This website uses the services of Ezoic Inc. (“Ezoic”). Ezoic’s privacy policy is here. Ezoic may employ a variety of technologies on this website, including to display advertisements and enable advertising to visitors of this website. For additional information about Ezoic’s advertising partners, please see Ezoic’s Advertising Partner Page here.
This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) for Ezoic Inc. (“Company”, “we”, “our”, “us”), describes how we collect, use, and disclose information about users of the Company’s website (www.ezoic.com) (“Website”), applications, services, tools and features (collectively, and together with the Website, the “Services”). For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, “you” and “your” means you as the user of the Services. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully so that you understand your rights in relation to your personal information, and how we will collect, use, and process your personal information. This Privacy Policy supplements any other privacy-related notices and policies we may provide to you from time to time, and is not intended to override them. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy in general or any part of it, you should not access the Website, use our Services or otherwise provide your information to us. Our Website and Services are not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children. Children must not use the Services, except where their parent or guardian has provided consent if this option is available in your location. We change our Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates to our Privacy Policy will apply only to information collected after the date of the change. We will note on our Website when our Privacy Policy has been updated. Please check the Website regularly for notices of changes to our Privacy Policy.
Information you give to us
Depending on your actions through our Services or by contacting us through phone or email, you may provide some or all of the following personal information to us, which is required to enable us to fulfil our contract with you (e.g., applicable terms of service) and as otherwise indicated below, by subscribing to or using our Services, creating an account with us, contacting us via our Services or by telephone, text/SMS, email, social media, instant chat, our “contact us” page, or otherwise, including:
We may collect your Social Security number for the following business purposes: to complete transactions and provide you with Services that you have requested, to comply with any applicable legal obligations, to protect or defend the Services, our rights, the rights of our users, or others, for the purpose of combatting fraud, or to otherwise operate our business. This information is required to enable us to fulfill our contract with you and to process your payment for the Services. If you do not provide this information, we will not be able to provide you with our Services.
If you choose to voluntarily provide us with such information, we may collect diversity information, such as your racial or ethnic origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, and whether you identify as having a physical or mental disability. We use this information when directed by you and we provide this information to our partners for advertising purposes on your behalf.
Information we collect automatically:
When you use our Services we automatically collect the information sent to us by your computer, mobile phone, or other device. This information may include (i) your IP address; (ii) device information including, but not limited to, name and type of operating system; (iii) mobile network information; (iv) standard web information such as your browser type and the pages you access on our Website or using our Services; (v) transaction information (but not payment card or account details), including device information, transaction details, and IP address; (vi) security information which may include a list of certain installed software, device and internet connection information, and available space on the device.
Information we collect frrom third parties:
Information related to data collected for our clients, customers, and publishers, is as follows (information sent to us by your computer, mobile phone, or other device when you visit those clients’, customers’, and publishers’ websites). This information includes: information regarding your interaction with the Services, such as clickstream data and ad impressions. We collect information under the direction of our clients, customers, and publishers, and we have no direct relationship with the individuals whose personal information is processed. If you are a customer of one of our clients, customers, or publishers and would no longer like to be contacted by one of our clients that use our service, please contact the client, customer, or publisher that you interact with directly. We may collect information from third parties (for example, our business partners) where expressly authorized by you. For additional information about our third-party advertising partners, please see our Advertising Partners Page.
Google API Limited Use Disclosure. Companys use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to Google API Services User Data Policy , including the Limited Use requirements.
We process your personal information in order to perform our contract with you, such as:
Where required by law, we obtain your consent to process your personal information for the following reasons:
In order to be responsive to you, to provide effective Services to you, and to maintain our business relationship, as a matter of our legitimate interests, we will use your personal information to:
We use cookies and other similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activities over time and across different websites following your use of our Services. Cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of users and to see how users move around our Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve our Services and the way our Website works. You can find more information about cookies and how to manage them here.
For more information, please refer to our Cookies Policy available here.
We do not use or share your personal information with others except as described in this Privacy Policy. In certain circumstances, we may share your information with third parties with your consent, as necessary, or as otherwise required or permitted by law. Specifically, we share your personal information:
The personal information that we collect from you will be transferred
to, and stored at/processed in countries outside the European Economic
Area (“EEA”) and the United Kingdom (“UK”). Your personal information
is also processed by staff operating outside the EEA and the UK who
work for us or one of our third-party service providers or partners.
In all instances, we will transfer personal data outside the EEA
and/or UK to countries that have been found to have an adequate level
of protection for personal data for the purposes of the GDPR. We will
take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your personal
information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy
Policy. For more information about data transfers, you can contact us
at [email protected].
We will retain your personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to achieve the purposes for which the information was collected, including for as long as you keep your account open or as needed to provide you with our Services.
We will also retain and use your personal information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our terms of use policy, and other applicable policies and agreements. We may store your information in an aggregated and anonymized format; we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal
information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use,
alteration, and disclosure. Although we do our best to protect your
personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your
information transmitted through the Services or over email; any
transmission is at your own risk.
If you are located in the EEA or the UK, you have certain rights in relation to your personal information:
Please note that a number of these rights only apply in certain circumstances, and all of these rights may be limited by law. For example, where fulfilling your request would adversely affect other individuals or our trade secrets or intellectual property, where there are overriding public interests or where we are required by law to retain your personal information.
To exercise any of these rights, you can contact [email protected]. We
will respond to requests to exercise these rights without undue delay
and at least within one month (though this may be extended by a
further two months in certain circumstances).
If we or our subsidiaries are involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Information may be transferred.
Depending on where you live and subject to certain exceptions, you may have some or all of the following rights:
Our Website may recognize certain opt-out preference signals transmitted by your browser, which will apply to the session in which such opt-out preference signal is received.
Under the US Privacy Laws, you may also designate an authorized agent to make these requests on your behalf. If you use an authorized agent to submit a request, please note that we may need to collect additional information, such as a valid government-issued ID, to verify your identity before processing your request to protect your information and the integrity of our Products. In addition, where applicable, we will provide you with more information about our appeal process.
To exercise any of these rights, you can contact [email protected].
This section applies only to California residents. It explains how we collect, use, and disclose your Personal Information (as that term is defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)).
In the preceding 12 months, we collected and disclosed for a business purpose the following categories of personal information about California consumers:
CATEGORY | EXAMPLES | CATEGORIES OF RECIPIENTS | BUSINESS OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSE |
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Identifiers | Name, email address, IP address | Payment processors, data analytics and advertising vendors, and website hosting vendors |
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Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records Statute | Name, address, telephone number, and with your consent diversity information (Race or ethnicity, age, sex (including gender and sexual orientation), physical or mental disability, and veteran status) | Payment processors, data analytics and advertising vendors, and website hosting vendors |
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Commercial information | Records of services purchased | Payment processors, data analytics and advertising vendors, and website hosting vendors |
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Internet or other similar network activity | Information regarding your interaction with the Services | Business clients, data analytics and advertising vendors, and website hosting vendors |
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Geolocation data | IP address | Business clients, data analytics and advertising vendors, and website hosting vendors |
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Inferences drawn from other personal information | Profile reflecting your preference | Business clients, data analytics and advertising vendors, and website hosting vendors |
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In the preceding 12 months, we collected and disclosed for a business purpose the following categories of sensitive personal information about you:
CATEGORY | EXAMPLES | CATEGORIES OF RECIPIENTS | BUSINESS OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSE | DATA RETENTION PERIOD |
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Government Identifiers | Social Security Number | Tax and other government agencies | For facilitating payments to you and for identification verification | For so long as reasonably necessary for the disclosed purpose, including for so long as your account is open and as long as required thereafter to comply with any legal requirements |
Diversity Information | Your race or ethnicity, age, sex (including gender and sexual orientation), physical or mental disability, and veteran status | Data analytics and advertising vendors and website hosting vendors | To advertise your diversity and inclusion affiliations, with your consent | For so long as reasonably necessary for the disclosed purpose, including for so long as your account is open and you have not withdrawn your consent |
We retain Personal Information for so long as reasonably necessary for
the business or commercial purposes discussed above, as determined by
us in accordance with the category of information, the business or
commercial purposes, and applicable law.
In the preceding 12 months, we have not sold personal information about California consumers.
In the preceding 12 months, we have shared to third parties the following categories of personal information about California consumers:
Category | Categories of Recipients | Business or Commercial Purpose |
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Identifiers | Business clients and data analytics and advertising vendors | Providing measurement, analytics, advertising and other business services |
Personal information categories
listed in the California Customer Records statute | Business clients and data analytics and advertising vendors | Providing measurement, analytics, advertising and other business services |
Commercial information | Business clients and data analytics and advertising vendors | Providing measurement, analytics, advertising and other business services |
Internet or other similar network activity | Business clients and data analytics and advertising vendors | Providing measurement, analytics, advertising and other business services |
Geolocation data | Business clients and data analytics and advertising vendors | Providing measurement, analytics, advertising and other business services |
Influences drawn from other personal information | Business clients and data analytics and advertising vendors | Providing measurement, analytics, advertising and other business services |
California law permits users in California to request certain details about how their “personal information” (as defined in California Civil Code Section 1798.83) is shared with third parties for direct marketing purposes. We may from time to time elect to share certain “personal information” about you with third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes. California users may, under certain circumstances, request and obtain certain information regarding our disclosure, if any, of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. If this applies, you may obtain the categories of personal information shared and the names and addresses of all third parties that received personal information for their direct marketing purposes during the immediately prior calendar year.
To make such a request, please contact us using the information listed below. Please note that we are only required to respond to one request per California resident each year.
We comply with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework ("EU-U.S. DPF"), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework ("Swiss-U.S. DPF") as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce. We have certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that we adhere to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles ("EU-U.S. DPF Principles") with regard to the processing of personal data received from the European Union in reliance on the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF and from the United Kingdom (and Gibraltar) in reliance on the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF. We have further certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that we adhere to the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles ("Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles") with regard to the processing of personal data received from Switzerland in reliance on the Swiss-U.S. DPF. If there is any conflict between the terms in this Privacy Policy and the EU-U.S. DPF Principles and/or the Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles, the EU-U.S. DPF Principles and the Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles shall govern. We remain responsible for any of your personal information that is shared under the Onward Transfer Principle with third parties for external processing on our behalf, as set forth in this Privacy Policy, except where we can prove that we are not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage. To learn more about the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) program, and to view our certification, please visit https://wwwdataprivacyframework.gov. The Federal Trade Commission has jurisdiction over our compliance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF) and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF).
Our Website or Services may contain links to other online platforms, plug-ins, or other applications operated by third parties. We do not control such other sites or applications and are not responsible for their content, their privacy policies, or their use of your information. Information you provide on public or semi-public venues, including information you share on third-party social networking platforms, may also be viewable by other users of the Website or Services and/or users of those third-party online platforms without limitation as to its use by us or by a third party. Our inclusion of such links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content on such platforms or of their owners or operators except as disclosed on the Website or Services. We expressly disclaim any and all liability for the actions of third parties, including but without limitation to actions relating to the use and/or disclosure of personal information by third parties. Any information submitted by you directly to these third parties is subject to that third party’s privacy policy.
YouTube API Services. Certain Services may use YouTube API Services, including to upload videos to YouTube. Where applicable, we may read and access your data necessary to perform such actions, including channel information. By accessing or using such services, you consent to (i) the Google Privacy Policy, and (ii) all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with this Privacy Policy. You may review your Google Account settings at any time by visiting the Google security settings page.
In addition to the above, our Website or Services may contain links to, or incorporate the use of, other online platforms, plug-ins or other applications operated by third parties that utilize artificial intelligence technology (“AI”), such as Stability.ai Stable Diffusion, OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Amazon Polly and Google Gemini. Where applicable, we opt out of sharing data with, or allowing such third-parties to use our data. However, please refer to each of their | respective privacy policies for more information on their privacy practices, and see our Advertising Partners Page for additional information about our third-party advertising and other partners, including those set forth herein. As described in this Privacy Policy, we share information with third-party service providers and vendors, including those that utilize AI, for business purposes, in our legitimate interests to run our business and otherwise administer our business relationship with you or to perform a contract with you. We have implemented a careful review process to select third-party AI tools and applications we use, designed to promote responsible and ethical use of data obtained by these models. However, we do not control such sites, services or applications, and are not responsible for their actions, their privacy policies, or their use of your information. We expressly disclaim any and all liability for the actions of third parties, including but without limitation to actions relating to the use and/or disclosure of personal information by third parties. If you do not agree to the terms herein, you should not access the Website, use our Services or otherwise provide your information to us.
If you have complaints about how we process your personal information, you may contact us at [email protected] and we will respond to your request as soon as possible.
We welcome your questions, comments, and concerns about this Privacy Policy or your personal information. You can contact us at 6023 Innovation Way, Carlsbad, California 92009, United States.