Privacy Policy

Effective Date: June 21st, 2022

PubliFeet ("PubliFeet" or "We") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with the practices described in this privacy policy.

This policy describes our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing the personal data we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit www.PubliFeet.com (our "Website"), including any data you may provide when you sign up, buy or sell products and services, post content, or use the interactive services. This policy applies to the personal data collected through our Website, regardless of the country where you are located.

This Website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, services, social networks, or applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow the third party to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites, plug-ins, services, social networks, or applications, and we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices for processing and storing your personal data. By engaging with our Website, you accept and consent to the practices described in this policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy ). Continuing to engage with our Website after any such revisions indicates that you accept and consent to them, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

1. Data We May Collect About You

  Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

  Depending on whether you are a seller or a buyer, we collect and use different types of data from and about you that we have grouped together as follows:

• Identity Data includes legal name, username or similar identifier, social security number, government-issued photo identification, date of birth, gender, ethnicity, foot size, signed written consents, selfie photo, and voice and image (in any content that you upload or transmit).


• Contact Data includes postal address, email address, and telephone numbers.


• Location Data includes your city and state/province as voluntarily disclosed by you.


• Financial Data includes bank or other payment account and payment card details. We store only limited, if any, Financial Data. Otherwise, our payment processor stores all Financial Data, and we encourage you to review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions.


• Transaction Data includes details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have bought from us or any seller through our Website or tips that you have paid to any seller through our Website.


• Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, ISP name, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access our Website.


• Device Data includes the type of mobile device ("Device") you use, a unique device identifier (for example, your Device's IMEI number, the MAC address of the Device's wireless network interface, or the mobile phone number used by the Device), mobile network information, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile browser you use, time zone setting, and IP address.


• Content Data includes photos, videos, audio (for example, music and other sounds), data, text (such as comments and hashtags), metadata, images, interactive features, emojis, GIFs, memes, and any other material you create, perform, or upload on or through our Website and information about the content you create, perform, or upload. Please remember that Content Data that you post or perform may reveal personal data about yourself as well, including identifying information about yourself depicted in any Content Data.


• Profile Data includes your username and password, including password hints and other information for authentication and account access, purchases made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback, and survey responses. Some information you choose to give us may be considered "special" or "sensitive" in certain jurisdictions, for example, your sex life and sexual orientation. By choosing to submit special or sensitive information, you consent to our processing of that information.


• Usage Data includes information about how you use our Website, products, and services.


• Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from our third parties and us and your communication preferences.



  We also collect, use, and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data that will be used under this privacy policy.




  We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data) unless you voluntarily provide it. Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offenses.

  If You Fail to Provide Personal Data




  Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with goods or services). In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us, but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.

2. How We Collect Data About You

  We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:



• Direct interactions. You may give us information about you by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by email. This includes information you provide when you sign up; buy products or services; create a profile; interact with sellers or buyers through our Website; request marketing to be sent to you; enter a competition, promotion, or survey; or give us feedback or contact us. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Website.


• Automated technologies or interactions As you interact with our Website, we may automatically collect Technical and Device Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns as specified above.


• Third parties or publicly available sources. We will receive personal data about you if you visit other websites employing our cookies or from third parties including, for example, business partners (including affiliates in any affiliate marketing program); subcontractors in technical, payment, delivery, and identity and age verification services; advertising networks; analytics providers; and search information providers. We do not collect or store your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal data is governed by their privacy policy. These third-party payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council.


• User contributions. You also may provide Content Data for us to publish or display ("post") on public Website areas or transmit to other website users or third parties. You submit Content Data for posting and transmission to others at your own risk. Although you may set certain privacy settings for Content Data by logging into your account profile, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of any Website users with whom you choose to share your Content Data. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that unauthorized persons will not view your Content Data.



  Cookies and Automatic Data Collection Technologies




  Our Website uses cookies (small files placed on your device) or other automatic data collection technologies to distinguish you from other Website users. This helps us deliver a better and more personalized service when you browse our Website. It also allows us to improve our Website by enabling us to:

• Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.


• Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.


• Speed up your searches.


• Recognize you when you return to our Website.





  You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, certain parts of our Website may become inaccessible and certain features may not work correctly. Unless you adjust your browser settings to refuse cookies, our system will issue them.




  Our Website pages may contain web beacons (small transparent embedded images or objects, also known as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count website page visitors or to compile other similar statistics such as recording Website content popularity or verifying system and server integrity.




  Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies




  Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our Website. They may associate the information collected with your personal data or they may collect information, including personal data, about your online activities over time and across different websites or other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.




  We do not control how these third-party tracking technologies operate or how they may use the collected data. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

3. How We Use Your Personal Data




  We use your personal data to provide you with products, offer you services, communicate with you, deliver marketing, or to conduct other business operations, such as using data to improve and personalize your experiences.




  We may use personal data to enable us to display advertisements to our advertisers' target audiences. Even though we do not disclose your personal data for these purposes without your consent, if you click on or otherwise interact with an advertisement, the advertiser may assume that you meet its target criteria.




We may use nonpersonal data for any business purpose.

4. Consent to Personal Data Transfer




  We are based in the United States of America. We may process, store, and transfer the personal data we collect, in and to a country outside your own, with different privacy laws that may or may not be as comprehensive as your own. If you are located outside the United States, your personal data may at times be accessible by persons who are located worldwide including in countries that the European Commission or other geopolitical regions have not determined to provide the same adequate level of data protection in your country, province territory, or geopolitical region.




  By submitting your personal data or engaging with our Website, you consent to this transfer, storing, or processing, including the transfer of your data across international boundaries to jurisdictions anywhere in the world as permitted by applicable law.




  If you are a Canadian resident or otherwise located in Canada, please note that personal data transfers outside of Canada may result in your data becoming accessible to foreign jurisdiction's law enforcement or other authorities.




  If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, or the United Kingdom (UK), please note that your information will be transferred outside of those areas, including to the United States. Nevertheless, whenever we transfer your personal data out of the EEA, Switzerland, or UK, we will use reasonable efforts to ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring that the recipient third party agrees to contractual clauses or other appropriate safeguards.

5. Data Security

   The security of your personal data is very important to us. We use physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards designed to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. We store all personal data you provide to us behind firewalls on servers employing security protections. We encrypt any payment transactions using SSL technology.




  The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. We urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas of the Website. The information you share in public areas may be viewed by any user of the Website.




  Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal data transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal data is at your own risk. We are not responsible for the circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

6. Data Retention

  Except as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law or regulation, we will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including to satisfy any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Under some circumstances, we may anonymize your personal data so that it can no longer be associated with you. We reserve the right to use that anonymous and de-identified data for any legitimate business purpose without further notice to you or your consent.

7. Withdrawing Your Consent

  Where you have given your consent to the collection, use, and transfer of your personal data, you may have the legal right to withdraw your consent under certain circumstances. To withdraw your consent, if applicable, you may contact us at privacy@PubliFeet.com. Please note that if you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide you with a particular product or service. We will explain the impact to you at the time to help you with your decision.

8. Children's Online Privacy

We do not direct our Website to minors, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from individuals under 18-years old. If we learn we have mistakenly or unintentionally collected or received personal data from an individual under 18-years old, we will delete it. If you believe we mistakenly or unintentionally collected data from or about an individual under 18-years old.

9. Contact Information and Challenging Compliance

  We welcome your questions, comments, and requests regarding this privacy policy and our privacy practices. Please contact us at privacy@PubliFeet.com. We have procedures in place to receive and respond to complaints or inquiries about our handing of personal data, our compliance with this policy, and with applicable privacy laws. To discuss our compliance with this policy, please contact us.