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Coffee is Me Podcast Online Privacy Policy

Note: The Coffee is Me Podcast Online Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) has been updated with an effective date of July 29, 2020. Please review the updated Privacy Policy carefully before using the Coffee is Me Podcast website. By using any of the Coffee is Me Podcast website, you consent to the terms of the updated Privacy Policy. This section highlights important features of the Privacy Policy. Please scroll down to see the full Privacy Policy or click on “Read more” to learn more about a specific area.

Scope of Privacy Policy

Coffee is Me Podcast owns, operates, or provides access to coffee.me and other sites, digital platforms and interactive services provided by Coffee is Me Podcast that link to or refer to the Privacy Policy (collectively “Coffee is Me Podcast” or “our website”). This Privacy Policy applies only to the Coffee is Me Podcast website and does not govern the separate websites, applications, newsletters, platforms and services of Coffee is Me PodcastMember stations or of any third parties that may link to or be linked to from the Coffee is Me Podcast website.

Children

If you are under 13, please do not register for the Coffee is Me Podcast website or provide us with any contact or other information, including your name, address or email address. If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, you must obtain permission from your parent or guardian before registering for the Coffee is Me Podcast website or otherwise sending any contact or other information to Coffee is me Podcast..

Information You Provide Directly Through Our Services

We and our service providers collect a variety of contact and other information about you that you provide directly through our Services, including your name, email address, postal address, telephone number, password, age, payment card information, country of residence, communications and content preferences. We may collect such information when you:

  • Register for an Coffee is Me Podcast account, application programming interface (API) content access, or any Coffee is Me Podcast email newsletter.
  • Email, text or otherwise share a story from any of the Coffee is Me Podcast website.
  • Contact us with a message.
  • Donate to the Coffee is Me Podcast.
  • Post, upload, or otherwise submit a comment, story idea, essay, photo, or other content to Coffee is Me Podcast.
  • Otherwise volunteer information to us or respond to a request for information.

If you do not consent to the collection, use or sharing of this type of information in the manner described in the Privacy Policy, please do not provide us with such information. By providing such information, you are “opting in” to the collection, use and sharing of this information in accordance with the Privacy Policy.

Information Collected Automatically Through Technology

As you navigate our Services, we, our service providers, and our vendors also automatically collect a variety of information about your interactions with our website. Depending on how you access our website, the information collected automatically may include:

  • The Internet Protocol address (IP address) of the computer or device you used to access an Coffee is Me Podcast and information about your Internet Service Provider.
  • The website, application, platform or service you visited before and after visiting an Coffee is Me Podcast.
  • Information about your computer or mobile device, and its browser, operating system, settings and software.
  • Unique device identifiers on the mobile device you used to access an Coffee is Me Podcast, including, as applicable, the Apple IDFA (Identifier for Advertisers) or Google Android Advertising ID.
  • Your approximate geographic location information (derived from request header information, such as your IP address).
  • The dates, times, duration and frequency of your interactions with our website, any search terms you enter, the media files you listen to, download, view, email, text or otherwise share, favorites you select, and your navigation path through our website.
  • Listening data, including information about your interactions with Coffee is Me Podcast and other media files.
  • Information about your interactions with our email messages.
  • Analytics information to understand our users, for our internal purposes, and to customize the Services, content and sponsorship credits you receive.

If you do not consent to the automatic collection, use or sharing of this type of information in the manner described in the Privacy Policy, please do not use the Coffee is Me Podcast website. By using the Coffee is Me Podcast website, you are “opting in” to the automatic collection, use and sharing of this information in accordance with the Privacy Policy.

Use of Information

We, our service providers, and our vendors may use the information collected from you (whether provided by you directly or automatically collected through technology) to:

  • Manage, administer, promote, analyze and improve our Services.
  • Respond to your questions or messages and fulfill your orders or requests for services.
  • Customize the content you see and hear on our website, including offering content from Coffee is Me Podcast.
  • Customize the sponsorship credits you see and hear on our podcast and on third-party services you may use or visit.
  • Recognize you as the same user as you access our website, content and sponsorship credits using different computers, devices and browsers, and to deliver our website, content and sponsorship credits to you on different computers, devices and browsers.
  • Send you email newsletters and marketing, fundraising, membership and other communications from Coffee is Me Podcast website.
  • Publish, broadcast or otherwise use stories or information you submit to us.
  • Generate aggregate or other information that does not directly identify you as an individual or the devices you use to access our website, and use and share that information forCoffee is Me purposes.

We also may use the information collected from you in other ways, and for other purposes, that are described to you at the point of collection or for which we otherwise have obtained your consent.

Disclosure of Information

Subject to the choices you have to control certain collection and uses of information as described in the “Your Choices” section of the Privacy Policy, we reserve the right to share with any third party, in accordance with applicable law, aggregated or other information that does not directly identify you as an individual.

We also may share your name, email address and other personal information:

  • With our authorized third-party applications for purposes of providing certain Coffee is Me Podcast website to you on the applications.
  • We do not sell your information to third parties. 
  • When required by law or public authorities.
  • With persons we contact on your behalf when you choose to email, text, or otherwise share a story or other content through our website.
  • With other parties if we have disclosed such sharing to you at the time of collection of the information or if we otherwise have your consent.

Your Choices

  • If you do not consent to the collection, use or sharing of information as described in the Privacy Policy, please do not use the Coffee is Me Podcast website or provide us with information. By using the Coffee is Me Podcast website or providing us with information through the Coffee is Me Podcast website, you are “opting in” to the collection, use and sharing of that information as described in the Privacy Policy.
  • You can stop the delivery of marketing emails or email newsletters from Coffee is Me Podcast by following the unsubscribe instructions in any such email you receive

Security and Other Information

  • At Coffee is Me Podcast website, we recognize the importance of privacy to users of our Services.
  • We have adopted safeguards to help protect sensitive information we collect, but no data transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
  • If you have questions, please contact us via our contact form on our website.

Notice to Users Outside the U.S.

Our Services are controlled and operated within the United States. If you access our Services outside of the United States, we may transfer the information collected from you to data centers outside of your home country or jurisdiction. In particular, your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States and other jurisdictions where we, our service providers, or our vendors operate, where data protection and other laws may not be equivalent to those in your jurisdiction. By using the Coffee is Me Podcast website, you agree that your information can be transferred to and used in the United States and in other jurisdictions where we, our service providers, or our vendors operate, as set forth in the Privacy Policy.

NOTICE TO EU RESIDENTS: Our handling of information about EU residents is governed by the Coffee is Me PodcastPrivacy Notice for EU Residents, effective July 29, 2020. This Privacy Policy does not apply to EU residents.

Coffee is Me Podcast Privacy Notice for EU Residents

Valerian Hrala. (“Valerian,” “me” or “us”) owns, operates, or provides access to coffee.me website, email newsletters, and other sites, digital platforms and interactive services (“Services”). This Privacy Notice for EU Residents (“Notice”) applies only to the Services and does not govern the separate websites, applications, newsletters, platforms and services of Coffee is Me Podcast or of any third parties that may link to or be linked to from the Services. This Privacy Notice governs our privacy practices in handling the information we collect about individuals in the EU who use our Services (“you” or “your”). Terms that are not defined in this Notice have the same definitions as in Coffee is Me Podcast ‘s Terms of Use. Coffee is Me Podcast  processes personal data under this Privacy Notice as a data controller. The Contact Details of Coffee is Me Podcast  are listed at the end of this Notice. This Notice may be changed if there is a change in the way Coffee is Me Podcast  processes personal data or if there is a change in applicable law. We will notify users of changes that are deemed material under applicable law by updating the date of this Notice and providing other information as required.

Last modified: July 29, 2020.

‘Personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

Categories of Data Obtained Directly from You

Coffee is Me Podcast  obtains personal data from you including your name, email address, postal address, telephone number, and payment card information. We collect this information when you:

  • Register for an Coffee is Me Podcast  account, application programming interface (API) content access, or any Coffee is Me Podcast  email newsletter.
  • Email, text or otherwise share a story from any of the Services.
  • Contact us for information or ask a question.
  • Make a donation to Coffee is Me Podcast or express interest in or request information about making donations.
  • Post, upload, or otherwise submit a comment, story idea, essay, photo, or other content (“User Materials”) to Coffee is Me Podcast .
  • Register for an Coffee is Me Podcast  tour or event or any contest we sponsor.
  • Otherwise volunteer information to us or respond to a request for information through any of our Services.
  • If you choose to participate in a survey, we may ask you to provide your date of birth, gender, education level, information about your employment, income level and other information.

Information Obtained Automatically Through Technology

Depending on which Services you use and how you access them, the information collected automatically through technology, such as access logs, cookies, pixels and other tracking technologies, may include:

  • Internet Protocol Address (IP address)
  • The domain name of your Internet Service Provider
  • The website, application, platform or service you visited before and after visiting our Services.
  • Information about your computer or mobile device, and their browser, operating system, settings and software.
  • Unique device identifiers on your mobile device, including as applicable the Apple or Google advertising identifiers.
  • Your approximate geographic location (derived from requested header information, such as your IP address) and/or more precise location information if you have given Coffee is Me Podcast  consent to receive this information for an Coffee is Me Podcast  application on your mobile device.
  • The dates, times, duration and frequency of your interactions with our Services, search terms, the media files you download, interact with or share, favorites you select, and your navigation path through our Services.
  • Listening data, including information about your interactions with Coffee is Me Podcast  podcasts and other media files, such as time and date stamps for when a file is downloaded and when playback of a particular segment or sponsorship message starts, stops, is skipped or paused.
  • Information about your interactions with our email messages.
  • Any errors you encountered during your use of the Services.
  • If you sign in to the Services from a social networking service (“SNS”), we receive your email address and certain profile information from such SNS in accordance with its privacy policy and your SNS account privacy settings.

Information Not Obtained Directly From You

The Services use third-party analytics, cookie data collection and linking services (collectively “Analytics Services”), including Google Universal Analytics, Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting. These Analytics Services may use cookies, pixel tags, and other tracking and storage technologies to collect or receive information (not including your name or the email address you register with Coffee is Me Podcast ) from the Services and elsewhere on the Internet and use that information to analyze and measure Coffee is Me Podcast ‘s audience and target and evaluate the effectiveness of sponsorship credits. For example, Coffee is Me Podcast  and Analytics Services may use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies together to inform, optimize, and serve sponsorship messages based on your past interactions with our Services and other websites or services. In addition, we may use analytics data, including but not limited to, geographic, demographic, and interest reporting information to recognize and understand user preferences, make improvements, and for other operational purposes.

Purposes for Processing of Personal Data

Coffee is Me Podcast  processes your data in order to:

  • Manage, administer, promote, analyze and improve the Services and our communications, including measuring and analyzing user traffic and usage patterns.
  • Respond to your questions or messages and fulfill your requests for services.
  • Customize the content you see and hear on our Services.
  • Customize the sponsorship messages you see and hear on our Services and on third-party services you may use or visit.
  • Publish, broadcast or otherwise use User Materials.
  • Offer you access to Coffee is Me Podcast  tours and events.
  • Process applications for jobs, internships, fellowships and other positions at Coffee is Me Podcast .
  • Manage contests, contact you for an online survey, or for editorial purposes.
  • Recognize you as a returning user as you access our Services using different computers, devices and browsers and to save and “remember” your registration information, settings and preferences for later visits.
  • Send you email newsletters and marketing, fundraising, membership and other communications from Coffee is Me Podcast .
  • To understand whether and when you read our email messages and click on links in those messages.
  • Analyze personal preferences or interests to provide personalized content and messages from Coffee is Me Podcast  and Coffee is Me Podcast  sponsors and to control the sequence and frequency of those messages.
  • Generate aggregate or other information that does not directly identify you as an individual or the devices you use to access our Services, and use and share that information for Coffee is Me Podcast ‘s purposes.
  • To prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities, comply with applicable laws, and enforce our Terms of Use and other legal rights.
  • We also may use the information collected from you in other ways, and for other purposes, that are described to you at the point of collection or for which we otherwise have obtained your consent.

Sharing Your Personal Data

Coffee is Me Podcast  may share your personal data with the following categories of recipients:

  • Member stations, for their internal purposes and to send you email newsletters and marketing, fundraising, membership and other communications, and for other purposes disclosed at the point of collection or for which we otherwise have obtained your consent.
  • Coffee is Me Podcast ‘s authorized service providers to provide services on our behalf.
  • Coffee is Me Podcast ‘s authorized third-party applications to provide certain Services to you on the third-party applications.
  • Coffee is Me Podcast ‘s analytics partners such as Google Universal Analytics, Google Analytics Demographics and others.
  • If we sell a Service or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy.
  • Podcast producers.
  • With public authorities when required by law, to respond to subpoenas, court orders, legal process, and other law enforcement measures, and to comply with legal or regulatory obligations.
  • With other parties when necessary to enforce our Terms of Use, to protect the vital interests of our users or other natural persons, Coffee is Me Podcast , Member stations, and their sponsors, or when required by law.
  • With persons we contact on your behalf when you choose to email, text, or otherwise share a story or other content through the Services.
  • With social networking services, if you choose to share stories or other content with your friends and followers on the social networking service.
  • With other parties if the information is anonymous and aggregate.
  • With other parties if we have disclosed such sharing to you at the time of collection of the information or if we otherwise have your consent.

Lawful Basis for the Processing of Personal Data

Coffee is Me Podcast  is required to demonstrate a lawful basis for the processing of personal data. Coffee is Me Podcast  relies on legitimate interest to process data for the following purposes:

  • Data analytics
  • Managing user accounts
  • Operating, modifying and improving the Services
  • Identifying usage trends
  • Customizing content and user experience
  • Web hosting
  • Direct marketing
  • Fraud prevention
  • Network and information systems security
  • To determine the effectiveness of promotional campaigns and sponsorship messaging
  • To serve promotional and sponsorship messages based on user behavior and preferences.
  • Responding to user questions and requests for information
  • Comply with laws and regulations and enforce Coffee is Me Podcast ‘s Terms of Use and other legal rights.

Consent: We process personal data based on your consent to send personalized messages from Coffee is Me Podcast  and Coffee is Me Podcast ‘s sponsors (interest based messages or sponsorship), to collect precise location information and to send promotional emails. If you do not consent to the processing, you may still view Coffee is Me Podcast  content on but you will not be able to access all of our Services. If you do grant consent, you can withdraw your consent at any time by visiting choice.Coffee is Me Podcast .org, unsubscribing from emails and as described in “Your Rights” below. Please note that all processing of your personal data will cease once you have withdrawn consent but this will not affect any personal data that has already been processed.

Retention

Your personal data is retained no longer than is reasonably necessary to perform the processing described in this Notice and in case of any legal claims or complaints, or as required by law.

Your Rights

Subject to exemptions under applicable law (which may include, depending on the circumstances, U.S. law protecting the rights to free speech and free press or EU law protecting the rights to freedom of expression or information, including processing for journalistic purposes), you have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

  • To request a copy of your personal data which Coffee is Me Podcast  holds;
  • To request that Coffee is Me Podcast  provide you access to and/or rectify personal data that is inaccurate or out of date;
  • To request erasure of your personal data where it is no longer necessary for Coffee is Me Podcast  to retain it;
  • If you have consented to processing, the right to withdraw consent at any time;
  • To request that the data controller provide you with your personal data and where possible, to transmit that data directly to another data controller, where applicable. This right of portability only applies where the processing is based on consent or is necessary for the performance of a contract and if Coffee is Me Podcast  processes the data by automated means;
  • To request a restriction on further processing where applicable;
  • The right to object to processing if the processing is based on legitimate interest, is for direct marketing, or is for scientific/historical research and statistics;
  • To lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

You may exercise these rights by contacting Coffee is Me Podcast  at via contact form on the website, providing the email address you used to register with Coffee is Me Podcast , and stating your specific request in writing. Coffee is Me Podcast  reserves the right to verify your identity and confirm your right to the information. The following options are also available:

  • To withdraw consent for collection of precise device location, you may access the privacy settings of your mobile device and/or the settings of the Coffee is Me Podcast  mobile application.
  • To withdraw consent to marketing emails or email newsletters, click the “unsubscribe” link on the email. You may also change your newsletter preferences by signing into your account or by contacting us. However, even if you opt out of receiving such communications, we retain the right to send you non-marketing communications (such as information about changes to our Terms of Use or this Notice).
  • To cancel your Coffee is Me Podcast  account, or correct or update your registration information, you may sign in to your account or contact us using the information below.
  • To prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics, click here for the Google Universal Analytics opt-out browser add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. To learn more about how Google uses data, visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.

Transfer of Data Abroad

Because Coffee is Me Podcast  operates the Services from the US, your personal data may be transferred to the US and/or to countries or territories outside the EEA or Switzerland not recognized by the European Commission as ensuring an adequate level of protection pursuant to the GDPR. Where required, data transfers will be made subject to the terms of the applicable EU Standard Contractual Clauses or with your consent. Coffee is Me Podcast  will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that personal data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Notice in respect of such transfer.

Security

Coffee is Me Podcast  employs physical, technical and organizational safeguards to ensure an appropriate level of security for personal data, taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well as the risk of varying likelihood and security for the rights and freedoms of natural persons,

Automated Decision Making and Analysis

Coffee is Me Podcast  and its data analytics and sponsorship vendors analyze user interactions with the Services to deliver personalized content to users and to serve personalized sponsorship messages. This includes tracking user preferences with respect to listening data, websites visited and search terms in order to derive a user’s interests and preferences. The consequences of such processing for the data subject are that the data subject receives content that may be of interest to him or her, as well as email, online and in-app messages from Coffee is Me Podcast  and Coffee is Me Podcast ‘s sponsors that are geared towards the interests and preferences of the data subject.

Age Limits

You must be at least 18 years of age to submit any User Materials or Personal Data on or through the Services, create a public profile, or participate in any online contests. If your child is under age 16 and has provided personal data to the Services, please contact us via our contact form on our website for deletion of the data.

Further Processing

If Coffee is Me Podcast  plans to use personal data for a new purpose, it will update this Notice and communicate the changes to individuals before starting any new processing.

Contact Details

Data Protection Officer

Valerian Hrala,  619 Lindaro st,  San Rafael Ca 94930, USA

Data Controller

Coffee Is Me Podcast, 619 Lindaro st,  San Rafael Ca 94930, USA