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Unfortunately, Polymail thinks this is part of my Inbox so I have thousands of emails staring at me now.

Microsoft Office 365 has a “Clutter” folder where it moves email that isn’t “spam” but that you’re probably not going to read or even care about being aware of. After coming to terms with the privacy policy, I loaded in my Gmail and Office 365 accounts. Feeling (a little) better, let’s move on to the actual app. In the event you delete your data from Polymail, or revoke access to your data, or delete your Polymail account, your entire index as well as your authentication/password information is completely and permanently deleted from our servers, and we therefore do not have access to any of your data anymore. So as soon as my data hits one of your “backup systems”, it’s yours forever. We may reject requests that would be extremely impractical (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backup systems). So if I get uncomfortable with how you’re handling my data for any reason, can I bail out and take my data with me? I’m not sure what that poor wording means for me.

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We strive to give you ways to update it quickly or to delete - unless we have to keep that information for legitimate business or legal purposes What are you doing internally, then, to give me control over my data? So, any third-party tools to protect me are not respected. The Application and our website do not respond to “Do Not Track” signal or other mechanisms that provide users with choice about the collection of their personal information

Really? Then what about this from a different section? Whenever you use the Application, we aim to provide you with access and choice with respect to your personal information. Information we get: … your search queries…IP address…your actual location…nearby devices…your sent e-mail and your recipient’s actions… on your device…your contacts and other people that you e-mail or that e-mail you We are very careful with what we do with your information. So with “Access your data anytime” in front of me, I took a look at the Polymail privacy policy to get a better understanding of how my data will be handled. Polymail wants (needs?) a very warm welcome to your data. Username/password all go through in the usual way, and then this: First thing to do of course is add an account, so I try my Office 365 account.

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So I download the iOS app and the Mac app on my laptop. This is just a first impression, though, and it’s quite possibly wrong, and that the 3 founders of Polymail are passionate about email and building a better experience for consumers.

But I’ve often suspected that a product built with an exit in mind from the get-go lacks the passion and attention to detail that other products have-like what Mailbox had. Of course, a business strategy goes hand-in-hand with product commitment.

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And on that note, I’m not sure how I feel about a third-party injecting tracking code into the email I send. Tracking who opens your sent email seems like a key differentiator for selling the business, not just for the product itself. Everything from the mass collection of consumer data, to being featured in The Macro, to the “if we are acquired” language in the privacy policy, just sounds like this is a product that’s being built for an acquisition, not for consumer productivity. My first reaction to the Polymail website and download was, “this is being built to sell.” I don’t mean sell to you, the consumer, though.