Privacy Policy

Last updated September 27, 2024

Blonde is a worldwide media platform allowing Creators and Businesses (CB’s) to send and receive SMS text messages and images (“user content”) to and from their Fans/Customers/Recipients (“FCR’s”/”Users”) directly on their cell phones (no websites). Blonde, LLC. (“Blonde”) operates the Blonde.social app and links which allows CB’s to connect and share texts and content with their FCR’s (the “Service”).

This Global Privacy Policy is used to inform site and app visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information on our Service. If you choose to use our Service, then you agree to the collection, use and disclosure of information in accordance with this policy. The Personal Information that we collect is used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which is accessible at https://Blonde.Social, unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.

Opt-In
Everyone using our Services has to voluntarily Opt-In. 

Information Collection
We collect the following types of information about you: (1) information you choose to give us; (2) information we get when you use the Service and (3) information we get from third parties.

Information You Choose to Give to Us
We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, you may provide us with information through your:
• Requests or questions you submit to us via online forms, email, or otherwise;
• Account registration and administration of your account;
• Uploading or posting of User Content;
• Requests for customer support and/or technical assistance;
• Registration for any contest, sweepstakes, or other events we may sponsor;
• Application for a job, internship, or fellowship;
• Participation in surveys we may make available;
• Provision of other information to us within or outside of the Service.

The types of data we collect directly from you include:
• Registration and Profile Information. When you create an account, we may collect your personal information, such as your username, first and last name, email address, mobile phone number and a photo, if you choose to have one associated with your account.
• Messages and User Content.
We collect information when you message us or other users through use of the Service. We may retain any messages you send to us or through use of the Service. We use this information to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of the Service, including customer support.

Information We Get When You Use the Service
• Cookies, Log Data and other tracking technologies: When you use our Service, we and our business partners may collect certain information about your computer or device through technology such as cookies, web beacons, log files, or other tracking/recording tools. The information we collect through the use of tracking technologies includes, but is not limited to, IP address, browser information, referring/exit pages and URLs, click stream data and information about how you interact with links on the website, mobile app, or Service, domain names, landing pages, page views, cookie data that allows us to uniquely identify your browser and track your behavior on our site, mobile device type, mobile device IDs or other persistent identifiers, and location data collected from your mobile device. Some or all of this data may be combined with other information described above. When you access our Service by or through a mobile device, we may receive or collect and store a unique identification numbers associated with your device or our mobile application (including, for example, a UDID, Unique ID for Advertisers (“IDFA”), Google Ad ID, or Windows Advertising ID or other identifier), mobile carrier, device type, model and manufacturer, mobile device operating system brand and model, phone number, and, depending on your mobile device settings, your geographical location data, including GPS coordinates (e.g. latitude and/or longitude), WiFi location or similar information regarding the location of your mobile device. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies, and know when a cookie is being sent to your computer. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
• Analytics Data: We may also collect analytics data, or use third-party analytics tools, to help us measure traffic and usage trends for the Service. These tools collect information sent by your browser or mobile device, including the pages you visit, your use of third party applications, and other information that assists us in analyzing and improving the Service.

Information from Third Parties
When you interact with us through social media, we may receive information from the social network such as your profile information, profile picture, gender, user name, user ID associated with your social media account, age range, language, country, friends list, and any other information you permit the social network to share with third parties. The data we receive is dependent upon your privacy settings with the social network. You should always review, and if necessary, adjust your privacy settings on third-party websites and services before linking or connecting them to the Service. We may also collect information about you from non-affiliated third parties for fraud or safety protection purposes, or for marketing purposes. We likewise may combine information that we collect from you through the Service with information that we obtain from such third parties and information derived from any other products or services we provide.

How We Use Information
‍We may use the information we collect, alone or in combination, for various purposes, including, but not limited to providing the Service as well as the following:
• develop, operate, improve, deliver, maintain and protect our products and services.
• send you communications, including by email. We may use email to respond to support inquiries or to share information about our Service.
• monitor and analyze trends and usage.
• verify your identity and prevent fraud or other unauthorized or illegal activity.
• use information we’ve collected from cookies and other technology to enhance the Service and your experience with them.
• enforce our Terms and Conditions and other usage policies. We may also store or use information locally on your device.

How We Share Information 

‍We may share information about you in the following ways:
• With our Creators.
• With other Users. We may share the following information with other users: (1) information you enter, such as your username, profile name, and profile biography (2) any additional information you have consented for us to share; (3) User Content you post or send will be shared with your subscribers.
• With all Users. We may share the following information with all Users: public information such as your profile name, username and profile pictures.
• To third parties offering features through the Service. employ additional third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons: (1) to facilitate our Service; (2) to provide the Service on our behalf; (3) to perform Service-related services; or (4) to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.
When you use these services, you would be providing information directly to the provider of these services, and the provision of such information would be subject to such party's own privacy policy. We are not responsible for any information you provide to these parties directly, and we encourage you to become familiar with their practices before disclosing information directly to such third parties with which you come into contact. We want to inform our Service users that these third parties have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are authorized not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.

Aggregated or anonymized information.
We may also share with third parties—such as advertisers—aggregated or anonymized information.
• With third parties for legal reasons. We may share information about you if we reasonably believe that disclosing the information is needed to: comply with any valid legal process, governmental request, or applicable law, rule or regulation, investigation, remedy, or enforce potential Terms and Conditions violations; protect our, our users' or others' rights, property and safety; detect and resolve any fraud or security concerns.
• With third parties as part of a merger or acquisition. If we are involved in a merger, asset sale, financing, liquidation, bankruptcy or acquisition of all or some portion of our business to another company, we may share your information with that company before and after the transaction closes.
Blonde may use and repost your posts for marketing purposes.

Links to Other Sites
Our Service may contain links to other websites. If you click on a third-party link, You will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every website You visit. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.


SMS Messaging

When Opting-In to use our Services, you consent to receive SMS or text messaging to regarding your Service usage or Payment inquiries.   A mobile number is required to receive text messages. We are unable to send text messages to landlines.

By agreeing to receive text messages, you acknowledge that standard text messaging rates from your wireless carrier may apply. Any costs related with receiving a text message are the responsibility of the individual receiving the messages. Check with your cellphone provider for details on receiving text messages.

To Opt-out of the texting service You can contact us by visiting this page on our website: https://support@blonde.social or After receiving a message, text STOP to stop receiving messages. You will receive a confirmation text. To undo this, text START to begin receiving messages again.

We would like to assure you that we highly value your privacy when it comes to SMS communication. Any consent you provide for receiving SMS notifications, reminders, or updates is solely used for communicating important information related to our services. Rest assured that we do not share your phone numbers or SMS consent with any third parties.

Analytics 

We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

Email Marketing

We may use Your Personal Data to contact You with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to You. You may opt-out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from Us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email We send or by contacting Us.

Payments

We use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors) and do not retain any personally identifiable information or any financial information such as credit card numbers. In connection with the processing of such payments, through a link directly to Our third-party payment processors, You may voluntarily provide Your personal information, which is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information. Please remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

CCPA Privacy Policy

This privacy notice section for California residents supplements the information contained in Our Privacy Policy and it applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California.

Categories of Personal Information Collected

We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular Consumer or Device. The following is a list of categories of personal information which we may collect or may have been collected from California residents within the last twelve (12) months.

Please note that the categories and examples provided in the list below are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal information were in fact collected by Us, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have been collected. For example, certain categories of personal information would only be collected if You provided such personal information directly to Us.

  • Category A: Identifiers.
    Examples: A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.
    Collected: Yes.
  • Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).
    Examples: A name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories.
    Collected: Yes.
  • Category C: Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.
    Examples: Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information).
    Collected: No.
  • Category D: Commercial information.
    Examples: Records and history of products or services purchased or considered.
    Collected: Yes.
  • Category E: Biometric information.
    Examples: Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as, fingerprints, faceprints, and voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data.
    Collected: No.
  • Category F: Internet or other similar network activity.
    Examples: Interaction with our Service or advertisement.
    Collected: Yes.
  • Category G: Geolocation data.
    Examples: Approximate physical location.
    Collected: No.
  • Category H: Sensory data.
    Examples: Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.
    Collected: No.
  • Category I: Professional or employment-related information.
    Examples: Current or past job history or performance evaluations.
    Collected: No.
  • Category J: Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)).
    Examples: Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records.
    Collected: No.
  • Category K: Inferences drawn from other personal information.
    Examples: Profile reflecting a person’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.
    Collected: No.

Under CCPA, personal information does not include:

  • Publicly available information from government records
  • Deidentified or aggregated consumer information
  • Information excluded from the CCPA’s scope, such as:some text
    • Health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) or clinical trial data
    • Personal Information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) or California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994

Sources of Personal Information

We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:

  • Directly from You. For example, from the forms You complete on our Service, preferences You express or provide through our Service, or from Your purchases on our Service.
  • Indirectly from You. For example, from observing Your activity on our Service.
  • Automatically from You. For example, through cookies We or our Service Providers set on Your Device as You navigate through our Service.
  • From Service Providers. For example, third-party vendors to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, third-party vendors for payment processing, or other third-party vendors that We use to provide the Service to You.

Use of Personal Information for Business Purposes or Commercial Purposes

We may use or disclose personal information We collect for “business purposes” or “commercial purposes” (as defined under the CCPA), which may include the following examples:

  • To operate our Service and provide You with our Service.
  • To provide You with support and to respond to Your inquiries, including to investigate and address Your concerns and monitor and improve our Service.
  • To fulfill or meet the reason You provided the information. For example, if You share Your contact information to ask a question about our Service, We will use that personal information to respond to Your inquiry. If You provide Your personal information to purchase a product or service, We will use that information to process Your payment and facilitate delivery.
  • To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.
  • As described to You when collecting Your personal information or as otherwise set forth in the CCPA.
  • For internal administrative and auditing purposes.
  • To detect security incidents and protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, including, when necessary, to prosecute those responsible for such activities.

Please note that the examples provided above are illustrative and not intended to be exhaustive. For more details on how we use this information, please refer to the “Use of Your Personal Data” section.

If We decide to collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information We collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes We will update this Privacy Policy.

Disclosure of Personal Information for Business Purposes or Commercial Purposes

We may use or disclose and may have used or disclosed in the last twelve (12) months the following categories of personal information for business or commercial purposes:

  • Category A: Identifiers
  • Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))
  • Category D: Commercial information
  • Category F: Internet or other similar network activity

Please note that the categories listed above are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal information were in fact disclosed, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have been disclosed.

When We disclose personal information for a business purpose or a commercial purpose, We enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to both keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract.

Sale of Personal Information

As defined in the CCPA, “sell” and “sale” mean selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer’s personal information by the business to a third party for valuable consideration. This means that We may have received some kind of benefit in return for sharing personal information, but not necessarily a monetary benefit.

Please note that the categories listed below are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal information were in fact sold, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have been shared for value in return.

We may sell and may have sold in the last twelve (12) months the following categories of personal information:

  • Category A: Identifiers
  • Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)) 
  • Category D: Commercial information
  • Category F: Internet or other similar network activity

Share of Personal Information

We may share Your personal information identified in the above categories with the following categories of third parties:

  • Service Providers
  • Payment processors
  • Our affiliates
  • Our business partners
  • Third party vendors to whom You or Your agents authorize Us to disclose Your personal information in connection with products or services We provide to You.

Sale of Personal Information of Minors Under 16 Years of Age:

We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors under the age of 16 through our Service, although certain third-party websites that we link to may do so. These third-party websites have their own terms of use and privacy policies and we encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and instruct their children to never provide information on other websites without their permission.

We do not sell the personal information of Consumers We actually know are less than 16 years of age, unless We receive affirmative authorization (the “right to opt-in”) from either the Consumer who is under 16 years of age, or the parent or guardian of a Consumer less than 16 years of age. Consumers who opt-in to the sale of personal information may opt-out of future sales at any time. To exercise the right to opt-out, You (or Your authorized representative) may submit a request to Us by visiting this page on our website: www.blonde.social and contacting Us through the online form.

If You have reason to believe that a child under the age of 16 has provided Us with personal information, please contact Us with sufficient detail to enable Us to delete that information.

Your Rights under the CCPA

The CCPA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. If You are a resident of California, You have the following rights:

  • The right to notice. You have the right to be notified which categories of Personal Data are being collected and the purposes for which the Personal Data is being used.
  • The right to request. Under CCPA, You have the right to request that We disclose information to You about Our collection, use, sale, disclosure for business purposes and share of personal information. Once We receive and confirm Your request, We will disclose to You:some text
    • The categories of personal information We collected about You
    • The categories of sources for the personal information We collected about You
    • Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal information
    • The categories of third parties with whom We share that personal information
    • The specific pieces of personal information We collected about You
    • If we sold Your personal information or disclosed Your personal information for a business purpose, We will disclose to You:some text
      • The categories of personal information categories sold
      • The categories of personal information categories disclosed
  • The right to say no to the sale of Personal Data (opt-out). You have the right to direct Us to not sell Your personal information. To submit an opt-out request please contact Us at by visiting this page on our website: www.blonde.social and contacting Us through the online form.

  • The right to delete Personal Data. You have the right to request the deletion of Your Personal Data by visiting this page on our website: www.blonde.social and contacting Us through the online form, which is subject to certain exceptions. Once We receive and confirm Your request, We will delete (and direct Our Service Providers to delete) Your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies. We may deny Your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for Us or Our Service Providers to:some text
    • Complete the transaction for which We collected the personal information, provide a good or service that You requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with You, or otherwise perform our contract with You.
    • Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity or prosecute those responsible for such activities.
    • Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
    • Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law.
    • Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.).
    • Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information’s deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research’s achievement, if You previously provided informed consent.
    • Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on Your relationship with Us.
    • Comply with a legal obligation.
    • Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which You provided it.
  • The right not to be discriminated against. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of Your consumer’s rights, including by:some text
    • Denying goods or services to You
    • Charging different prices or rates for goods or services, including the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties
    • Providing a different level or quality of goods or services to You
    • Suggesting that You will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services

Exercising Your CCPA Data Protection Rights

In order to exercise any of Your rights under the CCPA, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us:

  • By visiting this page on our website: www.blonde.social and contacting Us through the online form.

Only You, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that You authorize to act on Your behalf, may make a verifiable request related to Your personal information.

Your request to Us must:

  • Provide sufficient information that allows Us to reasonably verify You are the person about whom We collected personal information or an authorized representative.
  • Describe Your request with sufficient detail that allows Us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.

We cannot respond to Your request or provide You with the required information if we cannot:

  • Verify Your identity or authority to make the request
  • And confirm that the personal information relates to You
  • We will disclose and deliver the required information free of charge within 45 days of receiving Your verifiable request. The time period to provide the required information may be extended once by an additional 45 days when reasonably necessary and with prior notice.

Any disclosures We provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the verifiable request’s receipt.

For data portability requests, We will select a format to provide Your personal information that is readily usable and should allow You to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.

Do Not Sell My Personal Information

  • You have the right to Opt-out of the sale of Your personal information. Once We receive and confirm a verifiable consumer request from You, we will stop selling Your personal information. To exercise Your right to opt-out, please contact Us by visiting this page on our website: www.blonde.social and contacting Us through the online form.

The Service Providers we partner with (for example, our analytics or advertising partners) may use technology on the Service that sells personal information as defined by the CCPA law. If you wish to opt out of the use of Your personal information for interest-based advertising purposes and these potential sales as defined under CCPA law, you may do so by following the instructions below.

Please note that any opt-out is specific to the browser You use. You may need to opt out on every browser that You use.

Website

You can Opt-out of receiving ads that are personalized as served by our Service Providers by following our instructions presented on the Service:

The opt out will place a cookie on Your computer that is unique to the browser You use to opt out. If you change browsers or delete the cookies saved by your browser, You will need to opt out again.

Mobile Device

Your mobile device may give You the ability to Opt-out of the use of information about the apps You use in order to serve You ads that are targeted to Your interests:

  • Opt-out of Interest-Based Ads” or “Opt-out of Ads Personalization” on Android devices
  • “Limit Ad Tracking” on iOS devices

You can also stop the collection of location information from Your mobile device by changing the preferences on Your mobile device.

Delete, Cancel or Opt-out of Service 

You have the option to opt out or unsubscribe from our service or promotional messages sent by SMS or other messaging platforms. To do so, just follow the instructions in the message like an unsubscribe link or similar functionality

Children’s Privacy

Our Services do not address anyone under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 16. In the case we discover that a child under 16 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data or information, please contact Us so that we will be able to take necessary actions.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent’s consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Region Specific Information

Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights, this section provides more details on region specific information.

We do our best to keep our policies as simple as possible, but depending on where you live, you have some additional rights or there may be specific information that you should be aware of. Please take a look at the list below to see if any apply to you!

  • Note: The U.S. State Privacy Notice applies only if you are a resident of certain U.S. states that have implemented state-level privacy laws.

Some jurisdictions require that we state our legal basis for processing data for particular purposes.  .

U.S. State Privacy Notice

We’ve created this U.S. State Privacy Notice (“Notice”) to provide additional information for residents of U.S. states that provide for the privacy rights described below as specified under state law. Our Privacy Principles and the privacy controls we offer to all users are in line with these laws — this Notice makes sure we cover state-specific requirements.  

We’ll start with a summary of your rights and get into the details later.

  • You have the right to know whether we sell or share your data and to Opt-out if we do. Good news! We don’t sell or share your data as defined by these state laws.

 

Your Rights

Let’s start with your rights.

  • Right to know who we share your data with. We don’t sell your data or share your data for cross-context behavioral advertising, but we do share your information with service providers for legitimate business purposes. For example, we use service providers to store and host your data.  
  • Right to deletion. You have the right to request deletion of your data, unless an exception applies. Examples of exceptions include when we need to keep data to meet legal obligations, detect fraud, investigate reports of abuse or other Terms of Service violations, or fix security issues. Upon your verified request, we’ll delete your visible personal information, however, we will retain archived information for a period of five years to meet any compliance issues (unless an exception applies) and will direct our service providers to do the same. By design, we have pretty short retention terms, so most visible data is deleted quickly anyway 
  • Right to get a timely response. You have the right to make two free requests in any 12-month period. We will respond to your request within 45 days, and in more difficult cases we may extend our response time by another 45 days. Our support team is pretty great, so they tend to respond a lot quicker. The easiest way to get information is by following the instructions above, but you or your authorized agent can also email Us. We may ask authorized agents to provide a Power of Attorney or similar to verify their authorization.
  • Right to non-Discrimination. It goes without saying, but we will not hold it against you when you exercise any of your rights. In fact, we encourage you to review your privacy settings closely and reach out to us with your questions.
  • Right to opt-out of targeted advertising. Depending on your location, you can turn off tracking cookies (at least on a browser or device-basis) by setting the Global Privacy Control signals on your browser or device.
  • Right to opt-out of profiling. You have the right to opt out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning the consumer. Good news! we do not engage in such profiling as defined by applicable law, so there’s no need to opt out.
  • Right to appeal. If we deny your rights request, and you live in a state that provides for this right, you may have the right to appeal that decision. We will provide you with the necessary information to submit an appeal at that time.  

The easiest way to exercise your rights is emailing us, then we’ll require some additional information (like your username and email or phone number associated with your account) to authenticate your identity and ownership of your account.

We Don’t Sell Your Data

We don’t sell your data and we don’t share your data with third parties for cross-context behavioral advertising, but we may show ads. In the event any personal information is disclosed in order to show those ads, it would only be disclosed to our service provider(s) acting on our behalf. Service providers cannot use your personal information for their own purposes. We do our best to make these ads relevant, so they’re enjoyable.  

Information We Collect

As detailed in our this Privacy Policy, we collect personal information for a wide range of purposes, but the main reason we collect information is to offer you the best possible products and services. Privacy by design is the starting point. This means we make sure we don’t collect more information than necessary or collect information for purposes that are different, unrelated, or incompatible with what’s detailed in this Privacy Policy.

In the last 12 months, we’ve collected the following personal information:

A. Identifiers, such as your name, display name, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, IP address, email address, username, or other similar identifiers. We mainly use these to offer our services, for example to create your account and allow SMS to others.

B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records provisions, such as your name, address, telephone number, payment number (last 4 digits only). For example, we use this information so you can enjoy communicating with CB’s. Keep in mind that some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories.

C. Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law, such as your gender and age. The main purpose for collecting this information is to verify your age, ensure you are eligible to use our services, and to show you more relevant content.

D. Commercial information, such as products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies. For example, we may keep this information when you purchase items CB items or when you engage via SMS on our platform.

E. Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as session logs, search history, information on a consumer's interaction with a website, application, or advertisement. For example, we may store your purchase activity history.

F. Geolocation data, such as your physical location. We may use your device’s location to offer certain location-based features. For example, we may use your device’s location to provide Geo-filters based on where you’re at or what’s going on around you, or we can use your location to position the Map to show you what’s nearby. We also may use geolocation data to provide more relevant service to you on our platform, but we don’t sell or share your precise geolocation with any third-parties for cross-context behavioral advertising or to use for their own purposes.

G.  Inferences drawn from other personal information. We may use this information to create a profile reflecting your preferences and characteristics. For example, we’ll use this information to create a list of your interests and preferences to serve you more relevant content.  

H. Sensitive personal information. With your permission, we collect some information from you that is considered sensitive like your precise geolocation  We use this information to make features available to you that rely on this information, like the Map. We may also use this information to provide you with more relevant content. We don’t sell or share sensitive personal information with any third-parties for cross-context behavioral advertising or to use for their own purposes.

We may collect this data when you provide it to us, when you use our services, or when we receive it from third parties.  

For your information, personal information does not include publicly available information from government records and de-identified or aggregated consumer information.

Sharing Your Information

While we don’t “share” your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, we may share your personal information for allowed business purpose(s) or at your direction. For example, we share your personal information with our data hosting and storage providers. We enter into agreements with our service providers in which they can only use your information for specific purposes and are required to ensure its confidentiality.

Nevada

We do not sell your covered information, as defined under Chapter 603A of the Nevada Revised Statutes. If you still have questions about your covered information or anything else in our Privacy Policy, just contact us.

CANADA - Privacy Notice

Effective: September 22, 2023

We’ve created this notice specifically for users in Canada. Users in Canada have certain privacy rights as specified under Canadian law, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). Our Privacy Principles are in line with these laws—this notice makes sure we cover the Canada-specific requirements. For example, all users can request a copy of their data, request account deletion, and control their privacy settings in the app. For the full picture, plazs contact Us.

Data Controller

If you’re a user in Canada, you should know Blonde is responsible for your personal information.

Your Rights

You can exercise your rights of access and rectification by contacting our Privacy Officer by using the contact information provided below.

Depending on your province, you may have additional rights, including the right to control the dissemination of your personal information, the right to data portability, the right to be informed of and submit observations regarding automated decision-making, and the right to request information about data processing.

We design our platform with privacy in mind. With many types of data, we’ve provided you with the ability to simply delete it if you don’t want us processing it anymore. For other types of data, we’ve given you the ability to stop the use of your data by disabling your account. If there are other types of information you no longer agree with us processing, you can contact us.

Our Audience

Our services are not intended for — and we don’t direct them to — anyone under 16 (or such greater age required in your province for you to be authorized to register for and use our services without parental approval). And that’s why we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under this age.

International Data Transfers

To provide our services to you, we may collect your personal information from, transfer it to, and store and process it with certain third-party service providers to perform functions on our behalf in the United States and other jurisdictions outside of where you live. Whenever we share information outside of where you live, we ensure that the transfer complies with your local law so that your personal information is adequately protected. While such information is outside of your jurisdiction of residence, it is subject to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is held, and may be subject to disclosure to the governments, courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies of such other jurisdiction, pursuant to local laws.

Cookies

Like most online services and mobile applications, we may use cookies and other technologies, such storage servers.  

Complaints or Questions?

We want you to know that you can submit any inquiries or complaints to our support team al www.blonde.social.  You also have the right to file a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada or your local privacy commissioner.

EUROPE - EEA and UK Privacy Notice

Effective: November 8, 2023

This notice provides additional information for users in the European Economic Area (EEA) and the United Kingdom (UK). Users in the EEA and UK have certain privacy rights as specified under EU and UK law, including the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and UK Data Protection Act 2018. This privacy policy we offer to all users are in line with these laws—this notice makes sure we cover the EEA and UK-specific requirements. For example, all users can request a copy of their data, request deletion, and control their privacy settings in the app.  

Data Controller

If you’re a user in the EEA or UK, you should know that we are the controller of your personal information.

Rights of Access, Deletion, Correction, and Portability

You can exercise your rights of access, deletion, correction, and portability  

Bases for Using Your Information

Your country only allows us to use your personal information when certain conditions apply. These conditions are called “legal bases” and, we typically rely on one of four:

  • Contract. One reason we might use your information is because you’ve entered into an agreement with us. For example, when you sign onto use our platform and/or use CB services, we need to use some of your information to collect payment and make sure we show your Geofilter to the right people at the right place and time.
  • Legitimate interest. Another reason we might use your information is because we have—or a third party has—a legitimate interest in doing so. For example, we need to use your information to provide and improve our services, including protecting your account, delivering content or purchased product or providing customer support. An important point to understand about legitimate interest is that our interests don’t outweigh your right to privacy, so we only rely on legitimate interest when we think the way we are using your data doesn’t significantly impact your privacy or would be expected by you, or there is a compelling reason to do so.  
  • Consent. In some cases we’ll ask for consent to use your information for specific purposes. If we do, we’ll make sure you can revoke your consent in our services or through your device permissions. Even if we’re not relying on consent to use your information, we may ask you for permission to access data like contacts and location.
  • Legal obligation. We may be required to use your personal information to comply with the law, like when we respond to valid legal process or need to take action to protect our users. Our policy is to notify you when we receive legal process seeking their account information, with some exceptions.

Your Right to Object

You have the right to object to our use of your information. With many types of data, we’ve provided you with the ability to simply delete it. For other types of data, we’ve given you the ability to stop the use of your data by deleting your account altogether.  

International Data Transfers

We may collect your personal information from, transfer it to and store and process it in the United States and other countries outside of where you live. 

Whenever we share information with a third party outside of where you live we make sure an adequate transfer mechanism is in place (such as Standard Contractual Clauses or the EU-U.S./UK/Swiss Data Privacy Framework).

EU-U.S./UK/Swiss Data Privacy Framework

Blonde with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF) and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF) as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Blonde:

a. adheres to the EU-U.S. DPF Principles with regard to the processing of personal data received from the European Union and the United Kingdom in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF.

b. adheres to the Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles with regard to the processing of personal data received from Switzerland in reliance on the Swiss-U.S. DPF.

If there is any conflict between the terms in this Privacy Policy and the EU-U.S. DPF Principles and/or the Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles, the Principles shall govern.  

In accordance with the DPF principles, Blonde remains liable for failures to comply with the DPF when we share your personal information with third parties working on our behalf under the Onward Transfer Principle (except for failures that are not our responsibility).

In compliance with the EU-U.S. DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF and the Swiss-U.S. DPF, Blonde commits to cooperate and comply respectively with the advice of the panel established by the EU data protection authorities (DPAs) and the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) with regard to unresolved complaints concerning our handling of personal data received in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF and the Swiss-U.S. DPF.

Our compliance with the DPF’s principles is also subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the US Federal Trade Commission. In certain circumstances, you have the right to invoke binding arbitration to resolve complaints that are not resolved by other means 

If you have complaints or questions about how we are complying with the DPF’s principles when handling your personal information, please submit your inquiries as explained below.

Complaints or Questions?

We want you to know that you can submit any inquiries to our privacy support team or Data Protection Officer. You also have the right to file a complaint with the data protection authority in the EEA, the Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK, or the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner in Switzerland.

MEXICO - Privacy Notice

Effective: September 30, 2021

We’ve created this notice specifically for users in Mexico. Users in Mexico have certain privacy rights as specified under Mexican law, including the Ley Federal de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de los Particulares. This Privacy Policy we offer to all users are in line with these laws—this notice makes sure we cover the Mexico-specific requirements. For example, all users can request a copy of their data and request deletion.

Data Controller

If you’re a user in Mexico, you should know that Blonde, LLC located at 30 N Gould Street Ste R in Sheridan WY 82801 is the controller of your personal information.

Rights of Access, Rectification, and Cancellation

You can exercise your rights of access, rectification, and cancellation at any time buy performing such or contacting Us at www.blonde.social..

Your Right to Object or Challenge

You have the right to object to or challenge our use of your information. With many types of data, we’ve provided you with the ability to simply delete it if you don’t want us processing it anymore. For other types of data, we’ve given you the ability to stop the use of your data by disabling the feature altogether. You can do these things in the platform. If there are other types of information you don’t agree with us processing, you can contact us.

Cookies

Like most online services and mobile applications, we may use cookies and other technologies, such storage servers.  

BRAZIL - Privacy Notice

Effective: September 30, 2021

We’ve created this notice specifically for users in Brazil. Users in Brazil have certain privacy rights as specified under Brazilian law, including the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais (LGPD). This Privacy Policy we offer to all users are in line with these laws—this notice makes sure we cover the Brazil-specific requirements. For example, all users can request a copy of their data and request deletion 

Data Controller

If you’re a user in Brazil, you should know that Blonde, LLC is the controller of your personal information.

Rights of Access, Rectification, and Cancellation

You can exercise your rights of access, rectification, and cancellation at any time buy performing such or contacting Us at www.blonde.social..

Bases for Using Your Information

Your country only allows us to use your personal information when certain conditions apply. These conditions are called “legal bases” and, we typically rely on one of four:

  • Contract. One reason we might use your information is because you’ve entered into an agreement with us. For example, when you sign onto use our platform and/or use CB services, we need to use some of your information to collect payment and make sure we show your Geofilter to the right people at the right place and time.
  • Legitimate interest. Another reason we might use your information is because we have—or a third party has—a legitimate interest in doing so. For example, we need to use your information to provide and improve our services, including protecting your account, delivering content or purchased product or providing customer support. An important point to understand about legitimate interest is that our interests don’t outweigh your right to privacy, so we only rely on legitimate interest when we think the way we are using your data doesn’t significantly impact your privacy or would be expected by you, or there is a compelling reason to do so.  
  • Consent. In some cases we’ll ask for consent to use your information for specific purposes. If we do, we’ll make sure you can revoke your consent in our services or through your device permissions. Even if we’re not relying on consent to use your information, we may ask you for permission to access data like contacts and location.
  • Legal obligation. We may be required to use your personal information to comply with the law, like when we respond to valid legal process or need to take action to protect our users. Our policy is to notify you when we receive legal process seeking their account information, with some exceptions

Your Right to Object

You have the right to object to our use of your information. With many types of data, we’ve provided you with the ability to simply delete it. For other types of data, we’ve given you the ability to stop the use of your data by deleting your account altogether.  

Complaints or Questions?

We want you to know that you can submit any inquiries to our privacy support team.  You also have the right to file a complaint with the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD).

Republic of Korea Privacy Notice

Effective: May 22, 2024

We’ve created this notice specifically for users in the Republic of Korea. Users in the Republic of Korea have certain privacy rights as specified under Republic of Korea law, including the Personal Information Protection Act. Our Privacy Principles and the privacy controls we offer to all users are in line with these laws—this notice makes sure we cover the Republic of Korea-specific requirements. For example, all users can request a copy of their data, request deletion, and control their privacy settings in the app. For the full picture, check out our Privacy Policy.

Data Controller

If you’re a user in the Republic of Korea, you should know that Blonde, LLC is the controller of your personal information.

Personal Information Collected

Please refer to the Information We Collect section of this Privacy Policy.

Purpose of Handling Personal Information

Please refer to this Privacy Policy.

Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties

Certain third-party service providers as described may perform functions on behalf of Blonde and may have access to your personal information as needed to perform those functions.

We may also share information about you with partners and creators we work with to add fun new features.  

Please note, we will not share personal information about you with third parties without your consent, unless otherwise permitted by law.

Procedures and Methods of Destruction of Personal Information

We’ll destroy your personal information when the time period you consented to has expired or when your personal information is rendered unnecessary for the purposes for which it was collected. As described in this Privacy Policy, if you ever decide to stop using our platform, you can just ask us to delete your account. We’ll also delete most of the information we’ve collected about you after you’ve been inactive for a while—but don’t worry, we’ll try to contact you first! When we destroy your data, we will take commercially reasonable and technically feasible measures to ensure the personal information is permanently destroyed.

Your Rights

We want you to be in control of your information, so we provide you with a number of rights regarding your personal information. Please refer to the Control Over Your Information section of the Privacy Policy.

TURKEY - Privacy Notice

Effective: January 13, 2022

We’ve created this notice specifically for users in Turkey. Users in Turkey have certain privacy rights as specified under Turkish law. This Privacy Policy makes sure we cover the Turkey-specific requirements. For example, all users can request a copy of their data and request deletion .

Data Controller

If you’re a user in Turkey, you should know that Blonde, LLC located at 30 N Gould Street Ste R in Sheridan WY 82801 is the controller of your personal information 

Personal Information Collected

Please refer to the Information We Collect section of this Privacy Policy.

Purpose of Handling Personal Information

Please refer to the How We Use Information section of the Privacy Policy.

Your Rights

We want you to be in control of your information, so we provide you with a number of rights regarding your personal information.  

International Data Transfers

We may collect your personal information from, transfer it to and store and process it in the United States and other countries outside of where you live. 

To provide our services to you, we may collect your personal information from, transfer it to, and store and process it in the United States and other countries outside of where you live. Whenever we share information outside of where you live, we ensure that the transfer complies with your local law so that your personal information is adequately protected.

  • Country to Which Personal Information Is Transferred: United States
  • Transfer Date and Method: Transferred on submission for storage and processing
  • Personal Information Transferred: Please refer to the Information We Collect section of the Privacy Policy

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us by visiting this page on our website: https://support@blonde.social