Privacy policy
Last Updated: May 6, 2023
This Privacy Policy describes the privacy practices of BLCKMGC in connection with the mobile applicationsBLCKMGC in App Store, Google Play Store and ‘BLCKMGC.com’ website.
If you decide not to read this entire Privacy Policy, we want you to walk away with a few key points about BLCKMGC privacy practices:
The App is 3D body viewing for virtual avatars.
Due to the limited processing resources available on mobile devices, we use third-party cloud providers – specifically, Azure to process and add data.
If you have any questions about our privacy practices, please email at support@blckmgc.com.
Here’s more on our privacy practices. Individuals located in the European Economic Area should also read our Notice to European Users below. Personal Information We Collect never gets shared without users permission.
When you use the App, we may collect your information, including first and last name, gender, location, occupancy, age, hobby, and brand preferences.
App usage information, such as how you use the App and interact with us, including your preferred language, the date and time when you first installed the App, and the date and time you last used the App.
We may collect information such as your number of «friends» on the BLCKMGC media platform and a list of your friends or connections (though we do not use or store this information). Our collection and processing of the information we obtain from the BLCKMGC platform are governed by US government requirements.
Email address
If you choose to sign up with your email address, we will store it for login purposes.
Device data, such as your computer and mobile device operating system type and version number, manufacturer and model, device ID, push tokens, Google Advertising ID, Apple ID for Advertising, browser type, screen resolution, IP address (and the associated country in which you are located), the website you visited before visiting our Site; and other information about the device you are using to visit the App and Site.
Online activity data, such as information about your use of and actions on the App and the Sites, including pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times, and length of access.
How We Use Your personal information.
Establish and maintain your account if you log in to the App on another device.
Communicate with you about the App, including by sending you announcements, updates, and security alerts, which we may send through a push notification, and responding to your requests, questions, and feedback;
Provide technical support and maintenance for the App; and Perform statistical analysis about the use of the App. BLCKMGC will send you marketing and promotional communications. We may send you marketing communications as permitted by law. You will have the ability to opt out of our marketing and promotional communications as described in the Opt out of Marketing section below.
For compliance, fraud prevention, and safety. We may use your personal information and disclose it to law enforcement, government authorities, and private parties as we believe necessary or appropriate to: (a) protect our, your or others’ rights, privacy, safety, or property (including by making and defending legal claims); (b) enforce the terms and conditions that govern the Service; and (c) protect, investigate and deter against fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity.
With your consent. In some cases, we may specifically ask for your consent to collect, use or share your personal information, such as when required by law.
To create anonymous, aggregated, or de-identified data. We may create anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data from your personal information and other individuals whose personal information we collect. We make personal information into anonymous, aggregated, or de-identified data by removing information that makes the data personally identifiable to you.
We do not disclose personal information to third parties other than to our cloud providers (Azure web service provider).
Service providers. We may share your personal information with services providers that perform services on our behalf or help us operate the App (such as customer support, hosting, analytics, email delivery, marketing, and database management services). These third parties may use your personal information only as directed or authorized by us and in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy and are prohibited from using or disclosing your information for any other purpose.
For compliance, fraud prevention, and safety. We may share your personal information for the compliance, fraud prevention, and safety purposes with US federal agencies.
We may be required to use and share your personal information to comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal processes, such as responding to subpoenas or requests from government authorities.
Your Choices
In this section, we describe the rights and choices available to all users. Users who are located within Europe can find additional information about their rights below.
Opt out of marketing communications and other push notifications. You may opt out of marketing-related communications and other notifications we may send you via a push notification by changing the settings on your mobile device. If marketing communications and other notifications are sent via email, you may opt out of them by sending ‘Unsubscribe’ at support@blckmgc.com.
Device permissions. You may revoke any permissions you previously granted to us, such as permission to access your camera or camera roll, through the settings on your mobile device.
Cloud processing. You may request that we remove your personal information by clicking the «Delete your user» button in the «Legal Info» section of the App Settings on your mobile device.
Cookies & Browser Web Storage. Most browsers let you remove or reject cookies. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser settings. Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. Please note that if you set your browser to disable cookies, the Site may not work correctly. Similarly, your browser settings may allow you to clear your browser web storage.
Choosing not to share your personal information. Where we are required to collect your personal information, or where we need your personal data in order to provide the App to you, if you do not provide this information when requested (or you later ask to delete it), we may not be able to provide you with our services. We will tell you what information you must provide to use the App by designating it as required at the time of collection or through other appropriate means.
The App may contain links to other websites, mobile applications, and other online services operated by third parties. These links are not an endorsement of, or representation that we are affiliated with, any third party. In addition, our content may be included on web pages or in mobile applications or online services that are not associated with us. We do not control third-party websites, mobile applications or online services, and we are not responsible for their actions. Other websites, mobile applications and online services follow different rules regarding the collection, use and sharing of your personal information. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the other websites, mobile applications and online services you use.
Security Practices
We use commercially reasonable security practices to help keep the information collected through the App secure and take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting you access to your account (if you have an account with us). However, BLCKMGC cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit to BLCKMGC or guarantee that information on the App may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed.
Please do your part to help us. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login information and device identifiers and for controlling access to communications between you and BLCKMGC at all times. Your privacy settings may also be affected by changes the social media services you connect to BLCKMGC make to their services. We are not responsible for the functionality, privacy, or security measures of any other organization.
Retention
We may store anonymized information for technology improvement purposes on our cloud provider (Amazon Web Services) for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we have set out in this Privacy Policy. With respect to personal information that we may collect, we will retain such information in a personally identifiable format only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we have set out in this Privacy Policy.
You may also ask that we delete your information by contacting us at support@blckmgc.com.Cross-Border Data Transfers.
We store the information we collect in connection with the App on Azure Web Services. Your personal information may be accessed by our service providers in other locations outside of your state, province, or country. Your device ID (and general App usage information) may also be accessed by the Company’s technical support team in other locations outside of your state, province, or country. We rely on the Privacy Shield, as described below, for transfers of data to BLCKMGC in the United States.EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield
BLCKMGC is the US entity that publishes and hosts the App. BLCKMGC complies with the EU-U.S. and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States. BLCKMGC has submitted its certification to the Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles. If there is any conflict between the terms in this Privacy Policy and the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program and to view our certification, please visit www.privacyshield.gov.
BLCKMGC may transfer your personal information to third parties as described in this Privacy Policy. BLCKMGC maintains contracts with its third-party service providers restricting their access, use, and disclosure of personal information in compliance with our Privacy Shield obligations. BLCKMGC may not be liable if these third parties fail to meet those obligations, and we are responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.
In compliance with the Privacy Shield Principles, BLCKMGC commits to resolve complaints about our collection or use of your personal information. European individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding our Privacy Policy should first contact BLCKMGC Inc at support@blckmgc.com BLCKMGC has further committed to refer unresolved Privacy Shield complaints to JAMS, an alternative dispute resolution provider located in the United States. If you are still waiting to receive timely acknowledgment of your complaint from us, or if we have not resolved your complaint, please visit www.jamsadr.com/eu-us-privacy-shield for more information or to file a complaint. The services of JAMS are provided at no cost to you. If neither BLCKMGC nor JAMS resolves your complaint, you may have the ability to engage in binding arbitration through the Privacy Shield Panel. Additional information on the arbitration process is available on the Privacy Shield website at www.privacyshield.gov.
BLCKMGC may be required to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements. The Federal Trade Commission has jurisdiction over BLCKMGC’s compliance with the Privacy Shield. BLCKMGC’s commitments under the Privacy Principles are subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the Federal Trade Commission.
Children
The App is not directed at children under the age of 13, and our Terms of Use do not allow children under 13 years of age to use the App.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by updating the date of this Privacy Policy and posting it on the App. We may, and if required by law, will provide notification of changes in another way that we believe is reasonably likely to reach you, such as through the App.
Any modifications to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon our posting of the new terms and/or upon implementation of the new changes on the App (or as otherwise indicated at the time of posting). In all cases, your continued use of the App after the posting of any modified Privacy Policy indicates your acceptance of the terms of the modified Privacy Policy.
How to Contact Us
Please direct any questions or comments about this Policy or privacy practices to support@blckmgc.com.
Notice to European Users.
The information provided in this «Notice to European Users» section applies only to individuals who reside in Europe.
Personal information. References to «personal information» in this Privacy Policy are equivalent to «personal data» governed by European data protection legislation.
Controller and EU Representative. BLCKMGC controls your personal information covered by this Privacy Policy for purposes of European data protection legislation.
Legal bases for processing. We use your personal information only as permitted by law. Our legal grounds for processing the personal information described in this Privacy Policy are described in the table below.
Processing purpose. Details regarding each processing purpose listed below are provided in the section above titled “How we use your personal information.”
Legal basis
To operate and improve the App Processing is necessary to perform the contract governing our provision of services in connection with the App or to take steps that you request before signing up for the App. If we have not entered into a contract with you, we process your personal information based on our legitimate interest in providing the services you access and request in connection with the App.
To send you marketing and promotional communications, To display advertisements to you, For compliance, fraud prevention, and safety, and To create anonymous, aggregated, or de-identified data. These activities constitute our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal information for these activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law).
Compliance with Law Processing is necessary to comply with our legal obligations.
With your consent
Processing is based on your consent. Where we rely on your consent you have the right to withdraw it any time in the manner indicated when you consent or in the App.
Your rights
European data protection laws give you certain rights regarding your personal information. If you are located within the European Union, you may ask us to take the following actions about the personal information that we hold:
Access.
Provide you with information about our processing of your personal information and give you access to your personal information.
Correct.
Update or correct inaccuracies in your personal information.
Delete.
Delete your personal information.
Transfer.
Transfer a machine-readable copy of your personal information to you or a third party of your choice.
Restrict.
Restrict the processing of your personal information.
Object.
Object to our reliance on our legitimate interests as the basis of processing your personal information that impacts your rights.
You may submit these requests by email to support@blckmgc.com or our postal address provided above.
If you would like to submit a complaint about our use of your personal information or our response to your requests regarding your personal information, you may contact us or submit a complaint to the data protection regulator in your jurisdiction. You can find your data protection regulator here.
Notice to California Residents
We are required by the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 («CCPA») to provide to California residents an explanation of how we collect, use, and share their personal information and of the rights and choices we offer California residents regarding our handling of their personal information.
We do not sell personal information, but we allow our users to sell their information on the BLCKMGC platform to the third parties of their choice using App notifications where our users make most of the profit and BLCKMGC takes a transaction fee of 30% from the sale. As explained in this Privacy Policy, we use cookies and other tracking technologies to analyze Site and App traffic and use and facilitate advertising.
In addition to disclosures of personal information to our service providers and professional advisors for compliance, fraud prevention, and safety, and in connection with a business transfer, as described in the «How We Share Your Personal Information» section of the Privacy Policy, the following chart further describes our privacy practices concerning the personal information of our California consumers.