Podcast Ad Block

Privacy Policy

Effective date: 21 August 2025

Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how PodcastAdBlock (“PodcastAdBlock”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, shares, and safeguards personal data when you use our websites, applications, and services (the “Service”). It also describes your rights and choices.

If you do not agree with this Policy, do not use the Service. If you have questions, contact support@podcastadblock.app.

1. Who we are and how to contact us

Controller

  • PodcastAdBlock is the controller of your personal data.

Contact

  • support@podcastadblock.app

Applicable region

  • This Policy is intended to satisfy obligations under the UK GDPR, EU GDPR, and comparable privacy laws including the California Consumer Privacy Act (as amended by the CPRA), Virginia VCDPA, Colorado CPA, Connecticut CTDPA, Utah UCPA, Brazil LGPD, and Canada PIPEDA, as applicable.

2. What we collect

We collect information in three ways: (a) you provide it to us; (b) it is collected automatically; and © it is provided by third parties.

A. Information you provide

  • Account information (e.g., name, display name, email address, password or password hash).
  • Subscription and purchase information (plan, status, renewal/cancellation settings, billing country). Payment card data is handled by our payment processor (e.g., Stripe); we do not store full card numbers.
  • Preferences (e.g., marketing communications, cookie/consent settings).
  • Support and communications (messages, feedback, bug reports, email content and metadata).

B. Information collected automatically

  • Usage data (feature interactions, pages/screens viewed, session timestamps, referring URLs).
  • Device and technical data (IP address, device identifiers, OS, browser/app version, language, time zone).
  • Diagnostic and performance data (crash logs, error reports, load times).
  • Cookies and similar technologies (pixels, SDKs, local storage) for essential operations, analytics, and advertising, as described below.

C. Information from third parties

  • Payments: limited billing details, payment status, and fraud signals from payment processors (e.g., Stripe).
  • Advertising and analytics partners: pseudonymized identifiers and conversion data from Reddit, Google, and Meta.
  • Cloud and infrastructure providers: service metadata necessary to operate the Service.

3. How we use personal data (purposes)

  • Provide, operate, and maintain the Service.
  • Process subscriptions and payments, and prevent fraud.
  • Personalize your experience (e.g., remember settings), and measure and improve product performance.
  • Provide customer support and communicate about the Service, including feature updates and policy changes.
  • Security, abuse prevention, and to enforce our Terms.
  • Legal compliance and recordkeeping.
  • Advertising and measurement to grow our business on Reddit, Google, and Meta. This includes using cookies/pixels/SDKs and sending hashed identifiers (such as a hashed email) to create audiences, measure conversions, and improve ad relevance. We do not disclose raw personal data for unrelated third-party marketing, and we do not sell your personal information. We do not use your data for other marketing purposes beyond our own advertising on Reddit, Google, and Meta.

4. Our advertising and analytics practices

Platforms

  • We use Reddit, Google, and Meta advertising and analytics tools (e.g., pixels, SDKs, Conversion APIs).

Data minimization

  • Where feasible, we use pseudonymized or hashed identifiers and limit data to what is necessary for measurement and ad delivery.

Consent

  • Where required (e.g., in the UK/EEA), we obtain your consent before placing or reading non-essential cookies or using identifiers for targeted advertising or analytics.

Opt-out

  • You can opt out of targeted advertising and analytics using our in-product cookie/consent controls and by following the platform instructions below:
    • Google: https://adssettings.google.com and https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
    • Meta: https://www.facebook.com/adpreferences/ad_settings and https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217
    • Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/personalization and https://www.redditinc.com/policies/privacy-policy

Global Privacy Control (GPC)

  • We honor GPC signals as an opt-out of “sharing” for cross-context behavioral advertising where legally required.

5. Legal bases for processing (UK/EU)

  • Performance of a contract: To provide and support the Service you request, including payments and customer support.
  • Legitimate interests: To maintain and improve the Service, ensure security, prevent fraud, and promote the Service (including limited advertising and measurement), balanced against your rights and expectations.
  • Consent: For non-essential cookies/SDKs, targeted advertising, and where required for marketing communications. You may withdraw consent at any time via settings or by contacting us.
  • Legal obligations: To comply with accounting, tax, and regulatory requirements.

6. Sharing of personal data

  • Service providers/processors that help us operate the Service (e.g., hosting and cloud infrastructure, data storage, email delivery, analytics, customer support, logging/monitoring, and payment processing such as Stripe).
  • Advertising and measurement partners (Reddit, Google, and Meta) solely to target and measure our own ads. We may provide hashed identifiers and event data; we do not sell your personal information and we do not permit these partners to use the data for their own unrelated marketing.
  • Professional advisors, auditors, and insurers under confidentiality.
  • Authorities or other parties when required by law, legal process, or to protect rights, property, or safety.
  • In connection with a corporate transaction (e.g., merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets), subject to appropriate safeguards and continued protection.

We do not sell personal information, and we do not share it with third parties for their own marketing purposes beyond targeting and measuring our ads on Reddit, Google, and Meta.

7. International transfers

We may transfer personal data to countries outside the UK/EEA, including the United States, where our service providers or systems are located. When we do so, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), the UK International Data Transfer Addendum, or other legally approved mechanisms. Copies of relevant transfer safeguards are available on request where not subject to confidentiality.

8. Data retention

We retain personal data for as long as necessary to provide the Service, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements. Typical retention periods are:

  • Account and subscription records: for the life of your account and up to 24 months after closure.
  • Communications and support records: up to 24 months after resolution.
  • Analytics and advertising event data: up to 24 months, or shorter where you opt out or withdraw consent.
  • Transaction records and invoices: at least 6 years to meet tax and accounting obligations (or longer as required by law). We may retain de-identified or aggregated data that does not identify you.

9. Your rights and choices

A. UK/EEA (GDPR)

  • Access: Request a copy of your personal data.
  • Rectification: Correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data.
  • Restriction: Ask us to limit processing of your data.
  • Portability: Receive your data in a commonly used, machine-readable format and transmit it to another controller.
  • Objection: Object to processing based on legitimate interests, including profiling and direct marketing. We will cease processing for direct marketing upon objection.
  • Withdraw consent: Where processing is based on consent (e.g., non-essential cookies/ads), you can withdraw at any time.

How to exercise

  • Use in-product tools (e.g., account deletion and cookie controls) or email support@podcastadblock.app. We may need to verify your identity. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority; in the UK, the ICO (ico.org.uk).

B. United States (CCPA/CPRA and similar laws)

  • Right to know/access: Request the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
  • Right to delete: Request deletion of personal information we collected from you.
  • Right to correct: Request correction of inaccurate personal information.
  • Right to portability: Receive certain information in a portable format.
  • Right to opt out of “sale” or “sharing” for cross-context behavioral advertising: We do not sell your personal information, and we only “share” it for the limited purpose of targeting and measuring our own ads on Reddit, Google, and Meta. You can opt out via our cookie/consent controls or by emailing support@podcastadblock.app. We also honor GPC where required.
  • Right to limit use/disclosure of sensitive personal information: We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes requiring a “Limit” link under the CPRA.
  • Non-discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights.

How to exercise

  • Use our in-product tools or email support@podcastadblock.app with sufficient information to verify your request. You may designate an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf where permitted by law.

10. Cookies and similar technologies

We use cookies, pixels, SDKs, and local storage to operate the Service, remember preferences, analyze usage, and target/measure ads on Reddit, Google, and Meta. You can control cookies and tracking:

  • In-product cookie banner/controls (where available).
  • Browser settings and extensions, including blocking third-party cookies.
  • Platform-specific opt-outs (see section 4). Note that blocking cookies may impact functionality.

11. Security

We implement technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal data, including encryption in transit, access controls, and regular monitoring. However, no system is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

12. Children’s privacy

The Service is not directed to children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us personal data, contact us and we will take appropriate steps to delete it.

13. Automated decision-making and profiling

We do not engage in automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects. We use limited profiling for advertising and product analytics; you can opt out as described above.

14. Your account deletion and data removal

You may delete your account at any time via in-product controls (where available) or by emailing support@podcastadblock.app. Account deletion is permanent and will remove your profile and associated personal data subject to legal retention requirements. You may request deletion of specific data as described in section 9.

15. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time to reflect operational or legal changes. If we make material changes, we will provide notice (e.g., by email or in-product). Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated Policy.

16. Additional disclosures

  • Do Not Track: We respond to Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals as described above. We do not otherwise respond to browser “Do Not Track” signals.
  • No sale for monetary consideration: We do not sell personal information for money. We only share limited data for targeted advertising on Reddit, Google, and Meta as described.
  • AI/Model use: We do not use your personal data to train publicly available AI models. We may use de-identified or aggregated data to improve our systems.

17. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, contact us at support@podcastadblock.app.

Last updated: 21 August 2025