Can your data go to a buyer if the company is sold?Partly
Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance. Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company. 5. Security of Your Information We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information.
eg4electronics.com/privacy-policy, lines 68–71
In plain wordsIf the company is sold, merges with another business, or undergoes a major change in ownership, your personal information may be transferred to the new owners.
Checked, nothing hostile
- Does not say it sells your personal data or shares it with other companies for their own use.
- Does not hand your data to authorities without telling you.
- Does not say it keeps your data forever or after you delete your account.
- Does not refuse all responsibility when things go wrong.
Not covered by these documents
The documents we read do not mention these practices, which usually live in a document we haven’t read yet:
- Do you give up the right to sue?
- Do they get wide rights to what you post or upload?
- Do they refuse to let you delete your account?
- Can they read your private messages?
- Can they change the deal without asking?
- Do they use what you post to train AI?
- Do they lock you in for a year or more?
- Can they cut you off any time?
- Do they track you across sites, apps or places?
- Do they use your data to target ads?
- Do they keep rights to your content after you leave?
- Can your name or photo appear in ads?
- Do they combine your data across products?
- Are they off the hook if your data leaks?
- Does your subscription renew by itself?
- Do you pay their legal bills?
- Must disputes be settled in their chosen court?
- Do they own your ideas and feedback?