At Public Interactive, we believe that protecting the personal information of visitors to the web sites we operate is both a critical aspect of respecting our audience as well as a good operational policy. We believe that, within a context of full disclosure and choice, both our audience and participating public radio stations can be served by the judicious and careful use of information.
The following Privacy Policy outlines the philosophy of Public Interactive and Public Interactive's operational guidelines for its use of information collected via our site, located at www.publicinteractive.org, or our affiliate station web sites (collectively, the 'Sites'). Each affiliate station web site may also have its own privacy policy that governs the affiliate station's collection and use of visitor information.
By providing the information requested by a Site, or by continuing to use a Site after having an opportunity to review the Privacy Policy, you have consented to the terms of the Privacy Policy, and Public Interactive's use of the information it collects as described at the point of collection or in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the Privacy Policy, you may not use the Site. Public Interactive reserves the right to modify the Privacy Policy at any time without giving you prior notice. Any updates or material changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted here, and the last date of modification will be noted below. Your use of a Site following any such modification constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by the Privacy Policy as modified. The last date the Privacy Policy was revised is set forth below.
1. Public Interactive does not collect personally identifiable information from visitors to our site unless the visitor actively provides such information. For example, visitors to a Site may choose to supply certain personally-identifiable information in connection with (i) sweepstakes or contest registration, (ii) subscription registration for services that may require subscription (such as email newsletters), (iii) requests for membership information to local public radio stations, and (iv) commerce transactions. In addition, personally-identifiable information is voluntarily provided in connection with certain content submissions or community postings (i.e., chat, forums, reviews, or bulletin boards), comments and suggestions, or survey polling.
2. Public Interactive will not generally disclose any personally-identifiable information about our audience to any third party without first receiving the user's permission. In the event that Public Interactive sells or acquires business assets or concerns, in whole or in part, Public Interactive may transfer user information in conjunction with such sale or acquisition. Public Interactive may collect and transfer user information when we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance with Public Interactive's or the Sites' Terms of Use, or to protect our service, the Sites, our users or others, or in response to requests or subpoenas by law-enforcement authorities.
3. Each affiliate station in the Public Interactive network is provided all information, including aggregate user statistics, site reports, and individual user information, collected via that station's Site. Where such information is restricted (per opt-out instructions given by an individual user), affiliate station sites are contractually bound to specific ranges of data use (i.e., use of such data in aggregate format only).
4. If you provide us with email or other contact information, we may use such information to contact you in the future. To opt-out of receiving further communications from Public Interactive, you may use the links or other processes that will be provided in any future communication, in accordance with applicable law. Because Public Interactive maintains a network of sites on behalf of its various affiliate stations, visitors must opt-out of receiving future communications from the affiliate stations in accordance with each station's own policies and procedures.
5. Public Interactive strives to keep secure any information collected via affiliate station sites. In order to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of any information under our control, Public Interactive employs security measures including SSL encryption and firewall-protected database servers.