promotions. And it says you can opt out, though it's via email.

  • by GrinningFool on 10/18/16, 11:32 PM

    Dear Digital Ocean,

    Thank you for your transparency in this change. I received an email notifying me of it. The policy itself is in a public repository - allowing me to see exactly what changed. (Though to be honest, a link to the diff would be a nice-to-have next time.)

    I appreciate your forthrightness. After evaluating the changes further, I will be making my decision about whether to continue making use of your services - as I'm sure you would expect.

    Sincerely,

    A Customer

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    Agree or disagree with the change, they were very up front with their customers that it happened.

    Edit: forgt sme lttrs. Also, too many words so I some.

  • by hoodoof on 10/18/16, 10:37 PM

    Is this different from other cloud providers?

  • by hoodoof on 10/18/16, 10:11 PM

    And the government just takes all your private information without any terms of service.

  • by onebot on 10/18/16, 10:16 PM

    Sorry DigitalOcean. Unsubscribe.

  • by bithive123 on 10/18/16, 10:31 PM

    Maybe if they get enough email from their customer base they will add a self-service opt-out feature.