Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 5, 2023

Blob Ventures LLC, a Florida limited liability company with address at 3076 Ohio Street, Miami, Florida 33133, USA, and its subsidiaries, divisions, and affiliates (hereinafter “Blob Ventures” or “us” or “we”), owns and operates the ArtVolt mobile application (hereinafter “the App” or “our App”), the ArtVolt Website (the “Website” or “our Website“) and all services and products attached thereto.

This Privacy Policy describes how and when Blob Ventures LLC collects, uses, discloses,  shares, and otherwise manages the personal information you entrust to us when you visit our Website, when you use our App, or when you otherwise engage our services through the Website, App, social media, email exchanges, and other online services on which this Policy is posted (the “Service”) If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: info@blobventures.com

This Privacy Policy applies to all visitors and users of our Service, including but not limited to Exhibitors and Users as   defined in our Exhibitor Terms of Service and our User Terms of Service, (herein collectively referred to as “users”). Your use of the Service is conditioned upon your agreement with this Policy and our Terms of Service. Before using our Service, please read this Policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how and why we collect, store, use, and share your personal information. This Policy also explains your rights in relation to your personal information and how to contact us or supervisory authorities in the event you have a complaint.

This Privacy Policy is written in the English language. We do not guarantee the accuracy of any translated versions of this Policy. To the extent that any translated versions of this Policy conflict with the English language version, the English language version of this Policy shall control.

QUICK LINKS

1. WHAT DATA WE COLLECT, LEGAL BASES OF PROCESSING YOUR DATA, AND POSSIBLE RECIPIENTS OF COLLECTED DATA

2. COOKIES 

3. CONSENT TO PROCESSING AND INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS

4. DATA RETENTION AND SECURITY 

5. NO AUTOMATED PROCESSING, CROSS-CONTEXT BEHAVIORAL ADVERTISING, TARGETING ADVERTISING OR CONSUMER PROFILING

6. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA AND UNITED KINGDOM RESIDENTS

7. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

8. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR COLORADO RESIDENTS

9. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR NEVADA RESIDENTS

10. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR VIRGINIA RESIDENTS

11. USER MATERIAL

12. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

13. THIRD PARTY LINKED SITES

14. CHANGES TO OUR POLICY

15. CONTACT US

1. WHAT DATA WE COLLECT, LEGAL BASES OF PROCESSING YOUR DATA, AND POSSIBLE RECIPIENTS OF COLLECTED DATA

Information about the data we collect about you from your use of our Service, as well as the purposes of processing, the legal bases of processing and the possible recipients of the data we have collected, is presented in the following sections.

 Our information processing activities include conducting our business, customer communications and support, user verification, payment processing, quality management services, Service maintenance and improvements, and complying with legal requirements. We conduct such processing operations to perform the contract that you have with us, or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract, and for our legitimate interests or those of a third party. A legitimate interest is when we have a business or commercial reason to use your information, so long as this is not overridden by your own rights and interests. From time to time, we may also ask for your consent to use your information for certain specific reasons. You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us using the information provided below. The personal information we collect is required to provide the Service to you. If you do not provide the personal information we ask for, it may delay or prevent us from providing the Service to you.

To the extent we combine data from service providers, third-party services, or other third parties with data we have collected directly from you or automatically via the Service, we will treat the combined information as our collected data under this Privacy Policy. Beyond this, data obtained by us from a third party, even in association with the Service, is not subject to this Privacy Policy. Instead, the information collected, stored, and shared by third parties remains subject to their privacy policies and practices, including whether they continue to share information with us, the types of information shared, and your choices on what is visible to others on third-party services. To be clear, we are not responsible for and makes no representations regarding the policies or business practices of any third parties and we encourage you to familiarize yourself with and consult their privacy policies and terms of use.

Blob Ventures does not collect sensitive personal information such as your social security, driver’s license, state identification card, or passport number; your account log-in, financial account, debit card, or credit card number in combination with any required security or access code, password, or credentials allowing access to an account; your coarse geolocation; your racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs or associations, political opinions or membership , or union membership; the contents of your mail, email and text messages, unless we are the intended recipient of the communication; your genetic or biometric data; your mental or physical health or medical condition or diagnosis; your sex life or sexual orientation or practices; your criminal background; your citizenship or citizenship status; or any personal information about a known child. We ask that you not send nor disclose any sensitive personal information to us.

1.1 WEBSITE VISITORS

1.1.1 DATA PROVIDED BY YOU

In order for you to subscribe to our Services or request more information about a subscription, we may collect and process the following information about you from the contact page or other forms available through our Website: 

DATA COLLECTED 

PURPOSE AND LEGAL BASES OF PROCESSING

POSSIBLE RECIPIENTS OF DATA

  • Artist, Collector, or Gallery Name
  • Artist, Collector, or Galley Representative Name
  • Email
  • Phone Number

We collect the data you directly and voluntarily provide to us for the following purposes and according to the following legal bases of processing: 

  • To provide to you our services (legal basis: performance of contract/provision of requested Services, article 6 par. 1(b) GDPR). 
  • For the management of our business, the recordation of our users and the provision of requested services, for improving our services, for communicating with users (including providing requested support) and for the extraction of anonymous statistical data in relation to the usage of our App (Legal Basis: legitimate interest, article 6 par. 1(f) GDPR). 
  • For our legal defence and the protection and exercise of our legitimate rights, stemming from Law or Contract, including the protection of our interests and rights before competent judicial and/or governmental authorities (Legal Basis: legitimate interest, article 6 par. 1(f) GDPR). 
  • Service providers providing technical services to us, such as service providers whom we have appointed for hosting, maintenance, and development of part or all of our electronic systems including WP Engine (hosting), Cookiebot (cookies), and GoDaddy (domain).  
  • External technical or legal advisors and partners, including service providers appointed to safeguard the security and integrity of our electronic systems and including advisors or legal counsels for the protection of our Intellectual Property Rights.  
  • Cloud Providers, CRM, and e-mail service providers.
  • Accountants and tax advisors.
  • Analytics service providers and other partners engaged for the analysis and statistical processing of data. 
  • Judicial and governmental authorities, in case the data are requested by them in the framework of an investigation (case under which the legal basis for processing shall be compliance with legal obligation in accordance with article 6 par.1 (c) of the GDPR) or for the protection of our legal interests and our legal defense (case under which the legal basis for processing shall be our legitimate interest (article 6 par.1 (f) GDPR). 
  • Governmental authorities to which transaction data (e.g., invoice data) should be submitted under applicable law. 
  • Third Party transferees or assignees of our business and/or its assets (in whole or in part) In case of a sale, assignment, transfer, licensing, transfer of assets, merger and acquisition or other restructuring or reorganization of our business, (Legal Basis: legitimate interest, article 6 par. 1(f) GDPR).

1.1.2 DATA COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY FROM ALL VISITORS

When you visit or navigate through our website, the following anonymous data are automatically collected by us: 

DATA COLLECTED 

PURPOSE AND LEGAL BASES OF PROCESSING

POSSIBLE RECIPIENTS OF DATA

  • IP Address.
  • Device Information. Each time you visit our Website from a mobile phone, computer, or tablet, we collect anonymous information related to your device including device model, device operating system and version, device identifier, network, the country in which you are located, device language, screen size and battery life.  
  • Usage Information. We collect information regarding your use of our Website, including your browser type, connection time, duration of your visit in our Website, pages viewed, websites from which you were directed to our Website. 

We collect this data for the following purposes and according to the following legal bases of processing:

  • In order to provide you access to our Website and to provide you with satisfactory navigation experience (Legal Basis: our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website, article 6 par. 1(f) of GDPR).
  • For the management of our business, for the protection and security of our electronic systems as well as for taking necessary technical measures to protect our App and our property, as in the case of violation of our Terms of Use, infringement of our intellectual property rights or attack on our electronic systems (Legal Basis: legitimate interest, article 6 par. 1(f) GDPR). 
  • In order to be able to detect, diagnose and analyse the volume of use of our Website, and in order to collect anonymous, statistical information related to the use of our Website (Legal Basis: legitimate interest, article 6 par. 1(f) GDPR).
  • For our legal defence and the protection and exercise of our legitimate rights, stemming from Law or Contract, including the protection of our interests and rights before competent judicial and/or governmental authorities (Legal Basis: legitimate interest, article 6 par. 1(f) GDPR).
  • Service providers providing technical services to us, such as service providers whom we have appointed for hosting, maintenance, creation, and development of part or all of our electronic systems including WP Engine (hosting), Cookiebot (cookies), and GoDaddy (domain).  
  • Cloud Service providers.
  • External technical or legal advisors and partners, including service providers appointed to safeguard the security and integrity of our electronic systems. 
  • Analytics service providers and other partners engaged for the analysis and statistical processing of data. 
  • Judicial and governmental authorities, in case the data are requested by them in the framework of an investigation (case under which the legal basis for processing shall be compliance with legal obligation in accordance with article 6 par.1 (c) of the GDPR) or for the protection of our legal interests and our legal defense (case under which the legal basis for processing shall be our legitimate interest (article 6 par.1 (f) GDPR).
  • Third Party transferees or assignees of our business and/or its assets (in whole or in part) In case of a sale, assignment, transfer, Licensing, transfer of assets, merger and acquisition or other restructuring or reorganization of our business, (Legal Basis: legitimate interest, article 6 par. 1(f) GDPR).

1.2 APP-REGISTERED USERS 

1.2.1 ACCOUNT DATA AND DATA PROVIDED BY YOU

In order to use our Services, you will be requested to register via our App. As part of the registration process, and as part of the completion of your user profile and any updates thereto, we may collect and process the following information about you. You may also provide such data voluntarily when using the App: 

DATA COLLECTED 

PURPOSE AND LEGAL BASES OF PROCESSING

POSSIBLE RECIPIENTS OF DATA

  • Name
  • Surname
  • Email
  • Country (optional)
  • Birthdate (optional)
  • Gender (optional)
  • User Content (optional)
  • Location and Date of User Content (optional)
  • Third-Party Application Login. When registering and signing in via Apple ID, you authorize us to access and collect the name, email, and city and country associated with your Apple ID account. 

We collect the account data you directly and voluntarily provide to us, during the registration process, for the following purposes and according to the following legal bases of processing: 

  • To provide to you our services (legal basis: performance of contract/provision of requested Services, article 6 par. 1(b) GDPR). 
  • For the protection and security of our electronic systems as well as for taking necessary technical measures to protect our App and our properties, as in the case of violation of our Terms of Use, infringement of our intellectual property rights or attack on our electronic systems (Legal Basis: legitimate interest, article 6 par. 1(f) GDPR). 
  • For the management of our business, the recordation of our users and the provision of requested services, for improving our services, for communicating with users (including providing requested support) and for the extraction of anonymous statistical data in relation to the usage of our App (Legal Basis: legitimate interest, article 6 par. 1(f) GDPR). 
  • For sending newsletters or other commercial announcements of our business to our users, only in case the latter have provided their opt-in consent for such action (Legal Basis: Consent, article 6 par. 1(a) GDPR).
  • For our legal defence and the protection and exercise of our legitimate rights, stemming from Law or Contract, including the protection of our interests and rights before competent judicial and/or governmental authorities (Legal Basis: legitimate interest, article 6 par. 1(f) GDPR). 
  • Service providers providing technical services to us, such as service providers whom we have appointed for hosting, maintenance and development of part or all of our electronic systems including Apple (mobile app platform) and Google Firebase (data collection and storage).  
  • External technical or legal advisors and partners, including service providers appointed to safeguard the security and integrity of our electronic systems and including advisors or legal counsels for the protection of our Intellectual Property Rights.  
  • Cloud Providers, CRM, and e-mail service providers
  • Accountants and tax advisors.
  • Analytics service providers and other partners engaged for the analysis and statistical processing of data. 
  • Judicial and governmental authorities, in case the data are requested by them in the framework of an investigation (case under which the legal basis for processing shall be compliance with legal obligation in accordance with article 6 par.1 (c) of the GDPR) or for the protection of our legal interests and our legal defense (case under which the legal basis for processing shall be our legitimate interest (article 6 par.1 (f) GDPR). 
  • Governmental authorities to which transaction data (e.g., invoice data) should be submitted under applicable law. 
  • Third Party transferees or assignees of our business and/or its assets (in whole or in part) In case of a sale, assignment, transfer, licensing, transfer of assets, merger and acquisition or other restructuring or reorganization of our business, (Legal Basis: legitimate interest, article 6 par. 1(f) GDPR).

1.2.2 APP-USAGE DATA 

Each time you connect with our App and use our App-related services, the following data are collected about you:

DATA COLLECTED 

PURPOSE AND LEGAL BASES OF PROCESSING

POSSIBLE RECIPIENTS OF DATA

  • Log-in data including username, email address, and password. 
  • Content of your App-album, including the images and texts scanned and saved in your personal App-album and all the information that comes along with each scan and saved item such as gallery and exhibition name and location, and your location
  • Sharing of your App-album Content with other users. 
  • Time and duration of use of our App.
  • Pages viewed. 
  • Device Information. Each time you visit our App from a mobile phone, computer, or tablet, we collect anonymous information related to your device including device model, device operating system and version, device identifier, network, the country in which you are located, device language, screen size and battery life.  
  • Usage Information. We collect information regarding your use of our App, including your browser type, connection time, duration of your visit in our App, features and content accessed, and pages viewed.

We collect this data, which we may associate with the data under 1.2.1, for the following purposes and according to the following legal bases of processing 

  • To provide to you the Services (legal basis: performance of contract/provision of requested Services, article 6 par. 1(b) GDPR). 
  • For the protection and security of our electronic systems as well as for taking necessary technical measures to protect our App and our properties, as in the case of violation of our Terms of Use, infringement of our Intellectual Property Rights or attack on our electronic systems (Legal Basis: legitimate interest, article 6 par. 1(f) GDPR). 
  • For the management of our business, for improving our services, for communicating with users (including providing requested support) and for the extraction of anonymous statistical data in relation to the usage of our App (Legal Basis: legitimate interest, article 6 par. 1(f) GDPR). 
  • For personalization of your App-usage experience and for making recommendations regarding artworks and/or other art-related news or materials included in our App which may be of interest to you (legal basis: performance of contract/provision of requested Services, article 6 par. 1(b) GDPR). 
  • to provide our Exhibitor partners (galleries, foundations, art fair organizers, and other as such) with aggregated anonymized non personal data in the form of statistics (for example artwork popularity based on the number of total scans) (legal basis: legitimate interests, article 6 par. 1(f) GDPR).
  • For our legal defence and the protection and exercise of our legitimate rights, stemming from Law or Contract, including the protection of our interests and right before competent judicial and/or governmental authorities (Legal Basis: legitimate interest, article 6 par. 1(f) GDPR). 
  • Service providers providing technical services to us, such as service providers whom we have appointed for hosting, maintenance, and development of part or all of our electronic systems and for scanning/image recognition services including Apple (mobile app platform) and Google Firebase (data collection and storage).
  • External technical or legal advisors and partners including service providers appointed to safeguard the security and integrity of our electronic systems and including advisors or legal counsels for the protection of our Intellectual Property Rights.  
  • Analytics service providers and other partners engaged for the analysis and statistical processing of data. 
  • Judicial and Governmental Authorities, in case the data are requested by them in the framework of an investigation (case under which the legal basis for processing shall be compliance with legal obligation in accordance with article 6 par.1 (c) of the GDPR) or for the protection of our legal interests and our legal defense (case under which the legal basis for processing shall be our legitimate interest (article 6 par.1 (f) GDPR). 
  • Third Party transferees or assignees of our business and/or its assets (in whole or in part) In case of a sale, assignment, transfer, Licensing, transfer of assets, merger and acquisition or other restructuring or reorganization of our business, (Legal Basis: legitimate interest, article 6 par. 1(f) GDPR).
  • Exhibitors, to whom we may provide anonymous, statistical data about usage of our App, as well as user trends and interests. Any such data provided to our Exhibitors shall be always anonymous, statistical data, devoid of any identifier or other information which could lead to the identification of an individual. Therefore, such shared data shall not include any personal data, and do not qualify as such.

If you have opted in to receiving newsletters, promotional offers or materials, marketing communications, or push notifications from us when registering or at any other time, you may opt out of receiving such communications and materials at any time by clicking the “Unsubscribe” button in any such communication you receive.

1.3 DATA COLLECTED IF YOU CHOOSE TO COMMUNICATE WITH US 

If you choose to communicate with us for the purpose of obtaining information about us, for submitting a request, for expressing your views on our Website, our App and our services, or for exercising your rights under applicable law, we collect and process the following data about you:

DATA COLLECTED

PURPOSE AND LEGAL BASES OF PROCESSING

POSSIBLE RECIPIENTS OF DATA

  • Name
  • Email address.
  • Any additional identification data which you may choose to provide to us when communicating with us.
  • Content of your email or other written communication.

 

Your data is collected following your initiative to communicate with us and are further processed for the following purposes and according to the following legal bases of processing 

  • To communicate with you and answer your message/request and/or in case your communication relates to the exercise of your legal rights, to comply with our legal obligations and/or exercise our legal rights in accordance with law. The legal bases of processing is consent (article 6 par. 1 (a) GDPR) and/or the performance of contract, in case you exercise a contractual right (article 6 par.1 (b) GDPR) and/or compliance with legal obligations, in case your communication relates to the exercise of your legal rights (article 6 par. (c)   GDPR). 
  • For the management of our business, for improving our services, for the recordation of complaints, and views about our services and for our legal protection and defense (Legal Basis: legitimate interest, article 6 par. 1(f) GDPR). 
  • External legal advisors.
  • Cloud Providers, CRM, and e-mail service providers.
  • Judicial and Governmental Authorities, in case the data are requested by them in the framework of an investigation (case under which the legal basis for processing shall be compliance with legal obligation in accordance with article 6 par.1 (c) of the GDPR) or for the protection of our legal interests and our legal defense (case under which the legal basis for processing shall be our legitimate interest (article 6 par.1 (f) GDPR). 

2. COOKIES 

Our Website uses “cookies”. This standard technology refers to small text files that are stored on the device you use and allow your visit to a website to be made more convenient or more secure, among other things. Via the cookies, we automatically receive certain data about your computer and your internet connection, such as your IP address, the browser used and operating system. Cookies may also be used to better tailor the offerings on a website to the visitor’s interests or generally improve the site based on statistical analysis.

You can decide yourself whether the browser you use permits cookies or not. Please note that Website features may be restricted or even suspended if cookies are disabled.

Cookies cannot be used to start programs or transmit viruses to a computer. Using the information in the cookies, we can make navigation easier for you and allow our web pages to be displayed correctly.

We require your consent prior to utilization of strictly necessary cookies. In the event you do not consent to the use of cookies other than strictly necessary cookies, our website may continue to be accessible to you, but will only utilize strictly necessary cookies associated with the basic functionality of our website. You can find more information and you can manage cookies through our Website at Cookie Consent. 

At this time, we do not respond to browser “do not track” or “DNT” signals.

3. CONSENT TO PROCESSING AND INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS

Blob Ventures is based in the United States and the Service is hosted there. Blob Ventures may process, transfer, and store data on servers located in the United States. As a result, your data may be subject to data protection and other laws that may differ from your country of residence. Your data may be disclosed in response to inquiries or requests from government authorities or to respond to judicial process in the countries in which we operate. By using the Service, or by providing us with any data, you consent to the collection, processing, maintenance, and transfer of such data in and to the United States where the privacy laws may not be as comprehensive as, or equivalent to, those in the country where you reside or are a citizen.

Blob Ventures processes personal data of European Economic Area (“EEA”) and United Kingdom (“UK”) residents in accordance with the EUGDPR and UKGDPR as applicable, however you are informed that the privacy protections and the rights of authorities to access your personal information in the United States may not be equivalent to those of your home country. When we store or transfer your personal data outside of the EEA or UK, we will do so in accordance with applicable law and we will ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by implementing appropriate safeguards. Transfers of personal data are made either to countries recognized as providing an adequate level of protection based on the adequacy decisions of the EU Commission or, if the country does not offer adequate protection, such transfers are subject to standard contractual clauses (“SCC”) adopted by the EU Commission to guarantee that your personal data is adequately protected in any cross-border transfer.

4. DATA RETENTION AND SECURITY 

4.1 Blob Ventures only collects and processes the minimum amount of data from you that is necessary to the purposes of our information processing activities and retains such information only if required to fulfill such purposes. We will store your personal data for as long as your account is active or we are providing the Service to you and for a period of 3 years following de-activation/deletion of your account or the conclusion of our Service to you, unless applicable requires us to do otherwise. We may retain your personal data for more than 3 years after deletion of your account to comply with our legal obligations or for our legal protection, in which case your personal data may be retained for a period equal to the applicable statutes of limitation. If you delete your account, we will maintain any anonymized data indefinitely for analytics purposes.

4.2 We do not trade, rent, or sell your data to any third party and for any purpose whatsoever. 

4.4 Blob Ventures has safeguards and security controls in place to protect your data. This includes appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the data (i) from accidental or unlawful destruction, and (ii) loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to the data.  Please be advised, however, that while we take reasonable security measures to protect your data, such measures cannot be guaranteed to be secure. Blob Ventures cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security, and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your personal information.

The security of your Blob Ventures account relies on your protection of your user profile information. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your user profile information, including your password and for all activities that occur under your account. You may not share your password with anyone. We will never ask you to send your password or other sensitive information to us in an email, though we may ask you to enter this type of information on a Blob Ventures Service. Any email or other communication purporting to be from one of our websites requesting your password or asking you to provide sensitive account information via email, should be treated as unauthorized and suspicious and should be reported to us immediately. If you believe someone else has obtained access to your password, please change it immediately by logging in to your account and report it immediately by emailing info@blobventures.com.

5. NO AUTOMATED PROCESSING, CROSS-CONTEXT BEHAVIORAL ADVERTISING, TARGETING ADVERTISING OR CONSUMER PROFILING

By using our Service you will not be subject to any decision based solely on automated processing. We do not or share your personal information with third parties for cross-context behavioral advertising or process it for targeted advertising or consumer profiling. 

6. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA AND UNITED KINGDOM RESIDENTS

If you would like to submit a Data Subject Request, you can contact Blob Ventures at info@blobventures.com. If you choose to submit a Data Subject Request, you must provide us with enough information to identify you and enough specificity on the requested data. We will only use the information we receive to respond to your request. Blob Ventures will not be able to disclose information if it cannot verify that the person making the Data Subject Request is the person about whom we collected information, or someone authorized to act on such person’s behalf. Please specify clearly which information you would like us to provide you with, review, amend, stop processing, or delete.

“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. 

  1. Request to Access and Data Portability. You may request a copy of your personal data as well as confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed, access to your personal data, and information on the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data concerned, the recipients or categories of recipient to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, and the period of time the data will be stored. We may charge a reasonable fee to cover the administrative costs of providing you with a copy of your personal data.
  1. Request to Rectify or Complete. If you notify us, or we otherwise become aware, that the personal data we hold is inaccurate, we will not use it, and will not allow others to use it, until it is corrected. You can ask us to correct or complete our record of your personal data by contacting us at any time. To the extent possible, we will inform anyone who has received your personal data of any corrections.
  1. Request for Erasure. You may, in certain limited circumstances where the processing is not necessary in the context of the services we provide to you, ask to have the personal data we directly or indirectly process deleted or removed.  If the request is founded, we will try to do so promptly, and, to the extent possible, will inform anyone who has received your personal data of your request. 
  1. Request for Restriction of Processing. You may request that we limit the way in which we process your personal data where (i) you contest the accuracy of the personal data we have for you, (ii) you believe our processing of your personal data is unlawful (but you oppose the erasure of your personal data and prefer that our processing be restricted instead), (iii) we no longer need your personal data but you require such personal data for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or (iv) you have objected to our processing pending the verification of our legitimate grounds for processing. If the request is founded, we will try to do so promptly, and, to the extent possible, will inform anyone who has received your personal data of your request.
  1. Request for Data Portability and Transfer. You may request to receive a copy of your personal data, and have it transferred to another controller, where technically feasible, in certain limited circumstances, where a) you provided the data to Blob Ventures, b) our processing is based on your consent or is necessary to fulfill a contract with you, and c) our processing is automated. Blob Ventures may refuse your request if these criteria are not met.
  1. Objection to Processing. You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of your personal data. If Blob Ventures has sufficiently compelling legitimate grounds for processing your personal data, or we need your data to establish, exercise or defend legal claims, we may continue to process it. Otherwise, Blob Ventures will stop using your personal data. You may also object at any time to your personal data being processed for direct marketing, and we will stop processing the data for such purposes.
  1. Withdrawal of Consent to Processing. Where we have relied on your consent as the legal grounds for processing, you may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal does not invalidate the consent-based processing that occurred prior to withdrawal.
  1. Automated Individual Decision Making. We do not currently engage in automated individual decision making. However, in the event we ever do so, we will inform you of such change and you may request not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects that concern you or that similarly significantly affect you, except were the automated individual decision making is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between you and us; is authorized by law; or is based on the your explicit consent.

You may contact us at any time where you believe that we are in breach of data protection laws or where you wish to make a complaint about our data processing. Furthermore, if you believe that our processing of your personal data is in breach of data protection laws, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection supervisory authority (i.e., in the U.K. or Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement), if you are of the opinion that any of your personal data is processed in a manner constituting an infringement of the U.K. or E.U. GDPR or where you believe that we have not resolved an issue you have raised with us.

7. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

If you would like to submit a Consumer Request, you can contact Blob Ventures at info@blobventures.com. If you choose to submit a Consumer Request, you must provide us with enough information to identify you and enough specificity on the requested data. Blob Ventures will only use the information it receives to respond to your request. Blob Ventures will not be able to disclose information if it cannot verify that the person making the Consumer Request is the person about whom we collected information, or someone authorized to act on such person’s behalf. 

“Personal information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household. “Personal information” does not include publicly available information. 

    1. Request to Correct. You may correct or update your personal information at any time by logging into your account or by contacting us.
    2. Request to Access. You may submit a Consumer Request to obtain a copy of or access to the personal information that Blob Ventures has collected on you. 
    3. Request to Know. You may submit a Consumer Request to receive information about Blob Ventures’ data collection practices. 
      • Right to Know what Personal Information is being Collected. You may request information on the categories of personal information Blob Ventures has collected about you; the categories of sources from which the personal information is collected; Blob Ventures’ business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information; the categories of third parties to whom Blob Ventures discloses personal information, if any; and the specific pieces of personal information it has collected about you. 
      • Right to Know what Personal Information is Sold or Shared and to Whom. You may also request the categories of personal information that Blob Ventures has collected about you; the categories of personal information that Blob Ventures sold or shared about you and the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold or shared, by category or categories of personal information for each category of third parties to whom the personal information was sold or shared, and the categories of personal information that Blob Ventures disclosed about you for a business purpose and the categories of persons to whom it was disclosed for a business purpose.

Please note that the categories of personal information, sources, and disclosure will not exceed what is contained in this Policy. Additionally, Blob Ventures is not required to retain any information about you if it is only used for a one-time transaction and would not be maintained in the ordinary course of business. Blob Ventures is also not required to reidentify personal information if it is not stored in that manner already, nor is it required to provide the personal information to you more than twice in a twelve-month period.

    1. Request to Delete. You may request that Blob Ventures delete personal information it has collected from you. Subject to certain exceptions set out below we will, on receipt of a verifiable Consumer Request, delete your personal information from our records, direct any service providers to do the same, and notify all third parties to whom Blob Ventures has shared your personal information to delete it unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort.

Please note that we may not delete your personal information if it is necessary to:

  • Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by the consumer, or reasonably anticipated by the consumer within the context of a business’ ongoing business relationship with the consumer, or otherwise perform a contract between the business and the consumer.
  • Help to ensure security and integrity to the extent the use of the consumer’s personal information is reasonably necessary and proportionate for those purposes.
  • Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
  • Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise that consumer’s right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law.
  • Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act pursuant to Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 1546) of Title 12 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.
  • Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research that conforms or adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the business’ deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the ability to complete such research, if the consumer has provided informed consent.
  • To enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with the expectations of the consumer based on the consumer’s relationship with the business and compatible with the context in which the consumer provided the information.
  • Comply with a legal obligation.

Blob Ventures may not, and will not, treat you differently because of your Consumer Request activity. As a result of your Consumer Request activity, we may not and will not deny goods or services to you; charge different rates for goods or services; provide a different level quality of goods or services; or suggest any of the preceding will occur. However, we can and may charge you a different rate, or provide a different level of quality, if the difference is reasonably related to the value provided by your personal information. 

8. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR COLORADO RESIDENTS

Personal information or “personal data” means “information that is linked or reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable individual.” “Personal data” does not include de-identified or publicly available information.

  1. Request to Access. You may submit a request to confirm or to obtain a copy of or access to the personal data that Blob Ventures has collected on you including what the data is, how it’s been used, and who it’s been disclosed to. Your personal data may no longer be available because it has been destroyed, erased, or made anonymous in accordance with Blob Ventures’ data retention policies in which case we will provide you with the reasons why the personal data no longer exists where possible.
  2. Request to Correct. You may correct or update your personal data at any time by logging into your account or by contacting us.
  3. Request to Delete. You may request that Blob Ventures delete the personal data it has collected on you. We will delete your personal data from our records and direct any service providers to do the same unless retention is required by law. 
  4. Request to Opt-Out. You may submit a request to opt out of the sale of your personal data as well as its processing for targeted advertising or consumer profiling. Blob Ventures does not sell, rent, or lease your personal data to third parties and does not process your personal data for targeted advertising or consumer profiling. 
  5. Appeal. If we notify you that no action is to be taken in response to your request to access, correct, delete, or opt-out, you may appeal this decision by contacting us within 30 days with the reason why you believe further action should be taken. If you are not satisfied with the result of the appeal, you may contact the Colorado Attorney General. 

If you like to make any of the above requests, you can contact Blob Ventures at info@blobventures.com. If you choose to submit a request, you must provide us with enough information to identify you in order to comply with your request. Blob Ventures will only use the information it receives to respond to your request. Blob Ventures will not be able to disclose information or comply with your request if it cannot verify that the person making the request is the person about whom we collected information, or someone authorized to act on such person’s behalf. 

9. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR NEVADA RESIDENTS

Blob Ventures does not sell, rent, or lease your personally identifiable information to third parties. However, if you are a resident of Nevada and would like to submit a request not to sell your personally identifiable information, you may do so by emailing us at info@blobventures.com.

10. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR VIRGINIA RESIDENTS

Personal information or “personal data” means “any information that is linked or reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable natural person.” “Personal data” does not include de-identified data or publicly available information.

  1. Request to Access. You may submit a request to confirm or to obtain a copy of or access to the personal data that Blob Ventures has collected on you including what the data is, how it’s been used, and who it’s been disclosed to. Your personal data may no longer be available because it has been destroyed, erased, or made anonymous in accordance with Blob Ventures’ data retention policies in which case we will provide you with the reasons why the personal data no longer exists where possible.
  2. Request to Correct. You may correct or update your personal data at any time by logging into your account or by contacting us. 
  3. Request to Delete. You may request that Blob Ventures delete the personal data provided by or obtained about you. We will delete your personal data from our records and direct any service providers to do the same unless retention is required by law. 
  4. Request to Opt-Out. You may submit a request to opt out of the sale of your personal data as well as its processing for targeted advertising or consumer profiling. Blob Ventures does not sell, rent, or lease your personal data to third parties and does not process your personal data for targeted advertising or consumer profiling. 
  5. Appeal. If we notify you that no action is to be taken in response to your request to access, correct, delete, or opt-out, you may appeal this decision by contacting us within 30 days with the reason why you believe further action should be taken. If you are not satisfied with the result of the appeal, you may contact the Virginia Attorney General or submit a complaint online at https://www.oag.state.va.us/consumer-protection/index.php/file-a-complaint . 

If you like to make any of the above requests, you can contact Blob Ventures at info@blobventures.com. If you choose to submit a request, you must provide us with enough information to identify you in order to comply with your request. Blob Ventures will only use the information it receives to respond to your request. Blob Ventures will not be able to disclose information or comply with your request if it cannot verify that the person making the request is the person about whom we collected information, or if such person is a known child, that child’s parent or legal guardian.

11. USER MATERIAL

Some features of the Service may now or in the future allow you to provide content, such as images, text, videos, comments or reviews, or interactive responses to content, to be published or displayed on public areas of the Service (“User Material”). Be careful about giving out information in public areas of the Service. The information you share in public areas may be viewed by any user of the Service. We cannot control the actions of other users of the Service with whom you may choose to share your User Material or other personal information or data. 

12. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

The Service is intended for a general audience and not directed to persons under 13 years of age. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 13 YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO USE THE SERVICE. We do not intend to collect personal information as defined by the U.S. Children’s Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) (“Children’s Personal Information”) in a manner that is not permitted by COPPA.

We take seriously our obligations under the COPPA. The Services are not targeted to children under the age of 13 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of thirteen on our Site. Parents should be aware that information that is voluntarily given by children or others in chat sessions, email exchanges, bulletin boards, social media sites or the like may be used by other parties to generate unsolicited email or other contacts. We encourage all parents to instruct their children in the safe and responsible use of the Internet.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe we have collected personal information on a child under 13 years of age in a manner not permitted by COPPA, please contact us at the below e-mail address and we will remove such data to the extent required by COPPA.

13. THIRD PARTY LINKED SITES 

The Service may contain links to third-party owned or operated websites, including, without limitation, social media websites (each a “Linked Site”), as a convenient method of accessing information that may be useful or of interest to you. This Policy and the practices that we follow under this Policy do not apply to Linked Sites. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, or opinions expressed on any Linked Site or for the privacy practices or security standards used by third parties on such Linked Sites. These Linked Sites have separate privacy and data collection practices, and we have no responsibility or liability relating to them. 

You understand and agree that by clicking on a link to a Linked Site, you have left our Service and this Policy, as stated on the Service, is no longer in effect.

14. CHANGES TO OUR POLICY

This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time. You will be notified when we make changes to this policy, and you will be given the opportunity to review this revised policy before you choose to continue using our Website and App.  A user is bound by any changes to our Policy when they continue to use the Services after being notified of such changes. Your continued use of the Service indicates your consent to the Privacy Policy then posted for that visit. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If you do not agree, discontinue use of the Service and uninstall all Service downloads and applications.

15. CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or requests regarding the data we have collected about you, you can contact us:

•By mail at 3076 Ohio Street, Miami, Florida 33133, USA

•By email at info@blobventures.com 

You may also contact our U.K. and E.U. representatives at: info@blobventures.com. 

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