Privacy Policy FAQs
What is the Privacy Policy?
What data does the Privacy Policy cover?
How can the Privacy Policy Change?
Does the Privacy Policy allow Web.com to sell my information?
Does the Privacy Policy allow Web.com to send me spam?
Does the Privacy Policy address Web.com Customers who send spam?
If I am an Web.com Customer, does the Privacy Policy govern how I may collect
data from visitors to my website?
If I am an Web.com Customer, does the Privacy Policy allow Web.com to collect
data from visitors to my website?
How do I give Web.com an "Opt Out" notice?
If I complete the "Opt Out" form, will it affect my hosting service from
Web.com?
What is the Privacy Policy?
Web.com's Privacy Policy describes how Web.com collects, uses and discloses to third
parties information from visitors to Web.com's websites.
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What data does the Privacy Policy cover?
Web.com's Privacy Policy covers all the data Web.com collects from visitors to its
website and from its Customers. Web.com's Privacy Policy does not cover data generated
by Web.com's Customers' websites.
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How can the Privacy Policy Change?
The Privacy Policy allows Web.com to modify it at any time. Historically, however,
such changes are rare.
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Does the Privacy Policy allow Web.com to sell my information?
The Privacy Policy does not allow Web.com to sell information that is covered by
it. The Privacy Policy only allows Web.com to disclose information to Web.com's
"trusted affiliates, independent contractors and business partners".
Here is an excerpt from the relevant part of the Privacy Policy:
Web.com may use personally identifiable information collected through our website
to contact Users regarding products and services offered by Web.com and its trusted
affiliates, independent contractors and business partners, and otherwise to enhance
Users' experience with Web.com and such affiliates, independent contractors and
business partners.
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Does the Privacy Policy allow Web.com to send me spam?
"Spam" refers to unsolicited commercial e-mail. Web.com reserves the right to send
communications to Web.com customers and persons who provide their personal information
to Web.com through Web.com's website. If a person who has provided such information
to Web.com wishes not to receive such communications from Web.com, that person may
send an e-mail with the word "Unsubscribe" in the header to privacy@corp.web.com.
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Does the Privacy Policy address Web.com Customers who send spam?
Web.com does not allow its Customers to send spam to third parties. This rule is
not addressed in the Privacy Policy, however, but rather in the Acceptable Use Policy.
Each Web.com Customer is subject to the Acceptable Use Policy and any person who
believes an Web.com Customer may have violated the Acceptable Use Policy may report
that violation to abuse@corp.web.com. Web.com investigates reports of such abuse
and may take action, including account termination, against Customers violate the
Acceptable Use Policy.
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If I am an Web.com Customer, does the Privacy Policy govern how I
may collect data from visitors to my website?
The Web.com Privacy Policy does not relate in any way to the manner in which Web.com
Customers may collect data from visitors to their websites. Web.com does not collect
personally identifiable information from visitors to the websites of Web.com's Customers.
Each Web.com Customer is responsible for its own compliance with applicable privacy
laws and legal requirements. To the extent any data pertaining to visitors to the
website of an Web.com Customer may reside on an Web.com server (for example, connection
log files for a Customer's website) such data is subject to the confidentiality
provisions of the Terms of Service.
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If I am an Web.com Customer, does the Privacy Policy allow Web.com
to collect data from visitors to my website?
The Privacy Policy does not relate in any way to the data generated by visitors
to the websites of Web.com's Customers. Web.com does not collect personally identifiable
information from visitors to the websites of Web.com's Customers. To the extent
any data pertaining to visitors to the website of an Web.com Customer may reside
on an Web.com server (for example, connection log files for a Customer's website)
such data is subject to the confidentiality provisions of the Terms of Service.
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How do I give Web.com an "Opt Out" notice?
A person who has submitted personally identifiable information to Web.com's website
but who wishes not to receive communications should complete the opt-out form.
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If I complete the "Opt Out" form, will it affect my hosting service
from Web.com?
An Web.com Customer may complete the "Opt Out" form and experience no effect on
that Customer's hosting service. Please note, however, that the "Opt Out" will affect
only commercial solicitations from Web.com. Web.com reserves the right to communicate
with its Customers regarding their hosting accounts at Web.com.
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