It does not do anything other than granting them a time indefinite permission into your gmail that permission allows them to read all of your emails, write and send as many new emails as you as they wish and it allows them the ability to delete/move/copy your emails using the gmail API.
Looks promising, and I could use some help organizing my own email. But here's a question: is there a risk that people will take advantage of a free trial for a one-time cleanup, and then not see the need for an ongoing subscription? I'm curious if that's a challenge in getting customers to commit.
I feel like it should be priced as a one time fee anyway. Most of us got caught up wanting to hoard emails, want to clean things up but might now be diligently unsubscribing and deleting things rather than save everything forever.
In the end of the day, we all just need to clear our email ourselves. That time should not go into paying you and fighting your data policy which is already trespassing, in my opinion.
If one does not already maintain their emails and subscriptions meticulously, which makes you think they will pay for your service, regularly?
The other thing is that, let's say, if I do share my email data with you -- 99% of it is likely to be immediately trashed, i just haven't spent the time to do it. So to relegate that to a third party, that's probably the reason I didn't delete it in the first place.
The value-add on of this service doesn't solve my reason for redundenant emails with unsub links -- i haven't had the spare few seconds to verify and do it myself.
> When you choose to delete, a legal template is sent to the company's privacy contact, notifying them that you have chosen to delete the data they hold on you.
I build the systems that handle GDPR data requests. Be warned that, depending on how complex the company's data systems are, you may be filing a support ticket that and requires some level of engagement. Especially if you are a user of said product and how authentication is established, you may accidentally delete your account.
Also, 90% of the templated GDPR removal requests we get are for details that don't exist in our system. My impression of these tools is they are not very smart and can end up spreading your PII around more than they erase it.
I've talked to chatgpt about bulk deleting email and it suggested a script on the Google sheets?! Apparently it was quite simple and you don't have to give access to a third party app.
Here’s an example of how you might use Google Apps Script to bulk delete emails from Gmail:
Steps:
1. Open Google Sheets (or any other Google app that supports Apps Script).
2. Open the Script Editor:
In Sheets, go to Extensions > Apps Script.
3. Write the Script:
function deleteOldEmails() {
var threads = GmailApp.search('older_than:1y'); // Modify query as needed
for (var i = 0; i < threads.length; i++) {
threads[i].moveToTrash(); // Move emails to trash
}
}
This example deletes emails older than one year (older_than:1y). You can modify the search query for different criteria (e.g., label:unread, from:specific@example.com, before:YYYY/MM/DD).
4. Save the Script.
5. Run the Script:
Click the play icon to run the script. It will ask for permissions the first time.
This method allows you to automate email management using custom queries. Would you like to proceed with something like this, or were you thinking of a different approach?
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