We Hid a Free Trip to Switzerland in Our Privacy Policy. Someone Found It
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- Cape partnered with Proton to hide a free trip to Switzerland in their privacy policy as an experiment to see if anyone reads it.
- A winner found the Easter egg while vetting mobile carriers, showing she actually read the policy for privacy assurances.
- Industry standards are criticized for hiding data-sharing practices in legalese, with only 0.5% of subscribers reading policies.
- FCC fined carriers $200 million in 2024 for illegally selling location data, highlighting widespread privacy violations.
- Cape advocates for transparent, plain-language privacy policies and continues building tools to protect user data.