Privacy Policy

Purple Acorn Network ("we," "us," or "our") operates purpleacornnetwork.com. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the third-party services we rely on to run the site.

Information We Collect

When you submit a form on this site (subscribing to our newsletter, applying to be a guest, or inquiring about advertising), we collect the information you provide — typically your name, email address, company, and message — and store it in our database so we can respond to you.

We use your browser's local storage to remember podcast player preferences on your own device: which episode you were listening to, your playback position (so you can resume where you left off), and your preferred playback speed. This data stays on your device and is not sent to our servers.

Third-Party Services

• Google reCAPTCHA v3 protects our forms from spam. Your use of reCAPTCHA is subject to Google's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
• Megaphone hosts and serves our podcast audio files; playing an episode streams audio directly from Megaphone's servers.
• Resend delivers email notifications when you submit a form on this site.
• LightSite is an AI-discovery service we use so that AI assistants (like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity) can find and accurately describe our publicly available podcast content. It may collect anonymized information about how our public pages are used in order to build and serve that index. We don't control LightSite's data practices directly; contact us if you have questions and we'll point you to their policy.
• Our site is hosted on Vercel and our data is stored with Neon (a PostgreSQL database provider).

How We Use Your Information

We use the information you submit through our forms solely to respond to your inquiry, process your newsletter subscription, or follow up on a guest or advertising request. We do not sell your personal information.

Your Rights

You can ask us to access, correct, or delete the information you've submitted to us by emailing contact@purpleacornnetwork.com.

Contact Us

Questions about this policy? Email us at contact@purpleacornnetwork.com.