Ubiquiti, metadata collection, and privacy

[Steve Song]

Hi all,

Ubiquiti have updated their privacy policy at  https://www.ubnt.com/legal/privacypolicy/  which reveals some disturbing information about how much metadata they collect on any device that is running their firmware.  Specifically they warn that they may collect any of the following:

device data, sensor data, device signals, device parameters, device identifiers that may uniquely identify your devices, web request, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform type, the date and time of your request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your devices or browser. IN ADDITION, WE MAY AUTOMATICALLY COLLECT LOCATION INFORMATION (INCLUDING LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE), PERFORMANCE DATA, MOTION DATA, TEMPERATURE DATA, POWER USAGE DATA, AND ANY DATA OR SIGNALS COLLECTED BY THE DEVICES AS PART OF THE USAGE DATA. WE DO NOT COLLECT THE CONTENTS OF ANY COMMUNICATIONS THAT PASS THROUGH OUR DEVICES OR SERVICES.

For me this is completely over the top in terms of what is acceptable.  Why do they need so much data? Is it available for sale to others?

Regards.... Steve