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.

16. Contact Us

Privacy Officer

Public Pulse Inc.

Email: privacy@publicpulse.live

Website: www.publicpulse.live