DO NOT USE – HARVESTING YOUR DATA WITHOUT PERMISSION

  • I tested this plugin today and quickly removed it as it appeared to be a hosted solution which did not meet my needs. After installing, the only thing I did was to load the settings page. I did NOT opt in to any account creation and/or marketing email.

    Later that day, I received an email from the developer. They had scraped my site info like name, site URL and email. And then added me to a marketing list.

    This appears to be a violation of the plugin repo guidelines. I reported the plugin to the repo, and asked the developer to remove all my data from their marketing.

    I have exchanged 3 emails with them, but they insist the plugin is still installed and have yet to delete my private data.

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  • Plugin Support shiny1995

    (@shiny1995)

    Hi Vic!

    At Judge.me, we take the customer’s data very seriously, which explains why our agents took extra cautious steps when they received your deleting request. Our apology if we have made you feel like having to jump through hoops.

    As a SaaS solution, we will consider each store as an account, and the data will be sent and stored on our servers. But you’re right, we should have made this clear right from the beginning. Our team has been working on adding this to our readme file so future users are aware. This is all thanks to your feedback, Vic.

    Also, it seems that we’re not suitable for your needs at the moment, but we hope to be a part of your other project in the future!

    Thread Starter Vic Drover

    (@vdrover)

    Let’s be clear here: your shopify onboarding experience makes it very clear that an account is being made at a 3rd-party service. Your WordPress plugin does this automatically without warning. It’s deceptive, creepy, and possibly illegal in some countries.

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