You can't get me to touch Zenva with a 10-foot pole ever again... Got a bundle, signed up with them, didn't fill in details like name because email/pass were all they required. Within the week, I was getting email flyers addressed to "Leah Axon." They have a required "share with partners" checkbox. - ThreadSky

catballgames.com • 185 days ago

You can't get me to touch Zenva with a 10-foot pole ever again... Got a bundle, signed up with them, didn't fill in details like name because email/pass were all they required. Within the week, I was getting email flyers addressed to "Leah Axon." They have a required "share with partners" checkbox.

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zenvaacademy.bsky.social•64 days ago

Also we don't have a "share with partners" checkbox. The checkbox is for US to be able to email you. We don't sell user data - it's all in our privacy policy: https://academy.zenva.com/privacy-policy/

catballgames.com•63 days ago

Your privacy policy used to state this: Your email address will be added to our mailing list and we will send you promotional announcements on courses and other products by Zenva and our approved partners.

Emphasis on "and our approved partners." Which can mean basically anything.

zenvaacademy.bsky.social•61 days ago

There is a big difference between us emailing our subscribers to promote a partner (e.g. a HumbleBundle offer) and sharing emails with them. The only data we disclose is strictly outlined in "8. Disclosure of Personal Information" and it's in line with both GDPR and the Australian Privacy Principles

zenvaacademy.bsky.social•64 days ago

That's rather strange, as we don't ask for names in our website ("name" an optional field in the My Account section only used for those who want a tax invoice), and our promotional emails don't have names either. Could you share a screenshot of this "flier" you received?

catballgames.com•63 days ago

This was quite some time ago when I got a bundle from Humble Bundle. Looks like the website has changed fairly considerably since then. Also looks like the cross-site resource loading you use is very much not friendly with Firefox and/or some extensions.

zenvaacademy.bsky.social•61 days ago

Perhaps the email with the name was sent by HumbleBundle or their parent company Ziff Davis. Definitely not from us!

klamity.bsky.social•185 days ago

Interesting - you're the second person to mention this. I'll pause on promo'ing this one for a bit then. Thanks for the info!

catballgames.com•185 days ago

As an alternative, I would definitely recommend anything from https://gamedev.tv.

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