@rejectconvenience

To continue my pursuit of free and open information, I've published all my research notes: https://www.rejectconvenience.blog/blog/blog/data-deletion-services-video/
UPDATE: DeleteMe responded to my video: https://www.rejectconvenience.blog/blog/blog/deleteme-responded-to-my-video/
Incogni also responded to the video: https://www.rejectconvenience.blog/blog/blog/incognis-response/

Also, just in case it wasn't clear in the video, I am not being critical of any creators that take these sponsors. Many of them have no idea about the topics we brought up in this video, and these companies are very good at misguiding creators. Please please please DO NOT harass any creators that take these sponsors. If you want more information regarding my opinion on creators and sponsors, please watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3aTL38wAfU

Corrections:
1 - 5:17 "if you've read a few health related articles using Google Chrome Google will sell that information as well"
According to their privacy policy, Google will not show you health-related ads, however, they do share health related data, so this is halfway true.

2 - Someone pointed out that they canceled their subscription to Incogni as a result of this video, and they were not prompted to contact support, so that may be resolved since I wrote that and published the video. Gotta count the wins where we can!

3 - This is less of a correction and more of a clarification. There are certain articles that claim that Gmail does not scan your emails anymore, but this is only covering that they removed this from their Terms of Service. Google's privacy policy still clearly states that: "Communications data, such as emails, if you use our services to send and receive messages." is used for "Advertising: Google processes information to provide advertising, including online identifiers, browsing and search activity, and information about your location and interactions with advertisements. This keeps Google’s services and many of the websites and services you use free of charge", so to summarize (my favorite), Google does still scan your emails for advertising.

4 - There's been some solid discussion in one of these comments that I might have misread the privacy policy for eight sleep. Their policy isn't terribly clear in my opinion on defining what the source of the data collection is, the app or the mattress itself. That said, it is still clear that in either case, they do collect and share usage data to meta and many other companies for the purposes of advertising and more, and that is for sure done through the app itself. I will want to pull this one up in a live stream for us to have a much more in depth conversation, but as it stands, I may be incorrect on the source of that data collection, but it is collected and shared regardless. There's a reasonable argument that this is a paranoid interpretation, however, so if you are considering one of these products, please read the privacy policy yourself and make an informed decision on your own. It's hard to keep in check at times, given how many of them I read for this channel, so if you disagree, please let me know!

@Arborist5851

The "right to be forgotten," formally known as the "right to erasure" in EU law, allows individuals to request the removal of personal data from search engines and other platforms under certain circumstances. This right is a fundamental part of the European Union's data protection laws

@supaloops11

In my psychology undergrad program, a marketing psychologist came to speak with my class saying they can literally tell when someone is becoming/entering a manic episode and can change advertising to higher price and higher impulse buy products and services so as a consumer is beginning to enter an impulse control struggle time, they receive riskier advertising options. This person spoke to my class in... 2007. The tech has only advanced since then.

@MountainCry

I've worked at a place that maintained a database, and we occasionally would get requests to delete personal data. My boss would tell me not to do so, because we wanted the database to be as big as possible. So these companies send an email saying "delete this" and my employer would ignore it, and that's that. The user's money is being wasted on such a company.

@TakoyJMB

as someone who shops at target and lives in atlanta georgia and drinks coffee and listens to punk rock music and have a 5-10 mile commute and owns a playstation and loves dogs and is currently watching an educational video about privacy on youtube, i am very concerned

@capes8395

Something that may help someone: When I request a broker delete my data, in cases where its an email or message system or something, I include a snippet like "I am receiving threats to my wellbeing by mail/phone" etc.  They seem to be very responsive to this, presumably to avoid liability should something actually happen.

@phahlastname8321

honestly the idea of privacy being a service that has to be paid for is dystopian on its own even without the scam aspect

@surewhatever8843

There’s a very old documentary called “Terms and Conditions” that explained how anonymized data can be combined to strip it of its anonymity. It was an eye opener.

@guyingrey1072

The civility and clarity of this topic, the response from DeleteMe, the clarifications and corrections made, the lack of political bias... all of it is such a breath of fresh air. This is amazing, and the world needs more like it in other areas and issues. Keep being awesome!

@Franklin_Johanessan

"Why would a data broker delete your information" THANK YOU, I've been trying to explain this to my friends and family

@operaatio5117

My biggest issue came from simple logic.

"In order for your data to be deleted, they need to know what to delete."

@mcsudds

I cant imagine being a small child trying to DEVELOP my own identity in this type of internet climate, much less protect it.

@jesuslovesyoujohn314-21

My wife wanted me to sign up for one of these but I just felt in my prayer there wasn't something right, then this video showed up. Thank you.

@colinf2316

Anytime something becomes a YouTube sponsor, I immediately begin to question it.

@bloopahVIII

I can't believe we live in a world where my mattress is spying on me.

@_emik

yet another instance to reinforce why you shouldn't trust youtube sponsors

@brendanrisney2449

Ad blocking is like piracy?
No, it's like going to the bathroom during a tv show's ad break.
Seriously, who thinks that way?

Edit: Not that it's been brought up, but since I'm making some spicy takes/declarations in the comments, I use YouTube Premium to support creators while also getting the benefit of an adblocker. But I have also started using an adblocker on most sites with how invasive they've become.

@0cellusDS

2015: I bet there will be flying cars in the future!
2025: Your mattress has been shut down because it is not connected to the internet.

@macethorns1168

The very first thing I thought when seeing ads for those companies was "and what happens when you cancel your service?"

@krisitof3

Used incogni, I live in the EU, GDPR applies to me, basically anyone I ask (no not banks, police and that stuff) is legally obligated to delete everything on me.
Basically 90% of the companies incogni emailed told me that they can't delete my stuff because I need to be the person contacting them, they legally can't do anything about a rando company emailing them (with details about my personally identifiable information so they can find my stuff wich is sketchy itself) to delete everything on me.