The Pinnacle List Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how The Pinnacle List (“we”, “us” or “our”) collects, uses, and shares personal information of users of this website, https://www.thepinnaclelist.com (the “Site”).

Information We Collect

Information You Provide to Us

We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information when you fill out a form, participate in a contest or promotion, apply for a job, communicate with us via third-party social media sites, request customer support, or otherwise communicate with us. The types of information we may collect include your name, email address, postal address, phone number, and any other information you choose to provide.

Information We Collect Automatically

When you access or use our Site, we automatically collect certain information about you, including:

Log Information: We collect log information about your use of the Site, including your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, web request, access times, pages viewed, web browser, links clicked, and the page you visited before navigating to the Site.
Device Information: We collect information about the computer or mobile device you use to access our Site, including the hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
Location Information: We may derive the approximate location of your device from your IP address.
Information Collected by Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies: We (and our service providers) use different technologies to collect information, including cookies and web beacons.

Fathom Analytics

We use Fathom Analytics for website usage analytics. This service does not use cookies and complies with the GDPR, ePrivacy (including PECR), COPPA and CCPA. Using this privacy-friendly website analytics software, your IP address is only briefly processed, and we (running this website) have no way of identifying you. As per the CCPA, your personal information is de-identified. You can read more about this on Fathom Analytics’ website. The purpose of us using this software is to understand our website traffic in the most privacy-friendly way possible so that we can continually improve our website and business. The lawful basis as per the GDPR is “Article 6(1)(f); where our legitimate interests are to improve our website and business continually.” As per the explanation, no personal data is stored over time.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to provide, maintain, and improve our Site and the content and services offered through it, and to develop new services. We also use the information we collect to:

Communicate with you, including to respond to your comments, questions, and requests; provide customer service and support; provide you with information about services, features, surveys, newsletters, offers, promotions, contests, and events; provide other news or information about us and our select partners; and send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages.
Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Site;
Personalize the Site and provide content, features, or advertisements that match your interests and preferences or otherwise customize your experience on the Site;
Facilitate contests, sweepstakes, and promotions and process and deliver entries and rewards;
Detect, investigate and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect the rights and property of The Pinnacle List and others;
Comply with our legal and financial obligations; and
Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected.

Sharing of Information

We may share information about you as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:

With vendors, service providers, contractors, and other third parties we use to support our business;
In response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law or legal process, including lawful requests by public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements;
If we believe your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or policies, if we believe you have violated the law, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of The Pinnacle List or others;
In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company;
Between and among The Pinnacle List and our current and future parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and other companies under common control and ownership; and
With your consent or at your direction.

We may also share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used by those third parties to identify you.

Data Retention

We store the information we collect about you for as long as is necessary for the purpose(s) for which we originally collected it, or for other legitimate business purposes, including to meet our legal, regulatory, or other compliance obligations.

Security

The security of your personal information is important to us. We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information in an effort to prevent loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. Please be aware, however, that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of this policy and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our website or sending you a notification). We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you.