User Responsibility:
This Privacy Policy applies exclusively to the personal information you provide to Bloom Begin. It does not extend to information collected, processed, or stored by any other website or entity, including those linked from our website or newsletters.
Personal Data Sources:
Bloom Begin gathers information in several ways. You directly provide name, email, phone, and address, and can choose to offer details on inquiry forms. We may also obtain additional data from trusted sources like affiliates and data brokers. To further enhance your experience, we use cookies to gather personal information for analysis and advertising. See below for a deeper dive.
Categories of Personal Data We Collect:
You will be asked to submit personal information when you subscribe to Bloom Begin. This includes your name, date of birth, street address, e-mail address and phone number. We collect other information via cookies and similar technologies such as IP address, geolocation, device ID, date/time stamp, browsing behavior and click-through activity. We may also obtain information that is relevant for advertising purposes from data brokers or publicly available databases , like demographic information, interests, past locations (e.g. visits to certain stores or websites), or purchase history. We may collect certain limited categories of sensitive personal information, including race/ethnicity or location data. We only collect data that is relevant to potential marketing campaigns. See “Your Privacy Rights” below to see how to exercise your rights with regard to our use of your personal information.
What We Do With Your Data
The personal information about you that we collect is used to send you requested newsletters, to respond to your inquiries, and to provide content or marketing messages by email or by other means. We also share your personal information with our partner companies, who may send you marketing messages as well. You can opt out by clicking here. Our use of personal information is considered “cross context behavioral advertising” in some cases.
Who We Share Personal Information With
We sell or share personal information with our affiliates and with partner companies to be used for marketing purposes, including cross context behavioral advertising. We also enable access to personal information for companies who perform services for us, including services related to cross context behavioral advertising, analytics, advertising fraud detection, information security, web hosting, or similar services. We contract with third parties who have access to personal information to ensure that they use appropriate data security and comply with laws. We may also share personal information where required by law (for instance if we receive a subpoena or court order), or to protect any person’s health or safety.
Targeted Ads, Sharing and Analytics
We share personal information collected at this website with other third-party companies who may display advertisements on this or other sites, and for analytics and reporting purposes. These companies (who may include data brokers) use cookies, pixels, and other automated technologies to collect information about certain websites you visit and the advertisements you see or click, and may combine this with personal information from other sources and share it with other third parties for marketing and advertising purposes (also known as “cross-context behavioral advertising”). We (and our partners) collect your IP address, date and time of your visit to the website, or of actions you take here, your Internet Service Provider (ISP), and the browser type and version you use to visit this website. This information may be combined with personal information from other sources as described above and used to display advertisements from us or from other companies through email, websites, apps, social media sites, connected TV, or by other channels. We also use your personal information to analyze how you interact with this site and the advertising we display in order to understand and improve your experience.
Cookies, Pixels and Personalized Advertising
We use cookies, pixels, and related technologies to operate this site, to improve your user experience, to provide personalized content and advertisements, and to monitor marketing campaigns or engagement with relationship communications. Cookies are small data files that our server adds to your browser, which are used to recognize you when you visit certain websites. We use cookies for several purposes: for operation of the website, for analytics and tracking, and for advertising purposes. You can customize cookie settings in your browser settings to limit some or all cookies. You can also delete (clear) the cookies on your browser at any time. Note that if you use a “do not track” setting, this may result in an “opt-out cookie” being set on your browser to block other cookies or data collection.
Exercise Your Privacy Rights
You have rights with respect to your personal information (including any sensitive personal information), including: (1) to know what data we collect and how we use it–this policy is intended to tell you that, (2) to obtain a copy of the personal information we have collected about you, (3) to tell us not to share your information with third parties, (4) to have information deleted, or (5) to make other requests. You may exercise your rights at any time at this page, or by calling [Toll free number]. If you still have questions or concerns after you have made a request, you can contact us using the contact information below. If we cannot resolve your issue, you may also be able to contact a local privacy authority in your state, if applicable.
Children’s Privacy
This website is intended for use only by individuals aged 16 years or older. We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 16. We will remove any personal information relating to an individual younger than 16 if we become aware that it has been submitted to us.
How We Protect Data
We deploy commercially reasonable technical, physical, and organizational security measures to protect your personal information from loss or misuse. We maintain policies and procedures, staff training, technical monitoring, and audit our practices regularly to ensure the information we hold is protected from evolving risks.
Changes To This Policy
We may change or update this policy at any time and without prior notice. The updated policy will be in force from the “effective date.” You should review this Policy from time to time to stay current on how we may collect, use, and share personal information.
Data Storage and Processing in the United States
Bloom Begin is located in the United States, and Bloom Begin is intended for users in the United States. When you visit our website, you understand and acknowledge that your personal information will be stored and processed within the United States, subject to laws of the United States.
Contact Information
If you have questions or feedback, please contact us at [email protected].