Privacy Policy

Who This Policy Applies To

This Privacy Policy applies to users and visitors of Podoxo worldwide.

Because Podoxo is a global platform, privacy and data-protection laws may differ depending on where you live.

Depending on your location, you may have additional rights under applicable privacy laws, including laws such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), UK GDPR, California privacy laws, and other applicable national, state or regional privacy legislation.

Where applicable law provides additional rights or protections, Podoxo will respect those rights.

Information We Collect

Depending on how you use Podoxo, we may collect:

• Name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Username or account identifier
• Password or authentication information
• Age or date of birth where required
• Profile photo
• Occupation
• Professional role
• Podcast-related experience
• Skills and services
• Professional biography
• Portfolio information
• Podcast information
• Areas of expertise
• City, country or general location
• Social media and professional profile links
• Profile and cover images
• Verification information where applicable
• Connection requests
• Invitations
• Messages and enquiries
• Support communications
• Subscription and transaction information
• Technical information such as IP address, browser, device and operating system
• Cookies and similar technologies

How We Use Information

We may use personal information to:

• Create and manage accounts
• Create and maintain professional profiles
• Help users discover relevant professionals
• Facilitate connections and collaboration
• Provide marketplace functionality
• Process subscriptions and transactions
• Conduct verification
• Communicate with users
• Provide customer support
• Improve the platform
• Personalize user experience
• Analyze platform usage
• Maintain security
• Detect and prevent fraud and abuse
• Enforce our Terms and policies
• Comply with applicable legal obligations
• Protect the rights, safety and property of Podoxo and others

We will process personal information only where there is an appropriate legal basis or other lawful justification under applicable law.

Depending on the circumstances, this may include consent, performance of a contract, legitimate interests, compliance with legal obligations, or another lawful basis recognized by applicable law.

Public Profiles

Podoxo is a professional discovery and networking platform.

Information intentionally placed by users in public profile fields may be visible to other users or website visitors.

Users should not place sensitive or private information in public profile fields.

Public profiles may include:

• Name/display name
• Professional category
• Professional biography
• Skills
• Services
• Portfolio information
• Public social links
• Public profile image
• Public cover image
• Verification status, where applicable

Podoxo will not intentionally display passwords, payment information, government identity documents, private verification records or confidential account information through public profiles.

Registered vs Verified

Creating a Podoxo account does NOT mean that a user is verified.

Podoxo may distinguish between:

VERIFIED: The profile has completed the applicable Podoxo verification process.

NON-VERIFIED: The profile exists on Podoxo but has not completed the applicable verification process.

Podoxo does not publicly display a user's registration status or registration date.

Verification is limited to the scope of the verification process and does not guarantee a user's qualifications, conduct, reliability or future performance.

User-Provided Content

Users may upload:

• Profile information
• Photographs
• Videos
• Audio
• Portfolio material
• Descriptions
• Links
• Podcast information
• Professional information
• Other content

Users remain responsible for ensuring they have the necessary rights and permissions to upload or publish such content.

By submitting content to Podoxo, users grant Podoxo the permissions reasonably necessary to host, display and operate the platform according to the user's selected visibility settings and the Terms & Conditions.

Communications and Connections

Podoxo may provide features allowing users to:

• Send connection requests
• Receive requests
• Send invitations
• Contact other users
• Share professional information
• Collaborate
• Discover guests, hosts, producers and service providers

Information necessary to complete a user-requested interaction may be shared with the relevant recipient.

Users should exercise appropriate care when sharing personal information with other users.

Cookies

Podoxo may use cookies, pixels, local storage and similar technologies to:

• Operate the website
• Maintain sessions
• Remember preferences
• Improve functionality
• Understand website usage
• Measure performance
• Improve security
• Analyze traffic
• Improve user experience

Where required by applicable law, appropriate cookie notices, consent mechanisms or preference controls will be provided.

Third-Party Services

Podoxo may use third-party providers for:

• Hosting
• Cloud infrastructure
• Authentication
• Database services
• Analytics
• Email delivery
• Payment processing
• Customer support
• Security
• Content delivery
• Monitoring

These providers may process personal information as necessary to provide their services and according to applicable agreements and laws.

Sharing Information

Podoxo does not intend to sell personal information as a general business practice.

Information may be shared when reasonably necessary to:

• Provide our services
• Facilitate user-requested connections
• Process payments
• Operate infrastructure
• Provide support
• Conduct verification
• Prevent fraud or abuse
• Protect the platform
• Comply with legal requirements
• Respond to lawful requests
• Protect the rights, safety and property of Podoxo, users or others
• Complete a merger, acquisition, restructuring, financing or sale of assets

International Data Transfers

Because Podoxo is a global platform, personal information may be processed or stored in countries other than the country where the user lives.

Where personal information is transferred internationally, Podoxo will take reasonable steps to use appropriate safeguards where required by applicable law.

Data Security

Podoxo uses reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, destruction or unauthorized disclosure.

However, no internet service can guarantee absolute security.

Users are responsible for protecting their account credentials.

Data Retention

Podoxo retains personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for providing services, maintaining accounts, preventing fraud, resolving disputes, enforcing agreements, maintaining business records and complying with applicable laws.

When information is no longer reasonably required, it may be deleted, anonymized or securely disposed of in accordance with applicable law.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including:

• Access
• Correction
• Deletion
• Restriction of processing
• Objection to certain processing
• Data portability
• Withdrawal of consent
• Opting out of certain communications or processing
• Information about how personal information is used
• Lodging a complaint with an applicable privacy authority

Not all rights apply in every jurisdiction.

European Economic Area and United Kingdom

Users located in the European Economic Area or United Kingdom may have additional rights under applicable data-protection laws, including rights relating to access, correction, erasure, restriction, objection, portability, withdrawal of consent and automated decision-making.

United States

Users located in U.S. states with applicable privacy laws may have additional rights relating to access, correction, deletion, portability, opting out of certain data processing, targeted advertising or profiling, and other rights provided by applicable law.

Account Deletion

Users may request deletion of their Podoxo account through the designated support or privacy contact.

Some information may need to be retained where required or permitted by law for legal compliance, fraud prevention, security, dispute resolution, financial records or enforcement of agreements.

Children's Privacy

Podoxo is intended for users who are legally permitted to use the platform.

Podoxo does not knowingly collect personal information from children where such collection is prohibited by applicable law.

Marketing Communications

Podoxo may send service-related communications necessary to operate an account.

Where legally required, marketing communications will be sent only with appropriate consent or another lawful basis.

Users may unsubscribe from marketing communications.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

Podoxo may update this Privacy Policy from time to time due to new features, business changes, technology changes, legal requirements or changes in data practices.

The "Last Updated" date will be updated when material changes are made.

Where required by applicable law, Podoxo may provide additional notice or obtain consent before implementing material changes.

Contact

Podoxo Privacy / Data Protection Contact

Email: support@podoxo.app

Website: https://podoxo.app/

Users may also have the right to contact the relevant privacy or data-protection authority in their country or region.