Ask HN: Should it be legal to switch privacy policies after purchase?
Recently found that my LG Dryer & Washer are uploading/downloading 1GB of data per day. I looked into it after the LGThinQApp's privacy policy changed to gather information like personal information like DOB, gender, voice recordings, profile photos, network activity: "such as URL, ad block info, redirect URL, bookmark history etc.. Their privacy policy looks like it was meant for instagram..
This wasn't the case at all before when I purchased the product. The nice feature was that I could preload my clothes and trigger them to wash/dry before I'm about to get home. That's all I expected from this. I even called support and asked them to deactivate my account but they said this can only be done through the app. And I can't use the app unless I accept the new terms and services.
edit: added the privacy policy link here
https://us.m.lgaccount.com/spx/customer/terms_detail?country=US&language=en-US&terms_type=A_ITG_PRV
This wasn't the case at all before when I purchased the product. The nice feature was that I could preload my clothes and trigger them to wash/dry before I'm about to get home. That's all I expected from this. I even called support and asked them to deactivate my account but they said this can only be done through the app. And I can't use the app unless I accept the new terms and services.
edit: added the privacy policy link here https://us.m.lgaccount.com/spx/customer/terms_detail?country=US&language=en-US&terms_type=A_ITG_PRV