‘A bottle of good wine’ for free: How an NGO protested against website privacy policy pages using a sneak attack freebie that went viral

CAT May 13, 2024 1 min read

Non-profit organization Tax Policy Associates added a line to its privacy policy offering a bottle of good wine to the first person to spot it.

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‘A bottle of good wine’ for free: How an NGO protested against website privacy policy pages using a sneak attack freebie that went viral

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‘A bottle of good wine’ for free: How an NGO protested against website privacy policy pages using a sneak attack freebie that went viral

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