Wake Up Startups, You’re Behind the Times
This afternoon on Hacker News there was a short, but significant bump of “Show HN” posts. These are requests on a social news site where budding entrepreneurs show their new projects and ask for feedback. Looking through this recent crop I was once again troubled by what I saw. There is a shocking lack of concern over privacy among these early-stage startups.
A basic privacy notice is a simple thing to create and people really do care about such things. Don’t believe me? A quick Google search revealed the following links:
- Tech firms’ data gathering worries most Californians, poll finds
- Facebook privacy concerns may dampen IPO
- Half of social networkers worried about privacy: poll
- Poll: Privacy Rights Under Attack
- Friday Poll: Will the Privacy Bill of Rights matter?
- Other public opinion polls on privacy
Tackling privacy is not complicated but it does require a bit of forethought and planning. Read some of the links to the polls I found, then think about your ROI for the couple of hours it’ll take to get your privacy affairs in order.
Wake up founders! You guys are supposed to be ahead of the curve. If you don’t think privacy is a big deal, you are behind the times.