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{{InfoboxCompany | {{InfoboxCompany | ||
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*Breach of user trust | *Breach of user trust | ||
*Adding adware to | *Adding adware to its services | ||
*Leveraging | *Leveraging its reach to the vulnerable tech illiterate | ||
==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
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===Balena's Privacy Policy=== | ===Balena's Privacy Policy=== | ||
Recently Balena made a minor change to | Recently Balena made a minor change to its privacy policy<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-01 |title=Old Privacy Statement - balena |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322034030/https://www.balena.io/privacy-policy |url-status=dead |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Balena}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-03-27 |title=Privacy Statement - balena |url=https://www.balena.io/privacy-policy |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Balena}}</ref>. While the change was minor, the policy itself has been noted{{Citation needed}} to contain several clauses which users found concerning, including the following: | ||
====Fingerprinting users with help of third parties==== | ====Fingerprinting users with help of third parties==== | ||
<blockquote>"'''Automatic Data Collection'''. We may collect certain information automatically when you use the Services. This information may include your Internet protocol (IP) address, user settings, MAC address, cookie identifiers, mobile carrier, mobile advertising and other unique identifiers, details about your browser, operating system or device, location information, Internet service provider, pages that you visit before, during and after using the Services, information about the links you click, and other information about how you use the Services. Information we collect may be associated with accounts and other devices."</blockquote><blockquote>"We may obtain information about you from other sources, including through third party services and organizations to supplement information provided by you. This supplemental information allows us to verify information that you have provided to us and to enhance our ability to provide you with information about our business, products, and Services."</blockquote> | <blockquote>"'''Automatic Data Collection'''. We may collect certain information automatically when you use the Services. This information may include your Internet protocol (IP) address, user settings, MAC address, cookie identifiers, mobile carrier, mobile advertising and other unique identifiers, details about your browser, operating system or device, location information, Internet service provider, pages that you visit before, during and after using the Services, information about the links you click, and other information about how you use the Services. Information we collect may be associated with accounts and other devices."</blockquote><blockquote>"We may obtain information about you from other sources, including through third party services and organizations to supplement information provided by you. This supplemental information allows us to verify information that you have provided to us and to enhance our ability to provide you with information about our business, products, and Services."</blockquote> | ||
==== Collecting information on your referrals or "friends/colleagues" ==== | ====Collecting information on your referrals or "friends/colleagues"==== | ||
<blockquote>"Share Content with Friends or Colleagues. Our Services may offer various tools and functionalities. For example, we may allow you to provide information about your friends through our referral services. Our referral services may allow you to forward or share certain content with a friend or colleague, such as an email inviting your friend to use our Services."</blockquote> | <blockquote>"Share Content with Friends or Colleagues. Our Services may offer various tools and functionalities. For example, we may allow you to provide information about your friends through our referral services. Our referral services may allow you to forward or share certain content with a friend or colleague, such as an email inviting your friend to use our Services."</blockquote> | ||