California Residents: If you are a resident of California, please see the Datum Privacy Notice and Addendum for California Residents for more information pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) (as amended by the Consumer Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”), which provides you with additional information and choices as to how we process your Personal Information.
Texas and Virginia Residents: If you are a Texas or Virginia Resident, please see the Datum Privacy Notice and Addendum for Texas and Virginia Residents, which provides you with additional information and choices as to how we process your Personal Information.
We will inform you if additional notices about our use of your personal information apply to specific websites, products, services, or jurisdictions. Where applicable, these notices supplement and/or clarify this Privacy Policy and provide you with additional information and choices as to how we process your personal information.
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) tells you how Datum Tech, Inc. (“Datum”) and its subsidiaries (“Datum”, “we”, “us”, “our”) collect, use transfer, store, disclose and protect (collectively, “process”) the personal information of our customers, vendors, and website users as well as people whose personal information is collected on the Datum network and in other locations online when they interact with our content or services (“you”, “your”).
This Policy addresses both information collected about devices and households from third parties as well as information collected directly regarding and website visitors through this website. Most of the information we handle is not collected directly on this website, but rather indirectly through relationships we have with other companies such as data suppliers, business partners (such as ad networks and other online partners), data services providers, agencies, and our clients (“Information Obtained from Third Parties in Providing Services”). We provide this Policy and the aforementioned section as a service to consumers and others who want to learn more about the data we handle and how we use it. If you are particularly interested in the information we collect directly on this website, please go to the section below titled “Information From Website Visitors and Potential Customers.”
This website itself is primarily directed to businesses or other organizations that may wish to use our services, but we welcome consumers who want to know more about our services. When you access our website or engage with us by email, we may collect the following information:
We may collect or store the above information by using cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies. These technologies and analytics tell us, for example, how many users visited our Sites, what pages have been browsed, and from what geographic regions users visited the Sites. The information collected through the use of analytics may include, for example, your IP address, the website from which you visited us, the type of device you used and your search query that led you to the Sites. Your IP address is masked on our systems and will only be used on a need-to-know basis to resolve technical issues, to administer our Sites and to understand visitor preferences. Traffic information on our Sites is accessed only by authorized personnel.
We do not use any of this information to directly identify visitors and we do not share it with third parties. We process personal information for these purposes because we have a legitimate interest in understanding how our Sites are used. Our websites are not designed to respond to “do not track” signals received from browsers. Please see the Section “Cookies and other Tracking Information” below for further information, and click on the cookie settings within the banner on our website to adjust your preferences.
To the extent you receive emails or other communications from us, you may opt out of such communications by clicking on the “opt-out” button included in such communication, or by emailing us at privacy@datumxy.com.
The purposes for which we may process personal information will vary depending upon the circumstances and your relationship with us. In general, we use personal information collected from our customers and website visitors for the purposes of:
Aggregate, De-identified or Anonymous Data: We also create and use aggregate, anonymous and de-identified data to assess, improve and develop our business, products and services, and for similar research and analytics purposes. This information is not generally subject to the restrictions in this Policy, provided it does not identify and cannot be used to constitute personal information.
Datum employs micro-targeted mobile technology to reach audiences at a household level without the need for IP addresses or cookies. Specifically, we combine precise mobile device data with land survey and other data to ensure that we can place targeted advertising to audiences at a high level of accuracy by serving mobile ads on such devices. We collect mobile device and other geolocation data from third-party service providers, who in turn collect such information through mobile apps and services that incorporate the third-party service provider’s SDK technology. We also collect voter records and other information from third party service providers to help build accurate audiences fitting the needs of our customers’ advertising campaigns. We then place targeted advertising to mobile devices fitting such characteristics.
None of the information we collect, either directly or indirectly, includes information that would directly identify an individual (e.g., name, social security number, ID, etc.). However, the combination does associate a particular mobile device or group of mobile devices with a particular household.
Most of the personal information we collect from consumers in performing services are collected from third-party service providers. The actual personal information we collect, and how we use it, depends on the information available from such third parties as well as the needs of our clients.
Such third-party information may include:
By collecting, combining, and organizing this data, we are able to associate certain characteristics with a particular device or group of devices (often a group of devices) within a particular location. We then use the combination of mobile device numbers and data segments to conduct targeted advertising to particular audiences through mobile or other forms of cross channel advertising that fit the needs of our clients. These may be political campaign messages or commercial advertising.
Importantly, none of the information we collect is associated with a particular identity (i.e., name or other identifying characteristic) of an individual, but rather anonymous profiles built around a mobile device or group of mobile devices associate with a particular area. Indeed, because the average household often has multiple devices within the home, such combined data is often aggregated around a group of device numbers, and not any particular device within the household.
Generally, we may share personal information as follows:
The information we collect and use for our third-party services is typically only shared with third-party service providers retained to perform services on our customers’ behalf, and who are contractually bound to confidentiality and use restrictions with respect to such data. Since we typically conduct the targeted advertising ourselves on third-party platforms according to our customers’ specifications, we do not typically share this personal information with third parties (including customers) in the normal course of business.
Occasionally, we will share the combined data sets (which again, reveal mobile device numbers combined with parcel data and other characteristics associated with the parcel or household, but which are unassociated with names or other personally identifying information) with our customers so that they may directly conduct targeted advertising or campaigns themselves. To the extent such sharing is considered “selling” the data, in such instances, we honor the right of certain individuals to opt out of such sharing. To review such rights, please see the section “Choices and Rights With Respect to Your Data.”
For customers and website visitors, we and our third-party providers use cookies, clear GIFs/pixel tags, JavaScript, local storage, log files, and other mechanisms to automatically collect and record information about your browsing activities, and use of the websites and other services. We may combine this “usage data” with other personal information we collect about you. We use this usage data to understand how our Services are used, to track bugs and errors, to provide and improve our services, to verify account credentials, to allow logins, to track sessions, to prevent fraud, and to protect our services, as well as for targeted marketing and advertising, to personalize content and for analytics purposes.
Managing your cookie preferences: You can manage your cookie preferences for our websites and opt out of certain cookies by editing your browser options as explained below.
Cookies: Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your device or computer’s hard drive through your web browser for record-keeping purposes. Some cookies allow us to make it easier for you to navigate our Site, while others are used to enable a faster log-in process or to allow us to track your activities while using our Site. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can edit your browser options to block them in the future. The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your computer from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Some of the Services may not work properly if you disable cookies.
Clear GIFs, pixel tags and other technologies: Clear GIFs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies. In contrast to cookies, which are stored on your computer’s hard drive, clear GIFs are embedded invisibly on web pages. We may use clear GIFs (also referred to as web beacons, web bugs or pixel tags), in connection with our services to, among other things, track the activities users of our services, help us manage content, and compile statistics about usage of our services. We and our service providers also use clear GIFs in HTML emails to our customers, to help us track email response rates, identify when our emails are viewed, and track whether our emails are forwarded.
Third-Party analytics: We may use third-party analytics companies to evaluate use of our services. We use these tools to help us understand use of, and to improve, our services, performance, ad campaigns, and user experiences. These entities may use cookies and other tracking technologies, such as web beacons or local storage objects (LSOs), to perform their services.
Do not track (DNT): Our Sites currently do not respond to “do not track” signals. You may, however, disable certain tracking mechanisms in the cookie preference settings of your web browser and opt out of certain third-party ad cookies on our websites.
Interest-based Ads
On Our Websites. We may work with third party ad networks, ad exchanges, channel partners, measurement services and others (“third party ad companies”) to personalize content and advertising on our website and services, and to manage our advertising on third party sites, mobile apps and online services. In order to display more relevant ads on our behalf and others, we and these third party ad companies may use cookies, pixels tags, and other tools (which we may refer to collectively as “targeting cookies”) to collect browsing and activity information on our websites and services, on third-party sites and across different devices, which may be linked with certain offline data. We and they may also collect IP address, device ID, cookie and advertising IDs, and other identifiers, general location information, and, with your consent, your device’s geolocation information about you. We and these third-party ad companies may use this information to provide you with more relevant ads and content and to evaluate the success of such ads and content. As a result, our ads may be displayed to you on a search results page or on third party sites.
The information provided below describes general measures you can take to opt out of the collection, use, or sharing of your data. In some jurisdictions, such as California, Texas or Virginia, you may be afforded certain rights with respect to your personal information. For more detail, and to learn how residents of those jurisdictions may exercise such rights, please see the state-specific notices linked at the top of this privacy policy.
Note that if you later start sharing your Advertiser ID (i.e., by changing the privacy settings for your device), your opt-out will no longer be effective. Please note that if you opt out of sharing your Advertiser ID, advertisers and publishers will not be able to use your Advertiser ID for any targeting or tracking through your device.
As noted above, you may also control how we or third parties display certain ads to you, as explained further in the respective privacy policies and ad preferences pages. You can learn more about the information collection practices and “opt-out” procedures of many third-party ad companies by visiting www.networkadvertising.org/optout_nonppii.asp. You can also obtain more information about targeted advertising, and how to opt out of targeted advertising by participating members, through the following: U.S. Users: www.aboutads.info/choices (Digital Advertising Alliance)
Opting out of participating ad networks does not completely opt you out of being served advertising. You may continue to receive generic or “contextual” ads on our services. You may also continue to receive targeted ads on other websites, from companies that do not participate in the above programs. Please note that these tools only prevent collection of data pertaining to you on the browser on which they are installed, and will only function if your browser is set to accept third-party cookies. If you delete an opt-out cookie from a browser’s cookie files, we will collect data from that browser until an opt-out cookie is reset on that browser; so, if you delete cookies, block cookies or use another device, your opt-out will no longer be effective.
The security, integrity, and confidentiality of your information are extremely important to us. We have implemented technical, administrative, and physical security measures that are designed to protect guest information from unauthorized access, disclosure, use, and modification. We regularly review our security procedures to consider appropriate new technology and methods. Please be aware that, despite our best efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. We will retain your personal information for the length of time needed to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
Datum’s website and services are not targeted to children under sixteen (16) years of age. If we discover that a child under 16 has provided us with personal information, we will delete such personal information from our systems. If you believe that we might have collected information from a child under 16, please contact us at privacy@datumxy.com.
This Policy is current as of the Last Updated date set forth above. We may change this Policy from time to time at our sole discretion, so please be sure to check back periodically. If we make any changes to this Policy that materially affect our practices with regard to the personal information we have previously collected from you, we will endeavor to provide you with notice in advance of such change, such as by changing the effective date of the Policy or notifying you at your email address of record, if such email address is within our possession. Your continued use of the website and our services following a change in the Policy represents your consent to the updated Policy to the fullest extent permitted by law.
If you have any questions about this Policy or our privacy practices, you may contact us at privacy@datumxy.com