{"id":170,"date":"2013-09-06T13:34:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T17:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexyz.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/06\/our-stance-on-the-privacy-of-user-data\/"},"modified":"2019-06-03T19:56:46","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T23:56:46","slug":"our-stance-on-the-privacy-of-user-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexyz.com\/blog\/our-stance-on-the-privacy-of-user-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Stance On The Privacy Of User Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The National Security Agency (NSA) and GCHQ action has provoked many Internet users to question when the government can access their data, and under what circumstances. We think this is a good time to reiterate how Thexyz handles customer data.<\/h3>\n<p>Our policy is simple: your data is your data. Period. 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