PSA: Unfortunately, we no longer recommend #Optery as a data removal service, following their decision today to not only implement #OpenAI, but to do so for a feature that is not at all essential to their core service.
The fact that they see no issue with sharing the personal information you pay them to delete from the internet with one of the largest data scrapers in recent history indicates a critical lapse in judgement.
Full announcement and more info: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/removal-psa-optery-now-sends-data-to-openai/20995
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