Permission Slip by CR App Reviews

We transfer money over €4 billion every month. We enable individual and business accounts to save 4 million Euros on bank transfer fees. Want to send free money abroad or transfer money abroad for free? Free international money transfer!

App doesn’t work. Complete WASTE. Update:Since my initial review, the system capacity has been increased and now the app is working. I have sent many requests to various websites to ot share my date, so now I am awaiting responses to determine the effectiveness of this app. The app never sends a confirmation email, which is necessary to move forward with any request. What a WASTE!!!!

Non-functional. Installed and going through setup. App instructs you to click a link allowing them to sned you info in an e-mail they send. Received the e-mail. There is no such link, only the ability to download the app - which I've already done. When I click "Resend e-mail" to try again - absolutely nothing happens. I don't think this app has been thoroughly debugged for iOS. Just couldn’t make it work.

A few bugs. I was unable to sign in. After using Apple to “sign in” it took me back to the log in page. Creating an account didn’t work either. A nice idea, but didn’t work for me.

Excellent App!. Initial attempts to create an account failed, very likely because of demand for the app. Waited a couple hours and all went smoothly. Within another couple hours was able to begin the process of requesting that data not be sold, or deleting accounts altogether. Layout is easy to navigate - deck of cards is brilliant. Great app!

Never sends verification email. Great in theory but the app never sends the required verification email so it is worthless. It looks like it could be very beneficial if one could get past verification so I will leave it at a 2.

Email address. Great concept…… however there is no way to correct your email address!! How to delete incorrect email address & put in the correct info?

Great concept. The app is glitchy and hangs on sign up, sign in, auto data delete setup, the dashboard page, and just about every feature I tried to use. I’ll come back to it after developers iron out all the bugginess.

Unable to log in. Tried using my Apple acct, my Google acct, and even created a new account with an email and password. None of it worked. I am going to uninstall and try again in a few months when they work out the bugs.

If you use multiple email addresses, this leaks those addresses. Unfortunately the app submits all of the email addresses you supply with every request you make. The goal is understandable (to increase the chance that the recipient will find your account), but it gives the target company valuable personal info which they didn't previously have. For privacy and security reasons I use a custom email address for every account (easy if you have a catch-all address), so it is at best pointless to submit all those addresses with every request. At worst it allows the receiving company to cross-reference those addresses and learn more about me from and of my personal information that they've acquired elsewhere, but which they didn't previously know belonged to me. Request: please let me specify which email address(es) to submit with each request. Don't make me enter all the addresses in advance, and don't automatically save the address because that would just mean I have to tediously delete it every time.

App works with iPad but isn’t made for it. I downloaded the app on both my iPhone and iPad. Works fine on both but it was obviously never intended for use on an iPad. Please upgrade app so it can be easily used on an iPad.

Where’s the app?. I read about this app in the Washington Post and I thought it was a good thing to have. I downloaded the app and signed up with my Apple iD. I am stuck on the login page. I can’t get past it. One star because I am unable to access it.

Would be even nicer if the UI supported iPad. iPads have nice big screens and snap-on keyboards. Some people even use them instead of laptops. It would be a lot easier to type in all the info we need to enter if the app was actually designed for the iPad’s full UI instead of a scrunched iPhone 4 UI. Apple has been bending backwards to make it easy for apps to incorporate adaptive layouts. You just have to make up your mind to do it, and stop listening to those silly PMs who say “iPads only have __% market share.” That might be true, but it’s the % you want the most. (iPads are also better for reading Consumer Reports. Just saying.)

Nice app but screen display is faulty. I’ve been a Consumer Reports subscriber for decades and recently learned of this app. I installed it today on my iPhone 13 Pro and noticed right away that wording within the app is super huge and that some items extend off the screen. I was able to set it up and configure many settings. However there are items at the bottom of the screen that are cut off as they extend beyond the visible screen area. Also, when stepping through the companies selections and trying to configure them i often see the Learn More button covered up by the Skip This Company link which seems superimposed over the other. These issues need to be fixed to make the app truly usable. My phone is running the very latest IOS.

Easy, informative and empowering!. Everything I needed and more! I’ve always been so overwhelmed by where my data lives, what it’s being used for, let alone how I can control it. I’m learning so much from Permission Slip, and feel like I finally have some power back. Thank you PS!

Data Rights for All!. This type of authorized agent app is a key step toward ensuring everybody can exercise the data rights we have under laws like CCPA, GDPR, etc. Great to see this finally happening!

The real deal. Helped me delete data from a dozen companies so far, can’t wait to see more added to the list. Nice to have someone looking out for people instead of companies for a change.

Waiting for results…. After their opening debacle, the app is now stable. Let’s see if it works. Jury is out.

Let me know when the app actually works.. I never leave reviews on apps but this is one that I downloaded today. I’ve tried to create an account and it tells me that I have one already. I changed my password and it still won’t allow me to login and explore what the app is purported to do. Zero stars. Let me know when the bugs are fixed and I may try again.

If only this worked.. Clunky, slow, keeps asking for the same information over and over. Deleted.

My data agent…. Companies harvest and sell our data for profit. It’s often done without our consent. Have you heard of a data broker? They’ve heard of you. This app makes it simple and fun to take back your data. It’s refreshing and empowering. Eager to see more firms on the list. Glad that the auto request feature is watching out for new actors.

Great way to stop/learn about 3rd party tracking!. I’m a big fan of learning how things work behind the scenes and companies selling our data is something that’s confusing and really behind the scenes. A lot of companies make a lot of cabbage from us without us understanding how! Like how does a company sell Me-ness based off of the things I do online etc... ? Since that’s beyond my knowledge, although I’m learning more each day, I’d prefer they don’t go around selling gossip about me. This app does that!

Unusable. The idea is fantastic. Sadly, the app is so glitchy as to be virtually unusable. It also never asked for my name and phone number when setting up the account, then told me I would have to contact customer support to "change" my name from "-" to my actual name. Same for my phone number. I'll gladly revisit if the app is fixed, but currently it does not work.

Logging in. I set up an account and contacted my companies to either delete my information, or ‘Do not sell my Information. Today, however, I am unable to log into my account. It gives me an error, and will not let me reset my password. I am getting follow-up emails from the companies that I notified. Weird.

No issues. Personally, have had zero issues with the app and it’s very helpful

Seamless and easy to use. Great interface and important to stop data tracking.

A little buggy and time consuming but I like the idea. Props to the developer for responding to my original review and addressing my concerns. It’s a little cumbersome to navigate to figure out, but the underlying idea is great and I trust CR with my data so giving it a shot. Aside from the time it takes to setup and send requests, I don’t see much of a downside.

Great Concept, Glitchy Execution. Great concept and trustworthy backing organization! However, the in-app buttons don’t work consistently, email verification was a pain, and content doesn’t load correctly.

Well designed app for safeguarding personal info. This app is very elegant and functional. It allowed me to see what companies have access to my personal info, and prevent them from selling that info. It seems to parse through the fine print and legalese of each individual user agreement I’ve signed and shows me some easy options for safeguarding my info. I did some of this manually, then found the ‘auto request’ feature which seems to work well at just automating my privacy requests.

Fantastic privacy app. I'm impressed with the user-friendly design of the Permission Slip app, which empowers everyday users to have greater control over their personal data. Kudos to Consumer Reports for their commendable work. I was easily able to request enhanced privacy from several services I frequently use. Data collected by each service was clearly summarized.

Good Idea but it will not work. Tried installing this several times with no luck. Screens froze and no confirmatory email was ever sent to activate account. That makes me wonder just what is going on and can I trust them as before account activation they say they need all this private info-phone number, street address and any and all email addresses. And this is before account is active. Why not afterwards? I used a "hide my email" so if my email gets sold I will know who sold it.

Account issues. I can’t login using my existing Consumer Reports account. When I try to ask for an email to reset my password, the app goes to a small box with no text, no way to type, no way to move forward. The same thing happens when I close the app, reopen and try to create a new account (at the point where I go to submit the login credentials.) This app as it stands is unusable on my iPhone 13. I may try again in a few days, hopefully there’ll be an update to fix broken functionality.

Useless. Absolutely useless you get to part where you have to ok your phone number for every app you don’t want to sell your info I keep clicking on it and it won’t do anything. I can do do is cancel everything Too good to be true Don’t waste your time

Much Better Now. Somebody lifted the hood and got busy with their wrenches after the onslaught of new users from the NYT review. Now works as advertised

Hangs Up. Unfortunately I cannot get past “Got It” where it hangs up with the rotating circle. Edit: It seems to be working properly now.

Doesn’t load and faulty when it does. Takes multiple attempts to actually get past the login screen, once it does, just sits loading forever, a force close just takes you back to the login screen to create an account. Waste of time

Won’t Verify via email. Loaded the app on my iPhone 14 pro, but it got stuck during the setup saying it sent an email to me to verify. No email showed up anywhere (spam, junk, etc) and I tried resending an email a dozen times. I could not complete the app setup. Deleted it and will try in a week or so when they’ve hopefully fixed this issue.

Very buggy app.. I have tried downloading this app several times. First I tried, as the app suggests, to use Apple to login. That was repeated several times to no avail. Then I tried using my email, as the app suggests, and it caused the app to crash. When I finally was able to login, the app simply stalled and wouldn’t load the companies it’s supposed to manage. A waste of time.

Please associate a url. Please associate a URL with the app so that password manager on phone can find it Otherwise easy to use. It would be nice to have more companies added.

Doesn’t work on iPhone SE iOS 16. This probably isn’t great for mobile anyway — way too much typing — but the UI is so broken, I can’t enter my address or even send feedback without extremely stupid workarounds to get to the submit button. Since I couldn’t get it to accept my address (after the stupid state drop-down, the screen just disappeared), I have no idea how well it works or if they fixed the multiple email address thing. The app has probably the best privacy policy I’ve seen in decades of reviewing privacy policies, but it doesn’t work.

Multiple email addresses problem. Great idea but I second the reviewer who points out that sending a bundle of my email addresses together is actually the opposite of helpful if (when) the receiver combines the addresses into one identity. The solution seems simple though: Send each address independently, as if a separate person is sending, rather than "bundled" as a single request.

Great idea - UI enhancements needed. Fantastic idea and the app does seem to work to remove your data from third parties. 4 stars because sometimes the app displays a screen that the user cannot take action on (I.e., you’re stuck). I’m running most current iOS.

Nice idea bad execution. I download this because of the good review in the Washington Post, but it’s proving to be very difficult to set up an account. The app also does not play well with apples keychain, so this means that things that should fill automatically have to be typed over and over again. Even after setting up an account and logging in it just freezes and doesn’t go anywhere. It certainly doesn’t make me confident that I would depend on it for accessing many accounts, which are actually important, even if they are sharing too much data. Why should I have any confidence that it will behave properly?

Beware of Permission Slip App: My Nightmare Experience and Warning to Others. I am writing this review to warn you about the dangers of using this app. I made the mistake of assuming it would only delete my saved data from certain companies, but instead it erased my entire account details and left me with a nightmare of a situation. This app has caused me so many problems and headaches. I thought it would be similar to the privacy app Jumbo, which does an amazing job at explaining why it matters to control your data privacy and walks you through each step. Unfortunately, Permission Slip did not do a great job of highlighting the potential impacts of assuming it's only going to delete your saved data from certain companies. It completely deletes all your account details and erases your account completely. The app claims that you can revoke its ability to close your accounts, but when I tried to find that capability, it was nowhere to be found. I even wrote an email to the company, but received no response back. This app is full of dark patterns and now I'm worried about all of my accounts, including others they intend to support like Apple, Google, and even cell phone carriers. I highly advise against using this app and wished I never had used it in the first place. Please be cautious and don't blindly trust this app, even though it's "powered by consumer reports

Sam Saved My Life. Oh boy, have you heard about Permission Slip? It's like the Tinder for your data privacy, but instead of swiping right to find "the one," you swipe right to tell data brokers, "You're not the one who's allowed to have my data!" This app is basically your helicopter parent for the digital age. "Stop selling my child's data, Karen. He's not a piece of merchandise!" Permission Slip is like having an overly-attached bodyguard who not only fights off the data creeps but also walks up to them and says, "Delete his data, and do it NOW!" Oh, and it's from Consumer Reports, so it's basically like your stern, but fair, aunt who's always got your back at family dinners when everyone else is getting into your business. Swipe right on Permission Slip; it's the only relationship you won't regret in the morning!

App does not work on new iPhone iOS. Downloaded this app today and it does not work. Had to sign up a second time with a different email as first one I couldn’t get past the What state do you live in ? screen and after I signed out, I could never log back in, get an error message or a screen freeze. I got in on the second try, setting up new account with another email but my home screen is blank, won’t set up Auto Requests, won’t save additional email addresses (get an error message with a weird header screen) and generally won’t function. I have done the user agreement, authorization, phone, primary email address and legal name Auto and Home are blank with a faint spinning ball. Requests says to get swiping but nothing happens when you swipe I’m assuming its an Apple issue but at the moment this app is non-functioning.

Take back what’s mine. A great way to improve the privacy of my data so corporate actors can’t use it for their own benefit without my permission. Eager for them to grow the range of companies included.

Buggy upon release but better now. Very buggy to set up. Not really usable because of that. Update: has started working much better. One suggestion for improvement: several of my requests to stop selling data were denied because I don’t live in California. It would be good if there were a way to tailor the options depending upon the state one lives in.

Can’t even opt out of consumer reports tracking. This app is built by consumer reports. If you use it to opt out of consumer reports tracking, days later you’ll receive an automated reply from CR saying that they can’t honor the request and send new instruction. If this app doesn’t even work with its parent company why should I expect it to work with anything else?

So promising …. However, this app is very buggy, persistently sends error messages, has frequent login problems, and generally functions poorly. CR would likely rate this app unfavorably. Ironic?

Sounded great on paper, not in practice. The app asks way too much info, and that is for each company… by submitting requested info, you actually increase additional risk of your data being sold or leaked. Wish there is an app that can search the internet, let you know which companies have you data by your email address. Let you decide which company’s account you want to delete. And the app does the rest, with updates and confirmation, etc. For me the current design of this app is clunky and ineffective

Did you know that you can earn 25 USD from our site just by registering? Get $25 for free by joining Payoneer!

Imagine you at your best. All the time. Picture yourself at your sharpest and most productive. Your most alert and focused. Your most lucid, creative and confident. At work. At play. In every area of your life. Add Mind Lab Pro® v4.0 to your daily routine and uncap your true potential. Buy Now!

Adsterra is the most preferred ad network for those looking for an alternative to AdSense. Adsterra is the ideal choice for new sites with low daily traffic. In order to advertise on the site in Adsterra, like other ad networks, a certain traffic limit, domain age, etc. is required. There are no strict rules. Sign up!

Great concept. The app is glitchy and hangs on sign up, sign in, auto data delete setup, the dashboard page, and just about every feature I tried to use. I’ll come back to it after developers iron out all the bugginess.

App Crashes When Entering State in The Address. See subject

Easy use. Love this app. It’s so easy to use.

Great idea. Unable to complete sign up process. I look forward to using this app. Currently, the sign up process is hanging when I select my state. Unable to proceed. I will keep trying.

If only this worked.. Clunky, slow, keeps asking for the same information over and over. Deleted.

Can’t get past signup screen. Was very excited for this app, especially as a CR subscriber. But as of now I’m stuck on the sign-up screen getting unspecified errors. You can’t login with your your existing CR account.

Completely useless and infuriating. Simply does not work. Does not accept information that is needed to utilize app. Nothing about it is automatic and it is a ton of work to try and get anything out of it. CR should really be ashamed.

Great tool. Love what you’re doing for consumer protections. Brilliant idea and the app is easy to use. Keep up the good work!

Bugged login screen for Max iPhones. Couldn’t login due to bugged login screen. Can’t scroll or tap to get to required fields and TOS acknowledgments.

Great Concept, Glitchy Execution. Great concept and trustworthy backing organization! However, the in-app buttons don’t work consistently, email verification was a pain, and content doesn’t load correctly.

Downloaded but won’t open.. Have downloaded app and created an account, but unable to log in. Rather frustrating.

So promising …. However, this app is very buggy, persistently sends error messages, has frequent login problems, and generally functions poorly. CR would likely rate this app unfavorably. Ironic?

Horrible first impression. This sounds like a great idea for an app. However, upon downloading it, I was completely unable to create an account. Sign in with Apple. No response Sign in with Google. No response. Create an account. An account with this name already exists. No sale.

Probably good if they ever get the app working. App just gives a loading symbol after you’re logged in. I’ll update the review if the app starts working

Multiple email addresses. Ditto nrdu’s comment. I use a different email address for each site, which greatly reduces the usefulness of this app. Love the idea though 👍.

App works with iPad but isn’t made for it. I downloaded the app on both my iPhone and iPad. Works fine on both but it was obviously never intended for use on an iPad. Please upgrade app so it can be easily used on an iPad.

I love it.. Thanks

Doesn’t work. Can’t get it to save my basic info, kinda useless

Never sends verification email. Great in theory but the app never sends the required verification email so it is worthless. It looks like it could be very beneficial if one could get past verification so I will leave it at a 2.

Permission Slip does not work. I cannot go back and edit information or sign up with email. CR needs to vet this app thoroughly.

Doesn’t work. The app doesn’t work. I wasn’t able to set it up. Don’t bother with it

No issues. Personally, have had zero issues with the app and it’s very helpful

Now getting twice the spam. None of the requests that were sent were honored! But since they sent all my information with their request some of the places I was hoping would stop selling my information now have more information to sell!

Read The Privacy Policy. They sell your data!. Make sure you read their privacy policy. They collect and sell our data to 3rd parties for things like advertising. They do have a method to opt out of that if you ask. It should be the default. Mind boggling.

Verification email took 24 hours to arrive.. Looks like a good app, but…maybe later.

Can’t sign up. I tried each method (google apple email) to sign up and it just hangs. Maybe there are too many people trying to sign up at once?

Thank you CR. As usual CR is ahead of the curve. I am grateful for everything that you do. It is very appreciated. Thank you.

Useless. Absolutely useless you get to part where you have to ok your phone number for every app you don’t want to sell your info I keep clicking on it and it won’t do anything. I can do do is cancel everything Too good to be true Don’t waste your time

Wonderful! Much needed’. User friendly and comprehensive. I’ll sleep better because og this app.

Review. Fast and easy which is very good.

This app doesn’t work for blind iPhone users.. The app is incompatible with VoiceOver.

The best app in the fight for privacy rights. Consumer Reports seems to me like the only consumer advocacy group out there that does anything meaningful. I watch people complain about not having any privacy while signing up and giving away all of their personal information to the same companies they complain about. All the data big companies gather on us make them more powerful. Aside from the basics, your name, address, email they gather information on your household income, household members, your social network (including people you went to school with, work with, and others you may know) to your shopping habits, preferences, dating partners and even where you vacation. Most people don’t realize the scope of how much our privacy has been invaded and how we’ve been tricked into “consenting” All of that is bad enough, but what’s worse is not having any control over your own information. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve tried to delete an account only to find out it’s not an option and of course there is no customer service or any other recourse. Consumer Reports is once again fighting for something that benefits us all and empowers us to take back some of the control. Unless we actively and collectively demand results nothing will change. I hope more people realize how crucial the purpose this app serves is. It’s not perfect as it is a new app and there’s going to be quirks but I’m so excited to see where it all goes and I want to say thank you consumer reports, I’m proud to be a supporter.

Worthless. Made 5 requests. Got 2 rejections and 3 silences

Not ready for prime time. Setup is confusing. Support seems unusually dense even for a tech app. Concept is appealing, but it just didn’t deliver on its promises. Maybe later (one can hope).

Simple to Use. This is amazingly simple to use, and it’s free! Kudos to consumer reports.

Doesn’t load and faulty when it does. Takes multiple attempts to actually get past the login screen, once it does, just sits loading forever, a force close just takes you back to the login screen to create an account. Waste of time

Boo. Sounds great if I could download the app. Once I agree to terms my screen goes away???? It doesn’t create an account.

Signup not working. Email and With Apple signup systems completely not working. Sad to see CR roll out such badly damaged software

Permission slip. So far so good. My exposure to this app is limited, so I can’t in all honesty give it a 5* just yet.

Slow and buggy… not ready for prime tim. Extremely slow and not working….

Won’t work. Trouble creating an account & signing in, spinning wheel of death when I tried to begin, kicked out multiple times. Might be a good app, but I don’t know since I can’t even use it!

Waiting for results…. After their opening debacle, the app is now stable. Let’s see if it works. Jury is out.

Consumer. An app to protect personal information! And it’s a free app by a respected business organization.

Where’s the app?. I read about this app in the Washington Post and I thought it was a good thing to have. I downloaded the app and signed up with my Apple iD. I am stuck on the login page. I can’t get past it. One star because I am unable to access it.

Junk. Unusable with Voiceover.. Good idea, bad execution.

Easy to use. Helpful app, very easy to use and quick

App doesnt work. App freezes on iphone every time

Not Ready For Primetime. Buggy, crashes and slow as mud. Great intent but a “D” on execution

app is buggy/unusable, cannot login or create account. see title. app doesn’t work, at all! can’t log in, can’t make an account.

Much Better Now. Somebody lifted the hood and got busy with their wrenches after the onslaught of new users from the NYT review. Now works as advertised