Our Website Privacy Policy

At Public Democracy, we care about your privacy, and we want to be transparent about how we treat your personal information. The following Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions ("Terms of Use") govern all pages hosted at www.publicdemocracy.io.

Please note that while we do our best to protect your privacy, our Terms of Use only apply to our pages, and the pages of other organizations we link to may have their own policies that differ from ours. Our Terms of Use may change from time to time, so please check back periodically.

Public Democracy respects the privacy of its visitors, and our policy reflects that respect. Please read the following policy to understand how your personal information will be treated.

Website Usage

Most areas of our site are accessible without having to provide personal information of any kind. Some of our services do, however, may require some form of voluntary identification, and users are free to decide whether or not to provide their information in these cases. Submission of a registration form that includes the user's phone number or email address implies the user's consent to being contacted by Public Democracy, but we will not share this information with third parties.

Public Democracy’s Commitment to Online Security

Physical, electronic and managerial procedures have been employed to safeguard the security and integrity of personal information. All Public Democracy contractors with access to personal information obtained on the Public Democracy website are also bound to adhere to this policy as part of their contract.

Collection of Information

When you are on Public Democracy’s website and are asked for personal information, you are sharing your information only with Public Democracy, unless we tell you otherwise. Public Democracy may collect information regarding website visitors, including IP address, browser and domain information, and information volunteered by you, such as email address or cell phone number. We may also track visitor usage patterns of our website including website hits using standard site tracking software.

Personally Identifiable Information

Public Democracy collects personal information from our visitors. Our web server does not automatically recognize or collect personal information based on your email address; the personal information we collect is always voluntarily submitted by you.

Use of Information

Public Democracy uses the information we collect about you to be able to keep you updated on our activities, help administer and improve our websites and analyze the data for internal purposes. Please note that we use this information for internal purposes only.

Links to Third-Party Sites

The Public Democracy website may provide links to other third party websites to serve as a resource for our users. While we make efforts to choose our links carefully from reputable sites, we cannot take responsibility for the content of linked websites or for their privacy policies. Since we do not control those websites, we encourage you to review the privacy policies on all of those websites prior to any use.

Linking to the Public Democracy Website

Generally, Internet websites may link to Public Democracy websites without seeking the permission of Public Democracy. However, such links must clearly identify Public Democracy as the source of the information displayed and preserve the integrity of the Public Democracy web pages without alteration.

Privacy Policy Changes

As privacy laws and standards are constantly changing, Public Democracy continually examines the best options for maintaining a high level of privacy on our site to match the changing standards. This means from time to time, Public Democracy may change or update its privacy policy. Your use of the Public Democracy website constitutes your agreement to our terms. Public Democracy is committed to maintaining your confidence and trust, and we will respect your privacy to the best of our abilities.

If you have questions about this policy or your privacy while on this website, please contact us at contact@publicdemocracy.io.