PublicSquare Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 16, 2023

Introduction

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) explains how your personal information is collected, used, shared, and processed when you use or access www.PublicSquarecom (“Site”) or the PublicSquare mobile app (“App”), or use other services provided by PSQ Holdings, Inc. or by its corporate affiliates, including any written, electronic, and oral communications, online or offline, and any orders or purchases performed (collectively, the “Services”) as well as certain rights and choices you have associated with such information. This Policy also describes your rights regarding your personal data and explains how you can contact us to learn more about our data practices or exercise your rights.

We refer to the Site and App collectively and/or interchangeably herein as “PublicSquare” PublicSquare is provided by PSQ Holdings, Inc. (hereinafter “PSQ Holdings”). PSQ Holdings is responsible for collecting, processing, and protecting your personal data. In this Privacy Policy, the terms “PublicSquare,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to PSQ Holdings.

Please read the PublicSquare Terms and Conditions [hyperlink] and this Policy before accessing or using PublicSquare or our Services. If you cannot agree with this Policy or our Terms and Conditions, then please do not access or use PublicSquare or our Services.

Policy Modification: We may change this Policy from time to time, to reflect how we process your data, and if we make changes, we will revise the effective date or last modified date at the top of this Policy. If we make changes that materially affect your privacy rights, we will attempt to provide advanced notice (in nearly contemporaneous disclosures) or otherwise via PublicSquare, or by some other means of contact so that you have a reasonable opportunity to review the changes before you continue to use PublicSquare or our Services. If you do not agree with a future, modified version of this Policy, then please stop using PublicSquare and our Services at such future time.

How We Collect and Use Your Personal Data

We respect the privacy of visitors to PublicSquare and the users of our Services; we strive to protect it through our compliance with this Policy. We collect certain personal information when you use our Services.

Personal information is any information that identifies an individual or renders an individual identifiable. The definition of personal information (used interchangeably in this Policy with the term "personal data") depends on where you reside.

Personal Information does not include data that has been effectively irreversibly anonymized or aggregated so that it can no longer enable us or others, whether in combination with other information or otherwise, to identify an individual.

Your personal data is collected and used by us to support a range of different business purposes. The purposes and types of information we collect are listed in the chart below and should be understood to include uses of your personal data that are compatible with the purposes listed.

Privacy Notice

Last Updated: February 20, 2023

1. Overview

At PublicSq., we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Notice (this “Notice”) and all applicable data privacy laws. You always remain in control of the information provided to PublicSq. This Notice describes the types of information that we may collect from you or that you may provide to us and our practices for collecting, using, protecting, and disclosing that information. This Notice applies only to information we collect on the website located at www.publicsq.com (the “Website”), in the PublicSq. mobile application (the “App”), and in email or other electronic communications sent through or in connection with the Website or the App (collectively, the “Services”).

Please read this Notice carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. This Notice, as well as our Terms of Service and other important policies, are binding legal documents.If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to download, register with, access, or otherwise use any of our Services. By downloading, registering with, accessing, or otherwise using the Services, you accept the practices set forth in this Notice.

2. Applicability and Scope

In this Notice, the terms “PublicSq.”, “we”, and “us” refer to PSQ Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation with headquarters in Encinitas, California, and its respective subsidiaries and affiliated companies. Note that websites that are owned and operated by PSQ Holdings, Inc. or PublicSq. may contain links to digital properties that are owned and operated by other companies. This Notice does not apply to websites and services that are owned and operated by unaffiliated third parties.

This Notice does not apply to (i) any affiliate or related entity of PublicSq. that maintains and publishes its own privacy policy; or (ii) any services that are owned, operated, and/or offered by unaffiliated third parties. The term “device” as used in this Notice refers to any computer, tablet, smart phone, or other device you are using to access the Services.

3. Children Under the Age of 13

PublicSq. recognizes the importance of children’s safety and privacy on the Internet. For this reason, and in compliance with certain laws, our Services are not intended for children under 13 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of consent from the child’s parent or legal guardian, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at [email protected].

California residents under 13 years of age may have additional rights regarding the collection and sale of their personal information. Please see “Your State Privacy Rights” below for more information.

4. Information We Collect and How We Collect It

As you use our Services, we collect information about you and the services you use. The information we collect falls into three main categories: information you voluntarily provide us, information we collect from you automatically, and information we collect from other sources. We may also collect information that is not specifically listed below, which we use consistent with this Notice or as otherwise described at the time of collection. We are not in the business of selling information about our users.

Information You Voluntarily Provide Us
The only personally identifiable information we collect about our users is that which is provided voluntarily. For example, you may provide information to us when you:

Sign up for a user account, event, or communications. During the sign-up or registration process or when you communicate with us, you may provide information such as your name, email address, phone number, and/or age verification. If you want to join PublicSq. before it has been introduced to your neighborhood, then you may choose to give us your contact information and ask us to notify you when we the Services are available in your neighborhood.
Participate in events, contact customer support, or provide feedback. You may choose to provide information to us through promotions, events, surveys, and feedback. We may use this information to administer your participation in the promotion, event, or survey; to respond to your feedback; and/or to conduct market research and analysis on an aggregate, non-identifiable basis.
Share content or request information. We may collect information when you share posts, reviews, preferences, or other content on or through the Services, or when you request information from us. This includes information you share when you contact us directly or access or interact with PublicSq. pages or accounts on any third-party social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, or LinkedIn.You are responsible for all actions resulting from any content you post on our Services or social media pages. Such contributions are posted at your own risk. Please remember that any information you post on third-party social media pages may become publicly available and is not subject to this Notice.

In these instances, we may collect the following types of information (collectively, “User Information”):

Account Information. When you create a user account, we store and use the information you provide during that process. The only information required to create a PublicSq. account is a username, password, email address, zip code, and age verification. If you choose to provide additional information, such as your first and/or last name or date of birth, we may store that information as well. You may create your account using a pseudonym if you prefer not to use your real name. You do not have to disclose your identity on PublicSq., but you must provide us with accurate and up-to-date information (including registration information). We may publicly display the username that you provide, as well as any photo or other content you submit through the account creation process. You can later modify some of the account information you provide through your account settings.
Business Information. If you use our Business Services, you may share details about your association with a business and services offered by you or the business.
Non-Public Communications. When you sign up for an account, you are opting to receive messages from PublicSq. You can manage some of your messaging preferences through your account settings, but please note that you cannot opt out of receiving certain administrative, transactional, or legal messages from PublicSq. We may store information that you provide through communications to us, including from phone calls, letters, emails, and other electronic messages, or in person. If you are a representative of a business listed on PublicSq. or use a phone number associated now or previously with such a business, we may contact you, including by phone and/or email, using the contact information you provide us or make publicly available, or that we have on record for your business. Our communications with you, including phone calls, may be monitored and recorded for quality purposes.
Any other information you choose to provide. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of any information that you transmit from or store on a device for the purposes of accessing or using the Services, including all transactions and other activities undertaken with any user account registered in your name, whether authorized or unauthorized. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized transactions associated with the Services or any other breach of security. PublicSq. shall not be responsible for any losses arising out of the loss or theft of User Information that you transmit from or store on a device or arising out of any unauthorized or fraudulent transactions associated with the Services.

Information We Collect Automatically
As you navigate through and interact with our Services, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and usage patterns, including:

Activity. We may store information about your use of the Services, such as your search activity, the pages you view, or the date and time of your visits. We may also store information that your device may provide to us in connection with your use of the Services, such as your browser type, type of computer or mobile device, browser language, mobile carrier, phone number, and requested and referring URLs and mobile applications. We may also receive and store your location whenever our App is running, including when running in the background, if you enable our App to access such information in the course of using the Services. You may be able to limit or disallow our use of certain location data through your device or browser settings, for example by adjusting the settings for our App in iOS or Android privacy settings.
Log Information. We may collect information related to your access to and use of the Services, including your browser type, App version, access times, IP address, pages viewed, and the page you visited before navigating to our Services.
Location Information. We may collect information about the approximate location of your device (e.g., less precise location inferred from a browser or device’s IP address). In accordance with your device permissions, we may also collect information about the precise location of your device. We collect this location information or derive it from your GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, or other device settings for purposes of enhancing or facilitating our Services. We may also use information about the location of the device you are using to help us understand how our Services and functionality are being used. If you want to opt out of the collection of this location information, please see “Your Choices” below. To learn more about our mobile-based location services, please see “Controlling App Functionality” below.
Device Information. We may collect information about the device you use to access our Services, including the hardware model, operating system and version, Internet service provider, and mobile network information. You may access the Services through different devices (e.g., your mobile phone or personal computer) and different platforms (e.g., webpage or mobile application). The information that we collect and store through those different uses may be cross-referenced and combined, and your contributions through one PublicSq. platform will typically be similarly visible and accessible through all other PublicSq. platforms.
Professional Information. If you represent a business on PublicSq., we may collect and display information about you related to your business activities, such as a business name that may incorporate your name, or a publicly available business address that is also used as a home address. We will also collect and display information about your professional background that you choose to share with us through the Services, such as information about your professional licenses or certifications, or your professional history or specialties.
Additional Information. As we and our service providers adopt additional technologies, we may also gather additional information through other methods.

We and others may use a variety of technologies to collect information about your device and use of our Services, including the following:

Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Services. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Services. We do not combine the information collected through cookies with other information to tell us who you are.
Log Files track actions occurring on the Services and collect data, including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring and exit pages, and date and time stamps.

Taken together, these technologies help us learn which services and functionality you are using and how you are accessing information about us. We may use this information to personalize your use of our Services. Most web browsers can be programmed to accept or reject the use of some or all of these technologies, although you must take additional steps to disable or control other technologies. For more information about tracking technologies and how to disable them, see please see the section below titled “Your Choices”.

‍Information We Collect from Other Sources

‍We may also obtain information about you from other sources. For example, we may collect information about you from third parties, including, but not limited to, public databases, joint marketing partners, and other third parties.

5. How We Use Your Information

We use your information for business and commercial purposes, including to provide the products and services you request, to perform customer service functions, for security and fraud prevention, and to perform website and mobile application analytics.We may use the information you provide, on its own and combined with other information we collect about you, for the following purposes:

To Provide Our Services. We process certain personal information when you access or use our Services, including to register and verify user accounts, facilitate the functionality of our Services, and administer surveys, sweepstakes, contests, and promotions. Some of these activities have additional rules, which could contain additional information about how we use and disclose your personal information, so we recommend that you read these rules carefully.
To Communicate with You. We process certain information to communicate with you regarding our Services; to respond to your comments, inquiries, feedback, or postings; and to provide important safety information, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages. We may also provide information on employment opportunities and job openings. See the “Your Choices” section below for information about how to opt out of marketing communications at any time.
To Research, Develop, and Improve Our Services. We want to ensure that our Services are continually improving and expanding so that we meet and exceed your expectations. For example, we may process certain personal information to:
-conduct research and analysis for marketing, business, and other operational purposes;
-develop current and future Services and offerings;
-improve our business operations and Services; and
-debug and repair errors to improve the quality and safety of our Services.
With Your Consent. We may process certain personal information to fulfill any other business or commercial purposes at your direction or with your consent.

We may combine personal information about you with other information we have acquired from third parties in accordance with applicable law. We will treat the combined information as personal information under this Notice for as long as it is combined.When we process information as de-identified information, we will not re-identify such de-identified information, except as permitted under applicable law.

6. How We Share Your Information

We may share your information as needed to fulfill the purposes described in this Notice and as permitted by applicable law. This includes sharing among PublicSq.-affiliated entities for internal business purposes, sharing with service providers to help perform business functions at our direction, sharing with your consent, sharing as part of corporate transactions, and sharing to protect lawful interests. We may disclose your information to companies and individuals we employ to perform business functions on our behalf.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or that you provide as described in this Notice:

To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of PublicSq.’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by PublicSq. about users of our Services is among the assets transferred.
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
To enforce or apply our Terms of Service and other agreements.
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, health, or safety of PublicSq., our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

We may aggregate, de-identify, and/or anonymize any information collected through the Services in such a way that we cannot reasonably link information to you or your device. For example, we may use the information to calculate the percentage of PublicSq. customers who have a particular zip code or who use an Android device or an iOS device. Because this type of information cannot be reasonably linked to you, we may use and disclose aggregated and or de-identified information for any purpose, without restriction.

To perform our Services, we may share your information within PublicSq. and with third parties as necessary to provide our Services, for purposes described in the “How We Use Your Information” section, or with your consent. However, we do not sell your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.

We may share your information with the following types of third parties:

PublicSq. Affiliates. We share personal information with PublicSq. affiliates, subsidiaries, and licensees to provide our Services to you, in accordance with applicable law. We may also share personal information with our affiliates at your direction or request.
Service Providers. We share personal information with third-party service providers that provide a variety of services on our behalf, including but not limited to the development, maintenance, and support of the Services and marketing research and analysis. Our service providers may be located outside of the jurisdiction in which you reside.
Other Entities. We may share personal information with other entities for additional purposes. For example, we may share personal information with our business partners and other third parties upon your request or at your direction. We may also share personal information as part of a sale, merger, or change in control, or in preparation for these corporate events. An entity that buys all or part of our business may continue to use your data in accordance with this Notice unless you request otherwise.We may also share personal information as may be necessary to protect the safety, property, or other rights of PublicSq., its affiliates, and their respective employees, customers, users, service providers, or any other person or entity; to comply with law, a court order, or other legal process (which may include access by courts, law enforcement or governmental authorities in the U.S. or other jurisdictions) or in connection with a legal investigation; to enforce any applicable terms and conditions and other agreements; as otherwise may be required or permitted by applicable law; or in accordance with your consent.

7. Controlling App Functionality

User Responsibility. You are solely responsible for maintenance of the confidentiality and security of any personal information which you transmit from or store on a device for purposes of the Services, whether authorized or unauthorized. You agree to immediately notify PublicSq. of any unauthorized transactions associated with the Services or any other breach of security. PublicSq. shall not be responsible for any losses arising out of the loss or theft of User Information which you transmit from or store on a device or from unauthorized or fraudulent transactions associated with the Services.
Communications Preferences. The Services allow all users to set preferences for receiving email communications from PublicSq. and push notifications from the App. Please note as well that you may opt out of receiving marketing communications at any time by adjusting your online account settings or by clicking the “unsubscribe” link included within any commercial email we send you.

8. Your Choices

You have control over your promotional communications preferences, Website and App functionality, cookie settings, interest-based advertising preferences, and more.

Other users may be able to identify you, or associate you with your account, if you include personal information in the content you post publicly. You can reduce the risk of being personally identified by using the Services pseudonymously, though doing so could detract from the credibility of your contributions to the Services.

Account Information. You may review and change the account information you provide to us at any time by logging into the Services and visiting your account profile settings. You may also send us an email at [email protected] to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.
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If you delete your User Information or contributions from the Services, copies of such content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or may have been copied or stored by other users. Proper access and use of information provided on the Services, including user contributions, is governed by our Terms of Service. If you wish to deactivate your account, please email us at[email protected], but note that we may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes.
Promotional Communications. You can opt out of receiving promotional emails and mailings by informing us of your preference at the time you sign up for an account, modifying your promotional preferences in your account settings, following the “unsubscribe” instructions in the promotional emails we send you, or emailing us at [email protected]. Please note that if you opt out of receiving promotional communications from us, we may still send you transactional communications, including emails about your account.
Mobile Push Notifications. With your consent, we may send promotional and non-promotional push notifications or alerts to your mobile device. You can deactivate these notifications at any time by changing the notification settings in your account.
Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject cookies and similar technologies by adjusting the appropriate settings in your browser. Each browser is different, but many browsers have preferences or options that may be adjusted to allow you to either accept or reject cookies and certain other technologies before they are set or installed or allow you to remove or reject the use or installation of certain technologies altogether. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Services.

California residents may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see “Your State Privacy Rights” below for more information.

9. How We Protect Your Information

PublicSq. uses commercially reasonable methods consistent with industry practice to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. While we consider these policies and procedures to be adequate, there is still a risk that your personal information could be misappropriated.

No method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your personal information. The safety and security of your information also depends on you. You are responsible for protecting your password(s) and maintaining the security of your account(s). We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures we provide.

10. Retention and Disposal of Your Information

PublicSq. stores personal information as needed to accomplish the purposes identified in this Notice and to meet legal requirements, including record retention, dispute resolution, and enforcement of agreements. Our retention of your personal information is governed by applicable law. This storage period may extend beyond the term of your relationship with PublicSq. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include the length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you, whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject, and whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position (such as in regard to applicable statutes of limitations, litigation, or regulatory investigations).

The personal information that you provide us is stored and processed on servers in the United States. Regardless of the company or person who processes your information and where it is processed, we will take steps to transfer and protect your information through appropriate safeguards in accordance with applicable data protection laws and this Notice.

If you close your account, we will remove certain public posts from view and/or dissociate them from your account profile, but we may retain information about you for the purposes authorized under this Notice unless prohibited by law. For example, we may retain information to prevent, investigate, or identify possible wrongdoing in connection with the Services or to comply with legal obligations. We may also maintain residual copies of your personal information in our backup systems. Please note that businesses cannot remove their business pages, ratings, or reviews by closing their accounts.

When personal information is no longer needed, or, in any event, after legal authority to retain it has expired, personal information will be destroyed in accordance with local law and pursuant to procedures established in relation to the relevant PublicSq. system or process.

11. Your State Privacy Rights

State consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding our use of their personal information. To learn more about California residents’ privacy rights, visit CA Privacy Policy. California’s “Shine the Light” law (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.83) permits users of our Services who are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. Please note that PublicSq. does not sell any personal information and does not disclose any personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes. Nonetheless, to make such a request, please send an email to [email protected].

Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah each provide their residents with rights to:

Confirm whether we process their personal information.
Access and delete certain personal information.
Data portability.
Opt-out of personal data processing for targeted advertising and sales.

Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia also provide their residents with rights to:

Correct inaccuracies in their personal information.
Opt-out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

Please note that we do not currently use or share please know we do not currently sell data triggering these statutes’ opt-out requirements. Nonetheless, to exercise any of these rights, please send an email to [email protected].

Nevada provides its residents with a limited right to opt-out of certain personal information sales. Nevada residents who wish to exercise these sale opt-out rights may submit a request to [email protected]. However, please know we do not currently sell data triggering that statute’s opt-out requirements.

12. Updates to this Privacy Notice

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Notice on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you by email to the email address specified in your account, through a notice on the Website home page, and/or through an in-app notification in the App. The date the Notice was last revised is identified at the top of this page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically accessing our Services and this Notice to check for any changes.

13. Contact Us

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to request access to the information that PublicSq. has gathered about you through the Services, please send an email to [email protected].

© 2023 PSQ Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.

Please note: When communicating with us (whether by text message, email, or through PublicSquare or other means), please do not send us any sensitive information pertaining to yourself or others. We do not intend to collect or store sensitive information or special categories of information.

2. Sharing Your Personal Information

We may disclose and share your personal information with other parties as described below.

A. Within Our Corporate Organization. PSQ Holdings is a part of a corporate organization comprised of multiple legal entities, business processes, management structures, and technical systems. We may share your personal information within our related group of companies and, in some cases, other affiliates of our corporate group for business maintenance and personalization purposes, for instance, so that you may enjoy a personalized user experience across our digital properties, to provide you with the Services, or to take actions based on your requests or preferences.

B. Third-Party Sellers. Where a third-party Seller ships products to you directly, we may share your personal data (for example, name, address, and telephone number) with them so that they may fulfill your order and provide your personal data to a shipping logistics provider in order to ship the products to you.

C. Service Providers. We may provide access to or share your personal information with the following types of third-party service providers as set out in the table below.

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Privacy Notice

Last Updated: February 20, 2023

1. Overview

2. Applicability and Scope

3. Children Under the Age of 13

4. Information We Collect and How We Collect It

Sign up for a user account, event, or communications. During the sign-up or registration process or when you communicate with us, you may provide information such as your name, email address, phone number, and/or age verification. If you want to join PublicSq. before it has been introduced to your neighborhood, then you may choose to give us your contact information and ask us to notify you when we the Services are available in your neighborhood.
Participate in events, contact customer support, or provide feedback. You may choose to provide information to us through promotions, events, surveys, and feedback. We may use this information to administer your participation in the promotion, event, or survey; to respond to your feedback; and/or to conduct market research and analysis on an aggregate, non-identifiable basis.
Share content or request information. We may collect information when you share posts, reviews, preferences, or other content on or through the Services, or when you request information from us. This includes information you share when you contact us directly or access or interact with PublicSq. pages or accounts on any third-party social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, or LinkedIn.You are responsible for all actions resulting from any content you post on our Services or social media pages. Such contributions are posted at your own risk. Please remember that any information you post on third-party social media pages may become publicly available and is not subject to this Notice.

In these instances, we may collect the following types of information (collectively, “User Information”):

Account Information. When you create a user account, we store and use the information you provide during that process. The only information required to create a PublicSq. account is a username, password, email address, zip code, and age verification. If you choose to provide additional information, such as your first and/or last name or date of birth, we may store that information as well. You may create your account using a pseudonym if you prefer not to use your real name. You do not have to disclose your identity on PublicSq., but you must provide us with accurate and up-to-date information (including registration information). We may publicly display the username that you provide, as well as any photo or other content you submit through the account creation process. You can later modify some of the account information you provide through your account settings.
Business Information. If you use our Business Services, you may share details about your association with a business and services offered by you or the business.
Non-Public Communications. When you sign up for an account, you are opting to receive messages from PublicSq. You can manage some of your messaging preferences through your account settings, but please note that you cannot opt out of receiving certain administrative, transactional, or legal messages from PublicSq. We may store information that you provide through communications to us, including from phone calls, letters, emails, and other electronic messages, or in person. If you are a representative of a business listed on PublicSq. or use a phone number associated now or previously with such a business, we may contact you, including by phone and/or email, using the contact information you provide us or make publicly available, or that we have on record for your business. Our communications with you, including phone calls, may be monitored and recorded for quality purposes.
Any other information you choose to provide. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of any information that you transmit from or store on a device for the purposes of accessing or using the Services, including all transactions and other activities undertaken with any user account registered in your name, whether authorized or unauthorized. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized transactions associated with the Services or any other breach of security. PublicSq. shall not be responsible for any losses arising out of the loss or theft of User Information that you transmit from or store on a device or arising out of any unauthorized or fraudulent transactions associated with the Services.

Activity. We may store information about your use of the Services, such as your search activity, the pages you view, or the date and time of your visits. We may also store information that your device may provide to us in connection with your use of the Services, such as your browser type, type of computer or mobile device, browser language, mobile carrier, phone number, and requested and referring URLs and mobile applications. We may also receive and store your location whenever our App is running, including when running in the background, if you enable our App to access such information in the course of using the Services. You may be able to limit or disallow our use of certain location data through your device or browser settings, for example by adjusting the settings for our App in iOS or Android privacy settings.
Log Information. We may collect information related to your access to and use of the Services, including your browser type, App version, access times, IP address, pages viewed, and the page you visited before navigating to our Services.
Location Information. We may collect information about the approximate location of your device (e.g., less precise location inferred from a browser or device’s IP address). In accordance with your device permissions, we may also collect information about the precise location of your device. We collect this location information or derive it from your GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, or other device settings for purposes of enhancing or facilitating our Services. We may also use information about the location of the device you are using to help us understand how our Services and functionality are being used. If you want to opt out of the collection of this location information, please see “Your Choices” below. To learn more about our mobile-based location services, please see “Controlling App Functionality” below.
Device Information. We may collect information about the device you use to access our Services, including the hardware model, operating system and version, Internet service provider, and mobile network information. You may access the Services through different devices (e.g., your mobile phone or personal computer) and different platforms (e.g., webpage or mobile application). The information that we collect and store through those different uses may be cross-referenced and combined, and your contributions through one PublicSq. platform will typically be similarly visible and accessible through all other PublicSq. platforms.
Professional Information. If you represent a business on PublicSq., we may collect and display information about you related to your business activities, such as a business name that may incorporate your name, or a publicly available business address that is also used as a home address. We will also collect and display information about your professional background that you choose to share with us through the Services, such as information about your professional licenses or certifications, or your professional history or specialties.
Additional Information. As we and our service providers adopt additional technologies, we may also gather additional information through other methods.

We and others may use a variety of technologies to collect information about your device and use of our Services, including the following:

Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Services. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Services. We do not combine the information collected through cookies with other information to tell us who you are.
Log Files track actions occurring on the Services and collect data, including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring and exit pages, and date and time stamps.

5. How We Use Your Information

To Provide Our Services. We process certain personal information when you access or use our Services, including to register and verify user accounts, facilitate the functionality of our Services, and administer surveys, sweepstakes, contests, and promotions. Some of these activities have additional rules, which could contain additional information about how we use and disclose your personal information, so we recommend that you read these rules carefully.
To Communicate with You. We process certain information to communicate with you regarding our Services; to respond to your comments, inquiries, feedback, or postings; and to provide important safety information, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages. We may also provide information on employment opportunities and job openings. See the “Your Choices” section below for information about how to opt out of marketing communications at any time.
To Research, Develop, and Improve Our Services. We want to ensure that our Services are continually improving and expanding so that we meet and exceed your expectations. For example, we may process certain personal information to:
-conduct research and analysis for marketing, business, and other operational purposes;
-develop current and future Services and offerings;
-improve our business operations and Services; and
-debug and repair errors to improve the quality and safety of our Services.
With Your Consent. We may process certain personal information to fulfill any other business or commercial purposes at your direction or with your consent.

6. How We Share Your Information

To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of PublicSq.’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by PublicSq. about users of our Services is among the assets transferred.
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
To enforce or apply our Terms of Service and other agreements.
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, health, or safety of PublicSq., our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

PublicSq. Affiliates. We share personal information with PublicSq. affiliates, subsidiaries, and licensees to provide our Services to you, in accordance with applicable law. We may also share personal information with our affiliates at your direction or request.
Service Providers. We share personal information with third-party service providers that provide a variety of services on our behalf, including but not limited to the development, maintenance, and support of the Services and marketing research and analysis. Our service providers may be located outside of the jurisdiction in which you reside.
Other Entities. We may share personal information with other entities for additional purposes. For example, we may share personal information with our business partners and other third parties upon your request or at your direction. We may also share personal information as part of a sale, merger, or change in control, or in preparation for these corporate events. An entity that buys all or part of our business may continue to use your data in accordance with this Notice unless you request otherwise.We may also share personal information as may be necessary to protect the safety, property, or other rights of PublicSq., its affiliates, and their respective employees, customers, users, service providers, or any other person or entity; to comply with law, a court order, or other legal process (which may include access by courts, law enforcement or governmental authorities in the U.S. or other jurisdictions) or in connection with a legal investigation; to enforce any applicable terms and conditions and other agreements; as otherwise may be required or permitted by applicable law; or in accordance with your consent.

7. Controlling App Functionality

User Responsibility. You are solely responsible for maintenance of the confidentiality and security of any personal information which you transmit from or store on a device for purposes of the Services, whether authorized or unauthorized. You agree to immediately notify PublicSq. of any unauthorized transactions associated with the Services or any other breach of security. PublicSq. shall not be responsible for any losses arising out of the loss or theft of User Information which you transmit from or store on a device or from unauthorized or fraudulent transactions associated with the Services.
Communications Preferences. The Services allow all users to set preferences for receiving email communications from PublicSq. and push notifications from the App. Please note as well that you may opt out of receiving marketing communications at any time by adjusting your online account settings or by clicking the “unsubscribe” link included within any commercial email we send you.

8. Your Choices

Account Information. You may review and change the account information you provide to us at any time by logging into the Services and visiting your account profile settings. You may also send us an email at [email protected] to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.
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If you delete your User Information or contributions from the Services, copies of such content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or may have been copied or stored by other users. Proper access and use of information provided on the Services, including user contributions, is governed by our Terms of Service. If you wish to deactivate your account, please email us at[email protected], but note that we may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes.
Promotional Communications. You can opt out of receiving promotional emails and mailings by informing us of your preference at the time you sign up for an account, modifying your promotional preferences in your account settings, following the “unsubscribe” instructions in the promotional emails we send you, or emailing us at [email protected]. Please note that if you opt out of receiving promotional communications from us, we may still send you transactional communications, including emails about your account.
Mobile Push Notifications. With your consent, we may send promotional and non-promotional push notifications or alerts to your mobile device. You can deactivate these notifications at any time by changing the notification settings in your account.
Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject cookies and similar technologies by adjusting the appropriate settings in your browser. Each browser is different, but many browsers have preferences or options that may be adjusted to allow you to either accept or reject cookies and certain other technologies before they are set or installed or allow you to remove or reject the use or installation of certain technologies altogether. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Services.

California residents may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see “Your State Privacy Rights” below for more information.

9. How We Protect Your Information

10. Retention and Disposal of Your Information

11. Your State Privacy Rights

Confirm whether we process their personal information.
Access and delete certain personal information.
Data portability.
Opt-out of personal data processing for targeted advertising and sales.

Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia also provide their residents with rights to:

Correct inaccuracies in their personal information.
Opt-out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

12. Updates to this Privacy Notice

13. Contact Us

D. To Maintain Legal or Regulatory Compliance. We have the right to disclose your personal information as required by law, or when we believe that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, request from a regulator or any other legal process served on us. We also may disclose your information where we reasonably believe that the disclosure is necessary to enforce our agreements or policies, or if we believe that disclosure will help us protect the rights, property, or safety of Public Square or our customers.

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E. With Consent. We may disclose your personal information to any person, for any purpose, with your consent.

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F. Corporate Transactions. We may disclose personal information to a buyer, prospective buyer, corporate affiliate, or other successors in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of a bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding in which personal information held by us about our users is among the assets transferred. You acknowledge and agree to our assignment or transfer of rights to your personal information.

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3. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies, tags, web pixels, and similar technologies to automatically collect information on our Services. Cookies or tags are bits of code that allow our technology partners to collect information that usually does not directly identify you. We will request your consent before using cookies or other tracking technologies. Information within this section describes our use of cookies and your ability to control the use of cookies for advertising-related purposes.

A. Cookies. Cookies are small web files that a website or its provider transfers to your device’s hard drive, through your web browser, that enables the site’s or provider’s system to recognize your browser and remember certain information. “First-party cookies” are cookies set by us on PublicSquare “Third-party cookies” are cookies set by other companies whose functionality is embedded into our site (for example, those set by Google). Generally, we may use first-party and third-party cookies for the following purposes: to make our Services function properly; to provide a secure browsing experience during your use of our Services; to collect passive information about your use of our Services; to measure how you interact with our marketing campaigns; to help us improve our Services; and to remember your preferences for your convenience. We use the following types of cookies on our Services:

Strictly Necessary Cookies. These cookies are essential because they enable you to use our Services. For example, strictly necessary cookies allow you to access certain areas on our Services. Without these cookies, some services cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you for marketing purposes. This category of cookies is essential for our Services to work, and they cannot be disabled.

Functional Cookies. We may use functional cookies to remember your choices so we can tailor our Services to provide you with enhanced features and personalized content. For example, these cookies can be used to remember your name or preferences on our Services. We do not use functional cookies to target you with online marketing. While these cookies can be disabled, this may result in less functionality during your use of our Services.

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Performance or Analytics Cookies. These cookies collect passive information about how you use our Services, including webpages you visit and links you click. We may use the information collected by such cookies to improve and optimize our Services. We do not use these cookies to target you with online marketing. You can disable these cookies as set forth below.

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Advertising or Targeting Cookies. These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests. Our third-party advertising partners may use these cookies to build a profile of your interests and deliver relevant advertising on other sites. You may disable the use of these cookies as set forth below.

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B. Your Choices. Your browser may provide you with the option to refuse some or all browser cookies. You may also be able to remove cookies from your browser. You can exercise your preferences in relation to cookies on our Services by taking steps outlined below.

First-Party Cookies. You can use the browser with which you are viewing the Site to enable, disable or delete cookies. To do this, follow the instructions provided by your browser (usually located within the "Help", "Tools" or "Edit" settings). Please note, if you set your browser to disable cookies, you may not be able to access certain secure areas of the Site. Also, if you disable cookies, other parts of the Services may not work properly. You can find more information about how to change your browser cookie settings at https://www.allaboutcookies.org .

Third-Party Cookies. If you wish to opt-in or opt-out of third-party advertising networks and similar entities that use advertising cookies, then please visit https://www.aboutads.info/choices . For more information about third-party advertising networks and similar entities that use these technologies, please see https://www.aboutads.info/consumers .

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Mobile Applications. To opt-out of data collection for interest-based advertising across mobile applications by participating companies, download the Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices mobile application opt-out offering here: https://youradchoices.com/appchoices .

We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. In addition, most web browsers provide help pages relating to setting cookie preferences.

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C. Web Pixels. To see how successful our marketing campaigns or other goals of the Services are performing, we may use conversion pixels, which fire a short line of code to tell us when you have clicked on a particular button or reached a particular page. We may also use web pixels to analyze usage patterns on our Services. The use of a pixel allows us to record that a particular device, browser, or application has visited a particular webpage.

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D. Analytics. We may use third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Services, such as Google Analytics. Such service providers often have their own separate privacy practices.

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E. Behavioral Remarketing. We may also use remarketing services to advertise on third-party websites to you after you visited our Services. For this purpose, visitors are grouped by certain actions on our Services, e.g., by duration of a visit. This enables us to understand your preferences and to show you personalized advertising even if you are currently surfing on another website that also participates in the same advertising network. We may utilize Google Ads, Bing Ads, and similar ad networks.

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F. Java Script. Pages of our Site may also use Java scripts, which are code snippets embedded in various parts of websites and applications that facilitate a variety of operations including accelerating the refresh speed of certain functionality or monitoring usage of various online components; entity tags, which are HTTP code mechanisms that allow portions of websites to be stored or “cached” within your browser to accelerate website performance; and HTML5 local storage, which allows data from websites to be stored or "cached" within your browser to store and retrieve data in HTML5 pages when the website is revisited.

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G. Other Tracking Technologies. We may also use Tracking Technologies to collect "clickstream" data, such as the domain name of the service providing you with Internet access, your device type, IP address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your browser type and version, operating system and platform, the average time spent on our Site, pages viewed, content searched for, access times and other relevant statistics, and assign unique identifiers to the device or other credentials you use to access the Site for the same purposes.

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H. Do Not Track. Some Internet browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari, include the ability to transmit "Do Not Track" or "DNT" signals, which you may employ at your discretion.

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I. Location Information. You may be able to adjust the settings of your device so that information about your physical location is not sent to us or third parties by (a) disabling location services within the device settings; or (b) denying certain websites or mobile applications permission to access location information, by changing the relevant preferences and permissions in your device or browser settings.

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4. Security Precautions

We maintain reasonable physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards designed to guard your personal data from unauthorized processing, use or disclosure. Our security measures aim to prevent unauthorized access to or disclosure of your personal information.

However, the Internet is not an absolutely secure environment, and we cannot guarantee that your personal data will be secure. We therefore strongly recommend that you use a secure method and use a complex password to help us ensure the security of your account. We also strongly advise that you neither share your password with others, nor re-use passwords on our Services that you use on other sites or apps, as doing so increases the likelihood of your being the victim of a credential-stuffing attack or other malicious cyber behavior. If you feel that the security of your account or personal data has been compromised, please immediately contact us via the "Contact Us" link on our Site.

5. Certain Rights You May Exercise

5.1 Access, Correction, and Deletion of your Personal Information. You have the right to access, correct, or delete the personal information that we collect. To protect the privacy and the security of your personal information, we may request data from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such data, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal data we maintain. There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to refuse to provide or delete some or all of the personal information that we maintain. To exercise your rights, you may contact us as described below. We may not accommodate a request to delete or change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

5.2 Unsubscribing from Marketing Communications. If you do not want us to use your email account to send you marketing emails or non-transactional promotional materials, please directly click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of our email messages to you.

5.3 Lodging Complaints. If you believe we have infringed or violated your privacy rights, please contact us, as required by the Public Square Terms and Conditions [hyperlink] regarding dispute resolution, so that we may attempt to resolve any issues informally to your satisfaction.

5.4 Right to Opt-Out of Selling. Residents of certain states, such as California and Virginia, have the right to opt-out of having their personal information sold. We do not sell your personal information, as that term is generally understood, but certain privacy laws may define “sale” or "personal information" in such a way that: making identifiers linked to you available to limited third parties, for a benefit, may be considered a "sale." We may share identifiers and inferences about you with our partners, third parties, and affiliates in such a way that, under such privacy laws, could be interpreted as “selling.” If your state allows you to opt-out from such “sales,” then you may exercise your opt-out right by contacting us via the “Contact Us” link on our Site.

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6. Retention

We may retain your personal data, including any correspondence you have with us, only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy, including retaining Personal Data to comply with our legal obligations, to resolve disputes, for information security purposes, and to enforce our legal rights, terms, or policies.

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7. Third-Party Websites

PublicSquare may contain links to third-party sites or apps, or vice versa. This Policy does not apply to those third-party sites or apps. We recommend that you read the privacy statements of any other sites or apps that you visit, as we are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites or apps.

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8. Children

PublicSquare and our other Services are not directed to, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from, children under the age of 18 or minors (as defined by applicable laws). If you are a minor, please do not attempt to fill out our forms or send any personal information about yourself to us. If a minor has provided us with personal information without parental or guardian consent, the parent or guardian should contact us immediately to remove the relevant personal information and unsubscribe the minor. If we become aware that a minor has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to promptly delete such information from our files.

9. Extraterritorial Transfers of Personal Data

This Privacy Policy only applies to residents of the United States. Please also note that if you are a U.S. resident and you use our Services, your personal data may be accessed or transferred outside of the United States. Foreign jurisdictions may have data protection laws that are less protective than the laws of the jurisdiction in which you reside. For such data transfers, we rely on appropriate safeguards as permitted under various applicable laws and standards. If you do not want your information transferred to, processed, accessed, or maintained outside of the United States, then you should immediately cease accessing PublicSquare and using our Services.

10. California Privacy Rights

This section applies only to California residents. Pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended and pursuant to its regulations and successors (together, “CCPA”), below is a summary for the last twelve (12) months of the personal information categories, as identified and defined by the CCPA (see California Civil Code § 1798.140(o)), that we collect, the reason we collect the personal information, where we obtain the personal information, and the third parties with whom we may share the personal information.

We may collect the following categories of personal information when you use our Services:

Identifiers such as a name, address, unique personal identifier, email, phone number, payment method(s), your device’s IP address, and non-directly identifiable alphanumerical numbers associated with your devices;

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Commercial information such as records of products or services purchased, obtained, or considered by you;

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Internet or other electronic information regarding your browsing activity, length of visit and number of page views, click-stream data, locale preferences, your mobile carrier, date and time stamps associated with various transactions, and system configuration information; and

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Audio recordings of your voice to the extent you call us, if permitted under applicable law.

We generally do not collect protected classifications about our users, biometric information, or education-related information. For more information about the personal information we collect and the purposes for which we use it, please refer to Section 1 herein. The categories of third parties with whom we may share your personal information are listed above in Section 2.

If you are a California resident, you have rights in relation to your personal information; however, your rights are subject to certain exceptions. For instance, we cannot disclose specific pieces of personal information if the disclosure would create a substantial, articulable, and unreasonable risk to the security of the personal information, your account with us or the security of our network systems. To assert your right to know or your right to delete your personal information, please see the "Contact Us" section below. To confirm your identity, we may ask you to verify personal information we already have on file for you or other documentation that verifies that you are whom you claim to be. If we cannot verify your identity based on the information we have on file, we may request additional information from you, which we will only use to verify your identity, and for security or fraud-prevention purposes.

Right Against Discrimination. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of the rights described in this section. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your right to know, delete or opt-out of sales.

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Right to Know. You have the right to request in writing a list of the information we have collected or disclosed about you, the business purposes involved, and the sources of such information. You have the right to request a copy of the specific personal information we collected about you during the 12 months before your request.

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Right to Delete. You have the right to request that we delete any personal information we have collected from you or maintain about you, subject to certain exceptions.

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CCPA Right to Opt-Out of Selling. You have the right to opt-out of having your personal information sold. To exercise this right, please see the "Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies" section above for a description of opting out of cookies and controlling browser settings.

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Use of an Authorized Agent to Submit a Request. Only you or a person you formally authorize to act on your behalf may make a consumer request related to your personal information as a California consumer. If you use an authorized agent to submit such a request, we will require written proof that the authorized agent has been authorized to act on your behalf or a copy of the power-of-attorney document granting that right.

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In addition, California's Shine The Light law permits customers who are residents of California to request information regarding our disclosure of certain personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes (see California Civil Code § 1798.83 (e)(7) for a list of personal data categories). You can submit a disclosure request using the contact information provided below, once per year, free of charge.

11. Other States’ Privacy Laws

Nevada. This paragraph applies only to Nevada residents. We could be deemed to "sell" "covered information" of Nevada "consumers," as those terms are defined by Chapter 603A of the Nevada Revised Statutes. If you are a Nevada consumer, please inform us via email that you would like us to provide you notice, at which point you will have an opportunity to be verified and exercise your opt-out rights under that law. You may contact us as described below. It is your responsibility to keep your notice contact information current.

Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia and Utah. Each of these States provides their residents with rights to:

confirm whether we process their personal information;

access and delete certain personal information;

data portability;

opt-out of personal data processing for targeted advertising and sales.

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Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia also afford their residents rights to:

correct inaccuracies in their personal information; and
opt-out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

Based on our own knowledge and reasonable belief, our opinion is that we do not currently use, share, or sell data in a manner that would trigger these statutes’ opt-out requirements. Nevertheless, to exercise any of these rights, please contact us through the “Contact Us” link on our Site.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding any privacy-related information included in, or omitted from, this Privacy Policy, then please contact us. You may submit any privacy-related inquiries or complaints to us through the “Contact Us” link on our Site, or by regular mail to the following postal address.

PSQ Holdings, Inc.

ATTN: Privacy

250 S. Australian Avenue, Suite 1300

West Palm Beach, Florida 33401

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Privacy Notice

Last Updated: February 20, 2023

1. Overview

2. Applicability and Scope

3. Children Under the Age of 13

4. Information We Collect and How We Collect It

Sign up for a user account, event, or communications. During the sign-up or registration process or when you communicate with us, you may provide information such as your name, email address, phone number, and/or age verification. If you want to join PublicSq. before it has been introduced to your neighborhood, then you may choose to give us your contact information and ask us to notify you when we the Services are available in your neighborhood.
Participate in events, contact customer support, or provide feedback. You may choose to provide information to us through promotions, events, surveys, and feedback. We may use this information to administer your participation in the promotion, event, or survey; to respond to your feedback; and/or to conduct market research and analysis on an aggregate, non-identifiable basis.
Share content or request information. We may collect information when you share posts, reviews, preferences, or other content on or through the Services, or when you request information from us. This includes information you share when you contact us directly or access or interact with PublicSq. pages or accounts on any third-party social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, or LinkedIn.You are responsible for all actions resulting from any content you post on our Services or social media pages. Such contributions are posted at your own risk. Please remember that any information you post on third-party social media pages may become publicly available and is not subject to this Notice.

In these instances, we may collect the following types of information (collectively, “User Information”):

Account Information. When you create a user account, we store and use the information you provide during that process. The only information required to create a PublicSq. account is a username, password, email address, zip code, and age verification. If you choose to provide additional information, such as your first and/or last name or date of birth, we may store that information as well. You may create your account using a pseudonym if you prefer not to use your real name. You do not have to disclose your identity on PublicSq., but you must provide us with accurate and up-to-date information (including registration information). We may publicly display the username that you provide, as well as any photo or other content you submit through the account creation process. You can later modify some of the account information you provide through your account settings.
Business Information. If you use our Business Services, you may share details about your association with a business and services offered by you or the business.
Non-Public Communications. When you sign up for an account, you are opting to receive messages from PublicSq. You can manage some of your messaging preferences through your account settings, but please note that you cannot opt out of receiving certain administrative, transactional, or legal messages from PublicSq. We may store information that you provide through communications to us, including from phone calls, letters, emails, and other electronic messages, or in person. If you are a representative of a business listed on PublicSq. or use a phone number associated now or previously with such a business, we may contact you, including by phone and/or email, using the contact information you provide us or make publicly available, or that we have on record for your business. Our communications with you, including phone calls, may be monitored and recorded for quality purposes.
Any other information you choose to provide. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of any information that you transmit from or store on a device for the purposes of accessing or using the Services, including all transactions and other activities undertaken with any user account registered in your name, whether authorized or unauthorized. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized transactions associated with the Services or any other breach of security. PublicSq. shall not be responsible for any losses arising out of the loss or theft of User Information that you transmit from or store on a device or arising out of any unauthorized or fraudulent transactions associated with the Services.

Activity. We may store information about your use of the Services, such as your search activity, the pages you view, or the date and time of your visits. We may also store information that your device may provide to us in connection with your use of the Services, such as your browser type, type of computer or mobile device, browser language, mobile carrier, phone number, and requested and referring URLs and mobile applications. We may also receive and store your location whenever our App is running, including when running in the background, if you enable our App to access such information in the course of using the Services. You may be able to limit or disallow our use of certain location data through your device or browser settings, for example by adjusting the settings for our App in iOS or Android privacy settings.
Log Information. We may collect information related to your access to and use of the Services, including your browser type, App version, access times, IP address, pages viewed, and the page you visited before navigating to our Services.
Location Information. We may collect information about the approximate location of your device (e.g., less precise location inferred from a browser or device’s IP address). In accordance with your device permissions, we may also collect information about the precise location of your device. We collect this location information or derive it from your GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, or other device settings for purposes of enhancing or facilitating our Services. We may also use information about the location of the device you are using to help us understand how our Services and functionality are being used. If you want to opt out of the collection of this location information, please see “Your Choices” below. To learn more about our mobile-based location services, please see “Controlling App Functionality” below.
Device Information. We may collect information about the device you use to access our Services, including the hardware model, operating system and version, Internet service provider, and mobile network information. You may access the Services through different devices (e.g., your mobile phone or personal computer) and different platforms (e.g., webpage or mobile application). The information that we collect and store through those different uses may be cross-referenced and combined, and your contributions through one PublicSq. platform will typically be similarly visible and accessible through all other PublicSq. platforms.
Professional Information. If you represent a business on PublicSq., we may collect and display information about you related to your business activities, such as a business name that may incorporate your name, or a publicly available business address that is also used as a home address. We will also collect and display information about your professional background that you choose to share with us through the Services, such as information about your professional licenses or certifications, or your professional history or specialties.
Additional Information. As we and our service providers adopt additional technologies, we may also gather additional information through other methods.

We and others may use a variety of technologies to collect information about your device and use of our Services, including the following:

Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Services. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Services. We do not combine the information collected through cookies with other information to tell us who you are.
Log Files track actions occurring on the Services and collect data, including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring and exit pages, and date and time stamps.

5. How We Use Your Information

To Provide Our Services. We process certain personal information when you access or use our Services, including to register and verify user accounts, facilitate the functionality of our Services, and administer surveys, sweepstakes, contests, and promotions. Some of these activities have additional rules, which could contain additional information about how we use and disclose your personal information, so we recommend that you read these rules carefully.
To Communicate with You. We process certain information to communicate with you regarding our Services; to respond to your comments, inquiries, feedback, or postings; and to provide important safety information, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages. We may also provide information on employment opportunities and job openings. See the “Your Choices” section below for information about how to opt out of marketing communications at any time.
To Research, Develop, and Improve Our Services. We want to ensure that our Services are continually improving and expanding so that we meet and exceed your expectations. For example, we may process certain personal information to:
-conduct research and analysis for marketing, business, and other operational purposes;
-develop current and future Services and offerings;
-improve our business operations and Services; and
-debug and repair errors to improve the quality and safety of our Services.
With Your Consent. We may process certain personal information to fulfill any other business or commercial purposes at your direction or with your consent.

6. How We Share Your Information

To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of PublicSq.’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by PublicSq. about users of our Services is among the assets transferred.
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
To enforce or apply our Terms of Service and other agreements.
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, health, or safety of PublicSq., our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

PublicSq. Affiliates. We share personal information with PublicSq. affiliates, subsidiaries, and licensees to provide our Services to you, in accordance with applicable law. We may also share personal information with our affiliates at your direction or request.
Service Providers. We share personal information with third-party service providers that provide a variety of services on our behalf, including but not limited to the development, maintenance, and support of the Services and marketing research and analysis. Our service providers may be located outside of the jurisdiction in which you reside.
Other Entities. We may share personal information with other entities for additional purposes. For example, we may share personal information with our business partners and other third parties upon your request or at your direction. We may also share personal information as part of a sale, merger, or change in control, or in preparation for these corporate events. An entity that buys all or part of our business may continue to use your data in accordance with this Notice unless you request otherwise.We may also share personal information as may be necessary to protect the safety, property, or other rights of PublicSq., its affiliates, and their respective employees, customers, users, service providers, or any other person or entity; to comply with law, a court order, or other legal process (which may include access by courts, law enforcement or governmental authorities in the U.S. or other jurisdictions) or in connection with a legal investigation; to enforce any applicable terms and conditions and other agreements; as otherwise may be required or permitted by applicable law; or in accordance with your consent.

7. Controlling App Functionality

User Responsibility. You are solely responsible for maintenance of the confidentiality and security of any personal information which you transmit from or store on a device for purposes of the Services, whether authorized or unauthorized. You agree to immediately notify PublicSq. of any unauthorized transactions associated with the Services or any other breach of security. PublicSq. shall not be responsible for any losses arising out of the loss or theft of User Information which you transmit from or store on a device or from unauthorized or fraudulent transactions associated with the Services.
Communications Preferences. The Services allow all users to set preferences for receiving email communications from PublicSq. and push notifications from the App. Please note as well that you may opt out of receiving marketing communications at any time by adjusting your online account settings or by clicking the “unsubscribe” link included within any commercial email we send you.

8. Your Choices

Account Information. You may review and change the account information you provide to us at any time by logging into the Services and visiting your account profile settings. You may also send us an email at [email protected] to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.
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If you delete your User Information or contributions from the Services, copies of such content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or may have been copied or stored by other users. Proper access and use of information provided on the Services, including user contributions, is governed by our Terms of Service. If you wish to deactivate your account, please email us at[email protected], but note that we may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes.
Promotional Communications. You can opt out of receiving promotional emails and mailings by informing us of your preference at the time you sign up for an account, modifying your promotional preferences in your account settings, following the “unsubscribe” instructions in the promotional emails we send you, or emailing us at [email protected]. Please note that if you opt out of receiving promotional communications from us, we may still send you transactional communications, including emails about your account.
Mobile Push Notifications. With your consent, we may send promotional and non-promotional push notifications or alerts to your mobile device. You can deactivate these notifications at any time by changing the notification settings in your account.
Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject cookies and similar technologies by adjusting the appropriate settings in your browser. Each browser is different, but many browsers have preferences or options that may be adjusted to allow you to either accept or reject cookies and certain other technologies before they are set or installed or allow you to remove or reject the use or installation of certain technologies altogether. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Services.

California residents may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see “Your State Privacy Rights” below for more information.

9. How We Protect Your Information

10. Retention and Disposal of Your Information

11. Your State Privacy Rights

Confirm whether we process their personal information.
Access and delete certain personal information.
Data portability.
Opt-out of personal data processing for targeted advertising and sales.

Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia also provide their residents with rights to:

Correct inaccuracies in their personal information.
Opt-out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

12. Updates to this Privacy Notice

PublicSquare Privacy Policy

Privacy Notice

1. Overview

2. Applicability and Scope

3. Children Under the Age of 13

4. Information We Collect and How We Collect It

5. How We Use Your Information

6. How We Share Your Information

7. Controlling App Functionality

8. Your Choices

9. How We Protect Your Information

10. Retention and Disposal of Your Information

11. Your State Privacy Rights

12. Updates to this Privacy Notice

13. Contact Us

Purpose

Personal Data We Collect

Privacy Notice

1. Overview

2. Applicability and Scope

3. Children Under the Age of 13

4. Information We Collect and How We Collect It

5. How We Use Your Information

6. How We Share Your Information

7. Controlling App Functionality

8. Your Choices

9. How We Protect Your Information

10. Retention and Disposal of Your Information

11. Your State Privacy Rights

12. Updates to this Privacy Notice

13. Contact Us

Supplier/Service Provider/Processor

Services Offered

Privacy Notice

1. Overview

2. Applicability and Scope

3. Children Under the Age of 13

4. Information We Collect and How We Collect It

5. How We Use Your Information

6. How We Share Your Information

7. Controlling App Functionality

8. Your Choices

9. How We Protect Your Information

10. Retention and Disposal of Your Information

11. Your State Privacy Rights

12. Updates to this Privacy Notice

13. Contact Us