Board Thread:The Quarters - Q & A/@comment-174.56.26.75-20140914182327

Greetings. I am quite interested in using HabitRPG to attempt some personal change. However, I am also quite concerned about how my online data is used and tracked - even in an 'anonymized' way. I have read the privacy statement, but that still left me with questions.

I see that you are free to use any 'passive' interaction I have with the Service, albit in an anonymous and 'aggregate' form. I also see that you use outside analytical and '3rd Party Behavioral Ads'. What I want to know is how much access a third party has to my goals, habits, and general progress.

Let me give you a 'for-instance'. Suppose that any information I submit as a habit, task, or daily goal, counts as a passive interaction. Furthermore, suppose that 'anonymous' and 'aggregate' means total access to the database, with the exception of my user ID, name, address, credit card number, etc. Does this mean, that google can now correlate its adSense tracker with the entirety of my personal progress? So, for example, if I join the guild for quitting heroin at a unique time stamp and that guild page has a google tracker, will I now see more ads for buying Oxycontin online--across the entire internet? Is it possible for LinkedIn to associate my specific use of HabitRPG with its own login cookie, and then share any and all of this 'anonymous' data with a potential employer?

I imagine there are a whole lot of less than scrupulous advertiser out there that would LOVE to be able to target specific products to people who are working to AVOID said product.

I think I understand what your trying to do and, as I said, I am interested in using your product. However, is there any guarantee that Facebook, Inc. won't be able to view all of my goals, hopes, dreams and failures, just because I happened to use the Facebook login option? 