Privacy Policy

Pigbak.com (“Pigbak,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and otherwise process information when you access or use Pigbak.com, any related mobile applications, products, services, features, content, communications, or other online services we operate (collectively, the “Services”).

By accessing or using the Services, you acknowledge that your information may be collected, used, shared, and processed as described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect a broad range of information from and about users of the Services, including information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, or could reasonably be linked to an individual or device.

Information You Provide to Us

We may collect information you provide directly, including:

  • Name
  • Username
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Mailing or billing address
  • Payment and transaction information
  • Account login credentials
  • Profile information
  • Content you upload, submit, post, store, send, or otherwise make available through the Services
  • Communications with us, including support requests, feedback, survey responses, and other correspondence
  • Any other information you choose to provide

Information We Collect Automatically

When you use the Services, we may automatically collect information such as:

  • IP address
  • Device identifiers
  • Browser type and settings
  • Operating system
  • Mobile carrier and network information
  • Device characteristics
  • Usage and log data
  • Session activity, clicks, page views, search terms, navigation paths, and referring URLs
  • Dates and times of access
  • Approximate and precise geolocation information, where available or permitted
  • Cookies, pixels, tags, SDKs, local storage objects, and similar technologies
  • Advertising identifiers
  • Diagnostic data and crash information
  • Inferences drawn from any of the information we collect

Information from Third Parties

We may collect information from third parties, including:

  • Service providers
  • Analytics vendors
  • Advertising and marketing partners
  • Social media platforms
  • Identity verification providers
  • Payment processors
  • Affiliates and business partners
  • Publicly available sources
  • Data providers and data brokers
  • Other users of the Services

We may combine information collected from different sources.

2. How We Use Information

We may use information for any lawful business, commercial, product, security, compliance, research, development, analytics, advertising, or operational purpose, including to:

  • Provide, operate, maintain, and improve the Services
  • Create, manage, and administer accounts
  • Process payments, transactions, and orders
  • Personalize user experiences, content, and recommendations
  • Communicate with you about accounts, updates, support, promotions, and other matters
  • Send newsletters, marketing communications, and promotional materials
  • Better understand how users interact with the Services
  • Monitor usage trends and conduct analytics
  • Develop new products, services, features, tools, and functionality
  • Train, test, improve, and refine algorithms, models, systems, and internal tools
  • Troubleshoot bugs, errors, and performance issues
  • Secure the Services and detect, investigate, deter, and prevent fraud, abuse, unauthorized access, and other harmful or illegal activity
  • Enforce our terms, policies, and legal rights
  • Comply with legal obligations and respond to lawful requests
  • Conduct internal business purposes such as auditing, reporting, corporate governance, financing, and strategic planning
  • Create aggregated, anonymized, pseudonymized, or de-identified data and use or disclose it for any lawful purpose to the extent permitted by law
  • Carry out any other purpose disclosed at the time of collection or otherwise with your consent
  • Use information for any other lawful purpose not inconsistent with this Privacy Policy

3. How We Disclose Information

We may disclose any information we collect to a wide range of recipients, including:

  • Vendors, consultants, contractors, and service providers
  • Payment processors and financial partners
  • Hosting, infrastructure, analytics, customer service, security, and communications providers
  • Advertising networks, marketing partners, and measurement providers
  • Affiliates, subsidiaries, parent companies, and other companies under common ownership or control
  • Business partners and commercial counterparties
  • Professional advisors such as lawyers, accountants, auditors, and insurers
  • Government agencies, regulators, courts, law enforcement, and other third parties where required or appropriate
  • Parties involved in actual or proposed mergers, acquisitions, sales of assets, financings, reorganizations, bankruptcies, or other corporate transactions
  • Other users or the public when you post or share content through public or interactive features
  • Any other party with your consent or at your direction
  • Any other party as permitted by applicable law

We may also disclose aggregated, anonymized, de-identified, or pseudonymized information for any lawful purpose.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We and our partners may use cookies, pixels, web beacons, SDKs, local storage, session replay technologies, and similar tools to collect and store information about your interactions with the Services and, where permitted, across other websites, apps, platforms, and devices.

We may use these technologies to:

  • Remember preferences
  • Authenticate users
  • Keep users logged in
  • Analyze traffic and usage
  • Improve performance and functionality
  • Personalize content and experiences
  • Deliver advertising
  • Measure advertising effectiveness
  • Support security and fraud prevention
  • Support internal analytics and business operations

Your browser or device settings may allow you to manage certain tracking technologies, but blocking them may affect how the Services function.

5. Advertising and Analytics

We may use third-party analytics providers and advertising partners that collect information about your use of the Services and other online activities over time and across websites, applications, and devices. These third parties may use cookies, device identifiers, pixels, SDKs, and similar technologies to provide analytics services, measure performance, personalize content, build audience segments, and deliver targeted advertising.

We may also use information we collect, alone or combined with information from third parties, for advertising, marketing, analytics, profiling, and commercial purposes to the extent permitted by law.

6. User Content and Public Features

Certain parts of the Services may allow you to upload, post, publish, transmit, save, or share content. Any information or content you choose to make available through public or shared areas of the Services may be accessible by other users, search engines, third parties, and the general public. We are not responsible for how others use information you choose to make public.

7. Data Retention

We may retain personal information and other data for as long as we determine necessary or appropriate for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to:

  • Provide and improve the Services
  • Maintain business and financial records
  • Comply with legal obligations
  • Resolve disputes
  • Enforce agreements
  • Protect our rights, users, and operations
  • Support backups, archives, and business continuity

Retention periods may vary depending on the nature of the information and the purposes for which it is used.

8. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, physical, and organizational measures designed to help protect information. However, no security measure is perfect, and we cannot guarantee absolute security of any information.

9. Your Choices

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights or choices regarding your information, such as rights to access, correct, delete, or limit certain uses of your information, or to opt out of certain communications or advertising practices.

You may unsubscribe from promotional emails by following the instructions in those messages. Even if you opt out of promotional communications, we may still send transactional or relationship messages.

We may honor requests and rights as required by applicable law.

10. Third-Party Services and Links

The Services may contain links to websites, products, services, plugins, tools, or applications operated by third parties. We are not responsible for the privacy, security, or data practices of those third parties. Your interactions with third-party services are governed by their own terms and policies.

11. International Data Transfers

Your information may be collected, transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States and other jurisdictions where we or our service providers operate. These jurisdictions may have data protection laws that differ from those in your location.

By using the Services, you acknowledge that your information may be transferred to and processed in jurisdictions outside your place of residence, subject to applicable law.

12. Children’s Privacy

The Services are not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13 without appropriate consent where required by law. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child in violation of applicable law, we may delete that information.

13. California and Other Jurisdiction-Specific Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have specific privacy rights under applicable laws, including rights related to access, deletion, correction, portability, or opting out of certain data processing activities such as targeted advertising or certain disclosures.

To the extent required by applicable law, Pigbak will honor qualifying requests. We may take steps to verify your identity before processing requests.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may revise this Privacy Policy at any time. When we do, we will post the updated version and update the “Last Updated” date above. Your continued use of the Services after any changes become effective constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

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