BLD Bar: Privacy Statement

Last Modified: March 6, 2019

Thank you for enjoying BLD Bar products and services!  BLD Bar LLC (“BLD Bar”) understands how important privacy is to you as a user or purchaser of our products and services (“User”).  

This Privacy Statement describes how we collect, use, and share personal data that we collect from our Users through our websites, including bldbar.com (the “Sites”) and mobile applications (the “Apps”) that link to this Privacy Statement. Users include purchasers of products on clifbar.com; subscribers to our mailing lists; and any email, text or other electronic communications that we send to you (collectively, together with the Apps and Sites, our “Services”). This Privacy Statement does not apply to websites, applications, or services that are not operated by us or do not display or link to this Privacy Statement.

We collect and process personal data about you with your consent and/or as necessary to provide the products you use, operate our business, meet our contractual and legal obligations, protect the security of our systems and our customers, or fulfil other legitimate interests.

Users in Non-US Jurisdictions:  This website is designed for Users in the United States. We have separate websites localized for residents of the EEA with privacy notices that address local requirements. BLD Bar is headquartered in California and our collection, storage, and use of your information necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis. If you are located in the European Union, Canada, or elsewhere outside of the United States, please be aware that information you send us or that we collect will be processed in the United States.

1.  INFORMATION WE COLLECT.

Information You Actively Provide to BLD Bar. Users provide some or all of the following categories of personal data, in order to register, access various content or features, submit content, directly contact us with questions or feedback, or access other features of our Services:

• Contact information, such as name, address, telephone number, or e-mail address
• Payment information such as credit or debit card numbers
• Username and password to register for a User account
• Geolocation
• Country of residence information
• Communications preferences
• Personal interests and profile information
• Profile pictures
• Search queries
• Comments and other information posted through interactive online features
• Correspondence you send to us
• Information collected offline, such as if you contact Customer Service other than via the Services

Information You Provide in Public Areas on BLD Bar Sites.  Users have the opportunity to browse, find, follow, tag, message, comment or otherwise participate in public areas of our Services. By choosing to participate in these public areas of our Sites, please be aware that any information submitted through these areas is not private and your information, including personal data, associated with BLD Bar or your other linked third-party accounts may be displayed to the public.

Please use caution in disclosing personal data in these public areas.

Information We Automatically Collect. When you use our Services, some information is automatically collected. For example, when you visit our Sites and use our Apps your computer's operating system, Internet Protocol (IP) address, access times, browser type and language, and the website you visited before our websites may be logged automatically. We also collect information about your usage and activity on our Services, like pages you visit and links you click.

• Cookies and similar technologies:  We may use cookies and similar technologies like tags, pixels, web beacons, and local storage (“Tracking Technologies”) to collect information about how you use our Sites and to provide additional features to you. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive by a website. Web beacons are electronic images that may be used on our Services or in our emails. We use Web beacons to deliver cookies, count visits, understand usage and campaign effectiveness and to tell if an email has been opened and acted upon. We may also record and use log file information or device identifiers reported from your mobile devices or from your browser when you use our Services. We use all of these technologies, for example, to help us recognize your browser, to save and remember any preferences that may have been set, to help us customize our Sites for your use, to provide customized content to you, and to help measure and research the effectiveness of our Sites, interactive online content, features, and other communications. We are trying to provide a customized experience and BLD Bar does not currently respond to "Do Not Track" signals or similar mechanisms in browsers.
• Analytics information:  We use third-party analytics tools to help us measure traffic and usage trends of our Services, to generally enhance our Services, and to personalize your experience with us. These tools may use cookies and similar technologies and collect information sent by your device, including the web pages you visit, add-ons, IP addresses and device information, metadata, and other information that assists us in improving our Services. In addition, the Network Advertising Initiative offers information about some of the Internet advertising companies we may use, including how to opt out of interest-based advertising they deliver. To opt out of Google Analytics, you can download the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
• Advertising: We may ask advertisers or other partners to serve ads or services to your devices, which may use cookies or similar technologies placed by us or the third party.   To do this, we and our third-party service providers, such as Google and Facebook, use Tracking Technologies to automatically collect and store the information described above, including information about your online activities over time and across different websites, devices, online services, and applications when you use our Services.  Some third parties help us and others associate your activities across the browsers and devices you use, or that your household uses, for retargeting, cross-device advertising, analytics, and measurement purposes. We and our third-party service providers use this and other information about you to try to understand your use of the service and your interests and show you relevant advertising about products and services that may interest you.
• Use of an App:  When you download and use an App, we and our service providers may track and collect App usage data, such as the date and time the App on your device accesses our servers and what information and files have been downloaded to the App based on your device identifiers. Our Apps may also request permission to access the camera, microphone, and geolocation data on your mobile device to enable the features you request to use and enable.

2.     HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION.

We use personal data about you to: 

• Fulfill your requests for products, services and information
• Enable you to participate in interactive features on our Services
• Provide personalized content and information to you, which could include online ads or other forms of marketing based on our understanding of you and your preferences
• To administer your participation when you register for a BLD Bar produced or sponsored events or third-party sporting events, participate in a survey or poll, enter a contest or sweepstakes, or participate by other means through our Services
• Respond to your comments and questions and provide customer services
• Send you Service-related information, including confirmations, invoices, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages
• Provide, improve, test, and monitor the effectiveness of our Services
• Develop and test new products, services, and features for our Services
• Monitor Service metrics, such as total number of visitors, traffic, and demographic patterns
• Diagnose or fix technology problems
• Otherwise support the internal operations of the company and our Services
• Communicate with you about new contests, promotions, rewards, upcoming events, and other news about products and services offered by us and our partners
• Protect, investigate, and deter against fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activity
• For any other purposes disclosed to you at the time we collect the information or with your consent

3.     DISCLOSURE AND SHARING OF YOUR INFORMATION.

BLD Bar does not share personal data except as follows:

• Authorized third-party service providers. We use service providers to help us run our business and perform various functions related to the Services; service providers process your personal data only on our behalf and subject to confidentiality agreements. 

• Business transfers. We may share your information in connection with or during negotiation of a substantial business transaction, such as the sale, merger, financing, acquisition, consolidation, asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy, dissolution transaction, or other transaction or proceeding involving sale, transfer, divestiture, or disclosure of all or a portion of our business or assets to another company.
• Legal purposes. We may disclose your information to respond to subpoenas, court orders, legal process, law enforcement requests, legal claims, debt collections, or government inquiries, and to protect and defend the rights, interests, property, safety, and security of BLD Bar, our Users, or the public.

4.     THIRD PARTY SERVICES, CONTENT AND LINKS.

We may display or provide links and widgets to other sites and resources. These links and widgets are for your convenience only and are not under our control. BLD Bar is not responsible for those other sites and resources or their privacy practices. You should review these third-party sites for their policies and practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as their policies may differ substantially from ours.

5.   ACCESS, REMOVAL, AND OPTIONS FOR MARKETING AND CONTACT PREFERENCES.

Where applicable and practical, we will provide Users with opt-in and opt-out choices for subscribing or unsubscribing from our communications. You may (a) stop the receipt of a particular promotional email by clicking on an "unsubscribe" hyperlink contained in any promotional or notification emails we send you, or (b) send requests about your contact preferences or about opting out of certain further disclosures of your personal information to third parties or by contacting us at: BLD Bar, by e-mailing us at privacy@bldbar.com. It may take up to six (6) weeks to modify your preferences.

For our Apps, you may change your mobile device settings to control the permissions our Apps may have to access features and data on your device such as geolocation data, camera, and microphone.

8. PRIVACY STATEMENT MODIFICATIONS.

From time to time BLD Bar may modify or amend this Privacy Statement in order to comply with new laws or regulations or to reflect future changes in our business practices. If we make any changes to this Privacy Statement, we will change the "Last Modified" date above or provide such notice about or obtain consent to changes as may be required by applicable law.

Prior versions of our Privacy Statement may be found by emailing support@bldbar.com

Mobile Terms of Service

BLD Bar

Last updated: March 15, 2023

The BLD Bar mobile message service (the "Service") is operated by BLD Bar (“BLD Bar”, “we”, or “us”). Your use of the Service constitutes your agreement to these terms and conditions (“Mobile Terms”). We may modify or cancel the Service or any of its features without notice. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may also modify these Mobile Terms at any time and your continued use of the Service following the effective date of any such changes shall constitute your acceptance of such changes.

By consenting to BLD Bar’s SMS/text messaging service, you agree to receive recurring SMS/text messages from and on behalf of BLD Bar through your wireless provider to the mobile number you provided, even if your mobile number is registered on any state or federal Do Not Call list. Text messages may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system or other technology. Service-related messages may include updates, alerts, and information (e.g., order updates, account alerts, etc.). Promotional messages may include promotions, specials, and other marketing offers (e.g., cart reminders).

You understand that you do not have to sign up for this program in order to make any purchases, and your consent is not a condition of any purchase with BLD Bar. Your participation in this program is completely voluntary.

We do not charge for the Service, but you are responsible for all charges and fees associated with text messaging imposed by your wireless provider. Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. Check your mobile plan and contact your wireless provider for details. You are solely responsible for all charges related to SMS/text messages, including charges from your wireless provider.

You may opt-out of the Service at any time. Text the single keyword command STOP to +18776198090 or click the unsubscribe link (where available) in any text message to cancel. You'll receive a one-time opt-out confirmation text message. No further messages will be sent to your mobile device, unless initiated by you. If you have subscribed to other BLD Bar mobile message programs and wish to cancel, except where applicable law requires otherwise, you will need to opt out separately from those programs by following the instructions provided in their respective mobile terms.

For Service support or assistance, text HELP to +18776198090 or email support@bldbar.com.

We may change any short code or telephone number we use to operate the Service at any time and will notify you of these changes. You acknowledge that any messages, including any STOP or HELP requests, you send to a short code or telephone number we have changed may not be received and we will not be responsible for honoring requests made in such messages.

The wireless carriers supported by the Service are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You agree to provide us with a valid mobile number. If you get a new mobile number, you will need to sign up for the program with your new number.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree that we will not be liable for failed, delayed, or misdirected delivery of any information sent through the Service, any errors in such information, and/or any action you may or may not take in reliance on the information or Service.

We respect your right to privacy. To see how we collect and use your personal information, please see our Privacy Notice.

Still Have Questions?

If you have any questions, concerns, or would like to lodge a complaint regarding our Privacy Statement or otherwise about our privacy practices, please contact us at support@bldbar.com.