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The obligation is aspirational ('striving') rather than a firm commitment, and the standard is 'commercially acceptable' rather than any higher benchmark.
Interpretive note: The word 'striving' is a material qualifier that distinguishes this from a firm commitment; it is preserved as such.
Modal does not promise it has achieved or will achieve commercially acceptable security, only that it is striving toward that standard.
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We will take appropriate technical and organizational measures to help protect and secure your Data...including: (i) using encryption techniques; (ii) establishing specialized systems and procedures...and (iii) forming a specialized department in charge of information security.
We use industry standard technical and organizational measures to secure the information we store.
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"we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it.Excerpt from Modal's Privacy Policy
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The obligation is aspirational ('striving') rather than a firm commitment, and the standard is 'commercially acceptable' rather than any higher benchmark.
Modal does not promise it has achieved or will achieve commercially acceptable security, only that it is striving toward that standard.
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