Looky — A UK Domain Tool

Looks good, but reluctant to test properly because of the recent searchers being displayed.

Likely to be a data protection breach in its current form, but not an expert on that…
 
Neil said:
Looks good, but reluctant to test properly because of the recent searchers being displayed.

Likely to be a data protection breach in its current form, but not an expert on that…
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It's not personal data though.
 
I'm open to what you're saying. But I guess my argument is how much more transparent can you get than a large "recent lookups" section right where you put a domain in?

My other argument is that it is a bit odd that it is stored and available for everyone else, given the nature of what people are wanting to look up. Most likely use case is not wanting others having their greasy mitts on the info.
 
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If you are confident the ICO would agree with you then all good. I’m not so sure this is transparency. I’ll leave it there, I do like what you are doing, so hopefully not sounding too negative.
 
What I find odd, as with all of these rules and regulations, is that having something detailed in a privacy policy that nobody ever reads, is good enough to satisfy and explain away all possible collection and use of data. But nobody reads it or cares.
 
I would say I am not collecting any personal information, and the information being collected is for security and transparency, deemed as necessary. We are not setting any relevant cookies with the app, it is simply a research tool. I may add a feature in future where you can pay X to have your search privatised, or some sort of package or whatever, but as it stands transparency is key. But I am happy to be proven different so that I can improve the experience.

I will add that we do need to have a forward facing privacy policy and some GDPR stuff, but as it's in a sort of development phase it's constantly changing and I don't see it being useful.

Thanks!
 
I don't know, really. I just feel like out of fairness for everybody else.

For criticism sake, what do you not like about it, and how would you prefer it be?
 
ben said:
For criticism sake, what do you not like about it, and how would you prefer it be?
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It's not for me to tell you what to do with your tool (lol).

In fact, you should stick to your guns and not have people tell you what your vision for your thing should be. Design by committee generally sucks ass.

If you have a hunch about this then that's fair enough. A searches are public under the box would satisfy the privacy policy fetishers. Or don't.
 
You have given me an idea though. Perhaps a checkbox, which is check by default, and has to be unchecked to make the lookup add to the list.

EDIT: WIP
 
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username said:
Most likely use case is not wanting others having their greasy mitts on the info.
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Of course. If I'm wanting to look up the info of a domain I want to buy cheaply, why would I want to broadcast it to all of 4m, Ben, all his buddies etc. Its a deal breaker for any real use.
 
ben said:
You have given me an idea though. Perhaps a checkbox, which is check by default, and has to be unchecked to make the lookup add to the list.

EDIT: WIP
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Yes, that is understandable which is why I am implementing the check box to let you choose whether or not the results should be public.
 
Hello fellow 4m users, you will be pleased to know I have successfully implemented this privacy feature, which was most requested. Please test, (nicely) and feel free to give feedback, or bugs etc.

Thanks
 
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