🔒 PRIVACY POLICY
EFFECTIVE: JANUARY 2025 | LAST UPDATED: JANUARY 2025
📋 1. INTRODUCTION
Welcome to PRODCAST ("we," "our," or "us"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our contextual commerce platform that analyzes podcast transcripts and connects listeners to products.
📊 2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
👤 2.1 PERSONAL INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE
- ✓ Account Information: Name, email address, username, password
- ✓ Payment Information: Billing address, payment method details (processed securely through Stripe)
- ✓ Profile Information: Preferences, interests, subscription settings
- ✓ Vendor Information: Business details, tax information, product listings
🤖 2.2 AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED INFORMATION
- 📈 Usage Data: Pages visited, time spent, click patterns, search queries
- 💻 Device Information: IP address, browser type, operating system, device identifiers
- 🍪 Cookies and Tracking: Session data, preferences, analytics information
⚙️ 3. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
🎯 CORE SERVICES
- • Analyze podcast transcripts to identify product mentions
- • Match products to relevant podcast content
- • Process affiliate transactions and commissions
- • Facilitate vendor advertising and product placement
- • Provide personalized product recommendations
👤 ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
- • Create and maintain user accounts
- • Process payments and subscriptions
- • Provide customer support
- • Communicate service updates and promotional offers
🚫 4. WE DO NOT SELL YOUR DATA
🛡️ YOUR PRIVACY IS PROTECTED 🛡️
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties.
🔧 SERVICE PROVIDERS
- • Payment Processing: Stripe (for secure payment handling)
- • Analytics: Google Analytics (anonymized data)
- • Email Services: SendGrid (for communications)
- • Cloud Storage: AWS, Vercel (for data hosting)
🔐 5. DATA SECURITY
🛡️ SECURITY MEASURES
- ✅ SSL/TLS encryption for data transmission
- ✅ Secure database storage with encryption at rest
- ✅ Regular security audits and vulnerability assessments
- ✅ Limited employee access on a need-to-know basis
💳 PAYMENT SECURITY
All payment information is processed through Stripe's PCI-compliant infrastructure. WE DO NOT STORE CREDIT CARD INFORMATION on our servers.
⚖️ 6. YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES
🎛️ YOU ARE IN CONTROL
👁️ ACCESS: View and download your personal information
✏️ UPDATE: Modify your account and profile information
🗑️ DELETE: Request account deletion
📧 OPT-OUT: Unsubscribe from marketing communications
📞 CONTACT US
📧
privacy@prodcast.com
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ADDRESS
[Your Business Address]
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DATA PROTECTION
dpo@prodcast.com
🔒 YOUR PRIVACY IS OUR PRIORITY 🔒