Security & privacy first

How we keep your information safe

Security & Privacy

A safe, private environment

At Personal, we put your privacy and security first. We’ve been recognized as the world’s first “Privacy by Design” consumer company based on the principles that we adhere to – both in how we protect your personal information and allow you to share it.

Privacy Features

  1. You are always in control of your information – only you can decide what goes in your vault and see what is there.
  2. Only you can grant individuals, companies and applications access to your data.
  3. We will never sell your data.
  4. We don't allow others to track you while you're using Personal, and we don’t follow you when you leave.
  5. We’ve spent significant resources to avoid or to reconfigure third party services, code and analytics that could reveal what you do on Personal.

For more information about your data ownership rights, read our revolutionary Owner Data Agreement and Privacy Policy.

"It was a bold and ground-breaking move by Personal.com to call users 'owners,' especially at a time when there was much debate about whether data could be 'owned' at all. To my knowledge, Personal's terms had no precedent and modeled a new legal position, both for vendors and for intermediaries. An agreement like Personal.com's at this writing is the best any vendor or intermediary can do in the absence of full agency on the individual's side."
-From The Intention Economy: When Customers Take Charge by Doc Searls

Security Features

  1. Personal never stores your password. If you lose it, you unfortunately lose all your sensitive personal data.
  2. We use an extra level of encryption for sensitive information like social security numbers so that no one – not even our employees – can ever see it.
  3. We use industry-leading 256-bit SSL encryption and HTTPS to ensure that there is no eavesdropping on the data that you transmit from browser to server.
  4. Personal is certified by independent security auditors including Verisign and McAfee Secure.
  5. We constantly test for vulnerabilities and track emerging threats to stay far ahead of what auditors require.

Accolades

  • Named first Privacy by Design Organizational Ambassador
  • Recognized by the World Economic Forum for our leadership in personal data
  • Founding Member – Personal Data Ecosystem Consortium
  • Received 2011 Privacy Identity Innovation Audience Spotlight Award
  • Chosen by the White House to develop “My Data” download service

"Personal treats your personal information -- from personal, financial, health, and shopping habits -- as precious commodities to be locked up tight and protected in one place." - PCWorld

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Security & privacy first