PrivacyHawk Negative Reviews

PrivacyHawk App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

PrivacyHawk app received 10 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using PrivacyHawk? Can you share your negative thoughts about privacyhawk?

PrivacyHawk for Negative User Reviews

✓ Expensive & Time ConsumingI paid the $75 for this app thinking it could simplify the process of reducing my personal data harvested by data brokers. I found it was going to require a massive amount of my time to send out individual requests to hundreds of companies. That part was not clear in the app description. And I’ve also learned there are other apps, such as “Permission Slip” that do the same thing for free. I canceled my account and got a refund. I will say the developer was polite and only asked for an explanation regarding my refund request..AMCarter3Version: 2.5.3

✓ I couldn’t be more disappointed!I looked at this app for a while before purchasing it, and then decided to get it for the year… Big mistake. It only works for Gmail accounts with your emails, and since I have private websites and do not use Gmail, it only covers less than half of the “exposures“ out there. Also, I was disappointed that after putting in my information initially, I was sent several links for me to then personally request all of my information to be removed from their site… Which is basically something that you can find on your own, it’s just that they compiled it for you, but then did none of the work, and it was time-consuming to fill out each one of those things, and again main portion, which is tied to my email, doesn’t even work because it’s not a Gmail account. They say they’ll be adding you email servers in the future, but that hasn’t happened. I had really high hopes for this and would’ve recommended it to you like 1000 people and would have happily paid the fee for many years to come, and maybe it was written somewhere and I missed that, but anyway, I can’t recommend it. Unfortunately..LkkkllnbvVersion: 2.5.3

✓ Based on the 10 opt outs before subscribingI’d say this is not a slam dunk app as the creators would have you believe. In theory it sounds great! But In my 10 requests to “not sell my personal data” 7 of the financial institutions I chose came back to me (via email) stating that the email address was invalid. For an app that claims to make it easy to purge your information, I’d expect their data to be quite up to date (obviously it’s not) and there is quite a bit of legwork required manually on your part. I don’t see the value. If someone could care to elaborate? Otherwise this seems like a money grab for an already broken privacy system/non-standard regulations in the US..TeknesiaVersion: 2.5.2

✓ Great idea very buggy doesn't workIt's very buggy. When I click on a button to check market, it takes forever or freezes the apps crash multiple times. Emails that I thought I've sent I have not been sent. The app doesn't do any work for you and only just send an email automatically and then you have to talk to that company and tell them what you want. A lot of companies asked me to confirm if this was true or not. It's not worth the money it's just extra work and there's other retails out there they do a better job. I can put all that aside, but the actual application just doesn't work at freezes it crashes and heated up my phone. It's unstable and every time I click a box it's delayed as if there's a 10 second delay. I have a brand new iPhone latest model and it's not my iPhone it's the stupid app..ChaloopsVersion: 2.2.0

✓ Nah~ completely incorrectIt searched the web with my name, loc, email and stuff… came back with 85 risks. Problem is none of them were me except for one. Even that one barely had any info. If you have a common name like me, don’t bother using it. It thinks all these people with the same name all over the country is me and asks me whether I want to pay money to remove them all. Why would I pay money to remove info for other people with the same name? It says so much about this app, it really doesn’t know the difference and just wants to scare people to get money..ShinkimchiVersion: 2.5.2

✓ CAUTIONBe sure you understand how this works before spending the 75 annual fee to have the “advanced options” that will “remove your data”. Once it scans it directs you to the major data brokers where you submit “opt out” forms. When it comes to scanning your email to protect your data , the app sends emails on your behalf. You then receive auto generated messages, multiple stating the mailbox cannot be found, or requiring additional verification directly. In my experience not worth the hassle as it just generates voluminous messages without producing the desired results..ElizaG72Version: 2.5.2

✓ Great idea… Advertising is a bit misleadingThis app is advertised as a “one click“ solution to unsubscribe you from unwanted spam email and personal info data mining websites. I think it works well for the websites but the spam email feature needs work. In 2023 most companies send advertising emails through a no reply inbox and require you to click the unsubscribe link in their emails to change your preferences. PrivacyHawk attempts to send these no reply inboxes that it gathers from a direct link to your email asking to unsubscribe you from emails on your behalf. I saw no reduction in spam emails after sending hundreds of these emails through PrivacyHawk..Sleamer67Version: 2.5.3

✓ Only seems to work if you are resident in the USOtherwise would be great.Tyma7Version: 2.3.0

✓ Just another scamSaw this by 3 different tik tokers magically all three, plus mine and 4 of my friends had exactly 75 issues. The only way to have any sort of remedy is to pay a crazy fee which one of us did and they said it was removed but if you go to the site of the removal you are still in their database. Just do it yourself little bits at a time. For our part we live in Minnesota and have a great Attorney General’s office and forwarded our info to them. We got an email back stating they have opened an investigation already and would add our complaints to the others and reach out when they had more info. This may be a legit thing just saying be careful, trust your gut..Consumer protectordocVersion: 2.4.1

✓ Great App but priceyGreat App does exactly what it’s advertised to do. I found 50 exposers just in my case long. But what it doesn’t tell you when you’re reading on all these reviews is there a cost you $50 to delete everything . So state that the beginning so people don’t download this app thinking you’re actually offering a service for free. yeah but you can only see what’s out there and not be able to delete what’s there without paying for it..Noneya_26Version: 2.0.3

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