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Does Hughes Sell Browsing Data ?
Good Afternoon,
Hughes does not rent, sell, or share your Personal Information, including your browsing history, with third parties. You can view our full privacy policy here (http://legal.hughesnet.com/SubscriberPolicies.cfm).
Thank you,
Lori
I know Zukerberg made his $Billions by selling Farcebook users data, why I won't use it.
I know net neutrality also is going to be gutted, it's the oligarchs way, but that won't affect Hughes users, privacy however does..
I bought a head gasket on ebay. within an hour, it was appearing on side bar ads.
I'm not naive, I know clicks and purchases are mony makers.
I don't have to like it.
Hi ecoalex!
Thanks for posting, this is a very good and valid question. I definitely wondered the same thing when I heard the news. I'll send your question up to management.
Thx Liz, thanks for your reply:)
We all could buy a VPN Virtual Private Network.. $5/mo for home, guarantted privacy then, but not having Hughes selling our browsing would be a plus, like Linux not using tracking of our every move as Microsoft or Apple does. They sell our data, like Facebook.
P.S. I just signed-up for Gen5 , Hope the transisition is smooth.. The Reps had some confusion, first I was told as a Gen 4 customer I couldn't upgrade, I called a different #, they said oh sure you can, so I did ;)
Thanx Liz, as always you are da best;)
I'm especially interested in the corporate response now that the jugheads in the house approved the new form of theivery today. Hopefully Hughes will continue to respect our privacy.
I don't see what it really matters... Amazon leaves super cookies on everyones machine, seeing what they visit and using that data to show you what you might be interested in, then they sell that data off...
Amazon, Newegg, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Apple, they all do it, what's the difference between them and the ISP doing it?
Katie's been sick lately so I've only been able to discuss this with her today. Fortunately she's meeting with marketing today. We'll see what happens...
Thanks Liz::)
Here's the Comcast list of contributions to Republican Senators and Representatives that voted to allow selling of browsing data.
ecoalex2 wrote:We all could buy a VPN Virtual Private Network.. $5/mo for home, guarantted privacy then, but not having Hughes selling our browsing would be a plus, like Linux not using tracking of our every move as Microsoft or Apple does. They sell our data, like Facebook.
Is there any information or indication VPN would actually be reasonably functional on Gen5?
GW wrote:
ecoalex2 wrote:We all could buy a VPN Virtual Private Network.. $5/mo for home, guarantted privacy then, but not having Hughes selling our browsing would be a plus, like Linux not using tracking of our every move as Microsoft or Apple does. They sell our data, like Facebook.
Is there any information or indication VPN would actually be reasonably functional on Gen5?
VPNs are in a position to do the very same tracking. People wanting to use a VPN will have to closely read the company's TOS.
Gwalk900 wrote:
Liz wrote:Hi ecoalex!
I'll send your question up to management.
Has management stated an offical position yet?
Just because something can be done is no reason that it should be done.
Reality is, profit wins over what is right many times in today's world. I can't believe anyone thinks this is a good idea. Almost like your bank publishing all your transactions. Pathetic.
Can you imagine the reason for this law may be to give the gov't easy access to inspect all of our browsing and search history?
