Comments on: Credo Action’s OMGGOPWTF Campaign: The Evolution of Paid List Building http://www.kevinbondelli.com/2009/12/09/credo-actions-omggopwtf-campaign-the-evolution-of-paid-list-building/ Youth Vote, Technology, Politics Thu, 17 May 2012 15:02:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kevin Bondelli http://www.kevinbondelli.com/2009/12/09/credo-actions-omggopwtf-campaign-the-evolution-of-paid-list-building/comment-page-1/#comment-78748 Kevin Bondelli Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:26:09 +0000 http://www.kevinbondelli.com/?p=2038#comment-78748 There actually is a privacy policy at the bottom of the OMGGOPWTF page (though I don't know if it was added after you looked). I don't know about the details between YDA and Credo in making this happen, but my main point is that I think the strategy is a smart one for Credo compared to the buying generic email lists. There actually is a privacy policy at the bottom of the OMGGOPWTF page (though I don’t know if it was added after you looked).

I don’t know about the details between YDA and Credo in making this happen, but my main point is that I think the strategy is a smart one for Credo compared to the buying generic email lists.

]]> By: Lon Seidman http://www.kevinbondelli.com/2009/12/09/credo-actions-omggopwtf-campaign-the-evolution-of-paid-list-building/comment-page-1/#comment-78671 Lon Seidman Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:04:14 +0000 http://www.kevinbondelli.com/?p=2038#comment-78671 I'm sorry but this entire thing feels like a scam to me.. There's no privacy policy anywhere on the omgwtf site, but I did manage to find the following policy buried on the corporate site that owns the Credo service: ***Credo does not sell, trade or release your e-mail address to outside third parties unless they are named partners on a given project. Credo uses your e-mail address and/or site registration information to offer you special benefits and communicate with you in the future. Credo may also share this information with its vendors and agents in order to provide you with service. **** And what assurance do we have that those 'named partners' and 'vendors or agents' who will be buying our email addresses from credo won't turn around and sell them themselves? Privacy is an important part of earning trust on the Internet and YDA falls short on this one sadly. I’m sorry but this entire thing feels like a scam to me.. There’s no privacy policy anywhere on the omgwtf site, but I did manage to find the following policy buried on the corporate site that owns the Credo service:

***Credo does not sell, trade or release your e-mail address to outside third parties unless they are named partners on a given project. Credo uses your e-mail address and/or site registration information to offer you special benefits and communicate with you in the future. Credo may also share this information with its vendors and agents in order to provide you with service. ****

And what assurance do we have that those ‘named partners’ and ‘vendors or agents’ who will be buying our email addresses from credo won’t turn around and sell them themselves? Privacy is an important part of earning trust on the Internet and YDA falls short on this one sadly.

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