Public Pulse Inc. ("Public Pulse", "we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information responsibly and in accordance with applicable Canadian privacy laws, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
This Privacy Policy explains how Public Pulse collects, uses, discloses, stores, and protects your information when you use PublicPulse.live and related services.
By creating an account or using Public Pulse, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. About Public Pulse
Public Pulse is a civic engagement and public opinion platform that allows users to participate in polls, view public opinion trends, and engage with local community issues.
Public Pulse does not endorse any political party, politician, organization, government body, or policy position.
2. Information We Collect
Account Information
We may collect:
- Name (if voluntarily provided)
- Email address
- Social login information
- Account creation date
- Account preferences
Demographic Information
We may collect:
- Age range
- Gender (optional)
- Province or territory
- City or municipality
- Other demographic information voluntarily provided by users
Participation Information
We may collect:
- Poll responses
- Voting activity
- Participation history
- Local issue participation
- Referral activity
- Survey responses
Location Information
We may collect:
- Province
- Municipality
- City
- Postal code (if provided)
- Approximate geographic location
Location information may be used to display relevant local issues and regional public opinion trends.
Technical Information
We may automatically collect:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device information
- Operating system
- Website usage information
- Analytics data
- Cookie information
3. How We Use Information
We may use collected information to:
- Create and manage user accounts
- Verify account authenticity
- Prevent duplicate voting
- Detect fraud and abuse
- Protect platform integrity
- Display local issues and relevant content
- Generate public opinion insights
- Produce demographic and regional trend analysis
- Improve platform performance
- Communicate important updates
- Comply with legal obligations
4. Public Opinion Analytics
Public Pulse may analyze participation data together with demographic information such as age group, city, municipality, province, or region to understand public opinion trends.
Examples may include:
- Percentage of respondents supporting a specific issue
- Regional support trends
- Age-group participation trends
- Municipal public opinion trends
Any public reporting, analytics, research, or commercial insights generated from platform participation will be presented only in aggregated and anonymized form.
5. Aggregated and Anonymous Data
Public Pulse may create, publish, distribute, license, or sell aggregated, anonymized, and statistical information derived from platform participation.
Such information:
- Does not identify individual users
- Does not contain personal information
- Cannot reasonably be used to identify individuals
Public Pulse does not sell personal information.
6. Information Sharing
We may share information with:
- Hosting providers
- Cloud service providers
- Authentication providers
- Analytics providers
- Professional advisors
- Government authorities when required by law
We require service providers to protect information appropriately.
7. Data Security
We use commercially reasonable safeguards including:
- SSL encryption
- Secure hosting environments
- Access controls
- Monitoring systems
- Administrative safeguards
While we take reasonable precautions, no security system is completely secure.
8. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to:
- Provide services
- Maintain platform integrity
- Comply with legal obligations
- Resolve disputes
- Enforce agreements
Information may be retained after account closure where legally required or operationally necessary.
9. Your Rights
Subject to applicable laws, users may:
- Request access to personal information
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of their account
- Inquire about how information is used
Requests must be submitted by email to the Privacy Officer.
10. Account Deletion
Users may request deletion of their account.
Certain information may be retained where required by law, for fraud prevention, dispute resolution, security purposes, or legitimate business interests.
11. International Processing
Information may be processed, stored, or accessed outside Canada.
Information stored outside Canada may be subject to the laws of those jurisdictions.
12. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Public Pulse uses cookies and similar technologies to:
- Authenticate users
- Improve functionality
- Analyze platform usage
- Enhance security
Additional details are provided in our Cookie Policy.
13. Third-Party Services
Public Pulse may use third-party services including:
- Google Sign-In
- Apple Sign-In
- Facebook Login
- Analytics providers
- Mapping providers
- Cloud hosting providers
Use of third-party services may be subject to the privacy policies of those providers.
14. Age Requirement
Public Pulse is intended only for individuals who are eighteen (18) years of age or older.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under eighteen years of age.
If we become aware that such information has been collected, we may remove the account and associated information.
15. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
Updated versions will be posted on this page with a revised Effective Date.
Continued use of the platform following changes constitutes acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.