This Privacy Policy explains how Plaza ("we", "our", or "us") collects, uses, shares, and sells your personal information when you use our website (www.readplaza.com) and related services. We are committed to being transparent about our practices so you can make informed choices about your data.

• We collect only the personal information necessary to provide and improve our services:
• Email Address – Required for account creation and service delivery; may also be shared or sold for marketing and business purposes
• Account Information – Username, profile details, and any preferences you provide
• Usage Data – Anonymous information about how you interact with our site, collected via Microsoft Clarity (configured cookie-free for GDPR compliance)
• User-Generated Content – Comments, "bull room" messages, and other submissions you make

Directly from you – When you create an account, submit content, or contact us. Automatically – Through Microsoft Clarity analytics, which collects anonymous, cookie-free data including page views, user interactions, session recordings, and heatmaps to improve our user experience. From interactions – When you participate in bull rooms or engage with our content.

• We use your personal data to:
• Provide services – Deliver content, enable commenting, and facilitate discussions
• Improve our platform – Analyze usage to enhance performance and user experience
• Communicate with you – Send service updates and, with your consent, marketing emails
• Business and marketing purposes – Share or sell personal data, including email addresses and preferences, to selected third parties for advertising, lead generation, or other commercial purposes

• We may share or sell your personal information in the following ways:
• Service Providers – For hosting, analytics, email delivery, and other operational support
• Business Partners and Third Parties – We may share or sell personal data, including email addresses and user preferences, for marketing, advertising, and related business activities
• Legal Requirements – If required by law or to protect our rights
• We will only share or sell your personal information where permitted by law and, where applicable, with your consent. You may withdraw consent or opt out of such sharing at any time by contacting info@readplaza.com.

We keep personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes described above. Deleting your account permanently removes your profile, comments, and bull room messages. We do not keep backups of deleted user data. Minimal records may be retained if required by law.

• You may:
• Request access to your personal data
• Request corrections to inaccurate information
• Request deletion of your data
• Withdraw consent for marketing or data sharing/selling
• Contact us at info@readplaza.com to exercise your rights. We will respond within the timeframes required by law.

We use access controls, secure hosting, and operational safeguards to protect your personal information. While we collect minimal sensitive data, we follow security best practices to reduce the risk of unpublisherized access.

• We use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience and understand how you use our site. You have control over these preferences through our cookie consent system.
• We use three types of cookies:
• Essential Cookies: Always active and necessary for basic website functionality, security, and user authentication
• Analytics Cookies: Help us understand site usage through Microsoft Clarity to improve user experience. Clarity is configured to be privacy-friendly and GDPR-compliant
• Marketing Cookies: Enable personalized content recommendations and relevant advertising based on your interests and browsing behavior
• You can manage your cookie preferences at any time through our cookie settings, accessible via the privacy preferences banner or footer links. Your consent choices are stored locally and expire after 13 months, at which point you will be asked to renew your preferences.

• We respect your right to control how cookies are used on our site. When you first visit Plaza from certain regions (EEA, UK, Switzerland, or Canada), you'll see a cookie consent banner allowing you to:
• Accept All – Consent to all cookie categories for the full site experience
• Decline – Reject optional cookies (essential cookies remain active)
• Customize – Choose specific cookie categories through our detailed preferences modal
• You can change your cookie preferences at any time by:
• Clearing your browser's stored consent data and refreshing the page
• Contacting us at info@readplaza.com to reset your preferences
• Using browser settings to delete cookies (note: this may affect site functionality)
• Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before withdrawal.

We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If we discover such data, we will delete it.

Our services are operated from Canada. If you are outside Canada, your information may be transferred to and processed in Canada, where privacy laws may differ from those in your country.

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Material changes will be posted on our website with a new effective date.

Email: info@readplaza.com Website: www.readplaza.com