Fastly commits to providing 30 days advance notice via email or website for material policy changes, but reserves the right to implement changes without advance notice when the stated purpose is legal compliance.
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This provision establishes a 30-day advance notification standard for material changes while carving out an exception that permits immediate changes citing legal compliance, which reduces the effective notice period for a subset of policy modifications.
Under this clause, material changes to data handling practices will ordinarily be communicated 30 days before taking effect, but changes characterized as necessary for legal compliance may take effect without advance notice. Users are also stated to be responsible for maintaining a current email address with Fastly to receive notifications.
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Compare across platforms →"If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal data, we will notify you by e-mail to the primary e-mail address specified in your account and/or through a notice on http://docs.fastly.com/changes thirty (30) days prior to the change becoming effective. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy without thirty (30) days' notice for the purpose of complying with applicable law.Excerpt from Fastly's Privacy Policy
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This provision establishes a 30-day advance notification standard for material changes while carving out an exception that permits immediate changes citing legal compliance, which reduces the effective notice period for a subset of policy modifications.
Under this clause, material changes to data handling practices will ordinarily be communicated 30 days before taking effect, but changes characterized as necessary for legal compliance may take effect without advance notice. Users are also stated to be responsible for maintaining a current email address with Fastly to receive notifications.
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