This blog entry starts life as a placeholder. I am a Nextdoor registered user. Initially it looked like a local community friendly way to share neighborhood interests. It has changed. Changed to the extent that I have become interested in its business model.
Perhaps the best way to get a glimpse of its business model is to look at the Privacy Policy. Last updated: December 29, 2015 at the time of this posting. That legal thing we agree to in the terms of service acceptance that nobody ever reads. The privacy statement is a required thing that explains how personal information is obtained, used and shared.
The Privacy Policy and Member Agreement changes cited by this link ("We will be updating our Member Agreement and Privacy Policy on January 7, 2016.") have not yet been applied to the site Privacy Policy and Member Agreement statement I am viewing dated "December 29, 2015" at the Nextdoor site today. 26 Jan. 2016. The
https://nextdoor.com/privacy_policy/
The member agreement is an integral part of the Nextdoor Privacy Policy: https://nextdoor.com/member_agreement/
The Nextdoor website has suddenly become non-responsive on both my computer and smartphone. "503 Service Unavailable".
More research to follow. Focused on cookie policy but specifically on this from the Privacy Policy:
"Cookies, Web Beacons and Similar Technologies. Like most online
service providers, we use “cookies” – small data files with unique
identifiers that are stored on your computer or mobile device — as well
as web beacons and similar technologies. Some come from us, some come
from our service providers, and some are placed by third parties......To learn more about our use of cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies, click here. "
Going to the link it only addresses cookies. not web beacons or any other "similar" technologies.
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