Privacy for Sale: No Affiliate Links 🚫

Just a quick reminder that none of the links below are affiliate links. I am not financially incentivized by any companies.

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▬▬ Socials ▬▬
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/rejectconvenience.com
Reject Convenience Forum: https://www.rejectconvenience.com/forum/

▬▬ Research and Resources ▬▬
Second Channel: @PrivacyPoliciesExplained
Note: I had some complications with recording the policies, so I will be releasing them over the coming weeks on that channel. Proton's policy is available to watch at the release of this video, though!
VPN Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIwfNw5UaHA
Data Deletion Services Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3JT6q3AxA
Quick update on these services, if you live in CA, you can get this all done more effectively by the state's new DROP system. They support over 500 data brokers, which is almost double that of these services, and it's totally free. https://privacy.ca.gov/drop/

Proton
https://proton.me/blog/proton-non-profit-foundation
https://proton.me/legal/transparency
https://proton.me/mail/privacy-policy
https://protonvpn.com/blog/open-source/

Examples of public assumption that "Proton is a nonprofit"
https://we-make-it-happen.tech/blogs/how-to-find-the-right-vpn-our-top-3-recommendations/
https://medium.com/@ovenplayer/does-proton-really-support-trump-a-deeper-analysis-and-surprising-findings-aed4fee4305e
https://www.trustpilot.com/review/proton.me
https://mashable.com/review/protonvpn-review
https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/vpn/proton-vpn-review-2025-a-nonprofit-service-with-premium-performance-153046073.html

Phreeli
https://www.phreeli.com/about-us
https://www.phreeli.com/privacy/policy

StartMail
https://www.startmail.com/
https://www.startmail.com/pricing
https://www.startmail.com/privacy
https://www.startmail.com/transparency

Bitwarden
https://bitwarden.com/
https://bitwarden.com/pricing/
https://bitwarden.com/privacy/

Kagi
https://kagi.com/
https://kagi.com/pricing
https://kagi.com/privacy
https://help.kagi.com/kagi/why-kagi/why-pay-for-search.html

Privacy.com
https://www.privacy.com/privacy-policy
(Banks have data breaches, too): https://www.upguard.com/blog/biggest-data-breaches-financial-services

LibreOffice
https://www.libreoffice.org/
https://www.libreoffice.org/donate/

Signal
https://signal.org/
https://signal.org/legal/#privacy-policy
https://signal.org/blog/signal-foundation/
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/26/whatsapp-co-founder-explains-why-he-left-facebook.html
https://signal.org/donate/

Firefox / Mozilla
https://www.mozilla.org
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox/
https://www.mozillafoundation.org/
https://blog.mozilla.org/press/2003/07/mozilla-org-announces-launch-of-the-mozilla-foundation-to-lead-open-source-browser-efforts/
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/11/mozilla-says-its-finally-done-with-two-faced-onerep/

▬▬ The Team ▬▬
Maddie // LykkeAudio - Audio Producer
– https://lykkeaudio.com/
– Instagram: ly_is_music
SpacyLuna - Script Editor
– https://bsky.app/profile/spacyluna.bsky.social
AinselPixel - Subtitles
– https://bsky.app/profile/ainselpixel.bsky.social
James Vincent - Graphic design for boxes
– https://jamezvincent.com/

▬▬ Timestamps ▬▬

▬▬ Licenses ▬▬
Intro Song:
🎵 Copyrighted music licensed from Lickd. https://lickd.co
JOYRIDE. (Instrumental) by Kesha, https://t.lickd.co/l/QjdqPq725Y3

Outro Song:
🎵 Copyrighted music licensed from Lickd. https://lickd.co
What You Know by Two Door Cinema Club, https://t.lickd.co/l/w96VOnbn8my