Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Online Radio PodCast & Audio Stories (accessible at https://radiopodcast.xyz). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This Privacy Policy document describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our website for global radio streaming and immersive audio storytelling, and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at sourav.developer007@gmail.com.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they share and/or collect on radiopodcast.xyz. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

2. Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access or use our website.

3. Information We Collect

We prioritize your privacy and aim to collect as little personal information as possible. The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.

• Usage Data: We may collect local storage data to save your "Favorite" stations for your convenience. This data stays on your device and is not sent to our servers.
• Analytics: We use third-party analytics services (such as Google Analytics and Vercel Analytics) to understand how users interact with our site. This may include your IP address, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, date/time stamps, and pages visited.
• Contact Information: If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

4. Log Data

Like many website operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our website ("Log Data"). This Log Data may include information such as:

• Your computer's Internet Protocol ("IP") address
• Browser type and version
• Internet Service Provider (ISP)
• Date and time stamps of your visit
• The pages of our site that you visit
• The time spent on those pages
• Referring and exit pages
• Number of clicks
• Other diagnostic data

This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track users' movement on the website, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

5. Cookies and Advertising

We use essential cookies for site functionality and analytics. Like any other website, radiopodcast.xyzuses "cookies". These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.

• Google AdSense:Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on previous visits to our site and other sites on the Internet.
• DART Cookie:Google's use of the DART cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
• Opting Out: Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.

6. Advertising Partners

Some of the advertisers on our site may use cookies and web beacons. Our advertising partners are listed below. Each of our advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their policies on user data. For easier access, we hyperlinked to their Privacy Policies below.

• Google AdSense — https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on radiopodcast.xyz, which are sent directly to users' browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that radiopodcast.xyz has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

7. Third-Party Services

Our service provides links to and streams from third-party radio stations via the Radio Browser API.

• When you play a stream, your browser connects directly to the third-party radio station's server. That third party may collect your IP address and other metadata as part of their standard server logs.
• We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used.
• Our Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. We advise you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information.

8. CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

• Request that a business that collects a consumer's personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
• Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
• Request that a business that sells a consumer's personal data, not sell the consumer's personal data.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at sourav.developer007@gmail.com.

We do not sell personal information. We do not and will not sell your personal data to third parties.

9. GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at sourav.developer007@gmail.com.

10. COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection)

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

radiopodcast.xyz does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately at sourav.developer007@gmail.com and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Our website, products, and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years of age or older.

11. Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. The safety and security of your information also depends on you. However, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted to our website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the website.

12. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will notify you through a notice on our website home page.