Privacy Policy

Protecting Your Information Is Our Priority
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Importance of Your Privacy.

Pop Finance, LLC (“Deal Report” or “we” or “our”) is an independent financial publisher.  Novation Solutions USA, Inc. (“Novation”), is the parent company of Deal Report. Novation is affiliated with Novation Solutions Inc. (“DealMaker”), DealMaker Corp.  and NS International Holdco Ltd. as well as DealMaker Transfer Agent LLC, operating as DealMaker Shareholder Services, a transfer agent registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and DealMaker Securities LLC, a registered broker-dealer, member FINRA and SIPC.  Collectively, these entities are referred to as “Affiliates.”

Deal Report is a financial investment newsletter (“Deal Report”).  Communications may include sending emails, updates, publications and other information.  This Privacy Policy describes how Deal Report and its Affiliates (“We” or “Us”) collect, use, maintain and disclose the information of people whose information is provided to Deal Report, or who upload their own personal information by visiting the Deal Report website, www.dealreport.com (“Website”) and by subscribing to Deal Report (the "Subscription").

At Deal Report, your privacy is of great importance to us. We understand that you are entrusting us with certain personal information. In exchange, you expect and deserve a commitment to treat your information with respect.  “You”, “your” or “User” refers to anyone who accesses or browses the Website or has a Subscription. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before submitting any information through a Subscription. By submitting any information and subscribing, you are acknowledging that you have read and understand this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the data practices described in this Privacy Policy, you must exit the Website without accessing or using any of our services.

A Special Note About Children.

Children are not eligible to use the Website and we ask that minors (under the age of 13) do not submit any personal information or subscribe. Deal Report does not collect or maintain information from those actually known to be under the age of 14, and no part of the Website or Subscription is structured to attract anyone under the age of 14. Other age restrictions may be set forth in Deal Report’s Terms of Use from time to time.

How We Collect Information and The Information We Collect

There are several ways in which we may collect personal information from you. For the most part, we collect information directly from you when you subscribe by way of example, your name, user name, password, address, phone number, date of birth, e-mail address and information regarding your cell phone and/or other mobile device. See below for all Categories of information we collect.

In addition, when you use the Website or Subscription, Deal Report automatically collects and records technical information on our server logs from your browser or mobile platform, including your IP address and location. Deal Report also collects and uses additional information from users such as transaction location, purchase activity, Subscription account  open date and time, idle time, and all clicks and/or swipes within the Website (together with time and order). Deal Report may also collect information posted by users on social media sites for users that have opted to connect to or otherwise link Deal Report with social media accounts including Facebook and Twitter. Generally, we do not use or otherwise process this technical data in a way that can identify you, except where we are required to treat it as personal information under applicable law.

Categories of Information Collected.

We collect the following categories of information:

1. Information we receive from you or our users of the Website and Subscription service. To access the Subscription, you'll need to provide certain personal information which may include, without limitation, your name, address, date of birth, phone number, user names, e-mail address and other information required to comply with regulations.
2. Technical information we collect. In order for Deal Report to enable our users to provide the best possible experience for you on the Website, we collect and track certain user information. When you visit the Website, our web server may send a cookie to your browser, which may store the cookie on your computer for a variable duration. This cookie is intended to store a limited amount of information about your site visit. The cookie tracks aggregate information on how our site is being used, including session counts, navigation patterns, pages visited, etc. These cookies, however, do not store any personally identifiable information such as your name, email address or phone number as you browse the site. When you submit a question, we store your cookie identification in our system. This cookie allows our site to recognize you when you return. Deal Report may also utilize web logs to track aggregate information about the use of our Website and/or the Subscription. Web logs track anonymous user information, including the number of visitors to the Website, operating systems, Internet Provider addresses (if publicly available), and browser type.  We may use analytics programs such as Google Analytics to assist in collecting and analysing web log information. Unlike cookies, web logs are maintained only on Deal Report servers and do not store or place anything on your computer.  
3. Anonymous Information From Online Banner Ads.   If you come to the Deal Report Website from an online banner ad, an anonymous identification number may be passed to the Website. This information cannot be used to gather any personally identifiable information about you. It will only allow us to track the overall effectiveness of our online advertising, marketing and banner advertisement campaigns.
4. Additional Information we receive from your use of the Subscription. We may collect information about the services that you use and how you use them. This information includes:
5. Device information. We may collect device-specific information (such as your hardware model, operating system version, browser diagnostics, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information including phone number).
6. Location information. When you use the Subscription, we may collect and process information about your actual location. We may also use various technologies to determine location, some of which may be made available through third party licensors.
7. Information from surveys. You may have the option of completing an online survey at the Website or within the Subscription from time to time. Participation in surveys is completely voluntary and it is your choice whether or not you wish to disclose your personal information to us in connection with any such survey.
8. Information from the "Contact Us" section of the Subscription. You may contact Deal Report through the "Contact Us" feature. Participation in this area is completely voluntary and it is your choice whether or not you wish to disclose your personal information to us.
9. Information collected in other sections of the Subscription. Deal Report may, from time to time, make various resources available to you within the Subscription. At times we may collect personal information in connection with providing such services.
10. Information You Provide To Our Affiliates. You may provide information directly to an affiliate exclusively for use by this affiliated entity.  For example, you may be asked to provide your name, email address, phone number, ownership interest in an issuer and broker dealer of record.  You consent to the sharing of this information with Deal Report’s affiliated entities and to Deal Report’s use of this information, as described in this Privacy Policy.  You have the right to limit the other affiliated entities from contacting you for marketing purposes or otherwise.

How We Use Your Information.

We and our users use the information provided to us to power the applicable services to you, either directly or through third parties, as further described above in this Privacy Policy. In addition to the specific uses already described, Deal Report may use the information provided to us: (i) to deliver services requested by you;  (ii) to provide customer support and improve services requested by you; (iii) to manage customer accounts; (iv) to remedy technological problems; (v) to automatically update services offered through the Subscription; (vi) to verify your identity in connection with a service requested by you; (vii) to prevent fraudulent, unauthorized or illegal activity in connection with the Website or Subscription; (viii) to protect against a legal liability and/or defend Deal Report’s legal rights; (ix) in response to an authorized request from legal or public authorities (for example, the police, a Court or government agency); and (x) to provide additional services as described to you at the time you request the service.

In addition to the uses of the information described above, Deal Report may, from time to time, collect purchasing information and/or data from other sources. Deal Report may collect this information for the purposes of performing analytics and conducting user research. This information may be used to communicate and provide additional information that may be of interest to you and our other users.  

In addition, Deal Report may disclose account or other personal information when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with Deal Report rights or property, or Subscription users or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities.

Deal Report is not responsible for the use of your information that you provide to third parties, either personally or through third party websites.  For information on how third party websites and applications use the information you share with the third party, we encourage you to read the third parties’ privacy policy and terms of use.

How Your Information Is Disclosed and Shared.

Deal Report DOES NOT disclose any personal information about you to or with any person or organization except (i) as authorized by you, (ii) as described in the relevant portion of the Website or Subscription or within any agreement between us, (iii) as may be required by law or court order, or (iv) as otherwise set forth herein.

Deal Report may share your information in the following circumstances  with third party service providers who assist Deal Report in providing our services to you, and are contractually obligated to only use the information for that purpose.

In addition, Deal Report may sell, disclose or otherwise use information gathered within the Subscription to third parties on an aggregated basis where such information does not identify you personally. More specifically, Deal Report may provide to third parties aggregate statistics or information about sales, trends, online traffic patterns, related information or other statistical de-identified information. Other than as described in the foregoing, third parties cannot collect personal information about individual users.

Data Security, Storage and Retention Of Your Personal Information.

Deal Report employs measures to protect against the unauthorized access, disclosure, modification or destruction of the information we collect.  While we are committed to ensuring the security of the information, no protection measure can provide a 100% guarantee of security. Consequently, we do not warrant or guarantee the security of the information.

Your personal data is stored and / or processed or otherwise used by Deal Report in Canada. We retain your information for as long as necessary or relevant for the listed purposes in this Privacy Policy, or as required by any applicable legal and regulatory retention obligations.

Transfer of Your Personal Information.

Your personal information will be processed at our operating locations and in places where the parties (you or third parties) are located.   This means your information  may be stored on servers or databases co-managed with hosting providers outside of your home country, province or state where data protection laws may differ from your home jurisdiction.  

By accessing the Website and Subscription and providing us with your personal information, you consent to the transfer of your personal information to servers and databases located outside of your home jurisdiction.

Access Request.

You can make a request to us at info@dealreport.com at any time, if you would like to know what personal information Deal Report has about you, what it is being used for, and with whom it has been shared. If you notice inaccuracies or wish to update any part of your personal information, you may contact us at any time.

Residents of the E.U.: Under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), residents of the E.U also have the right to request the erasure of personal data, right to restrict processing, and in certain circumstances the right to data portability. Please direct any inquiries regarding the foregoing to info@dealreport.com, attention Privacy Officer.

Residents of California:   Under the CCPA, residents of California also have the right to notice of the categories of information collected, the rights to access information regarding the disclosure of personal data, the right to refuse the sale of personal data, the right to delete personal data in certain circumstances and the right not to be discriminated against for exercising consumer privacy rights.  Please direct any inquiries regarding the foregoing to info@dealreport.com, attention Privacy Officer.

Anti-Spam legislation.

Periodically, we or our users may send you commercial electronic messages to alert you to various improvements to our services or other opportunities, via your Subscription. You may request to stop receiving commercial electronic messages from us at any time by (i) using the “unsubscribe” mechanism in our emails (ii) altering your settings in your Subscription  or (iii) by sending an e-mail to info@dealreport.com to remove yourself from any mailings.

Changes to Privacy Policy.

We may change, modify, add, remove or update this Privacy Policy at any time (“Change(s)”). If we make a change to our Privacy Policy in the future that will affect how we treat your information, we will post such Change on the Website or within your Subscription account, and the effective date at the top of this Privacy Policy will be updated.   Any such Change will be deemed to be effective 2 days from the date of such posting. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.  You will be deemed to consent to any Changes to this Privacy Policy by your continued or subsequent use of the Website or Subscription following the Changes.

Business Transfer.

We may, in the future, sell or otherwise transfer some or all of our assets or equity to a third party. Your personally identifiable information and other information we obtain from you via the Website or your Subscription account  may be disclosed to any potential or actual third party purchasers of such assets or equity and may be among the assets transferred.  Said third party may alter, update or change this Privacy Policy.  

Links.

The Website or your Subscription account  may contain links to other websites or applications that are owned and operated by third parties that are not affiliated with us. When you use those links, you leave the Website or your Subscription account (as applicable) and we are unable to control how the owners of the websites or applications you link to handle any information they gather about you, including their privacy practices and use of cookies. This Privacy Policy applies only to the Website and your Subscription account  and does not govern activities on linked websites or applications.  We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any other website or application you visit, download or access to understand its practices on how it collects, uses and discloses your information.

How to Contact Us:

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at

info@dealreport.com

or at:
Deal Report
Attn: Privacy Officer
16540 Pointe Village Drive, Suite 201

Lutz, Florida

33558

Your California Privacy Rights.

If you are a California resident, under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) you have additional rights regarding your personal information.  This section describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights.

Right to Know.  You have the right know the categories of personal information we collect and the purpose for which we use it including:

• The categories of personal information we collected;
• The sources from which personal information was collected;
• The commercial purpose for collecting personal information (in accordance with the services offered through the Website or the Subscription);
• The categories of third parties with whom we shared personal information; and
• The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.

The Right To Request and the Right to Access.   You have the right to request and obtain access to personal information about you that we have collected, used or disclosed over the past 12 months including those categories above.

Right to Delete.  You have the right to request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you over the last 12 months.  If you request that we delete your information, there are some exceptions pursuant to which we are not permitted to delete your personal information.

Right Not To Be Discriminated Against.  You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising your consumer privacy rights under the CCPA.

Right Not To Sell My Personal Information.  The CCPA gives California residents the right to ask companies not to sell their personal information to third parties.   We do not sell your personal information.  

If you are a California resident and would like to exercise your CCPA rights, please contact us by either of the following methods:

info@dealreport.com

or at:

Deal Report
Attn: Privacy Officer
16540 Pointe Village Drive, Suite 201

Lutz, Florida

33558

Deal Report will respond to a California consumer privacy request for access or deletion within 45 days of receiving and verifying the request.   We may extend this time period by up to an additional 45 days If reasonably necessary and with prior notice, to you.

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