Privacy Policy
Collection
and use of data and personal information
You may be asked to provide your personal information when
you are in contact with Publishchain or when using a web site owned by Publishchain.
Publishchain may use them in accordance with its Data and personal information
protection policy.
How we
use your data and personal information
We may process your data and personal information for the
purposes described in this Privacy Policy with your consent, for compliance
with a legal obligation to which Publishchain is subject or when we have
assessed it is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued
by Publishchain or a third party to whom it may be necessary to disclose
information.
The personal information we collect allows us to keep you
posted on Publishchain’s latest product announcements, software updates, and
upcoming events. If you don’t want to be on our mailing list, you can opt out
anytime by updating your preferences.
We also use personal information to help us create, develop,
operate, deliver, and improve our products, services, content and advertising,
and for loss prevention and anti-fraud purposes. We may also use your personal
information for account and network security purposes, including to protect our
services for the benefit of all our users. Where we use your information for
anti-fraud purposes it arises from the conduct of an online transaction with
us. We limit our uses of data for anti-fraud purposes to those which are strictly
necessary and within our assessed legitimate interests to protect our customers
and our services. For certain online transactions we may also validate the
information provided by you with publicly accessible sources.
We may use your personal information to verify identity,
facilitate user identification and determine appropriate services.
From time to time, we may use your personal information to
send important notices, such as communications about purchases and changes to
our terms, conditions, and policies. Because this information is important to
your interaction with Publishchain, you may not opt out of receiving these
communications.
We may also use personal information for internal purposes
such as auditing, data analysis, and research to improve Publishchain’s
products, services, and customer communications.
If you enter a sweepstake, contest, or similar promotion we
may use the information you provide to administer those programs.
Source of your data and personal information when they are
not collected from you.
We may have received your personal information from other
persons if that person has shared their content with you using Publishchain
products, sent gift certificates and products, or invited you to participate in
Publishchain services or forums. We may also validate the information provided
by you when creating a Publishchain® ID with a third party for security and
fraud prevention purposes.
For research and development purposes, we may use datasets
such as those that contain images, voices or other data that could be
associated with an identifiable person. When acquiring such datasets, we do so
in accordance with applicable law in the jurisdiction in which the dataset is
hosted. When using such datasets for research and development, we do not
attempt to re-identify individuals who may appear therein.
Protection
of Personal Information
Publishchain takes the security of your personal information
very seriously and the personal data protection policy is accessible to
everyone.
The existence of Automated Decision-Making, Including
Profiling
Publishchain does not take any decisions involving the use
of algorithms or profiling that significantly affects you.
Location-Based
Services
To provide location-based services on Publishchain products,
Publishchain and our partners and licensees may collect, use, and share precise
location data, including the real-time geographic location of the device. Where
available, location-based services may use GPS, Bluetooth, and your IP Address,
along with crowdsourced Wi-Fi hotspots and cell tower locations, and other
technologies to determine your devices’ approximate location. Unless you
provide consent, this location data is collected anonymously in a form that
does not personally identify you and is used by Publishchain and our partners
and licensees to provide and improve location-based products and services. For
example, your device may share its geographic location with application
providers when you opt in to their location services.
Third-party
Sites and Services
Publishchain websites, products, applications, and services
may contain links to third-party websites, products, and services. Our products
and services may also use or offer products or services from third parties.
Information collected by third parties, which may include
such things as location data or contact details, is governed by their privacy
practices. We encourage you to learn about the privacy practices of those third
parties.
Our
Companywide Commitment to Your Privacy
To make sure your data and personal information is secure,
we communicate our privacy and security guidelines to Publishchain employees
and strictly enforce privacy safeguards within the company.
Privacy
Questions
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the use of data
and information by Publishchain, please contact the person responsible for
personal information of Publishchain, as specified in the Publishchain data and
personal information protection policy.
