Privacy Policy
Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to www.podmahal.com and Pod Mahal and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Pod Mahal include www.podmahal.com. The Pod Mahal website is a Marketing & Media site. By using the Pod Mahal website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site, Pod Mahal may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
First and Last Name
E-mail Address
Phone Number
Pod Mahal may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your:
Age
Gender
Household Income
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Pod Mahal's public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Use of your Personal Information
Pod Mahal collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested.
Pod Mahal may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Pod Mahal and its affiliates.
Podcast Analytics & Listener Data
Pod Mahal may collect podcast listening data, including but not limited to:
Episode downloads and streaming statistics
Listening duration and completion rates
Device information and geographic location (at a regional level)
Subscription status and listening frequency
This information helps us improve our content and user experience. We may use third-party podcast analytics services (such as Podtrac, Chartable, Blubrry, or similar services) to collect and analyze this data. These services are bound by their own privacy policies and our data sharing agreements.
Data Retention Policy
Pod Mahal will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.
User account information is kept for as long as your account remains active. If you request account deletion, your personal information will be deleted or anonymized within 30 days, except where retention is required by law. Podcast analytics data may be retained in an aggregated, anonymized format for up to 5 years for historical analysis and business planning.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
Pod Mahal does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Pod Mahal may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is transferred to the third party. Pod Mahal may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Pod Mahal, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Pod Mahal may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Pod Mahal or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Pod Mahal; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Pod Mahal, or the public.
International Data Transfers
Pod Mahal operates globally, and your information may be processed and stored in countries outside your country of residence, including the United States. These countries may have different data protection laws than your country. By using our services, you consent to the transfer of your information to these countries. We take appropriate measures to ensure your information remains protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy, including through the use of Standard Contractual Clauses or other legally recognized means of transfer.
Data Subject Rights
Under applicable privacy laws, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate information about you.
Right to Deletion: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances.
Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer your personal data to another organization or directly to you.
Right to Object: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the Contact Information section.
Opt-Out of Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties
In connection with any personal information we may disclose to a third party for a business purpose, you have the right to know:
The categories of personal information that we disclosed about you for a business purpose.
You have the right under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and certain other privacy and data protection laws, as applicable, to opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information. If you exercise your right to opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information, we will refrain from disclosing your personal information, unless you subsequently provide express authorization for the disclosure of your personal information. To opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information, visit this Web page _________________.
Tracking User Behavior
Pod Mahal may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within Pod Mahal, in order to determine what Pod Mahal services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Pod Mahal to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Pod Mahal. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Pod Mahal website.
Cookie Policy
The Pod Mahal website may use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
We use the following types of cookies:
Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website to function properly.
Functional Cookies: Remember your preferences and settings.
Analytical/Performance Cookies: Collect information about how you use our website.
Targeting Cookies: Used to deliver content relevant to your interests.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Pod Mahal pages, or register with Pod Mahal site or services, a cookie helps Pod Mahal to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Pod Mahal website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Pod Mahal features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Pod Mahal services or websites you visit.
To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
Podcast Platform Extensions
Our podcast content may be available on various platforms and podcast directories, including but not limited to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and others. Please note that when you access our content through these platforms, your interactions with our content may also be subject to the privacy policies of those platforms. We encourage you to review their privacy policies for more information on how they collect and process your data.
Audio Content Licensing
By submitting audio content to Pod Mahal (such as voice messages, comments, or participation in episodes), you grant Pod Mahal a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, distribute, and display that content in connection with the provision of our services and the promotion of our podcast. This may include editing your audio contribution for quality, length, or clarity. If you wish to revoke this permission for specific content, please contact us using the information in the Contact Information section.
Breach Notification Process
In the event of a data breach that compromises your personal information, we will notify you and the appropriate regulatory authorities (where required) within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach. The notification will include information about the nature of the breach, the information affected, the measures we are taking to mitigate harm, and contact information for inquiries.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Social Media Integration
Our website may include social media features, such as Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram buttons and widgets. These features may collect information about your IP address and which page you are visiting on our website, and they may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our site. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policies of the companies providing them.
Security of your Personal Information
Pod Mahal secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Pod Mahal uses the following methods for this purpose:
SSL Protocol
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
Age Verification and Children's Privacy
Pod Mahal does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
For content that is age-restricted, we may implement age verification processes, which may include self-declaration of birth date or other verification methods as appropriate. We do not use these verification methods to collect or store additional personal information except as necessary for the verification process itself.
Disconnecting your Pod Mahal Account from Third Party Websites
You will be able to connect your Pod Mahal account to third party accounts. BY CONNECTING YOUR POD MAHAL ACCOUNT TO YOUR THIRD PARTY ACCOUNT, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU ARE CONSENTING TO THE CONTINUOUS RELEASE OF INFORMATION ABOUT YOU TO OTHERS (IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS ON THOSE THIRD PARTY SITES). IF YOU DO NOT WANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOU, INCLUDING PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, TO BE SHARED IN THIS MANNER, DO NOT USE THIS FEATURE. You may disconnect your account from a third party account at any time. Users may learn how to disconnect their accounts from third-party websites by visiting their "My Account" page. Users may also contact us via email or telephone.
Opt-Out & Unsubscribe from Third Party Communications
We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving announcements of certain information. Users may opt-out of receiving any or all communications from third-party partners of Pod Mahal by contacting us here:
Web page: _________________
Email: [INSERT YOUR EMAIL]
Phone: [INSERT YOUR PHONE]
E-mail Communications
From time to time, Pod Mahal may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from Pod Mahal or click on a link therein.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Pod Mahal, you may opt out of such communications by Customers may unsubscribe from emails by "replying STOP" or "clicking on the UNSUBSCRIBE button".
All promotional emails sent by Pod Mahal include clear instructions for how to unsubscribe from our email list, and we honor all requests promptly. We comply with the CAN-SPAM Act and other applicable laws regarding electronic communications.
Right to Deletion
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
Delete your personal information from our records; and
Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
GDPR Compliance
For users located in the European Economic Area (EEA), we comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This means:
We process your data lawfully, fairly, and transparently.
We collect your data for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes.
We limit our data collection to what is necessary.
We take steps to ensure data accuracy.
We limit storage of personal data.
We ensure appropriate security, integrity, and confidentiality.
Our legal basis for processing your personal data includes:
Your consent
Fulfillment of a contract with you
Compliance with a legal obligation
Protection of your vital interests
Performance of a task in the public interest
For our legitimate interests
Changes to this Statement
Pod Mahal reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
Pod Mahal welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Pod Mahal has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Pod Mahal at:
Pod Mahal
Email Address:
hi@podmahal.com
Effective as of 10/20/2020