Teamblind Privacy Policy
Welcome to Teamblind Inc. ("Teamblind" "we," "us" or "our"). This Privacy Policy explains our policies and procedures pertaining to the collection, processing, storage and protection of potentially personally identifiable information in relation to our mobile services, and any other services we provide (collectively, our “Services” or “Blind”). By using Blind, you agree to the policies and procedures set forth in this Privacy Policy. You should review this Privacy Policy to understand our practices pertaining to personally identifiable information.

By using our Services, you understand and agree that we are providing a platform for you to post text, graphics, photos or other materials (collectively referred to as "Content"), to Blind and to share Content publicly. Please be advised that other users may search for, see, use, or share any of your Content that you make publicly available through Blind, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.

1. Information We collect

1.1. Information you provide to us directly. This includes your changeable username, password and entity related email address in connection with our registration process and the maintenance of your account with us which allows you to use our Services. Please be advised that we do not request or require that you provide us with your name, address, phone number or any additional identifying information in order to use our Services.
1.2. Content. Potential personally Identifying Information that you provide may also include the content, replies, conversations and images you post, publish or transmit when using Blind.
1.3. Cookies. Like many websites, we may use cookies and similar technology for limited purposes such as verifying user access and preventing unauthorized account access. These may include identifiers associated with cookies or other technologies that may identify your device or browser, which solely serve to prevent unauthorized activities, such as account creation or use by users restricted due to Terms of Use violations.
1.4. Analytics information. We use third-party analytics tools to help us measure traffic and usage trends for our Services. These tools collect information sent by your device or our Services, including the pages or sections of Blind that users visit; the posts that users view; user comments; poll results; duration of use; non-sensitive text entered; approximate user location aggregated as statistical data such as the metro area for US users (for the purpose of personalizing users’ feeds); and other statistical data that assists us in continuously improving the Service. We collect and utilize this analytics information in the aggregate as it pertains to all of our users. As such, the analytics information we collect cannot reasonably be used to identify any individual user.
1.5. Information from Third Parties. We may be provided with entity email addresses from third parties for purposes of verifying that a user continues to be affiliated with an entity or is affiliated with an entity.

2. Storage and Processing of Information

Your Specific Account Information (user name, password, and the entity related email address) is immediately encrypted when you register for our Services, and we store and/or process this encrypted information in the United States, South Korea and Japan. The entity related email address is encrypted so as to conceal the identity of the specific user. We are able to determine the quantity of employees associated with a company who have registered to use our Services. Our users may request that we invite, on their behalf, other individuals to use our Services. In such circumstances, the entity related email address provided by the original user is also encrypted so as to conceal the identity of the potential new user.

If you engage in a monetary transaction with us in order to accumulate B Money in connection with our Services, you may be required to provide billing information, including your name, address, phone number and credit card data. Please be advised that, while we will be able to assign specific quantities of B Money to your account with us, Teamblind utilizes third party payment services to effectuate these transactions. As such, we will not have access to any of this billing information, including your name, address, phone number and credit card data.

We maintain our offices in the United States and South Korea. We do not have a physical presence outside of these two countries. We do not have a physical presence in the European Union, any EU-Member country or any member of the European Economic Area.

We use commercially reasonable safeguards and take reasonable steps to keep the information pertaining to your Specific Account Information encrypted at all times, so that the information will not be decrypted and accessible. Please be advised that our retention of all data and information obtained in connection with our Services is consistent with industry accepted practices and industry security standards. We implement these security practices for the safekeeping of your data. We do not retain any personally identifiable information of our users. However, we reserve the right to use third party software for certain services such as chatting.

You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your Specific Account Information and for controlling access to our Services at all times as we are not able to decrypt and access your encrypted account information.

3. How We Use Information

In addition to some of the specific uses of information we describe in this Privacy Policy, we may use information: 
• to provide, improve, test, and monitor the effectiveness of our Services;
• to develop and test new products and features;
• to diagnose or fix technology problems;
• for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, and research;
• to display, share, or publish any Content you have submitted in connection with our Services;
• to create statistical data and poll results that do not identify you individually which we can commercialize, based on aggregate trends and usage statistics.
• to provide advertising based on non-personally identifiable information shared with third-party advertisers

4. Change of Control

In the event of a change of control. If we sell or otherwise transfer part or all of Teamblind or our assets to another entity (e.g., in the course of a transaction such as a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution or liquidation), your information, such as username and encrypted email address, Content and any other information collected through the Service may be among the items sold or transferred. You will continue to own your User Content. The purchaser or transferee will be required to honor the commitments we have made in this Privacy Policy.

Responding to legal requests and preventing harm, all of the information you provide us, including your account information, will be stored in encrypted format, and we will not be able to identify who provided the information once such information is stored in our system. We may access, preserve and share part of such information in response to a legal request if we have a good faith belief that the law requires us to do so. However, the information that Teamblind can provide to a request from law enforcement or in response to a legal request such as a subpoena does not include any information that can be used to identify a specific individual. We may also disclose information as necessary to protect the legal rights, property or safety of our users, the public, and/or Teamblind.

5. Policy Pertaining to Children

Teamblind does not knowingly collect or solicit any information from anyone under the age of consent established by the data protection law of their applicable country. Teamblind does not knowingly allow such persons to register for the Services. The Services are not directed to anyone under the age of consent established by the data protection law of their applicable country. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from anyone under the age of consent established by the data protection law of their applicable country, we will take all reasonable steps to erase such information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we may possess any information provided by or pertaining to a child, please contact us.

6. Rights to Your Data

Users of our Services may possess additional rights pertaining to processing and retention of personally identifiable information. If you are such a user and you request: 1) a copy of personal identifiable information, or; 2) correction or deletion of personal identifiable information, please contact us at [support@teamblind.com]. Please be advised that the personal identifiable information in our possession is limited to the Content you have provided to us. We are unable to provide an entity related email address for a specific user because it is immediately encrypted upon registration. In addition, we do not discriminate against users of our Services based on whether they have exercised their rights under any privacy laws.

We are compliant with the requirements of the California Consumer Protection Act and do not sell or disclose for any business purpose any personally identifiable information.

7. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

Teamblind may modify or update this Privacy Policy from time to time, so please review it periodically. We may provide you additional forms of notice, modifications or updates as appropriate under the circumstances. Your continued use of our Services after any modification to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such modification.

We welcome you to contact us if you have any concerns regarding our Privacy Policy and/or Teamblind’s processing of potential personally identifiable information. You may contact us at support@teamblind.com.

Attn: 123 E San Carlos St, Unit #113, San Jose, CA 95112

Effective: September 18, 2014
Last Updated: January 19, 2024