Privacy Policy
Welcome to Populizr.
Thank you for using our website and services. We respect your right to privacy, and we are strongly committed to keeping all the gathered personal data protected.
Populizr provides this Privacy Policy to explain how we collect, use, store, and protect personal data received from users of our website and application. This Privacy Policy describes our practices regarding the processing of personal data and your rights regarding your information. This Policy applies to all the users of https://populizr.com and https://app.populizr.com.
By using our application and website, you acknowledge that your personal data may be processed as described in this Privacy Policy. Where required by law, we will obtain your consent before processing your personal data.
“Processing” means any operation performed on personal data, including collecting, recording, organizing, storing, using, modifying, sharing, deleting, or otherwise handling personal data.
These activities may take place at our business location in North Macedonia. If you access our services from outside North Macedonia, your personal data may be transferred and processed in North Macedonia or other countries where our service providers operate. We take appropriate measures to ensure that your personal data remains protected and processed according to applicable privacy standards.
Our Privacy Policy provides the following info:
Please read carefully. If you feel uncomfortable with our Privacy Policy info, it would be kind of you not to use the services we offer nor our website or app.
Data Controller
Populizr DOOEL is the data controller responsible for processing your personal data.
Company: Populizr DOOEL
Address: ASNOM 1, Ohrid 6000, North Macedonia
Email: support@populizr.com
1. What Personal Data We Collect From You
Populizr collects personal data that you voluntarily provide and information automatically collected when you use our website or application. Such data may be the following (and it is not limited to):
- Account information
- Login information
- Usage information
- Device information
- Browser information
- State/Province
- Profile picture
- Postal Code
- IP address
- Country
- Phone
- Name
- City
2. How And Why We Collect Your Personal Data
There are several ways of how we collect your personal data:
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact Forms
We collect information submitted through our contact forms, such as your name, email address, and any information you choose to provide. We use this information only to respond to your requests, provide support, and communicate regarding our services.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged into that website.
3. Information Collection And Use
How We Use The Collected Data
Our purposes for collecting and processing personal data include:
- Provide you with the products and services made available through the application, including, but not limited to the app package
- Send promotional communications and service updates where you have provided appropriate consent or where permitted by applicable laws.
- Respond to your questions and comments on our website
- Process the payment when you purchase the Populizr app
- Send you updates or changes in our Privacy Policy
- Run your registered user account (if you have one)
- Improve our site and content
Legal Basis For Processing Personal Data
Where applicable, Populizr processes personal data based on the following legal grounds:
- Contractual necessity: To provide our services, manage accounts, and process transactions.
- Consent: Where you have agreed to receive marketing communications or accept optional cookies.
- Legitimate interests: To maintain security, improve our services, and prevent misuse.
- Legal obligations: Where processing is required by applicable laws.
Data Collected Upon Registration
If you wish to have access to certain restricted sections of the website, you will need to become a registered user and to submit specific personally identifiable information to Populizr.
For instance, when you register for an app package, or if you wish to use our service for managing your social profiles, personal data is collected.
Personal data that we may collect in such instances can include but is not limited to your:
- IP address,
- Username,
- User’s full name,
- Email address,
- Password,
- Telephone number,
- City,
- Time zone,
- Other information that you decide to give us.
Use Of Contact Information
Populizr may use your contact information to provide customer support, respond to inquiries, communicate important service updates, and send marketing communications where you have provided consent. You may unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions provided.
Log Data
When you visit the Populizr Website, our servers automatically record information that the browser sends whenever you visit a site (Log Data). This Log Data may include information such as your IP address, and a timestamp of your login.
For most users using the Internet from an Internet service provider (ISP), the IP address will be different each time you log in. We use Log Data to observe the utilization of the application and for the application’s technical administration.
We do not link your IP address to any other personal data to identify you personally, except in the case of abuse of the Terms of Service.
What Data Breach Procedures We Have In Place
We have 24/7 server monitoring from our hosting company. We get notified within 5 minutes if something goes down so we can take action.
What Third Parties We Receive Data From
We may receive information from third-party service providers used to operate our services, such as payment processors, hosting providers, analytics providers, or communication platforms.
What Automated Decision Making And/Or Profiling We Do With User Data
Marketing and advertising technologies may be used for personalized advertising where applicable. These activities do not constitute automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects.
6. Industry Regulatory Disclosure Requirements
Populizr cooperates with private parties or government and law enforcement officials to enforce and comply with the law.
We might disclose any information about you to private parties or government and law enforcement officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe obligatory or appropriate to:
- Respond to claims,
- Respond to legal process,
- Protect the property and rights of Populizr or a third party,
- Protect the safety of the community or any person,
- Avert or stop any unethical, illegal, or legally actionable activity, or
- Adhere to the law
7. How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is for us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (they only cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to provide our services, fulfill legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements. When personal data is no longer required, it will be securely deleted or anonymized.
8. Our Policy Towards Children
Populizr is not directed to persons under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that her or his child has provided us with personal data without their consent, they should contact us at contact@populizr.com.
Populizr does not want to collect personal data from children under the age of 16. If we become aware that a child under 16 has provided us with personal data, we intend to delete such information from our files.
9. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on applicable privacy laws, you may have the right to request access to your personal data, correction of inaccurate information, deletion of your personal data, restriction of processing, objection to processing, and data portability. You may also withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at: support@populizr.com
10. Privacy Policy Updates
Our Privacy Policy may be updated at any time and for any reason, with each version applying to the information collected while it was in place. We will inform you of any significant changes to our Privacy Policy by publishing the new Privacy Policy on our Website. You are advised to consult this Privacy Policy frequently for any changes. If you have any thoughts or questions about this Privacy Policy, please email contact@populizr.com.
Comments
When you come as a visitor and leave comments on our website, we collect the data shown in the comments form. We also show the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.