This is only a quick reference of the Privacy Policy. For a complete list of our policies please review our Terms of Service.
Personal information refers to a user’s identity including their name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, credit card, and other account information. Personal information can also include demographic data such as date of birth, gender, geographic area and personal preferences.
We collect personal information in a number of ways when you visit our site or use our service. For example, you provide us with personal information when you register on the site, post an article or comment, or contact us by email. PodcastPeople automatically receives and records information from your browser, including your IP address and cookies. The personal information collected is used for billing, identification, authentication, service improvement, research, and contact.
IP AddressesWe may use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our servers, track movement within our website and, if necessary, deny service in accordance with our Terms of Service. IP addresses also provide data dealing with user activity and geographic information which is used in tracking subscribers and podcast popularity. This information may also be used to identify users who are using the service for spam or other activity that is deemed in conflict with our Terms of Service. This information is used in the aggregate, and is never linked back to any personally identifiable information.
A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from our servers and stored on your computer’s hard drive. We use cookies to access information when you sign in, store your preferences, and to keep you logged in. You can configure your browser to accept or reject these cookies.
Tell a Friend ToolsPodcastPeople allows you to promote your website over email. Email addresses entered into these forms are not stored in our database, but may be stored in our system logs in text format to assist us in tracking down abusive users, or users utilizing these tools for spamming. We will never contact addresses logged in this manner.
We do not sell, rent or share personal information with third parties without your prior consent. We may, however, disclose personal information when we believe it is appropriate to comply with the law, to protect our or our users’ rights, as well as to protect our users from fraudulent, abusive, and unlawful use of our site.
Links to Other SitesThis website contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by PodcastPeople. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies only to information collected by this website.
Third Party AdvertisersWe do not share your personally identifiable information with any of our advertisers. For more information about our advertisers’ privacy policies, please visit their respective websites.
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our website.
PodcastPeople reserves the right to change this policy at any time.
Effective Date 11/01/06
Updated 5/11/12
