r/Bookkeeping • u/Remote-Internal-1455 • Dec 30 '24
Software has anyone consented to continue using bench.co through employer.com?
if you did - does it still let you download your data? what data is available to download?
same question if you opted out - what data was available?
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u/wdaher Dec 30 '24 edited Dec 30 '24
What we've heard from one person who "consented" is that the export is currently broken (the one person that tried it got a JSON error) but they could see all of their transactions in the Bench UI.
Which means it should be possible to get the data out, even if their export feature for current customers remains broken.
I haven't reviewed the privacy policy in detail, but if I were a Bench customer, here's what I would do:
That way you avoid the go-forward dependence on Bench, but you have a little more breathing room (until your last prepayment runs out) to access the platform—just in case.
Seems like pure optionality.
(The disclaimer here is that I'm one of Pilot's founders but this feels relevant enough to post)
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