Re:Show HN: Clerk – all of user management as-a-service, not...
by xyst on Monday February 08, 2021 @05:19PM
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It's shiny and new, but the privacy policy stinks. It reminds me of Google's shady practices.
"8. Disclosure of Data
We may disclose personal information that we collect, or you provide:
...
Other cases. We may disclose your information also:
to our subsidiaries and affiliates;
to contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business;
for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information;"
Who are these "subsidiaries" or "affiliate" companies? Data brokers?
From a company perspective it might be worth it to shave the 2-3 months to develop and perfect your own system. But from a user perspective, you are selling them out. Most people may not notice, but do you really want to risk the legal exposure or PR nightmare if their affiliate companies abuse this user data, or perhaps a subsidiary company leaves the data unencrypted in some db instance.
"8. Disclosure of Data
We may disclose personal information that we collect, or you provide:
...
Other cases. We may disclose your information also:
to our subsidiaries and affiliates; to contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business; for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information;"
--https://clerk.dev/privacy
Who are these "subsidiaries" or "affiliate" companies? Data brokers?
From a company perspective it might be worth it to shave the 2-3 months to develop and perfect your own system. But from a user perspective, you are selling them out. Most people may not notice, but do you really want to risk the legal exposure or PR nightmare if their affiliate companies abuse this user data, or perhaps a subsidiary company leaves the data unencrypted in some db instance.