After thoroughly reading through both cPanel’s and Boomerang’s privacy policy, I suddenly experienced a feeling I have never had before; utter fear of the internet. Between phrases such as, ” The number of people who have physical access..is restricted to as few as possible”, as well as listing in a description of what the company has access to, “the senders and recipients email address…system name and IP address, geolocation data from your mobile device…”, and more, did not reassure me that my identity is safe on the web. Suddenly I regret all of the times where I mindlessly scrolled through a privacy policy in order to check of the accept button. What was I really accepting and who was I unknowingly giving access of personal information to? In the future I hope that I can be more mindful as to what I’m agreeing to and researching websites before I blindly grant access. This was an eye opening exercise that alerted me to problems I never knew could affect me.
Privacy Policy Reflection
