Company Privacy Policies And Affiliate Weasel Clauses

Posted 19 Jun 2012

Company privacy policies are an inherent aspect of any company related documents. Whenever you are making purchases or carrying out dealings then privacy policies usually become an often overlooked factor.

When you sign a contract, which guarantees any kind of privacy via the privacy policy, then you are under the opinion that some or all of your information is safe. But many times this can be entirely misleading and it may become a problem because your information might be shared with others.

 Often buried in the fine print are a significant number of weasel clauses. So while you are secure in your own belief that your information is well guarded the reality may be that you are actually exposed to a lot of miscreants.

THE AFFILIATE PROBLEM

Often times you will notice that the company has sketched out that the privacy policy can be easily shared with an “affiliate” of the company. In this instance it is entirely up to the company to choose who this affiliate is and you do not have input in the matter. This affiliate can include a vast range of people to whom your private information has been outsourced.

For instance, a typical medical procedure will require the company to share your information with a vast range of people. From medical suppliers, doctors, nurses, insurance companies all the way down to the office staff, everyone can get hold of your private medical records and details.

So who is liable if your privacy is breach and what duty of protection under the “private policy” do they owe to keep your records secure? One thing you can do is be proactive about what information they actually have about you.

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Oftentimes companies make it a point to write their own privacy policy so the policies differ significantly from one company to another.

One of the best ways to possibly solve this problem is to make sure that you try to go through the different clauses. Obviously this will seem extremely difficult at first but in this way you can seek to discover and understand a number of things.

 For example, you may soon realize that the company does not have a clause of sharing with an affiliate at all. This can be ideal because it completely gets rid of the prospect of an affiliate being present who can view your private information.

Also be guarded with the information you share in the first place. This can go a long way in keeping yourself protected from any kind of criminal activities like being the victim of identity theft. What really helps is using cash or Bitcoins when making payments. Try to manage all the data in the best way possible and always stay cautious to keep everything safe for yourself.

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Hopefully, you now have an idea of what company privacy policies are and how it can help you to take control of and protect your personal privacy.

  And remember: ALWAYS go that extra mile to protect your personal information by implementing stealth tactics from sources like How To Vanish The Book or the free Beginner's Guide To BitCoin and BitCoin Services.