ProBoards OptOut info

[djmills]

Asked to create this thread now Proboards has changed their Terms of Service (TOS) to include selling our details to third parties.



OK. Just read TOS. What is important is they are advising us that they are now selling our details to third parties.

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6. Do we sell your information to others?

Yes. Please take notice that your information may be sold to a Third Party. ProBoards has partnered with third-party Effyis, Inc. dba: BoardReader.com, a search engine that specializes in the indexing of public forum content. ProBoards allows BoardReader.com to index the public forums on the Website in exchange for a fee. The categories of information that may be indexed by BoardReader.com are:

Content you make public

RIGHT TO OPT-OUT OF SALE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

You have the right, at any time, to direct ProBoards not to sell your information. You may do so by filling out the Do Not Sell My Personal Information form on the Website or emailing us at [e-mail].

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If you want to opt out of your details being sold, click the TOS link (https://www.proboards.com/privacy) then click item 6. Read and click the "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" link and just click the new page button. :-)

If you don't opt out, you could get personalised advertisements via web cookies, your data sold to third parties, etc. It is easy to opt out. Just click the button on the link page. :-)

Also note, if your have "Do Not Track" set on your web browser, Proboards is ignoring and tracking everything, keystrokes, site visited, etc. I assume it is via cookies.

Side Note:
As Proboards is selling our Proboards public data (these comments, etc) to "Effyis, Inc. dba: BoardReader.com, a search engine that specializes in the indexing of public forum content." I was thinking this could be a way to market our latest published books. I guess I would have to talk about my books using keywords in a dedicated subject topic and leave BoardReader.com to run their search engine to pick up the keywords on my book. I will think about it, because I am not sure if I would have to put in a link to my Smashwords author page next to the links. :-)

[chelsfield]

Found you!

[Ria Stone]

Dec 25, 2019 10:54:15 GMT -8 djmills said:

Asked to create this thread now Proboards has changed their Terms of Service (TOS) to include selling our details to third parties.



OK. Just read TOS. What is important is they are advising us that they are now selling our details to third parties.

"

6. Do we sell your information to others?

Yes. Please take notice that your information may be sold to a Third Party. ProBoards has partnered with third-party Effyis, Inc. dba: BoardReader.com, a search engine that specializes in the indexing of public forum content. ProBoards allows BoardReader.com to index the public forums on the Website in exchange for a fee. The categories of information that may be indexed by BoardReader.com are:

Content you make public

RIGHT TO OPT-OUT OF SALE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

You have the right, at any time, to direct ProBoards not to sell your information. You may do so by filling out the Do Not Sell My Personal Information form on the Website or emailing us at [e-mail].

"

If you want to opt out of your details being sold, click the TOS link (https://www.proboards.com/privacy) then click item 6. Read and click the "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" link and just click the new page button. :-)

If you don't opt out, you could get personalised advertisements via web cookies, your data sold to third parties, etc. It is easy to opt out. Just click the button on the link page. :-)

Also note, if your have "Do Not Track" set on your web browser, Proboards is ignoring and tracking everything, keystrokes, site visited, etc. I assume it is via cookies.

Side Note:
As Proboards is selling our Proboards public data (these comments, etc) to "Effyis, Inc. dba: BoardReader.com, a search engine that specializes in the indexing of public forum content." I was thinking this could be a way to market our latest published books. I guess I would have to talk about my books using keywords in a dedicated subject topic and leave BoardReader.com to run their search engine to pick up the keywords on my book. I will think about it, because I am not sure if I would have to put in a link to my Smashwords author page next to the links. :-)

Thanks for the Thread, DJ, I look forward to your comments and your ideas re data collection

[garyweston]

Finally figured it out and opted out. But the whole web is infested with it. Every time I search anything some 'do you accept' rubbish pops up. Wild west out there.

[chelsfield]

If you are in the UK or anywhere in the EU (I think), you will see this as part of the GDPR regulations. It requires websites to notify and allow users to opt-out. I find that some websites have got quite diabolical in how this is done. I also have found some sites, for instance local news sites in the US opt-out themselves if they sense you are from the EU by blocking you entirely from the site...