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.
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.
Last Updated: February 20, 2023
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.
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.
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.
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:
In these instances, we may collect the following types of information (collectively, “User Information”):
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:
We and others may use a variety of technologies to collect information about your device and use of our Services, including the following:
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.
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:
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.
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:
We may also disclose your personal information:
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:
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.
California residents may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see “Your State Privacy Rights” below for more 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.
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.
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:
Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia also provide their residents with rights to:
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.
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.
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.
Last Updated: February 20, 2023
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.
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.
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.
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:
In these instances, we may collect the following types of information (collectively, “User Information”):
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:
We and others may use a variety of technologies to collect information about your device and use of our Services, including the following:
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.
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:
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.
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:
We may also disclose your personal information:
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:
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.
California residents may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see “Your State Privacy Rights” below for more 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.
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.
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:
Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia also provide their residents with rights to:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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
Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia also afford their residents rights to:
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
Last Updated: February 20, 2023
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.
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.
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.
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:
In these instances, we may collect the following types of information (collectively, “User Information”):
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:
We and others may use a variety of technologies to collect information about your device and use of our Services, including the following:
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.
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:
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.
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:
We may also disclose your personal information:
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:
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.
California residents may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see “Your State Privacy Rights” below for more 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.
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.
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:
Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia also provide their residents with rights to:
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.
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.
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].
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