(2016-12-31, 19:36)fiveup Wrote: (2016-12-31, 18:52)natethomas Wrote: 2. This question is actually answered in the policy under "When do we share your information." The short answer is no, we are not selling user info, nor would we be able to, since we have so little of it.
What's the long answer? Under "When do we share your information with others", the 'Privacy Policy' says, "If our organizational structure or status changes (if we undergo a restructuring, are acquired, or go bankrupt) we may pass your information to a successor or affiliate."
I interpret this as the XBMC Foundation and/or Team Kodi may profit by transferring personal information to a successor and/or affiliate.
Also, I think it's interesting this thread about Kodi shutting down was posted today.
(2016-12-31, 18:52)natethomas Wrote: 3. Your guess is as good as ours. When we submitted Kodi to the Microsoft store, they required a privacy policy.
The 'Windows Store' policy (I found) indicates, "If your app accesses, collects or transmits personal information" ... "you must maintain a privacy policy."
The Kodi 'Privacy Policy' defines "personal information" as "For us, “personal information” means information which identifies you, like your name or email address."
Are the add-ons shipped with Kodi transmitting names and/or email addresses? What personal information do the add-ons transmit?
The long answer is the one in the policy. And your interpretation is incorrect. The XBMC Foundation does not have the ability to transfer assets upon dissolution to a for-profit organization. We are required by our by-laws to transfer everything to another non-profit. Beyond the fact that we gather virtually no info, so there's no value in the info we do gather, the info we gather must be transferred to a nonprofit.
The thread you posted was based on a Day of the Innocents article (similar to an April Fools article). You are doing an odd amount research in some areas and not in others, if you were able to find the Windows Store policy, but couldn't make it all the way to the 20th post in that forum thread.
Kodi, the application, often accesses personal information. There are a wide variety of add-ons that require you to enter a username, email address, and/or password to log into various features. This is more than enough to meet the Windows Store policy. You are, of course, welcome to check the code on github, but none of those addons transmit any of that information to us, and if they did, we would absolutely have mentioned them in our privacy policy.
On a more personal note, I should let you know that I'm willing to humor these questions for a while, but the fact that you spent enough time researching to find the Windows Store policy, but not enough time reading to get to post 20 in a single thread on our forum suggests to me that you may be trolling or otherwise attempting to attack the team, rather than rationally attempting to learn or gather information about our privacy policy. I am willing to spend time educating those interested in finding out why we do the things we do. I am not interested in wasting my time defending against the misconceptions of those predisposed to thinking ill of us. If I get the sense that you are the latter, I will close this thread and give you a lovely few days ban extremely quickly. It's New Years, and I just don't find fighting against trolls to be all that enjoyable.
- kodi forum - the place to find the strangest people...
