[Air-L] Ello

[Robert W. Gehl]

Good catch, Antonio. Just saw that myself. Perhaps by "ad-free" they
mean the narrow sense of contextual and behavioral ads alongside posts.
It appears, judging from this, that "ad-free" is not "marketing-free."

- Rob

Robert W. Gehl
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
Affiliated Faculty, University Writing Program
The University of Utah
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On 09/25/2014 09:39 AM, Antonio A. Casilli wrote:
> As we are at it, can someone please provide info as to Ello's privacy (and personal data) policy? 
> Especially the part that reads: 
>
> "We may share your personal information with third parties under several circumstances, including (1) if you tell us it is OK to do so (2) if we believe that we need to do so by law (3) if we contract with a third party service provider to offer services for you — for example, with a credit card processing company if you decide to buy something through Ello.
>
> Ello does not have any affiliated companies right now. But if we do in the future, we may share information with them, too."
>
> Isn't this, like, a blank check? 
> Cheers, 
> ---a
>
>