Gratis-Freepay Involved in Privacy Suit
Datran Media is being fined $1.1 million for purchasing the names, addresses, and e-mail address of 7.2 million Americans from Gratis Internet, owner of the popular incentive network Freepay. Gratis posted in its privacy policy that any advertising e-mails would include an opt-out option, and that information would never be sold to third parties. Gratis co-found Peter Martin says his company never sold or rented any information to Datran.
Gratis is also taking heat for having its Truste seal-of-approval revoked. Truste is a nonprofit organization enabling consumers to have trust in websites based on their privacy policies by monitoring and certifying web and e-mail privacy policies.
With this new privacy issue and Freepay’s 90-day account notice, Gratis-Freepay just keeps going down the drain with experienced freebiers. Beginners to the freebie/incentive industry should choose their sites wisely - why support a company with so little regard for protecting and serving its consumers fairly? Do your research before participating in any incentive network!
Read the complete article by Wired News here.
One Response to “Gratis-Freepay Involved in Privacy Suit”
By Laptop Kostenlos on Mar 24, 2006 | Reply
It would be so unfair to forcibly make Freepay go bankrupt only to recompensate some people from New York. The world is bigger than the state of New York, also the world of Freepay.
Here in Germany we also have thousands of people who signed up and struggle to get others to subscribe to Freepay. I for instance have already about 200 people for the laptop. You can see it at http://www.laptop-kostenlos.tk/
Until now only seven of the 200 accepted an offer but I am on a very good way to get the laptop. If these lawyers will destroy the company this was all in vain.
Freepay should be forced to survive and go on like before, but without selling their costumers information. Maybe they sold our German data too? Who thinks of the people outside the state of New York?
By the way: Please sign up at http://laptops.freepay.com/?r=27133450 and accept an offer! I still need some of the “Greens” who accepted the offer to get my free laptop.