1. Who We Are.
1.1 Blink Global
Blink Global (“Blink Global” or “Blink”) is an entertainment, promotion, and
event management company committed to helping businesses deliver
cutting edge events and initiatives in the U.S. and North America.
1.2 Who's Who
When we use the word "Organizer" in this Privacy Policy, we mean event
creators who use the Services to produce events for consumers who use the
services provided through this application (“Services”) to (a) consume event
information or attend events ("Consumers"), or (b) for any other reason.
Organizers, Consumers, and third parties who use our Services are all
referred to herein as "Users," "you," or "your" Blink Global is affiliated with Swtch Communications & Media (“, Swtch”), which
manages this application on behalf of Blink Global. Swtch is a Virginia
corporation with its principal place of business at 103 Rowell Court, Falls
Church VA 22042. Together, Blink and Swtch are referred to in this Privacy
Policy as ("us," "we" or "our"). If you have any questions or concerns
at any time, please do not hesitate to contact us at the address above or by
contacting us at
[email protected].
2. Our Privacy Statement.
2.1 Application.
This Privacy Policy outlines our policies regarding information collected from
Users on or via the Services that can be associated with, pertains to, or could
be used to identify a person (“Personal Data”). We are committed to
protecting the privacy of your Personal Data. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully because it
contains crucial information about your Personal Data and other data. As
used in this Privacy Policy.
"Non-Personal Data" refers to any information
that does not identify a person and/or cannot be used to identify a person.
We may gather Non-Personal Data when you engage with the Services.
3. Personal Data That We Collect
We may gather Personal Data when you use or interact with us through the
Services. This
distinction is critical for the purposes of some data protection rules, and it is
addressed in greater detail below.
3.1 Information Collected From All Users.
We gather Personal Data from all Users when they
voluntarily supply it to use the Services. For example, Personal Data is
collected when Users register for access to the Services
or contact us with questions about them. Your name, address, email address,
telephone number and any other information that you choose to supply
and/or that enables you to be personally recognized are examples of
Personal Data that we may collect. We also collect certain technical data
supplied to us by the computer, mobile device, and/or browser used by you to access the Services ("Automatic Data"). Automatic Data
includes, for example, a unique identifier associated with your access device
and/or browser (such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address), characteristics
of your access device and/or browser, statistics on your activities on the
Services, information about how you came to the Services, and data
collected through cookies, pixel tags, local shared objects, web
storage, and other similar technologies. Our Cookie Statement contains
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more information about how we use cookies and other similar tracking
technologies. When you register for the Services or provide us with Personal
Data in any other way, we may associate other Non-Personal Data (including
Non-Personal Data we collect from third parties) with your Personal Data. We will treat any such combined data as your Personal Data
until such time as it can no longer be associated with you or used to identify
you
.
3.3 Information Collected From Consumers.
We will collect extra Personal Data from you if you are a Consumer,
sometimes for our own purposes and occasionally on behalf of an Organizer
4. How We Use Your Personal Data.
We collect and use your Personal Data in a manner that is
consistent with this Privacy Policy, and applicable privacy laws. We may use
the Personal Data as follows:
4.1 Specific Reason.
If you provide Personal Data for a certain purpose, we may use the Personal
Data in connection with that purpose.
For instance, if you contact us by email, we will use that Personal Data (the
email address you provided) to answer your question or resolve
your problem.
4.2 Access and Use.
If provide Personal Data in order to access the Services or any functionality thereof, we will use that
Personal Data for this purpose, as well as to evaluate your usage of the
Services or functionality. For example, you will
be asked to provide certain personal information for purposes of identifying
and qualifying you for initial and continued access to the Services. We will
use this Personal Data in order to provide you with access.
4.3 Internal Business Purposes.
We may use your Personal Data for internal business purposes, such as
improving the content and functionality of the Services, better understanding
our Users, protecting against, identifying, or
addressing wrongdoing, enforcing our Terms of Service, managing your
account, providing you with customer service, and generally managing
the Services and our business.
5. How We Disclose And Transfer Your Personal Data.
5.1 Background.
We do not sell any information provided by
you (including your Personal Data) to other
parties, including advertisers. There are some instances in which we may disclose, transfer,
or share your Personal Data with third parties without additional notification
to you, but this will only be done as provided in this Privacy Policy.
5.2 Business Transfers.
Blink may in the future sell or purchase businesses or assets, in which
case as our company grows. Personal Data may be part of the transferred
assets and could be shared as part of the transaction. If this occurs, you agree consistent with the terms of this
Privacy Policy.
5.3 Agents, Consultants and Service Providers.
We may share your Personal Data with Blink's contractors and service
providers that process Personal Data on our behalf to fulfill tasks relating to our provision of the Services. These contractors and
service provides may include Our marketing agencies, online advertising
providers, data enhancement and data services providers, database service
providers, backup and disaster recovery service providers, email service
providers, payment processing partners, customer service, tech support, and
hosting companies.
5.4 Legal Requirements.
~We may disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law, such as in
response to a subpoena or other request from law enforcement, a court, or government agency or if we have a good
faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) comply with a legal obligation,
(b) protect or defend our rights, interests, or property, or (c) prevent or
mitigate harm to our or a third party’s rights.
6. How We Store Your Personal Data.
We may store Personal Data ourselves, or we may transmit it to third parties
who will store it in line with our Privacy Policy. We take reasonable
precautions to protect Personal Data against
loss, misuse, unauthorized use, access, unintentional disclosure,
modification, and destruction Because we cannot guarantee the privacy of your Personal Data in the
event of force majeure events or other events beyond our control, we ask
that you not send us, and not disclose, on or through the Services or
otherwise to us, any private or other personal information that is not
requested or required in order to access or use the Services.
7. How You Can Access, Update, Correct or Delete Your Personal Data.
If you would like to request to change, delete, restrict the use of, or object to
the processing of your Personal Data that you provided to us, please contact
us at the address or email address provided in this Privacy Policy. For your
protection, we only fulfill requests for the Personal Data associated with the
email address that you use to make your request and we may need to verify
your identity before fulfilling certain requests. Blink acknowledges and
respects your privacy and will try to comply with your request as soon as
reasonably practicable and consistent with applicable law. if you request deletion of Personal Data, Blink is authorized to delete or anonymize Blink is authorized to delete or anonymize request from you.
8. Cookies, Statements.
As described, we may collect Non-Personal Data from
you that includes cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are pieces of
data stored directly on the computer or mobile device used by you, such as
browser type, time spent on the Services, pages visited, language
preferences, and other aggregated traffic data. As stated herein, we do not
sell this information to third parties or otherwise use it. We use Google Analytics only for
security purposes, personalize your experience while using the Services, or
to help us understand how our Customer use the Services. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
9. Limiting the Personal Data You Provide.
You may be able to use the Services without submitting any Personal
Data (except to the extent that Automatic Data is deemed Personal
Data under applicable laws) or with limited Personal Data. But this
may mean you will not be able to access some features of the
Services that require Personal Data to be provided by you.
10. Exclusions.
10.1 Personal Data Provided to Others.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to any Personal Data that you provide to another User or visitor through the Services or through any other means, including to Organizers on event pages or information posted by you to any public areas of the Services.
11. International Privacy Laws.
Please be aware that if you access the Services from outside the United
States, you are transmitting information (including Personal Data) to our
servers in the United States. Depending on the type of information and how
it is maintained by us, it may be transmitted within the United
States or outside of the United States to other countries These countries (including the United
States) may not have data protection regulations as extensive or protective
as those in your home country; nonetheless, this Privacy Policy will always
govern our collection, storage, and use of your Personal Data.
12. Changes To This Privacy Policy.
From time to time, the Services and our business may change. As a result,
we may make modifications to our Privacy Policy from time to time.
We retain the right to alter or change this Privacy Policy at any time in our
sole discretion (collectively, "Modifications"). Changes to this Privacy Policy
will be posted on the application and the date at the top of
this Privacy Policy will be updated. Blink may, but is not obligated to, provide notice of such Modifications, such as by email or in-
Service alerts, in certain situations. Modifications will be effective thirty (30)
days after they are made or such other date as
communicated in any other notice to you. Please review this Privacy Policy periodically, and especially before you provide any Personal Data. This
Privacy Policy was updated on the date indicated above. Your continued use
of the Services following the effectiveness of any Modifications constitutes acceptance of them. If any Modification is not acceptable to you, you should cease accessing,
browsing and otherwise using the Services.
13. Dispute Resolution.
If you have a complaint about Blink's privacy practices you should write to us
at: Blink Global, PO Box 2206, Merrifield, VA 22116, or by email to
[email protected]. We will take reasonable steps to work with you to attempt
to resolve your complain.
