Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 4, 2026

1. Overview

Pulse News Wire ("we," "our," or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard information when you visit our website or use our services. We operate from British Columbia, Canada and comply with the Personal Information Protection Act (BC PIPA) and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

2. Information We Collect

Information you provide: If you subscribe to our service, contact us, or sign up for API access, we may collect your name, email address, company name, and billing information.

Automatically collected information: When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and time spent on pages. This is collected through Google Analytics (G-G24SGX32WV).

3. How We Use Your Information

To provide and maintain our Service
To send you disclosure alerts and newsletters (if subscribed)
To process subscription payments and manage your account
To process API access requests
To analyze website usage and improve our Service
To respond to your inquiries and support requests
To comply with legal obligations

4. Cookies and Tracking

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect anonymous usage data. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

We also use session storage to cache API responses locally in your browser for performance. This data is not transmitted to our servers and is cleared when you close your browser tab.

5. Data Sharing and Third-Party Processors

We do not sell your personal information. We share information only with the following categories of recipients:

Service providers and data processors: We use the following third-party services that may process your personal information on our behalf:

Stripe — payment processing. When you subscribe, your payment and billing information is transmitted to and processed by Stripe, Inc. Stripe's privacy policy is available at stripe.com/privacy.
Formspree — contact form submissions. When you submit the contact form, your name, email address, and message are transmitted to Formspree, Inc. and forwarded to us by email. Formspree's privacy policy is available at formspree.io/legal/privacy-policy.
Google Analytics — website usage analytics, as described in Section 4.
Hosting provider — our website is hosted on infrastructure that may process connection and access log data.

Legal requirements: We may disclose your information when required by law, court order, or government authority, or when necessary to protect our rights, property, or safety.

6. Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

In the event of a data breach that poses a real risk of significant harm to any individual, we will notify affected individuals and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada as required under PIPEDA.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services and fulfill the purposes described in this policy, or as required by law. Specifically:

Account and subscription data is retained for the duration of your subscription and for a reasonable period thereafter for billing and legal purposes
Contact form submissions are retained for as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry
Analytics data is subject to Google Analytics' own retention policies

You may request deletion of your personal data at any time by contacting us at the address below.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:

Access the personal information we hold about you
Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
Request deletion of your information
Withdraw consent for data processing where consent is the legal basis
Opt out of marketing communications at any time

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days.

9. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not directed to individuals under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a minor, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by posting the updated policy on this page with a revised "Last updated" date. Your continued use of the Service after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Contact

For questions or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal information, contact us at:

Pulse News Wire
[email protected]