grabbackpack.com review for Privy ‑ Pop Ups, Email, & SMS
Oct. 4, 2019
BEWARE, ADWARE!!! READ BELOW!! I spent some time with an agent from Shopify yesterday trying to identify which app from my website makes a whole bunch of foreign requests, and we worked it out to be... Privy?! We tested it multiple times, with the app disabled/enabled, installed/uninstalled and we can confirm that the requests only happen while Privy is installed and enabled (even if you have no active campaigns). Shopify are now reviewing this application, and I advise anyone to continue reading before installing this app. This is incredibly disappointing to learn, I would have hoped that since Privy indulges in such dirty practices, they would at least make it completely transparent to us, the shop owners, that they sell our data collected from our customers and visitors. Anyway, I have compiled a list of all the websites that Privy makes requests to and a brief description of the site/company. Feel free to conduct your own research about each of the websites listed below. Privy is redirecting data from my store to all the following websites: 1. dp1.33across.com 33Across is a technology company focused on solving the challenge of consumer attention for an era of automated advertising. 2. loadus.exelator.com & loadm.exelator.com & load77.exelator.com loadm.exelator.com is a page-redirecting browser hijacker that can affect your Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or any other browser that you may be using 3. cm.g.doubleclick.net Not as a matter of course a virus, but rather it is clarified as an adware. 4. ps.eyeota.net Eyeota is an audience technology platform that enables the intelligent use of data. We work with marketers, data owners, and research companies 5. secure.adnxs.com Adnxs.com is run by AppNexus, a company that provides technology, data and analytics to help companies buy and sell online display advertising 6. l.sharethis.com Read article below: https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/simple-share-buttons-sharethis-privacy-update/ Also adware. I was on the free plan, but I suspect that even the paid users would be in the same boat, since the app is essentially the same, and you only pay if you get more than 'x' page views. I have since uninstalled the app and will look for alternatives. Although Privy offers good features, I'd rather not have anything at all than have to explain to my customers that their data is being passed around for advertising purposes.
