US Privacy Notice

U.S. STATES PRIVACY NOTICE

[Last Updated: September 17th, 2024]

This US Privacy Notice applies to residents of specific US states, including California, Virginia, Connecticut, Colorado, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Montana, and effective January 1, 2025 – Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Delaware, and Iowa, under their respective privacy laws (collectively, “US Privacy Laws” and “Covered States”).

We, Play Coyotta Ltd., as part of the BlazePod Group, provide this US Privacy Notice to supplement our general Privacy Policy and inform residents of these Covered States about their rights regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of their Personal Information during the use of our Site, App, Device, and any of our Services. That, also with regard to California Residents under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”).

This Notice is an integral part of our Privacy Policy and supplements it with additional information under US Privacy Laws; capitalized terms used but not defined in this US Privacy Notice will have the meanings set out therein or as defined under the applicable privacy law of the respective state. If there is any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of this Notice and the Privacy Policy, the terms of this Notice will prevail solely for eligible consumers.

Categories of Personal Information We Collect

As detailed under Section 4 of our Privacy Policy, we collect and process various types of Non-Personal Data and Personal Data, or Personal Information under applicable US Privacy Laws.

Personal Information under applicable US Privacy Laws further includes Sensitive Personal Information (“SPI”). However, as provided in the table below, we generally do not process such SPI.

In addition, under US Privacy Laws, Personal Information does not include: Publicly available information that is lawfully made available from government records, that a consumer has otherwise made available to the public; de-identified or aggregated consumer information; any other types of information excluded from US Privacy Laws, such as: Health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPPA) 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.

As further elaborated under Section 4 to the Privacy Policy, in the last twelve (12) months, we has collected as a “Business” or “Controller” the following categories of Personal Information:

Category under the CCPA

Example

Whether collected and examples

A. Identifiers.

A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, Social Security number, driver's license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.

Yes: Contact info, Account Data, online identifiers, Email for marketing emails

B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute

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.

Yes: basic Contact info

 

 

*** Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories.

C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.

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).

Yes: Gender, Age

D. Commercial information.

Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.

Yes: Purchase records, Payment Data, Services’ usage data

E. Biometric information.

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.

No

F. Internet or other similar network activity.

Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer's interaction with a website, application, or advertisement.

Yes: IP address, cookie identifiers, hardware type, operating system

G. Geolocation data.

Physical location, approximate location derived from IP address or movements.

Yes: approximate location inferred from IP

H. Sensory data.

Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.

Yes: Images and Videos (including Audio) if provided by the User

I. Professional or employment-related information.

Current or past job history or performance evaluations.

No

J. Non-public education information

Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, etc.

No

K. Inferences drawn from other personal information.

Profile reflecting a person's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.

No

L. Sensitive personal information.

Including without limitation precise geolocation, racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, or union membership, the contents of a consumer’s mail, email, and text messages unless the business is the intended recipient of the communication, genetic data, biometric data, information concerning health, sexual life or sexual orientation.

No

Disclosures of Personal Information (for a Business Purpose)

We may disclose your Personal Information to a contractor or service provider for business purposes. When we disclose Personal Information for a business purpose, we enter into 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 fulfilling the contract. We further restrict the contractor and service provider from selling or sharing your Personal Information.

Section 7 of the Privacy Policy provides details regarding the sharing of Personal Data with third parties. The below disclosure is designated to provide further disclosure in accordance with US Privacy Laws, and specifically the CCPA.

In the preceding twelve (12) months, we have disclosed the following categories of Personal Information for a business purpose:

Business Purpose

Category (corresponding with the table of our Privacy Policy)

Category of Recipient

Providing our services and selling our products through the use of external vendors

Category A

Category B

Category C

Category D

Category F

Category H

e-commerce platforms, distributors and resellers, shipping and logistics vendors, payment processors, Email and SMS delivery systems, Other Users of our Services, etc.

Helping to ensure security and integrity to the extent the use of Personal Information is reasonably necessary and proportionate for these purposes.

 

Security prevention providers, operating systems.

Debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality

 

 

Performing services on behalf of the business, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, providing analytic services, providing storage, or providing similar services on behalf of the business.

 

Payment processors, distributors and resellers, affiliated companies, operating systems, CRM, ERP, cloud computing and storage vendors, etc.

Undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration.

 

Developers, operating systems, cloud and hosting providers.

Undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device that is owned, or controlled by the business, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned or controlled by the business.

 

 

Using Cookies to associate your email and send communications and marketing to these email or home addresses.

 

Cookies management systems and relevant email marketing delivery systems.

Disclosures for Cross-Context Behavioral and Targeted Advertising Purposes

This section describes the categories of personal information we may disclose for “cross-context behavioral advertising” (“CCBA”) or “Targeted Advertising” as such terms are defined under the US Privacy Laws — i.e. delivering targeted advertising to consumers based on personal information we may obtain from their activity across businesses, distinctly-branded websites, applications, or services, other than those with which they intentionally interact. We do not “sell” information as most people would commonly understand that term, meaning we do not, and will not, disclose your Personal Information in direct exchange for money or some other form of payment.  We may “share” Personal Information for “interest-based advertising” or “cross-context behavioral advertising”. In other words, we may share your Personal Information with a third party to help serve personalized content or ads that may be more relevant to your interests, and to perform other advertising-related services such as enabling our partners to serve such personalized content. 

In the preceding twelve (12) months, we “sell” or “share” the following categories of Personal Information for a business purpose:

Category of Recipient

Shared Information

Purpose of Sharing

Marketing and Advertising Firms and Networks.

All types of Personal Information.

For the avoidance of doubt, we never share any sensitive information for such purposes.

We may disclose personal information to entities that perform marketing, advertising or market research on our behalf or help us determine the effectiveness of our marketing.'

In certain cases, where permitted under applicable law, we (directly or service providers on our behalf) may use Cookies, to associate your email and send communications and marketing to these email or home addresses.

Your Rights

If you are a resident of a Covered State, subject to certain limitations set forth by applicable law and per the specific circumstances, you may be able to exercise the following rights (Nevada specific rights are separately detailed below):

Privacy Right

Details

Right to Know and be informed.

You may have right to know what Personal Information we have collected about you, including the categories of personal information, the categories of sources from which the Personal Information is collected, the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing Personal Information, the categories of third parties to whom the business discloses Personal Information, and the specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected about you. That right is being also provided to you through our Privacy Policy and that Notice.

Right to Access Personal Information.

You have the right to obtain access to the personal data we have collected about you and, where required by law, the right to obtain a copy of the personal data in a portable and.

The Right to Correct Personal Information.

You may have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.

Right to delete personal information.

You have the right to request the erasure of certain Personal Data if specific conditions are satisfied. This right is not absolute. We may reject your request under certain circumstances, including where we must retain the data in order to comply with legal obligations or defend against legal claims, other legitimate interests such as record keeping with regards to our engagements, completing transactions, providing a good or service that you requested, taking actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, fulfilling the terms of a written warranty, detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecuting those responsible for such activities; debugging products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality; exercising free speech, ensuring the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercising another right provided for by law; and engaging 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.

You do not need to create an account with us to submit a deletion request.

Non-Discrimination Right.

You may have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of privacy rights, including (where relevant) an employee’s, applicants, or independent contractor’s right not to be retaliated against for the exercise of their rights, denying a consumer goods or services, charging different prices or rates for goods or services, providing you a different level or quality of goods or services, etc. We may, however, charge different prices or rates, or provide a different level or quality of goods or services, if that difference is reasonably related to the value provided to us by your Personal Information.

Data Portability Right

You may have the right, where feasible, to obtain a copy of the Personal Information you provided to us in a portable format.

Opt-Out of Sharing for Cross-Contextual Behavioral Advertising or from selling, where applicable.

You have the right to opt-out of the “sharing” of your personal information for “cross-contextual behavioral advertising,” often referred to as “interest-based advertising” or “targeted advertising.”, you may opt out through the “do not sell or share my personal information” button available within the Websites’ footer. You may opt out through device settings (opt-out from tracking AAID, ADID, please see the following for information applicable to all devices: https://thenai.org/opt-out/mobile-opt-out/).

Further, you can opt-out from interest-based advertising, CCBA, by using Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising such as:

Digital Advertising Alliance’s (“DAA”): https://www.aboutads.info/choices and https://www.aboutads.info/appchoices, and the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”): https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices.

Last, you can join Global Privacy Control (“GCP”) for opting out generally through your browser: https://globalprivacycontrol.org/. Our Cookie toolbar at the Website will know to read all of these signals and ensure compliance with your request.

In any event, please keep in mind:

  • Opt-out tools are limited to the browser or device you use because they work off your browser ID and device ID. If you’re not signed-in to your customer account or don’t have a customer account, you will need to opt-out on each browser and device you use.
  • Your browser may save some information in its cookies and cache to maintain your privacy preferences. Clearing these may remove opt-out preferences, requiring you to opt-out again.
  • If you opt-out, you will still see ads online, but these ads will not be based on your inferred interests.
  • Some automated means may still be used to collect information about your interactions with our online services for the other purposes such as to remember user preferences or enable specific functionality.
  • We use necessary cookies to make our properties work. Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You cannot disable those.

Opting out from email marketing is always possible through using the designated “unsubscribe” button included in such emails.

Right to opt out from Profiling and automated Decision Making

We do not profile you, thus we do not provide an opt-out mechanism in this regard.

If you want to exercise your rights, please fill in this DSR form to and sending it to us by mail: Support@blazepod.com. Before processing your request, we will need to verify your identity and confirm you are a resident of a state that offers the requested right(s). In order to verify your identity, we may require you to provide additional personal information, including, but not limited to, your name, email address, mailing address, date of your last interaction with us, and the general nature of your interactions with us. If we are able to verify your identity, we will respond to your request or provide an explanation as to why we are unable to comply with your request.

In certain circumstances, we may decline a request to exercise the rights described of our Privacy Policy, particularly where we are unable to verify your identity or locate your information in our systems. If we are unable to comply with all or a portion of your request, we will explain the reasons for declining to comply with the request.

Authorized Agents

In certain circumstances, and subject to applicable Data Protection Laws, you may permit an authorized agent to submit requests on your behalf. The authorized agent must provide a letter signed by you confirming the agent has permission to submit a request on your behalf or must provide sufficient evidence to show that the authorized agent has been lawfully vested with power of attorney. For security purposes, we may need to verify your identity and confirm directly with you that you have provided the authorized agent with permission to submit the request, and it may take additional time to fulfill agent-submitted requests. We may deny a request in the event we are not able to verify the authorized agent’s authority to act on your behalf. Please note that for privacy and security reasons, we will direct future communications to the individual on whose behalf the request was made.

Response Time and Format

We will respond to a verifiable request within the timeframes set by applicable Data Protection Laws (usually up to 45 days). We reserve the right to extend the response time by an additional period as permitted by Data Protection Laws. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made such a decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.

Appeal Rights

Depending on your state of residency, you may be able to appeal a decision we have made in connection with your privacy rights request, by contacting us as instructed in our response. Please send your appeal request with a summary of the request and decision you want to appeal to Support@blazepod.com.

Not more than 60 days after receipt of an appeal we will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reason for the decisions.

If you are not happy with our response, depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to lodge a complaint against us with the relevant State’s Attorney General:

Additional Information for California Residents

Notice Of Financial Incentive

We do not offer financial incentives to consumers for providing Personal Information.

Do Not Track Settings and Shine the Light Law for California Residents

Cal. Bus. And Prof. Code Section 22575 also requires us to notify you how we deal with the “Do Not Track” settings in your browser. As of the effective date listed of our Privacy Policy, there is no commonly accepted response for Do Not Track signals initiated by browsers. Therefore, we do not respond to the Do Not Track settings. Do Not Track is a privacy preference you can set in your web browser to indicate that you do not want certain information about your web page visits tracked and collected across websites. For more details, including how to turn on Do Not Track, visit: www.donottrack.us.

Nevada Residents Rights

Nevada law allows Nevada residents to opt out of the sale of certain types of personal information. Subject to several exceptions, Nevada law defines “sale” to mean the exchange of certain types of personal information for monetary consideration to another person. We currently do not sell personal information as defined in the Nevada law. However, if you are a Nevada resident, you still may submit a verified request to opt out of sales and we will record your instructions and incorporate them in the future if our policy changes. You may send opt-out requests to Support@blazepod.com.

CONTACT US

By email: Support@blazepod.com

By mail: BlazePod Inc., San Diego, CA 92104, 3919 30th st.

 

UPDATES:

This notice was last updated in June 2024. As required under the CCPA, we will update this US Privacy Notice every 12 months. The last revision date will be reflected in the “Last Updated” heading at the top of this US Privacy Notice.

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