Public privacy & data

Contact Information . Such as name, email address, home address, and phone number.

Financial Account Information . Such as bank account number, brokerage account number, routing numbers, and credit or debit card information.

Location Information . We may infer your general geographic location (such as city, state, and country) by using your internet protocol (IP) address.

Usage Information . Information about your engagement with our Services, like the pages you view, the features or buttons you use, the notifications you see, the dates and times of your visits, and other similar information.

Device Information . We receive information about the device and software you use to access our Services, such as IP address, web browser type, operating system version, phone carrier and manufacturer, application installations, device identifiers, mobile advertising identifiers, and push notification tokens.

Biometric Information . Such as facial images from your identification card or selfie photographs.

Demographic Information . Such as date of birth and marital status.

Audio or Electronic Information . Records of your communications with us (for example, we keep copies of the contents of your correspondence with us on our website, app, chat features, and other channels).

To provide, maintain, and deliver our Services, including troubleshooting, and supporting those Services

To operate our business, such as billing and accounting

To develop new services or features, analyze and measure our Services

To understand you and your preferences, to enhance your experience and enjoyment using our Services

To communicate with you (including via email, mail, phone, SMS or push notification) about new services, offers, promotions, rewards, contests, upcoming events

To display advertising to you

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to provide our Services and fulfill the transactions you have requested, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements

Currently, we primarily use data centers in the United States.

You can close your account by visiting the “Account Settings” page of the Public website or mobile app.

You have a right to request that we disclose to you the personal information we have collected about you.

You also have rights to request that we correct inaccurate personal information and that we delete personal information under certain circumstances, subject to a number of exceptions.

You have a right to opt-out from future “sales” or “sharing” of personal information as those terms are defined by the CCPA.

You have a right to limit our use of sensitive personal information for any purposes other than to provide the services you request or as otherwise permitted by law.

Right to appeal a decision we make with respect to your privacy rights by submitting your request to privacy@public.com

Some of the data disclosures to these providers may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information as defined under the laws of California and other U.S. states.