Comments on: Good call: Path apologizes, erases all lifted address book data from servers

By: Butch Duane Hellums

Butch Duane Hellums — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:08:07 +0000

So it was deleted from the servers. Was it ever aggregated anywhere first? Was it all imported into a database somewhere, before it was deleted from the server? Was it used or stored in any other way, and were all copies of the data destroyed? Typical legalese…

By: don

don — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:48:16 +0000

Have to agree, kosso. Might as well be Tagged, LinkedIn, ShoppyBag, etc.

By: Austin

Austin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:24:23 +0000

“We are deeply sorry if you were uncomfortable with how our application used your phone contacts.” Maybe I’m just old-fashioned, but these kinds of conditional, non-apologies (I’m sorry if…”) are hardly “sensitive” as it shifts the blame from themselves to the user and his/her discomfort.

How about simply: “We are deeply sorry for how our application used your phone contacts.” That’s real sensitivity — and spine.

By: Woody

Woody — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:00:25 +0000

Right. And they also went to each of their backups and shadow services and deleted information from those too. Right.

By: kosso

kosso — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:17:22 +0000

So, now the new version of the Path app asks you if it’s OK to ‘find family and friends’ by uploading your Address Book contacts.

Sorry, but what right does the user of any app have to send any third party a copy of ALL their contacts’ name, email, address, phone number etc??!! /cue outrage.

If I see people I that I know have my personal telephone number using Path, I’m going to be pretty pissed off at them if I discover they used this trust-violating ‘feature’.