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"Subscribe" link sends users to MailChimp without warning
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https://wikimediafoundation.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe/post said:

Your subscription to the Wikimedia blog updates has been confirmed.
You have selected a weekly update.
Thank you for subscribing!

Not quite. I definitely didn't select anything and I didn't even know my email address was being sent to MailChimp.

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Varnent closed this task as Resolved.EditedAug 9 2018, 12:22 AM
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Message has been added above the Subscribe button with assistance from Legal. Will try to improve it's visual presentation in a future update.

Thank you, I saw that yesterday and it's an improvement. Personally I was a bit surprised at first by the literal mention of MailChimp, I envisaged something like "a third party hosted in USA". But I see why a direct, concise and matter-of-fact wording can be preferable.

sbassett triaged this task as Medium priority.Oct 16 2019, 5:33 PM