Legal
Effective date: 27 July 2026 · Last updated: 27 July 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Rendly AB processes information when you use Podistic.com, the Podistic application, and any related services, collectively referred to as the “Service.”
Podistic is a podcast discovery and listening service. It indexes and aggregates publicly available podcast feeds, metadata, artwork, descriptions, and audio links supplied by podcast publishers and podcast-hosting providers.
The Service allows users worldwide to search for and listen to podcasts in one place.
Podistic is operated by:
Rendly AB
Swedish organisation number: 559569-5577
Country of establishment: Sweden
Privacy contact: privacy@rendly.se
For the processing described in this Privacy Policy, Rendly AB is the data controller.
Podistic is designed to collect as little personal information as possible.
Users are not required to create an account to search for or listen to podcasts. Podistic does not maintain individual listening histories and does not monitor or record listening frequency.
When you connect to an online service, certain technical information must be processed to deliver the requested website, search result, podcast feed, image, or audio file.
This information may include:
This information may be included in server, access, error, or security logs.
Podistic does not use technical information to create individual listener profiles, monitor listening habits, provide personalised advertising, or track users across unrelated services.
Ordinary server and access logs are retained for up to 365 days. Logs retained specifically for security, fraud prevention, incident investigation, or abuse prevention may be retained for up to two years, unless a longer period is required in connection with an active investigation, legal claim, or legal obligation.
When you contact Podistic by email or through another support channel, we may process:
We use this information to respond to your request, investigate a reported issue, manage a podcast listing, or address a legal, privacy, or technical matter.
Please do not include sensitive personal information in your communication unless it is necessary for us to address your request.
Podcast titles, descriptions, artwork, episode information, author or host names, audio files, and related information are supplied by podcast publishers, public RSS feeds, podcast directories, or podcast-hosting providers.
This information is not collected from Podistic listeners. Podistic processes it to index, organise, display, and make podcasts searchable and accessible through the Service.
Information contained within a podcast or its accompanying metadata may include personal information about podcast hosts, guests, contributors, or other individuals. The relevant podcast publisher is responsible for the content it publishes and for having an appropriate legal basis to publish that information.
Where the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, applies, we rely on the following legal bases.
We process limited technical information where necessary to deliver Podistic pages, search results, images, podcast feeds, and audio playback.
The legal basis is our legitimate interest in providing and operating a functional podcast-discovery service and, where applicable, taking steps to provide a service requested by the user.
We may process technical and security information to:
The legal basis is our legitimate interest in operating a secure, reliable, and protected service.
We process information included in messages sent to us so that we can respond to questions, requests, complaints, listing issues, and removal requests.
The legal basis is our legitimate interest in communicating with users, podcast publishers, rights holders, and other interested parties. Where your communication concerns a contract or a request to enter into a contract, processing may also be necessary to take steps at your request.
We may process or disclose information where necessary to:
Podistic does not use advertising cookies or similar technologies to track users across unrelated websites or applications.
Podistic may use cookies, local storage, or similar technologies that are strictly necessary to:
Strictly necessary technologies may operate without consent where permitted by law.
If Podistic introduces non-essential analytics cookies, software development kits, device identifiers, advertising technologies, or similar tracking tools, this Privacy Policy and any relevant cookie notice will be updated. Consent will be requested before those technologies are activated where required by law.
Users will be able to withdraw any consent as easily as it was given.
Podistic is an aggregation, search, and discovery service.
Podcast publishers and podcast-hosting providers create, publish, control, and distribute their own content. Podistic does not create or exercise editorial control over third-party podcast episodes, statements, descriptions, artwork, or other publisher-supplied materials.
Podistic therefore cannot guarantee:
When you play a podcast, the audio or related resources may be delivered directly from the podcast publisher’s or hosting provider’s servers.
Those third parties may receive technical request information necessary to deliver the requested content. This may include your IP address, device or browser information, the requested audio file, and the date and time of the request.
The third party’s processing is governed by its own terms and privacy practices. Rendly AB does not control the privacy practices of independent podcast publishers or podcast-hosting providers.
Podistic does not claim ownership of podcast content supplied by podcast publishers.
Podcast publishers, rights holders, and other authorised parties may contact privacy@rendly.se regarding:
Rendly AB does not sell or rent personal data.
We do not share personal data for personalised advertising or cross-context behavioural advertising.
Limited information may be processed by or disclosed to the following categories of recipients.
Podistic uses Hetzner to provide hosting and technical infrastructure.
Hetzner may process limited technical information on behalf of Rendly AB as necessary to host, secure, maintain, and deliver the Service.
When you request a podcast feed, image, episode, or audio file, the relevant publisher or podcast-hosting provider may receive the technical information necessary to respond to that request.
These third parties may act as independent data controllers for their own processing activities.
Information may be disclosed to legal advisers, accountants, auditors, information-security specialists, or other professional advisers where reasonably necessary to obtain professional assistance or protect our legal interests.
Information may be disclosed to courts, law-enforcement authorities, regulators, government agencies, or other competent parties where disclosure is required by applicable law or a valid and binding legal request.
Service providers processing personal information on behalf of Rendly AB may process it only for the agreed purposes and subject to appropriate contractual, confidentiality, and security obligations.
Podistic is operated from Sweden but is available worldwide.
Podcast publishers and podcast-hosting providers may operate from countries both inside and outside the European Economic Area.
When a user requests content from an independent podcast publisher or podcast-hosting provider, the request may be sent to and processed in the country where that third party operates.
Where Rendly AB transfers personal data to a service provider outside the European Economic Area, we will use an appropriate transfer mechanism where required by applicable law. Such mechanisms may include:
Rendly AB retains personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, subject to the retention periods below.
Ordinary server and access logs are retained for up to 365 days.
Logs required for security monitoring, incident investigation, fraud prevention, or abuse prevention may be retained for up to two years.
Information connected to an active investigation, legal dispute, or security incident may be retained for longer where necessary to complete the investigation or establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
Support communications are retained for up to five years after the matter has been resolved.
They may be deleted earlier upon request unless continued retention is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, document how a complaint was handled, prevent abuse, or establish, exercise, or defend a legal claim.
Information that must be retained under applicable law is retained for the period required by that law.
Information that has been irreversibly anonymised so that it can no longer be connected to an identifiable person may be retained without a specific time limit.
Rendly AB uses reasonable technical and organisational safeguards appropriate to the nature and limited amount of information processed through Podistic.
These safeguards may include:
No online service can guarantee absolute security. Rendly AB cannot promise that unauthorised access, loss, misuse, or disclosure will never occur.
Depending on where you live and whether Rendly AB processes personal data relating to you, you may have the right to:
Because Podistic does not maintain user accounts or individual listening histories, we may hold very little information that can be associated with a particular user.
We will not collect additional information solely to identify a person for the purpose of responding to a privacy request. However, we may request limited information where reasonably necessary to verify the identity of the person making a request or locate relevant communications.
To exercise a privacy right, contact: privacy@rendly.se
If you are located in Sweden, you may lodge a complaint with the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection, Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten, commonly referred to as IMY.
Individuals elsewhere in the European Economic Area may also contact the data-protection supervisory authority in the country where they live, work, or believe an infringement occurred.
Podistic is a general-audience podcast-discovery service.
Podistic is not designed to collect personal data from children, and Rendly AB does not knowingly create behavioural profiles of children or use children’s activity for advertising.
Podcasts indexed by the Service are produced by independent publishers and may not be suitable for children. Parents and guardians are responsible for supervising the content accessed by children in their care.
A parent or guardian who believes that a child has provided personal information directly to Rendly AB may contact privacy@rendly.se.
Users outside the European Economic Area may have additional rights under the privacy laws that apply where they live.
Where applicable, these rights may include the right to:
Rendly AB does not sell personal information and does not use personal information for targeted or behavioural advertising.
Requests may be submitted to privacy@rendly.se.
The Service may contain links to podcast websites, publisher pages, hosting providers, social-media pages, and other third-party services.
Rendly AB does not control those third-party services and is not responsible for their privacy, security, content, or data-processing practices.
Users should review the privacy information provided by the relevant third party before submitting personal information or using its services.
Rendly AB may update this Privacy Policy when the Service, our technical practices, our service providers, or applicable legal requirements change.
The latest version will be published on Podistic.com with a revised “Last updated” date.
Where a change materially affects how personal data is processed, we will provide additional notice where reasonably possible or legally required.
Questions, privacy requests, podcast-publisher enquiries, removal requests, and complaints may be sent to:
Rendly AB
Swedish organisation number: 559569-5577
Email: privacy@rendly.se
Website: Podistic.com
