| Hi Shahab, thanks for replying to my concerns. My intention was not to "slap you in the face"...but I REALLY don't like spam (unsolicited e-mail for which I have not opted-in). I don't feel that the fact your service is free gives you a license to share e-mail addresses without permission. As I pointed out in my original post, the statement "We promise not to share your email with anyone else." is extremely explicit. Now where I have a problem with your explanation of this incident is the following statement: "When you sign up for CoFoundersLab's FREE SERVICE you agreed to the following terms IF you take the assessment; "By completing the archetype assessment, you agree to the Terms of Service of BOSI Inc. Find BOSI Inc.'s Terms of Service here: http://www.bosidna.com/tos. I just tried going through the same process from a new dummy account and when I clicked "My Archetype
You have not yet taken this assessment - Take Assessment" it then takes me to a link still on your site that says "What's your entrepreneurial archetype?
Take a minute to complete this 10-question assessment to discover your innate entrepreneurial skill set and how you might match up with a potential co-founder." Upon clicking that link, the BOSI system pops up and that is as far as I ever went on my accounts. There was no indication that my initiating this process I would be having any interaction with a third-party, let-alone being displayed a warning like the one you described. The phrasing you quoted was not displayed to me (I just tested it now) at any point. This is just not email best-practices. This is spam. When good websites (and I wholeheartedly agree you provide a great service to the community) start leaking their e-mail lists to third-parties without the permission of the users, this is where a lot of spam comes from. |