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Re:Show HN: AirHelp flight scanner finds all past flights an... by lathiat on Thursday January 18, 2018 @07:31AM (#16176583)
Anyone remember that time I roll.me was selling info from the emails it scanned like what you purchased etc but wasn’t up front about it (hidden away in the privacy policy): https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/04/how-did-unrollme-get-user...
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Re:Show HN: AirHelp flight scanner finds all past flights an... by size12font on Thursday January 18, 2018 @08:26AM (#16176870)
I was the biggest fan of Unroll me! Anything to get rid of junk from my inbox is a godsend. When I found about this data selling issue I was already getting "Unroll has stopped working" emails. After reading the article my motivation for reactivating was surprisingly quite low :(

At AirHelp we're not selling your data to any third party companies. We simply do not do this. We only use the data we find to do 2 things:

1. Find compensation for you if there are any. 2. Show some cool flight stats

Our business model revolves around helping people get compensation not selling user data to external companies.

-jq

PS. I work in Product at AirHelp.

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Re:Show HN: AirHelp flight scanner finds all past flights an... by craftkiller on Thursday January 18, 2018 @11:54AM (#16178604)
> At AirHelp we're not selling your data to any third party companies. We simply do not do this.

Yet.

And what happens when you get hacked. Email is the root of trust for at least 90% of my accounts online.

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Re:Show HN: AirHelp flight scanner finds all past flights an... by ufmace on Thursday January 18, 2018 @01:55PM (#16180125)
> Yet.

According to the current management under the current financial circumstances. What happens when they run out of money, get sold, or get their C-suite management replaced by investors who want to make back their investment?

If it's stored somewhere at a cool startup, odds are it will make it into a third-party's hands eventually.

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Re:Show HN: AirHelp flight scanner finds all past flights an... by hangonhn on Thursday January 18, 2018 @02:25PM (#16180439)
I think you can reassure people by taking us how you handle and treat the data and also how you guys make money off of it.
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Re:Show HN: AirHelp flight scanner finds all past flights an... by bckygldstn on Thursday January 18, 2018 @12:09PM (#16178772)
How do you make money?
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