People Over Platforms Worldwide (“People Over Platforms,” “POPW,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly and transparently. 

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we collect it, why we use it, when it may be shared, how long we keep it, how we protect it, and the choices and rights that may be available to you. 

It applies when you visit our website, sign or interact with our petition, purchase or use a service, submit an intake form or evidence, donate, shop, create or use member features, participate in groups, contact us, apply for or discuss a partnership, use legal resources, subscribe to communications, interact with our news or advocacy content, or otherwise engage with People Over Platforms Worldwide.

This Privacy Policy applies to personal information handled by People Over Platforms Worldwide through our website, petition, advocacy activities, paid and unpaid services, forms, donations, shop, memberships, community features, partnerships, legal-resource pages, news and public-awareness content, communications, analytics, advertising technologies, and related organizational operations. 

It does not control the independent privacy practices of third-party websites, platforms, payment processors, social networks, service providers, or external resources that may be linked to or integrated with our website. Those organizations operate under their own privacy policies and terms.

People Over Platforms Worldwide is a non-profit organization based in Ontario, Canada. Our work includes digital rights, platform accountability, business and corporate accountability, advocacy, public education, support services, legal-resource information, petitions, public-interest communications, community engagement, partnerships, fundraising, and related non-profit activities.

The information we collect depends on how you interact with us. It may include contact and identity information, petition and supporter information, professional or business information, service and case information, transaction information, content you submit, communications with us, account or member information, technical and device information, cookie and analytics data, advertising interaction information, and other information you voluntarily provide. 

We do not intentionally require more information than is reasonably useful for the activity, service, transaction, or communication involved.

We may collect information such as your full name, mailing or residential address, city, province or state, postal or ZIP code, country, email address, telephone number, and other contact details you choose to provide. We may collect this information through our petition, service intake forms, partnership inquiries, donations, purchases, contact forms, member features, support requests, newsletter or campaign sign-ups, or other communications.

If you contact us in a professional capacity, we may collect the name of your business, organization, law firm, nonprofit, media outlet, public office, community group, sponsor, partner, or other entity; your job title, position, professional role, website, professional contact information, and details about the relationship or opportunity you are contacting us about. We may use this information to communicate with you, evaluate partnerships or sponsorships, manage professional relationships, conduct outreach, and maintain organizational records.

A submission may contain information about another person, employee, customer, family member, business, organization, platform representative, or other third party. Please avoid providing unnecessary personal information about other people. You should only provide another person’s private information when you have an appropriate reason, authority, or permission to do so. 

We may redact, restrict, decline to use, or remove unnecessary third-party information where appropriate.

When you visit or use our website, Wix and other technologies we use may automatically process technical or usage information. This may include IP address, device type, browser type, operating system, language, approximate location derived from technical information, referring pages, pages viewed, timestamps, session information, interactions with site features, cookie identifiers, diagnostic information, and website performance or security data. 

The exact information collected depends on the features, integrations, and consent choices in use.

Technical information may be used to deliver website content, maintain compatibility, troubleshoot problems, understand performance, secure accounts and sessions, detect suspicious or abusive activity, prevent fraud, improve accessibility, and understand how visitors interact with our website. We may receive this information from Wix, analytics providers, advertising technologies, or other service providers used to operate the site.

Our petition may collect information such as your name, address or location information, email address, telephone number, signature, comments, and other information you choose to submit. 

We use petition information to administer the petition, maintain supporter and advocacy records, understand public support and concerns, communicate about related advocacy where permitted, develop public-interest campaigns, prepare statistics or reports, and support our nonprofit work. 

We do not sell petition or supporter information.

Information that a person intentionally submits for public display, such as a public petition comment or other content shown publicly through a petition or community feature, may be visible to other people. 

We may quote, summarize, categorize, or reference publicly submitted comments in advocacy, news, research, media, regulatory, or public-awareness materials where appropriate. Private contact information, such as an email address, telephone number, or street address, is not intentionally published merely because someone signed the petition unless the person specifically made that information public or gave permission for its use.

People who purchase or use our services may provide information through intake forms, email, files, or follow-up communications. Depending on the service, this may include platform names, usernames or handles, account status, restriction or disablement dates, platform notices, enforcement reasons, appeal history, screenshots, messages, correspondence, timelines, supporting documents, evidence, business impacts, financial impacts, personal impacts, and other information needed to understand the case. 

We use this information to provide the service requested, prepare documents and materials, communicate with the client, organize case records, and provide appropriate support.

Our services may involve helping a client prepare or strengthen communications, appeals, advocacy letters, evidence packages, escalation requests, or follow-up messages directed to a third-party platform, company, organization, regulator, or other entity. 

References to appeals in this Privacy Policy refer to appeals or requests made to those third parties. 

People Over Platforms Worldwide does not operate or control third-party appeal systems and cannot control or guarantee the outcome of a platform, company, regulator, or other third party’s decision.

Some of our services remain active for a defined service period. During that period, a client may provide additional responses, screenshots, correspondence, notices, evidence, status changes, or other case updates. 

We may use those updates to provide follow-up guidance, clarification, progress tracking, documentation support, escalation planning, communication templates, or other assistance included in the service purchased.

When a person purchases an account protection or risk-assessment service, we may review information they provide about account activity, platform use, notices, security concerns, account history, or other circumstances relevant to identifying possible risks or vulnerabilities. 

We use this information to prepare the requested assessment and recommendations. 

We do not require passwords, authentication codes, backup codes, or complete login credentials, and users should not send them to us.

Supporters, clients, and community members may share highly personal or sensitive information, including screenshots, private conversations, account notices, identification documents, allegations, financial or business impacts, or other evidence. 

We use sensitive information only for legitimate purposes connected to the person’s request, our services, advocacy, documentation, or public-interest work. 

We do not intentionally publish private identifying details from sensitive case materials without permission unless disclosure is legally required or otherwise permitted by law.

When you submit a partnership inquiry, we may collect your name, email address, organization or company name, job title or position, website, areas of partnership interest, proposed collaboration details, and any additional information you choose to provide. 

We use this information to review and respond to the inquiry, evaluate potential sponsorships, professional relationships, legal partnerships, nonprofit or community collaborations, program support, in-kind support, advertising or promotional partnerships, and other mission-aligned opportunities.

When you make a donation, we may collect information needed to process and record the contribution, such as your name, contact information, donation amount, transaction information, and any donor preferences or messages you choose to provide. 

Wix Donations and payment processors may process payment information on our behalf. 

We use donor information for donation administration, receipts, financial and accounting records, donor communications where permitted, and other legitimate nonprofit purposes. 

We do not sell donor information.

When you purchase a paid service or pricing plan, we may collect information needed to complete and administer the transaction, such as your name, contact information, service selected, transaction amount, payment status, billing information, service period, transaction identifiers, and related communications. 

Payment information is generally processed through Wix or another payment provider rather than stored directly by People Over Platforms Worldwide in complete card-number form.

Our online shop may use Wix Stores and Printful for ecommerce and fulfillment. 

Information needed to process and deliver an order may include your name, email address, telephone number, billing or shipping address, order details, payment status, and other transaction information. 

Information may be shared with the providers involved in checkout, payment processing, printing, fulfillment, shipping, fraud prevention, and customer service. 

Those providers also operate under their own privacy practices.

Our website may use Wix Members Area or similar account features. 

If you create or use a member account, information may include your account or profile details, login-related identifiers, membership activity, preferences, interactions, and information you choose to make visible through the feature. 

Some account information may be visible to other members depending on the settings and features you use.

Our website may use Wix Groups or other community features. 

If you participate, information such as your profile information, posts, comments, reactions, group activity, and other content you intentionally share may be visible to other participants according to the group’s settings. 

Please do not post sensitive personal information in areas intended to be visible to other users.

Our website may use a Wix Loyalty Program or similar engagement features. 

When enabled, these features may process account information, participation activity, points or rewards activity, transactions, and related website interactions in order to provide the feature and maintain program records.

Our website may use Wix Site Search, Recently Viewed functionality, or other features that remember or process website interactions. 

These features may process search terms, pages or products viewed, session information, cookie identifiers, or similar interaction data so the requested feature can function and so we can understand how visitors use the website.

We use Wix Forms and other website forms for contact requests, petitions, intake, partnerships, support, services, and other organizational functions. 

Forms may collect the information shown in the form and any files or information you choose to upload. 

If file-sharing or upload functionality is disabled, restricted, or not publicly accessible, it may not be available to visitors at that time. 

Information submitted through active forms may be stored or processed through Wix and other service providers we use to manage communications and records.

We use email and Google Workspace or Gmail for organizational communications and recordkeeping. 

Information you send by email, including your email address, message content, attachments, and related correspondence, may be processed and stored through Google services and our organizational accounts. 

Please do not email passwords, authentication codes, complete payment-card numbers, or unnecessary highly sensitive information.

Our website includes news updates, advocacy content, organizational announcements, supporter experiences, public-interest reporting, and other blog content. 

We may publish or discuss information that is already public, information we created, information submitted for publication, public petition comments, public statements, or material used with permission. 

We distinguish this from private case information submitted directly to us, which is not intentionally published simply because it was shared with us privately.

Our website may display, summarize, quote, discuss, or link to publicly available media coverage, interviews, articles, videos, public statements, and other content concerning People Over Platforms Worldwide, our campaigns, our work, or people publicly associated with the organization, including our founder or representatives. 

External media outlets and websites operate independently and under their own privacy practices.

Our website provides legal-resource information, court information, regulator or complaint pathways, ombudsman information, consumer resources, and links to third-party websites. 

These resources are provided for informational and educational purposes. 

If you visit an external website, that organization may collect information under its own privacy policy. People Over Platforms Worldwide does not control the privacy practices of independent external websites.

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies for functions that may include essential website operation, security, fraud prevention, session management, preferences, analytics, performance, ecommerce, members-area functionality, recently viewed features, marketing, and advertising. 

Cookies may be placed by Wix or by third-party technologies integrated with the website. The specific cookies in use may change as website features, apps, tags, and integrations are enabled, disabled, or updated.

We use a cookie consent or preference manager to provide visitors with choices regarding certain non-essential cookies and similar technologies where applicable. 

Depending on your location and the technologies in use, you may be able to accept, reject, or manage categories of cookies. 

Strictly necessary cookies and technologies that are required for website operation, security, checkout, fraud prevention, or similar essential functions may operate without optional consent where permitted by law.

We may use analytics and measurement technologies to understand website traffic, page usage, referral sources, campaign performance, user interactions, and technical performance. 

Analytics information helps us improve our website, understand which resources are useful, measure outreach, troubleshoot issues, and evaluate the effectiveness of our nonprofit activities and communications.

Our website may use advertising, conversion, audience, measurement, or social-media technologies, including Meta or Facebook technologies, TikTok tags, Google-related advertising or analytics technologies, and similar tools. 

When enabled, these technologies may collect or receive device information, cookie or tag identifiers, page visits, interactions, referrals, conversion events, or other website activity for advertising measurement, campaign optimization, audience creation, analytics, or related purposes. 

Their operation may depend on our configuration, your consent choices, browser or device settings, and applicable law.

We may use aggregated campaign information, website interaction data, or information made available through advertising platforms to understand and improve advertising and sponsored outreach. 

We do not provide private case files, petition contact information, or sensitive service information to advertisers for unrelated advertising. 

Third-party advertising providers may independently process information collected through their technologies according to their own privacy policies.

We rely on third-party services and apps to operate portions of our website and nonprofit. 

These may include Wix Studio and Wix services or applications, Google Workspace and Gmail, Printful, payment processors, Wix Donations, Wix Stores, Wix Pricing Plans, Wix Members Area, Wix Groups, Wix Loyalty Program, Wix Site Search, Wix Forms, checkout features, analytics and advertising services, Meta technologies, TikTok technologies, security or fraud-prevention tools, and third-party Wix applications such as Payment Icons Trust Badges Pro. 

The providers and features we use may change as our organization and website develop.

Third-party providers may process information to perform services for us or provide functionality you choose to use. 

Their processing may include hosting, storage, ecommerce, fulfillment, payments, donations, authentication, communications, analytics, advertising, security, website functionality, or other operational services. 

These providers are responsible for their own privacy practices and may process information in accordance with their own terms, policies, legal obligations, and agreements with us.

We use personal information for legitimate nonprofit and operational purposes connected to our website, services, advocacy, petition, partnerships, communications, transactions, public-interest work, and organizational administration. 

We do not sell personal information for money as part of our nonprofit operations.

We may use information to provide requested services, process forms and transactions, respond to inquiries, prepare client materials, administer the petition, maintain member and community features, operate the shop, process donations, manage partnerships, publish content, improve site functionality, understand website usage, maintain records, prevent abuse, and improve the accessibility, reliability, and usefulness of our website and services.

We may use contact information to respond to inquiries, provide service-related communications, send requested materials, confirm transactions, communicate about partnerships, respond to privacy requests, provide support, deliver campaign or organizational updates where permitted, and send other communications connected to your relationship with People Over Platforms Worldwide.

We may use information to understand patterns of digital-platform harm, develop anonymized statistics and trend information, prepare advocacy reports, identify emerging issues, support public education, contribute to regulatory or policy discussions, communicate with media, and improve our nonprofit programs and resources. 

Where we use private case or supporter information for public-facing advocacy, we aim to anonymize or aggregate it unless identifying use has been authorized or the information is already lawfully public.

We may transform case, petition, supporter, service, website, or other information into anonymized or aggregated statistics, summaries, trends, research, advocacy materials, media materials, regulatory submissions, or public-awareness reporting. 

Anonymized information is intended not to identify a specific individual. 

We do not intentionally include private identifying details in anonymized materials unless the individual has given permission or the information is otherwise lawfully public.

We may use automated technologies or artificial-intelligence-assisted tools for limited operational functions such as spam filtering, security or fraud detection, analytics, email routing, website performance, drafting or administrative assistance, search, organization of information, or other internal productivity purposes. 

We do not intend to rely solely on an automated system to make a significant decision about a person’s eligibility for our advocacy support or paid services where human review is appropriate. 

If our use of automated decision-making materially changes, we may update this Privacy Policy and provide any notice required by applicable law.

We may share or disclose personal information when reasonably necessary to operate our website, provide a requested service, complete a transaction, work with service providers, administer donations or orders, manage organizational relationships, protect our systems, comply with law, respond to lawful requests, protect rights or safety, or act with your consent or at your direction. 

We may also share anonymized or aggregated information that is not reasonably intended to identify an individual.

People Over Platforms Worldwide does not sell personal information for money. Some privacy laws use broad definitions of “sale,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising that may include certain disclosures through analytics or advertising technologies even when no money is exchanged. 

Where those laws apply, available notices, consent options, or rights may differ depending on your jurisdiction and the technologies enabled on our website.

We may preserve, use, or disclose information where we reasonably believe it is necessary to comply with applicable law, a court order, legal process, regulatory requirement, or valid request from an authorized public authority; investigate or prevent fraud, abuse, security incidents, or unlawful activity; enforce applicable agreements or policies; or protect the rights, safety, security, property, or integrity of People Over Platforms Worldwide, our users, or others.

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, loss, or disclosure. 

Measures may include access controls, account protections, trusted service providers, security monitoring, secure website technologies, limited access based on operational need, and other reasonable safeguards. 

No website, email system, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Because our organization operates online and uses service providers that may operate internationally, personal information may be processed or stored outside your province, state, or country. 

Depending on the provider, this may include Canada, the United States, the European Union, or other jurisdictions where a service provider maintains systems, infrastructure, or personnel. 

Information processed in another jurisdiction may be subject to that jurisdiction’s laws and lawful-access requirements.

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and for legitimate service, transaction, advocacy, security, dispute-resolution, financial, accounting, legal, archival, operational, and organizational needs. 

Different types of information may be kept for different periods depending on why the information was collected and what obligations or legitimate needs apply.

When deciding how long to retain information, we may consider whether a service or transaction is still active, whether follow-up support is available, the nature and sensitivity of the information, legal or accounting obligations, dispute or complaint risks, security and fraud-prevention needs, recordkeeping requirements, advocacy or historical value, and whether the information can instead be anonymized. 

When information is no longer reasonably required, we may delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it, subject to legal, technical, archival, and operational limitations.

Depending on where you live, you may have rights concerning personal information we hold about you. 

These may include rights to request access, correction, deletion, withdrawal of consent, restriction or objection to certain processing, portability, information about how your data is used, or other rights provided by applicable law. 

Rights and exceptions vary by jurisdiction, and we may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

Where required by applicable law, you may request confirmation of whether we hold eligible personal information about you and may request access to or a copy of that information. 

The scope, format, identity-verification requirements, exceptions, response period, and any permitted fees depend on the law that applies to the request.

You may ask us to correct personal information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete. 

We may request information reasonably necessary to verify the correction and may retain a record of the request where appropriate for legal, security, or recordkeeping purposes.

You may request deletion of personal information you have provided to People Over Platforms Worldwide. 

Some information may need to be retained where required or permitted by law, for transaction or financial records, active or completed service records, dispute resolution, fraud prevention, security, archival records, or other legitimate organizational requirements. 

Where deletion is appropriate, we will take reasonable steps to remove or anonymize eligible information from systems we control, subject to technical and legal limitations.

Where our processing is based on consent, you may be able to withdraw that consent, subject to legal, contractual, security, or operational limitations. 

Withdrawing consent may affect our ability to provide a feature, communication, or service that depends on the information involved.

You may unsubscribe from newsletters, promotional messages, or campaign emails using the unsubscribe option included in applicable communications. 

Certain transactional or service-related messages, such as receipts, order communications, service updates, responses to inquiries, security messages, privacy responses, or important legal notices, may still be sent where necessary. 

Communication choices may differ depending on how you signed up or interacted with us.

Our website and services are not intentionally designed to collect personal information from children in circumstances where parental or guardian consent is legally required. 

If we learn that personal information has been collected contrary to applicable law, we will take reasonable steps to address the situation. 

Because some people contacting us may be experiencing serious digital, financial, reputational, or other harms, we encourage users to avoid submitting unnecessary sensitive information and to contact us if they need information corrected or removed.

If you have concerns about how we handle personal information, you may contact us so we can attempt to address them. 

You may also have the right to contact the privacy or data-protection regulator responsible for your jurisdiction. 

In Canada, this may include the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada or an applicable provincial privacy authority. Individuals in other jurisdictions may contact their applicable privacy or data-protection authority.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our organization, website, services, petition, apps, integrations, advertising technologies, service providers, legal requirements, or privacy practices. 

The current version will be posted on our website with an updated date. 

Because our website and technology stack continue to develop, visitors should review this Privacy Policy periodically.

Where required by applicable law, or where a change materially affects how we handle personal information, we may provide additional notice through our website, email, account or member communications, or another reasonable method. 

The method of notice may depend on the nature of the change and the relationship we have with the affected individuals.

For questions about this Privacy Policy, concerns about how we handle personal information, or requests to access, correct, delete, withdraw consent, manage communication preferences, or otherwise exercise rights relating to your information, contact People Over Platforms Worldwide at privacy@peopleoverplatforms.org. 

Please explain the nature of your request and provide enough information for us to identify the relevant records and respond. We may ask for reasonable information to verify your identity, authority, or relationship to the records before acting on a request. 

Privacy requests will be reviewed and handled in accordance with applicable law and legitimate legal, security, operational, archival, financial, and recordkeeping requirements. 

If we cannot fully complete a request, we may explain the reason where appropriate or required by law. Please do not send passwords, authentication codes, backup codes, complete payment-card numbers, or unnecessary highly sensitive information by email. 

If your request concerns a third-party platform, service provider, payment processor, or external website rather than records controlled by People Over Platforms Worldwide, you may also need to contact that organization directly.

People Over Platforms Worldwide provides advocacy, support resources, educational information, legal-resource information, platform-account support services, document preparation and organization, advocacy letters, appeal and communication templates, escalation guidance, risk assessments, and related services. 

We are not a law firm and do not provide individualized legal advice or legal representation. Information available through our website, services, resources, news content, templates, or communications is provided for general informational, educational, advocacy, or support purposes. 

No lawyer-client relationship is created by visiting our website, using our resources, purchasing a service, submitting a form, or communicating with People Over Platforms Worldwide. Users remain responsible for deciding whether to obtain advice from a qualified lawyer or other professional for their circumstances. 

We do not control third-party platforms, regulators, courts, companies, or other organizations and cannot guarantee any appeal, account restoration, complaint, legal, regulatory, business, or other outcome. This Privacy Policy describes our privacy practices and is not a substitute for legal advice.