This Privacy Policy explains the collection, use, disclosure and transfer of certain information, including your personal information, by Pod Particle (“Pod Particle,” “We,” “Us”), a sole proprietorship located in Austin, Texas.
To contact Us, please see the “How to Contact Us” section below. By using, visiting or browsing podparticle.com, you accept and agree to our information practices described below.
This Privacy Policy covers the following topics:
- What personal information is collected
- How the information will be used
- How we share your information
- Cookies
- Accessing and modifying your personal information
- Children
- Changes to this policy
- How to contact us
What personal information is collected
Browsing information: We may collect information about your visits to podparticle.com, including the pages you view, the links and advertisements you click, search terms you enter, and other actions you take in connection with podparticle.com. We may also collect certain information from the browser you used to come to podparticle.com, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and language, access times, the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the website that referred you to our website and to which URL you browse away from our site if you click on a link on podparticle.com.
Information you provide when you comment on the site: Visitors who wish to add a comment to an article or otherwise participate in a discussion on podparticle.com will be required to provide their name and email address.
Information you provide when you contact us: If you email us or send other communications to us directly, we will retain your email or address and correspondence so that we may respond to your request. We retain this information indefinitely so that we have a history of our past communications.
Information collected through cookies: We also collect information through the use of cookies. See our Cookies section for more details.
How the information will be used
Pod Particle uses the personal information it collects to:
- Provide, analyze and improve the content and advertisements on podparticle.com;
- Enforce the Terms of Use for podparticle.com;
- Communicate with you;
How we share your information
Contractors: We may share your personal information with contractors as necessary to provide services on our behalf. For example, we may provide a contractor with access to the user name and email address commenters provide in order for the contractor to help moderate comments on the site. We will only share your personal information with contractors who agree to protect your personal information and use it only for the purposes set forth by Us.
Protection of Pod Particle and others: We may disclose your personal information in connection with law enforcement, fraud prevention or other legal action; as required by law or regulation; or if We reasonably believe it is necessary to protect ourself, our users or the public.
Business sale or merger: We may disclose your personal information in connection with any sale or merger of Pod Particle.
Except as described above, we will not disclose your personal information to third parties for their own marketing purposes without your consent.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. We use cookies to help us understand visitors’ usage of the podparticle.com website and their website access preferences. We also may use third party advertising services that use cookies to serve up advertising to you based on your visits to podparticle.com and other websites.
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the appropriate setting in your web browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of podparticle.com. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, We will issue cookies when you direct your browser to podparticle.com.
Accessing and modifying your personal information
You may send us an e-mail at help@podparticle.com to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us.
Children
Podparticle.com is not intended for users under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this website. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.
Changes to this policy
We may occasionally update this privacy policy. If we make changes to this privacy policy, we will revise the statement’s effective date, included at the end of the policy. We encourage you to periodically review this policy to check for any changes.
How to contact us
If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy or your information, please contact us at help@podparticle.com.