Brooklyn Equipment review for Privy ‑ Pop Ups, Email, & SMS
Aug. 19, 2020
Privy is stealing the customer and order data and sending it to marketers website. Here is the proof ( note, we DO NOT have a big commerce website): I found some major issues in the console partial page load. https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrooklyn-equipment.com%2Fproducts%2Fclorox%25C2%25AE-disinfecting-wipes-6-canisters-of-75-wipes-free-shipping&tab=desktop&hl=en The App Privy has a larger Payload than Facebook and has been throwing all kinds of render blocking issues in the search console. I did some digging and Basically they are stealing every data point and customer information detail, info about your store, orders and who knows what else and sending it out to several APIs. This is bad news and has been slowing down the site for some time. Screen Shot 2020-08-19 at 4.43.21 AM.png Here is their full execution https://shopify.privy.com/widget.js?shop=ppe-marketplace.myshopify.com They are sending sensitive info like this on every user page load or add to cart: https://brooklyn-equipment.com/cart.js?Dyo8o6fYTacbWPfPY=1 Turns out they are sending your data to be remarketed, they could even be sending emails right after people visit, idk. 1. dp1.33across.com 2. loadus.exelator.com & loadm.exelator.com & load77.exelator.com 3. cm.g.doubleclick.net 4. ps.eyeota.net 5. secure.adnxs.com 6. l.sharethis.com Here are screen shots images showing the API connection tracking: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/uih401fn8vlbukh/AABLSQGU4II3aJ64MW8q9W3ja?dl=0 DO NOT USE THIS APP ------- After the developer answer we did more research and we found 3rd party confirmations that we are not imagining things. Here is more stuff to read: https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/simple-share-buttons-sharethis-privacy-update/ ----- read other reviews too, we are not the only ones with this concern
Hi - yikes. Hate to see an experience like this. We took a look at the files you shared with our developers, just to triple check. Just to be 100% clear, Privy does not steal customer or order data, or use that for any purpose other than providing the functionality of our service, directed by you the merchant while building campaigns using Privy's marketing software. The bigcommerce code you shared only runs on bigcommerce stores. It's only purpose is to support certain features within Privy like targeting and abandoned carts. No data is shared to bigcommerce. Also, we don't load or redirect to any of the links you posted. The only service we incorporate of the ones you listed is share this. sharethis simply powers the sharing tools you can add to your privy popup and landing pages, that help your visitors easily share your store's website to their networks. And the screenshots you share in the link don't really articulate your concern. We take privacy seriously. We'd be happy to take a deeper look if you reach out directly through live chat support or by emailing [email protected] directly. We'd love to help drive confidence and point you in the right direction on this.
