Privacy Information, User Opt-Out & Data Deletion

Your privacy is important to us. This goal of this page is to serve as an informative directory of Pubtegic’s consumer privacy resources and best practices to guide consumers how to access, opt-out, data deletion and request for information of online personal information and identifiers. For our full policies, please visit privacy policy, cookie policy and terms and conditions.

OVERVIEW
Pubtegic utilize first and third-party anonymized, encrypted and aggregated personal identifiers (“User Data”) to enable ad personalization based on experience optimization, behavioral profiling and automated decision making as a service to our Advertiser clients (“Advertisers”). Pubtegic and Advertisers’ first-party user and visitor personal identifiable data are stored in Online Advertising Platforms listed below on this page (protected and anonymized with encryptions such as SHA-256) access and utilize exclusively by Pubtegic and Advertisers. In addition, Pubtegic has Google restricted data processing, Meta (Facebook) limit data use and other extra precautionary measures enabled to comply and stay current with the industry’s consumer privacy best practices and regulations. Any first-party user data generated or captured via browsers and mobile devices are solely for ad personalization, behavioral profiling and automated decision making purposes utilized within the Online Advertising Platforms listed on this page, which consumers may elect to opt-out of sell or share of personal identifiable information (such as, but not limited to, cookies, device ids, user ids, IP address, email, phone number and more) from any or all four of the following user data sources:

1. Online Advertising Platforms

2. Third-Party Data Sources

3. User Browser, Device and Operating System

4. Pubtegic’s First-Party Data and Opt-Out Form

The primary source of Pubtegic’s ad personalization rely heavily on third-party data owned by major third-party data companies and platforms (such as, but not limited to, Google, Meta, Twitter, Online Search Engines, Social Platforms, Publishers, Websites, Mobile Devices, Apps, Connected TVs, Credit Agencies, Credit Card Companies and various Data Management Platforms). Pubtegic can access third-party user data for advertising, but Pubtegic does not have transparency to third-party owned personal identifiable information as they are protected, encrypted and anonymized user information aggregated as groups of users. Given there are multiple third-party and first party sources and platforms involved, consumers can select the following Pubtegic first-party and non-Pubtegic third-party data source to configure or opt-out of based on individuals’ preference, platform, device and application usage.

1. ONLINE ADVERTISING PLATFORMS PERSONALIZED ADS OPT-OUT
Consumers may access or choose to opt-out, configure ad personalization and learn more about user information collected by the following online advertising platforms based on their activities within online platforms and their behavioral profile. Please note that the terms, conditions and privacy policies may vary across all the third-party platforms and applications below. Please visit their website for more information.

GOOGLE: https://adssettings.google.com

META (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/adpreferences/adsettings

TWITTER: https://help.twitter.com/en/safety-and-security/privacy-controls-for-tailored-ads

TIKTOK: https://support.tiktok.com/en/account-and-privacy/personalized-ads-and-data/personalization-and-data

SNAP: https://support.snapchat.com/en-US/a/advertising-preferences

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/categories/ads

MICROSOFT: https://about.ads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/opt-out-of-the-microsoft-advertising-optimization-program

2. THIRD-PARTY DATA SOURCES USER INFORMATION OPT-OUT
Consumers may access or choose to universally opt-out, configure ad personalization and learn more about user information collected by various third-party platforms used for personalized advertising, and please note that the terms, conditions and privacy policies may vary across all the third-party data sources. Please visit their website for more information.

NETWORK ADVERTISING INITIATIVE CONSUMER:
via Browser Cookie: https://optout.networkadvertising.org
via Email: https://optout.networkadvertising.org/optout/email:




3. USER BROWSER, DEVICE & OPERATING SYSTEM SETTINGS & DATA DELETION
Consumers may elect to delete the data, configure privacy or ad settings and learn more about information collected by browsers, devices and operating systems based on Browser, Operating System and Devices usage, and please note that the terms, conditions and privacy policies may vary across browsers, devices and operating systems. Please visit their website for more information.

GOOGLE CHROME
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en

SAFARI (iOS)
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201265

SAFARI (MAC)
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

MOZILLA FIREFOX
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox/protect-your-privacy

MICROSOFT EDGE
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy-bb8174ba-9d73-dcf2-9b4a-c582b4e640dd

MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d

MICROSOFT WINDOWS
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/general-privacy-settings-in-windows-7c7f6a09-cebd-5589-c376-7f505e5bf65a

SAMSUNG INTERNET (Mobile)
https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/mobile-devices/what-are-cookies-and-how-do-i-enable-or-disable-them-on-my-samsung-galaxy-device/

OPERA
https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies

APPLE iOS
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212025

GOOGLE ANDROID
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2790761?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid#:~:text=Tap%20Privacy%20and%20security.,the%20setting%20on%20or%20off.



4. PUBTEGIC FIRST-PARTY DATA OPT-OUT AND DO NOT SHARE AND RIGHTS
Opting-out of the third-party platforms listed above will significantly or completely disrupt and disable Pubtegic’s ability to utilize ad personalization, behavioral profiling and automated decision making in our online advertising efforts. However, Consumers are still entitled to rights to personal information Pubtegic may collect, process, use and disclose. These rights include:

• To request to know what personal information is collected, used, shared or sold, both as to the categories and specific pieces of personal information about you, whether your personal information is sold or disclosed and the purpose, and with whom your personal information was sharedwithin the past 12 months

• The right to opt-out of the sale of personal information (Learn More); and

• To correct inaccurate personal information we retain about you; and

• To request to delete personal information, unless the CCPA recognizes an exception;

• To limit the use of sensitive personal information; and

• The right to non-discrimination when you exercise a privacy right under the CCPA

• To access a copy of the personal information we retain about you

Pubtegic does not collect, process, have access or share sensitive individual personal identifiable information (such as, but not limited to, Name, Phone Number, Email, Address, Precise Geolocation, Social Security Number, Government Issued ID, Passport or Driver’s License, Account Login Username, Passwords, Passcodes, Financial Account, Racial or Ethnic Origin, Religious or Philosophical Beliefs, Union Membership, Genetic Data and more) within our first-party user data. Once again, Pubtegic primarily rely on Online Advertising Platforms to aggregate, anonymize and encrypt personal identifiers as groups to enable personalized advertising, behavioral profiling and automated decision making. Therefore, Pubtegic does not have access or permission to any individual (non-aggregated) personal information or identifiers with any third-party data sources, browsers, devices and operating systems to expedite opt-outs on behalf of any users.

However, consumers can additionally choose to initiate a formal request with Pubtegic. Please note Pubtegic is required by law to verify the identity of the authorized requestor with a government-issued ID. Authorized agents acting on behalf of a requestor must obtain a notarized affidavit of this request or provide a notarized power of attorney document signed by the designated requestor.

This formal opt-out request will prompt Pubtegic to provide all the available information Pubtegic has within the data we have access to and also provide additional resources to assist consumers to access information and opt-out of third-party data sources Pubtegic may utilize. In addition, Pubtegic will exclude your Browser Cookie, Browser Information, Device ID/Identifiers, IP Address and/or other personal identifiers within the Online Advertising Platform advertisers accounts we manage as part of our opt-out process. This measure will, in our best ability, to avoid personalized advertising, behavioral profiling and automated decision making using Pubtegic or Advertisers’ first-party data. In rare occurrences, opted-out users may still randomly targeted with our general ads without the use of any personalized advertising powered by Pubtegic or client's’ first-party data (usually with new devices, new browser identifiers, anonymized browsing or IP address).