Privacy Policy
It is Dakota Spotlight’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. This Privacy Policy applies to https://porchlight.supportingcast.fm/ (hereinafter, "us", "we", or "https://porchlight.supportingcast.fm/"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the Website. We have adopted this privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") to explain what information may be collected on our Website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the Website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources.
This Privacy Policy, together with the Terms of Service posted on our Website, set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our Website. Depending on your activities when visiting our Website, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions.
- Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Dakota Spotlight collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Dakota Spotlight's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Dakota Spotlight's visitors use its website. From time to time, Dakota Spotlight may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Dakota Spotlight also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on https://dakotaspotlight.com blog posts. Dakota Spotlight only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.
- Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Dakota Spotlight’s websites choose to interact with Dakota Spotlight in ways that require Dakota Spotlight to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Dakota Spotlight gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at https://porchlight.supportingcast.fm/ to provide a username and email address.
- Security
The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
- Advertisements
Ads appearing on our website may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Dakota Spotlight and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
- Links To External Sites
Our Service may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy and terms and conditions of every site you visit.
We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites, products or services.
- Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Dakota Spotlight discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Dakota Spotlight's behalf or to provide services available at Dakota Spotlight's website, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Dakota Spotlight's website, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Dakota Spotlight will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Dakota Spotlight discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Dakota Spotlight believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of PorchLight Podcast Network, third parties or the public at large.
If you are a registered user of https://porchlight.supportingcast.fm/ and have supplied your email address, Dakota Spotlight may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with Dakota Spotlight and our products. We primarily use our newsletter to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Dakota Spotlight takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
- Aggregated Statistics
Dakota Spotlight may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website. Dakota Spotlight may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Dakota Spotlight does not disclose your personally-identifying information.
- Cookies
To enrich and perfect your online experience, Dakota Spotlight uses "Cookies", similar technologies and services provided by others to display personalized content, appropriate advertising and store your preferences on your computer.
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Dakota Spotlight uses cookies to help Dakota Spotlight identify and track visitors, their usage of https://porchlight.supportingcast.fm/, and their website access preferences. Dakota Spotlight visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Dakota Spotlight's websites, with the drawback that certain features of Dakota Spotlight's websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies. By continuing to navigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to Dakota Spotlight's use of cookies.
- E-commerce
Those who engage in transactions with Dakota Spotlight – by purchasing Dakota Spotlight's services or products, are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Dakota Spotlight collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with Dakota Spotlight. Dakota Spotlight does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
- Business Transfers
If Dakota Spotlight, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Dakota Spotlight goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Dakota Spotlight may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Dakota Spotlight may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and at Dakota Spotlight's sole discretion. Dakota Spotlight encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.