Tech 16. Feb. 2019

boomerang - a no privacy solution

As looking for scheduling features for G Suite, one of the first hits might be boomerang. The feature set sounds great, but I wondered how they schedule the email sending technically.

Well, they do not explain it, so I did some research within their privacy policy. Let’s see …

Information We Collect Through Providing You With the Boomerang Service As you use the Boomerang Services, we may collect certain information about your Communications. We collect:

Now it starts:

the contents and header information from the Communications you send and receive through the service […] include at least the senders and recipient’s email address, subject line, message size, the date and time […], the system name and IP address […], […] geolocation data from your mobile device, […] information about events in your calendar, such as event titles, attendees, locations, and meeting times. responses from the recipients of your Communications […].

And hey, it’s perfectly expanding your privacy:

This information [..] allows us to analyze the content of your email […].

As looking for scheduling features for G Suite, one of the first hits might be boomerang. The feature set sounds great, but I wondered how they schedule the email sending technically.

Well, they do not explain it, so I did some research within their privacy policy. Let’s see …

Information We Collect Through Providing You With the Boomerang Service As you use the Boomerang Services, we may collect certain information about your Communications. We collect:

Now it starts:

the contents and header information from the Communications you send and receive through the service […] include at least the senders and recipient’s email address, subject line, message size, the date and time […], the system name and IP address […], […] geolocation data from your mobile device, […] information about events in your calendar, such as event titles, attendees, locations, and meeting times. responses from the recipients of your Communications […].

And hey, it’s perfectly expanding your privacy:

This information [..] allows us to analyze the content of your email […].