Effective date: [July 30, 2023]
B.L.A.S.T., Blast Leaders Against Sex Trafficking (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the www.blastmovement.org website (the “Service”).
This page informs you of our policies regarding collecting, using, and disclosing personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.
We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions.
Information Collection and Use
Information Collection
BLAST is the sole owner of the information collected on https://www.blastmovement.org including all sub-domains. BLAST collects personally identifiable information from our users at several different points on our Website. This information allows us to fulfill your request to contact you regarding these service offerings and provide other services as requested.
Billing
For billing purpose, we request the following information, (m) refers to mandatory; (o) refers to optional information. The decision by users not to complete the optional information may affect their full usability of the https://www.blastmovement.org Website.
User:
Company name(o)
First & last name (m)
Address (m)
Telephone number (m)
E-mail address (m)
E-mail preference (o)
Payment method preference (m)
We do not collect or request social insurance or social security numbers and do not retain credit card information on our database.
We store Customer ID information for future purchases and user contact purposes when requested to do so by the user.
We may disclose personal information if legally required to do so such as to protect our rights and property, take emergency action regarding personal safety or where required by operation of law.
Information Use
We collect and use the information to process and fill your orders, to facilitate the services requested by the user, to improve the services and features of the Website, to customize our services or delivery of information to you on the Website to make the users’ use of the Website more effective and efficient, to resolve disputes, to troubleshoot problems and enforce this privacy statement. We automatically track certain information based on the user’s use of our Website. We use this information to do internal research on our user’s demographics, interests, and behaviour to better understand the users and our client base. We track information regarding the URL that the user came from (whether from our site or not), which URL the user may go to next (whether this URL is on our site or not), what browser is being used and the user’s IP address.
We use information to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to improve our content and product offerings, and to customize our site’s content, layout and services to better meet the needs of users. We collect information to generate statistics and aggregate reports for internal use only. These statistics and aggregate reports will not contain any personally identifiable information. Personal identity is kept anonymous.
We collect and use information from messages, users who chose to post information on our site. We also collect and use personal correspondence, such as emails or letters requesting information, or postings on the Website.
We collect and use information if users register for https://www.blastmovement.org / or another website or use a website providing a service for https://www.blastmovement.org that helps facilitate a user’s activity on https://www.blastmovement.org and that website may provide personal information about you and your transactions back to https://www.blastmovement.org. BLAST does not sell or rent any information collected from users to other third parties.
The https://www.blastmovement.org site has specific sections available to all users and other specific sections that may be accessed by Licensees only.
Profile
We store information that we collect at the BLAST website to create a profile of our users. A profile is stored information that we keep on individual users that details their Customer ID for BLAST We do not share your profile with other third parties.
We do not use robot exclusion hardware and therefore, others may illegally attempt to automatically collect a Licensee’s email address from our site.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s computer tied to information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while a user is on our site. We use session ID cookies and persistent cookies. For the session ID cookie, once users close the browser, the cookie simply terminates. A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on the user’s hard drive for an extended period of time. Persistent cookies can be removed by following Internet browser help file directions.
We use cookies on certain pages of our site to help analyze our Website flow, measure promotional effectiveness and promote trust and safety. We may offer certain features that are available through the use of a cookie. We may also use cookies to allow you to enter your password less frequently during a session. Cookies may also be used in the future to help us provide information that is targeted to your interests. These cookies are “session cookies”, meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of a session.
A user is always free to decline our cookies if their browser permits, although in declining a cookie, you may not be able to use certain features of our Web site and you may be required to re-enter your password more frequently during a session.
Third Party Advertising
We do not do any external advertisement. We do not aggregate (gather up data across all user accounts) information and provide information in a non-personally identifiable manner to advertisers and other third party for promotional purposes.
This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by https://www.blastmovement.org only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Log Files
Like most standard Website servers we use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use such as web site stats. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Clear Gifs (Web Beacons/Web Bugs)
We do not employ the use of Clear Gifs.
Communications from the Site
Special Offers and Updates
Newsletter
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information such as name and email address. Out of respect for our users privacy we provide a way to opt-out of these communications.
Service Announcements
On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly service related announcement. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance we might send users an email. Generally, users may not opt-out of these communications, though they can deactivate their account. However, these communications are not promotional in nature.
Customer Service
We communicate with users on a regular basis to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account we reply via email or phone, in accordance with the users wishes.
Sharing
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Website.
Aggregate Information (non-personally identifiable)
We do not share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers.
Third Party Advertisers
We do not share Website usage information about users with third party advertisers.
Sharing of Personal Information with Third Parties
We DO NOT share personal information with third parties.
Third Party Intermediaries
We may use an outside deposit and/or credit card processing company – www.paypal.com and/or https://stripe.com to bill users for goods and services. www.paypal.com and https://stripe.com/ processes payments for use, does not retain, store, share, store or use personally identifiable information including credit card information for any secondary purpose on our behalf. www.paypal.com and https://stripe.com payment window appears on https://www.blastmovement.org . Refer to the Privacy Policy at www.paypal.com and https://stripe.com for information on their site of account holders information.
Business Transitions
In the event BLAST goes through a business transition, such as a merger, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its assets, users’ personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred. Users will be notified via prominent notice on our Website for 30 days prior to a change of ownership or control of their personal information. If as a result of the business transition, the users’ personally identifiable information will be used in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection they will be given choice consistent with our notification of changes section.
We may disclose personal information of a user to an agent when in the reasonable judgment of BLAST, the individual is seeking information as an agent of the user.
Subject to applicable regulatory requirements, we may disclose personal information of a user to a credit reporting agency.
We may disclose personal information of a user to a public agency when in the reasonable judgment of BLAST, there is imminent danger to person or property to which such disclosure would avoid or minimize the danger.
Choice/Opt-out
We do not use our users’ information for other purposes other than related to our site.
We would like to continue to have you, the user’s consent for the purposes and uses of personal information as set out in this privacy statement, however, you may choose to refuse or withdraw your consent by refusing to give us personal information or withdrawing such consent subject to any applicable contractual or notice provisions by emailing us at Hello@blastmovement.org
Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter and promotional communications may opt-out of receiving these communications by following instructions given in the footer of the email or email us at Hello@blastmovement.org. Or If user wishes to unsubscribe to our communications, the user can do so by following instructions given in the footer of the email or sending an email to us at Hello@blastmovement.org.
Links
This Website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, BLAST, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Website.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site may request information from users via internal or in-house surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and shipping address) and demographic information (such as postal or zip code). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes and shared with the contest and survey sponsors. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site. Users’ personally identifiable information is not shared with third parties as all surveys and contests are internal and or in-house.
Recommend Us (Email This Site to a Friend)
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend’s name and email address. We will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site. We store this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email.
Security
This Website takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via the Website, their information is protected both online and off-line.
We protect personal information and the user’s right to privacy by:
Only collecting personal information for the purposes set out in this privacy statement.
Ensuring appropriate security measures are in place.
Ensuring appropriate confidentiality measures are in place for personal information when dealing with third party
Ensuring that personal information is kept up-to-date and current for the purposes in which it is being used.
Honouring any user request for access to their personal information.
Supplementation of Information
In order for this Website to properly fulfill its obligation to users it is necessary for us to supplement the information we receive with information from 3rd party sources.
Purchasing History
We do not combine information about the purchasing habits of our users with other third parties.
Enhancement of Marketing Profile
We currently do not purchase third party marketing data and add it to our existing user database to target our advertising and provide pertinent offers we think our users would be interested in.
Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating Personal Information
If a user’s personally identifiable information changes (such as name, postal code, zip code, phone, email or postal address), or if a user no longer desires our service, we provide a way to correct, update or delete/deactivate users’ personally identifiable information. This can usually be done at the going to the profile page or by emailing our Customer Support at Hello@blastmovement.org.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy statement and or practices, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected. The posting of changes to the privacy statement shall be effective within 30 days.
If, however, we are going to use users’ personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users via email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. However, if users deleted/deactivated their account, then they will not be contacted, nor will their personal information be used in this new manner. In addition, if we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect user information already stored in our database, we will post a prominent notice on our Web site notifying users of the change. In some cases where we post a notice we will also email users, who have opted to receive communications from us, notifying them of the changes in our privacy practices.
Contact Information
If users have any questions, concerns or suggestions regarding our privacy practices, please contact us at:
Phone 614-813-4135
Email Hello@blastmovement.org
Web site URL https://blastmovement.org/
Otherwise, we assume that we have your, the user of our Website and or on-line services, consent to collect, use and disclose your personal information for the purposes and uses identified in this privacy statement.
