I've received a series of emails apparently from Curse (regarding a merge with... 'fandom'?), saying if I don't give permission to transfer my personal details I'll lose access to my account on any websites within their services.
Is this legit? Seemed like a scam to me. I was just gonna ignore it.
I don't use any Curse services, apart from this specific website and I'm not even sure anymore whether this website is specifically a Curse one? Isn't it twitch now?
Genuinely confused and don't like clicking on links in emails. I'd rather just bin those sorts of messages and not take the risk.
Curse owns MTGS and is in turn (for now) owned by Twitch through Amazon.
This will change in the near future, although details are scant. Your join date indicates you would have been around for the initial Curse acquisition, so the ownership change should be quite similar.
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We're supposed to stand up to bullies, not follow them. We're supposed to stand up to discrimination. And we're sure as heck supposed to stand up clearly and unequivocally to Nazi sympathizers. How hard can that be, saying that Nazis are bad?
Remember, it's impossible to be "neutral" or "apolitical" when it comes to Nazis. Tolerating their behaviour and refusing to speak out in support of their victims only serves to side with the abusers. And capitulating to their disingenuous complaints and demands is nothing but cowardly complicity. So when you cave in to them, you have to ask yourself, "Was it really worth it, to cut off your nose to spite your face? Did you get what you needed, or merely what you thought you wanted?"
I can't speak to any specific e-mail but I can say that the acquisition is going through by all visible metrics so far. Presumably, the e-mail you received would contain a link to Fandom's data privacy policies, so you can evaluate for yourself whether they're to your satisfaction or not.
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Quote from Barack Obama »
We're supposed to stand up to bullies, not follow them. We're supposed to stand up to discrimination. And we're sure as heck supposed to stand up clearly and unequivocally to Nazi sympathizers. How hard can that be, saying that Nazis are bad?
Remember, it's impossible to be "neutral" or "apolitical" when it comes to Nazis. Tolerating their behaviour and refusing to speak out in support of their victims only serves to side with the abusers. And capitulating to their disingenuous complaints and demands is nothing but cowardly complicity. So when you cave in to them, you have to ask yourself, "Was it really worth it, to cut off your nose to spite your face? Did you get what you needed, or merely what you thought you wanted?"
Due to recent changes in EU privacy laws, whenever a person's personal data would transfer between companies, that person has to opt-in to allow this transfer to happen. This includes when one company buys another and the only "transfer" is simply a change of ownership. Most countries outside of the EU have an opt-out policy, which means the transfer will happen unless you specifically request your account to be deleted. The EU is different, however, and requires us to explicitly get permission or delete the account. We greatly value our user's privacy, not only conforming with all laws, but often exceeding them on our user's behalf.
Curse Media was purchased from Twitch by Fandom, which means there's a change of ownership, and you can either allow your account, and any information tied to it, to "change owners" or have it deleted instead.
Specifically: EU users have to explicitly say "let it happen".
I've received a series of emails apparently from Curse (regarding a merge with... 'fandom'?), saying if I don't give permission to transfer my personal details I'll lose access to my account on any websites within their services.
Is this legit? Seemed like a scam to me. I was just gonna ignore it.
I don't use any Curse services, apart from this specific website and I'm not even sure anymore whether this website is specifically a Curse one? Isn't it twitch now?
Genuinely confused and don't like clicking on links in emails. I'd rather just bin those sorts of messages and not take the risk.
This will change in the near future, although details are scant. Your join date indicates you would have been around for the initial Curse acquisition, so the ownership change should be quite similar.
Remember, it's impossible to be "neutral" or "apolitical" when it comes to Nazis. Tolerating their behaviour and refusing to speak out in support of their victims only serves to side with the abusers. And capitulating to their disingenuous complaints and demands is nothing but cowardly complicity. So when you cave in to them, you have to ask yourself, "Was it really worth it, to cut off your nose to spite your face? Did you get what you needed, or merely what you thought you wanted?"
I want to get that bit clear. Even if there's a merge I want to be sure I'm not just putting myself at risk.
Remember, it's impossible to be "neutral" or "apolitical" when it comes to Nazis. Tolerating their behaviour and refusing to speak out in support of their victims only serves to side with the abusers. And capitulating to their disingenuous complaints and demands is nothing but cowardly complicity. So when you cave in to them, you have to ask yourself, "Was it really worth it, to cut off your nose to spite your face? Did you get what you needed, or merely what you thought you wanted?"
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StaffCurse Media was purchased from Twitch by Fandom, which means there's a change of ownership, and you can either allow your account, and any information tied to it, to "change owners" or have it deleted instead.
Specifically: EU users have to explicitly say "let it happen".
That's cool guys, thanks =)