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We use industry standard technical and organizational measures to secure the information we store.
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.
Scale employs appropriate and reasonable physical, technological, and administrative security measures.
"We maintain technical, physical, and administrative security measures designed to provide reasonable protection for your Personal Information against loss, misuse, interference, unauthorized access, disclosure, and alteration.Excerpt from PayPal's Privacy Statement
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The clause states: “We maintain technical, physical, and administrative security measures designed to provide reasonable protection for your Personal Information against loss, misuse, interference, unauthorized access, disclosure, and alteration.”
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