Shaycom takes your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn more
about our privacy policy.
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What This Privacy Policy Covers
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This policy covers how Shaycom treats personal information that Shaycom
collects and receives on the Blogit
web site, including information related to your past use of Shaycom products
and services. Personal information is information about you that is personally
identifiable like your name, address, email address, or phone number, and that
is not otherwise publicly available.
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This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Shaycom does not
own or control, or to people that Shaycom does not employ or manage.
Information Collection and Use
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Shaycom collects personal information when you register with Blogit,
when you use the Blogit services, and when you visit Blogit
pages or the pages of certain Shaycom partners. Shaycom may combine information
about you that we have with information we obtain from business partners or
other companies.
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When you register we ask for information such as your name, address, email
address, and phone number. Once you register with Blogit and sign in
to the Blogit services, you are not anonymous to us.
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Shaycom collects information about your transactions with us and with some of
our business partners.
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Shaycom automatically receives and records information on our server logs from
your browser, including your IP address,
Blogit cookie
information, and the page you request.
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Shaycom uses information for the following general purposes: to customize the
content you see, fulfill your requests for products and services, improve our
services, contact you, conduct research, and provide anonymous reporting for
internal and external clients.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
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Shaycom does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other
people or nonaffiliated companies except to provide products or services you've
requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:
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We provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with
Shaycom under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal
information to help Shaycom communicate with you about news and
information from Shaycom. However, these companies do not have any
independent right to share this information.
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We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or
exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims;
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We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate,
prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud,
situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person,
violations of Shaycom's terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
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We transfer information about you if Shaycom is acquired by or merged with
another company. In this event, Shaycom will notify you before information
about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
Cookies
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Shaycom may set and access Blogit cookies
on your computer.
Your Ability to Edit and Deactivate Your Account Information and Preferences
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You can edit your Blogit Account
Information
at any time.
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Certain communications from Blogit, such as service announcements
and administrative messages, are considered part of Blogit
membership and you may not opt out of receiving them.
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You can deactivate your Blogit account by
contacting us. Please click here
to read about information that might possibly remain in our archived records
after your account has been deactivated.
Confidentiality and Security
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We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe
reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products
or services to you or in order to do their jobs.
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Your Blogit Account Information is password-protected.
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In certain areas, Shaycom may use industry-standard SSL encryption to protect
data transmissions.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
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Shaycom may update this policy. We will notify you about significant changes in
the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the email address
specified in your Blogit account or by placing a prominent notice on
our site.
Questions and Suggestions
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If you have questions or suggestions, please contact us.
Effective date: August 28, 2002