Privacy Policy
This document is the Blog.com privacy policy. It defines which information Blog.com collects from its users, and how this information is treated.
At Blog.com we value your privacy. We need to gather some information from you in order to provide valuable services. This information is considered private, unless it is collected with the purpose of being published.
If you have any question or doubt relative to this document, please forward an enquiry to our user support services. We will be glad to help.
Private information originates from data you provided or that you gathered, which is used internally by blog.com. This includes, but is not limited to, your contact information, passwords and other types of data needed to provide you a service. Private information is never transferred outside of Blog.com. Naturally, Blog.com takes reasonable steps to ensure the security of this information.
Public information originates from data you provided with the intent of publication. This is data which is naturally meant to be public, such as blog posts or post comments. This class of information is public, so our effort is directed to publicizing it, and making it as widespread as possible.
At Blog.com we value your privacy. We need to gather some information from you in order to provide valuable services. This information is considered private, unless it is collected with the purpose of being published.
If you have any question or doubt relative to this document, please forward an enquiry to our user support services. We will be glad to help.
Information classes
For the purpose of privacy, we classify your information as being either public or private.Private information originates from data you provided or that you gathered, which is used internally by blog.com. This includes, but is not limited to, your contact information, passwords and other types of data needed to provide you a service. Private information is never transferred outside of Blog.com. Naturally, Blog.com takes reasonable steps to ensure the security of this information.
Public information originates from data you provided with the intent of publication. This is data which is naturally meant to be public, such as blog posts or post comments. This class of information is public, so our effort is directed to publicizing it, and making it as widespread as possible.
Collected information
The information we collect can be organized in the following categories:- Account information. This is information you provide during the first step of the signup process. This information includes your name and email. We treat this information as private.
- Information you publish. This is information published by you using blog.com services. This information includes your blog posts and comments or your albuns. This information is treated as public.
- Browser cookies. Browser cookies are small pieces of information stored on your computer. We use cookies for two purposes: Session identification and preference storage. This information is treated as private
Session identification cookies are needed for proper functioning of blog.com, and are destroyed when you close your browser.
Preference storage cookies are longer-lived. They are not essential for proper functioning of Blog.com, but provide extra features not essential for regular functioning. - User communication. This type of information is composed by email messages sent to support@blog.com or support tickets sent via the web interface. It is treated as private.
Emails or support tickets sent to us will be kept during the trouble ticket handling period. They may be kept for longer periods in order to: - Solve bugs identified by the trouble ticket.
- Control the quality of User Support Services.
- Log information. Blog.com servers produce logs that may include information sent by your browser when executing web requests. We treat this information as private. However, we may publish aggregate information resulting from the statistical analysis of Blog.com logs. This aggregate information does not contain individual request information.
