I've seen a steady stream of "We've updated our Privacy Policy" emails landing in my inbox over the last week or two and maybe I should go read all those new policies but it feels bad and just makes me want to stop using tech services owned by (American?) corporations.
It should maybe be illegal for a company to change the Privacy Policy on a product you already own/are using.
The policy changes are worded like "you agree to it if you keep using our product", but this is coersion.
If I bought a watch from you and you decide you want to sell my biometrics now, my choices are to throw away the money I spent or agree.
If I have all my digital life in your services and you change your policy like that, I have to somehow uproot all my data and possibly my business or how I connect with family or friends before the time expires, or you get to go mine all my data now because you said so?
This feels all very wrong.
I am not too sure, if you were using a product prior to the GDPR becoming law, then once that becomes law, the terms and related policies change and in this case you gain better protection under the new terms.
If I wrote a program under gplv2, then updated it, when you update your software, then then new version would be under v3 of the gpl, you should be made aware of this for example.
What you are proposing could have implications for the above, but you do raise an excellent point in terms of using zoom and their new policy, however you kinda expect that from big tech.
I agree, but their attitude is that if you don''t agree to the terms, don't use the software.
They know people are tied in to zoom and will need training for alternatives so they have the upper hand
of course the above is more of a psychological thing so people think they need training and can't just learn to use something else.
