Privacy Policy
Blink’s Privacy Policy (“Policy”) explains our approach to collecting, sharing, storing, and protecting information. Please read through our Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions.
While using the Blink mobile app (“App”), we may collect some information about individuals who sign up for the App (“Member” or “Members”) and at times we may share their information, in accordance with the below. Blink is a United States based app, and Members’ information will be sent to and used in the United States only. This policy further explains how we will protect Members’ personal data when and if we transfer it. Contact Blink at contact@theblinkdate.com with any questions or comments.
Collection of Information:
When Members create an account (“Account”) and download the App, we may collect certain information (“Registration Information”) such as Members’ name, e-mail address, cell-phone number, gender identity, date of birth, sexual preference, a photograph, and location. This collected information helps us to verify Members. Keep in mind some Registration Information may be visible on public profiles.
All Members will be required to create a password in connection with their Account. Once registered, Members will be able to review and change their information at any time through the settings on the app.
We may also collect additional information in connection with Members’ use of Blink, for example if Members use in-app messaging.
We encourage all Members to consider the information they disclose. We do not recommend any Member put personal email addresses, phone numbers, full names or addresses, credit card details, or other sensitive information on their profile or in messages which may be subject to misuse.
Photos and details Members share about themselves or use of in-app messaging is at Members’ risk.
Blink requires Members to verify their accounts and might ask for Members’ phone number. This is for safety and security purposes. These steps are required to ensure that only real people are part of our community and not bots! We do not tolerate bots, cybercrime, or malicious activity.
Blink uses a third party provider for account verification that will keep Members’ phone numbers for fraud identification purposes.
Blink may also collect information about Members’ devices when using the App. This may include information about the device model, operating system, and MAC address. If Members permit us to do so, the App may access Members’ device contact list to enable app sharing.
Safety
Members should not post anything that is inconsistent with our Terms and Conditions. Blink reserves the right to remove any Member at any time. We don’t want to do that - so be nice and stick to our code of conduct!
In order to prevent misuse of the app, Blink uses automated services to block accounts as part of ridding spam. The service checks accounts and messages for content that may indicate a breach of our Terms and Conditions. If an account or message in the App meets red flag criteria then the account will automatically be blocked. Blocked Members will be notified and can contact Blink to appeal.
Data Storage
By using the App, Members acknowledge that Blink is a US-based app operating through servers located around the world, including the US. For Members living in a country with data protection laws, the storage of their personal data may not provide them with the same protections they are accustomed to. If Members turn on geolocation, we may collect information about wifi access points and other location-based information, such as location coordinates, in order to offer certain features. The information helps Blink to identify Members’ location and use it to match Members with other potential matches via the App.
Blink will only keep Members’ personal information as long as needed for legitimate business purposes and as permitted by applicable law. We will delete Members’ information unless necessary to comply with law (data retention obligations, evidence or records), if there is an outstanding issue requiring Blink to keep the relevant information, or if the information must be kept for legitimate business interests (safety and security, or fraud prevention).
What about the cookies (data files transferred to a Member’s hard drive which are a tool to store information about websites visits, preference, etc.)? Blink doesn’t currently collect cookies but reserves the right to do so in the future. If Blink does collect cookies, the information will enable Blink to learn more about its Members and help Blink provide a better Member experience! Members may set their browser and mobile settings to block storage of cookies if they decide they don’t want activities stored by Blink.
Use of Information
Blink’s main focus is to ensure Members have a great experience using the App. In order to enhance each Member’s experience, Blink may use Registration Information to offer other services, contact Members about the App, personalize the App and content delivered, conduct research, and if necessary to investigate fraud, protect Blink’s legal rights, and enforce the Terms and Condition.
Disclosure
Blink’s policy is to not disclose Members’ Registration Information unless the Member provides consent or as needed with certain trusted third parties that perform functions and services for Blink (such as companies supporting Blink’s products, managing payment processing, moderating content, or as needed for legal purposes). Blink ensures such third parties adhere to strict data protection and confidentiality provisions in line with this policy.
Modification
Members may access or modify Registration Information at any time or may delete their Blink account. When a Member’s Account is deactivated, Blink will make reasonable efforts to make sure the Account is no longer viewable on the App. It may be possible to restore a Member’s Account within 30 days if it was accidentally or wrongfully deactivated. After 30 days, Blink may begin the process of deleting Member’s Account from our systems. Blink is not responsible for any information, pictures, comments, or other content that is deleted from our systems resulting from the deactivation of a Member’s Account. To prevent abuse and/or misuse by a Member following termination or deletion of a profile/Account, Blink shall retain information as deemed necessary in its sole discretion to ensure that member does not open a new profile in breach of our Terms and Conditions and to ensure compliance with all laws and regulations. Even after a Member removes information or deletes their Account, copies of that information may still be accessed to the extent such information was previously shared with others, copied or stored by others and Blink cannot control this use and therefore does not accept any liability for this.
Policy Changes
Blink reserves the right to revise this Privacy Policy from time to time as it deems necessary. The most current version of the policy will govern use of Members’ information. If Blink makes changes that are, in Blink’s sole discretion, material, Blink will notify Members via email or by posting notice. By continuing to access or use the Blink app after changes are effective, Members agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.
Security
Blink will take all commercially reasonable security measures to help protect information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access. Unfortunately, websites and internet transmission cannot ever be completely secure and Blink therefore cannot guarantee that unauthorized access, data loss or other breaches will not occur. Members should take all reasonable steps to protect their data, such as logging out of their account after use, not sharing their passwords, and changing passwords periodically. Blink cannot guarantee the security of Members’ personal data while it is being transmitted to Blink’s site and any transmission is at Members’ own risk. BLINK EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO ANY BREACHES OF SECURITY, DAMAGE TO MEMBERS’ DEVICE, OR ANY LOSS OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF MEMBERS’ REGISTRATION INFORMATION OR OTHER DATA.
Rights where Members are
California’s Civil Code section 1798.83, requires certain businesses to respond to requests from California customers asking about the businesses' practices related to disclosing personal information to third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes. If a Member wants to find out about any rights they may have under California Civil Code section 1798.83, please contact Blink at contact@theblinkdate.com.
From time to time we may disclose Members’ contact information to third parties to allow them to market their products or services to Members or for other marketing purposes. This may be information we received from Members offline and online. If a Member wants us to stop sharing their email contact information with third parties (if we have the Member’s email contact information), Member may notify us at contact@theblinkdate.com. Members may also follow the instructions provided by third parties to unsubscribe from their messages. If a Member has opted-out as described above, and thereafter Member chooses to use a service or promotion that requires Blink to contact Member or share Member’s information with a third party, then Member’s previous opt-out preferences will not apply to such service.
In addition, under California law, operators of online services are required to disclose how they respond to "do not track" signals or other similar mechanisms that provide consumers the ability to exercise choice regarding the collection of personal information of a consumer over time and across third party online services, to the extent the operator engages in that collection. At this time, Blink does not track Members’ personal information over time and across third-party online services. This law also requires operators of online services to disclose whether third parties may collect personal information about their members’ online activities over time and across different online services when the members use the operator's service. Blink does not knowingly permit third parties to collect personal information about an individual Member’s online activities over time and across different online services when using the App.
Blink is currently exclusively based in the United States. If a Member is based in the UK or EU, Blink disclaims any and all liability with respect to privacy rights under such laws or anywhere in the world not in the US.
Contact Us
Please contact Blink at contact@theblinkdate.com with any questions in regard to the Privacy Policy as set forth above. Right now, Blink is only available in the United States and is a Delaware B-corporation based in the US. All information collected will be governed by U.S. law. Please be advised that laws of other countries may not offer the same protections as the law of Member’s jurisdiction.
Last updated April 21, 2021