Privacy Policy

Effective date: February 28, 2025

1. Introduction

Blvck LLC, d/b/a Padle ("us", "we", or "our") operates the Padle platform, including the website at padle.co and all associated subdomains (the "Service"). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Data when you use our Service.

By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

2. Definitions

Service
The Padle platform operated by Blvck LLC, including the website at padle.co and all associated subdomains.
Personal Data
Data about a living individual who can be identified from that data, including name, email address, and usage information.
Usage Data
Data collected automatically, generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (e.g., page visit duration, browser type).
Cookies
Small files stored on your device that allow us to recognize your browser and capture certain information.
Data Controller
The natural or legal person who determines the purposes and means of processing Personal Data. We are the Data Controller of your data.
Data Processor
Any natural or legal person who processes data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use third-party service providers to process your data.
Data Subject (User)
Any living individual who uses our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.

3. Information Collection and Use

We collect several types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Personal Data While using our Service, we may ask you to provide certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to: - Email address - First and last name - Account credentials - Cookies and Usage Data

Usage Data We may also collect information about how the Service is accessed and used. This may include your computer's Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic data.

Cookies and Tracking We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and hold certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

4. Use of Data

Blvck LLC uses the collected data for the following purposes:

  • To provide, operate, and maintain our Service
  • To notify you about changes to our Service
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service
  • To provide customer support
  • To gather analysis or valuable information to improve our Service
  • To monitor the usage of our Service
  • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues
  • To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it
  • To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights
  • To provide you with notices about your account
  • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information
  • For any other purpose with your consent

5. Retention of Data

We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

6. Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United States and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

7. Disclosure of Data

We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of Blvck LLC
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Business Transactions If Blvck LLC is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

8. Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

9. Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Blvck LLC aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

You have the following rights:

  • Right to access - You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
  • Right to rectification - You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
  • Right to erasure - You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Right to restrict processing - You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Right to data portability - You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
  • Right to object - You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

10. California Privacy Rights (CCPA)

If you are a California resident, you are entitled to the following rights:

  • Right to know - You have the right to request that we disclose what personal information we collect, use, and share about you.
  • Right to delete - You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
  • Right to opt-out - You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. We do not sell personal information.
  • Right to non-discrimination - We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.

11. CalOPPA Compliance

In accordance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA), we agree to the following:

  • Users can visit our site anonymously.
  • Our Privacy Policy link is accessible on our home page or at minimum on the first significant page after entering our website.
  • Our Privacy Policy link includes the word "Privacy" and can easily be found on the page specified above.
  • Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes on our Privacy Policy page.
  • Users are able to change their personal information by logging into their account.

12. Do Not Track

We honor Do Not Track signals. When a Do Not Track browser mechanism is turned on, we do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising.

13. Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related tasks, or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

14. Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, including but not limited to:

  • Cloudflare Analytics - A web analytics service. You can visit Cloudflare's Privacy Policy page for more information.
  • Platform analytics - We collect anonymous usage data to improve our Service, including page views, feature usage, and error rates.

15. Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g., Stripe).

We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their own privacy policies. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS.

16. Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

17. Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

18. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "effective date" at the top.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

19. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: