Privacy Policy

Helloblue Inc. (“Helloblue,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to providing you with the best products, content and services possible. Transparency related to how we collect, share, safeguard and use your information is of significant importance to us. We have developed this Privacy & Cookie Policy (this “Policy”) to give you a clear understanding of our privacy practices, including how we process (e.g., collect, use, disclose and store) your personal data, for what purposes we may share such information and your rights and choices with regard to controlling your personal data. Please also review the Terms of Use Agreement, which governs your use of the Services (as defined below) we offer to our customers and users of our Site (as defined below). Any capitalized terms not defined in this Policy shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Terms of Use Agreement.

This Policy only applies to the information processed by us and our affiliates or any third parties acting with our authorization or otherwise provided to us by third parties about you, in each instance, in connection with your use of (a) www.helloblue.ai (the “Site”); (b) the Helloblue platform, which allows you to access, upload, attach, purchase, rent, make available and/or use certain content, features, functionality, materials, Provider Content and services (the “Platform”); and (c) any other information, content, applications, features, functionality and services made available on or through the Site and/or the Platform (the functionality described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above are collectively referred to herein as the “Services”).

This Policy applies regardless of the device you use to access the Services and whether you are accessing or using the Services in-person, as a registered user or otherwise. The collection and use of your information as described in this Policy is based on our contractual obligations to you, our legitimate business interests, our compliance with applicable legal or regulatory obligations or, where applicable, your voluntary consent. If you do not agree with the terms of this Policy, then please discontinue your utilization of the Services.

1. Information We Collect

We collect some personal information that relates to your use of the Services. The information and data we may process depends on your interaction with us. The key types of information that we may process include the following:

2. How and Why We May Use Your Information

We may process your personal information (depending on your interaction with us) for a variety of reasons that are permitted under data protection laws and in accordance with this Policy, which may include the purposes described below. If we use your information for purposes other than those mentioned below, we will notify you of these purposes before using your information and obtain your consent where necessary.

3. How We May Share Your Information

We will not share your personal information with others except in the following circumstances:

4. How We Protect Your Personal Data

While no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure from intrusion, we maintain and have implemented physical, electronic, technical and procedural security policies and measures to protect the personal information that we collect, use and/or store, which are consistent with applicable privacy and security laws. These policies and measures are designed to prevent against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, modification and disclosure and unlawful destruction of your personal information. However, regardless of our efforts, it is possible that third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications. We also limit access to the Services by our own employees, contractors, service providers to those individuals trained in the proper handling of such information. We request that our third party contractors and service providers follow similar standards of security and confidentiality. However, despite whatever efforts we take to protect it, no one can guarantee the complete safety of your information.

5. Data Retention

We access, retain, store and use your personal data for the least amount of time necessary to provide you with access to the Services and in accordance with our data retention policies and applicable law.

6. User Choice and Access

We strive to provide you with as many choices as possible to access, review, correct, update, suppress or otherwise limit our use of the information you have provided or asked a third party to provide to us, including:

We will try to comply with your request(s) as soon as reasonably practicable, but no later than within the timeframe required under applicable law.

If you are an EU citizen or reside in the EU, you may have certain rights with respect to the personal information you provided to us. To the extent permitted by applicable data protection laws, you may:

If you wish to exercise any of these rights please email your data subject request to us at info@helloblue.ai. Please note that some requests may require you to verify your identity.

7. Your California Privacy Rights

If you are a resident of the State of California, we provide you with information above on how to exercise your choice options such as your right to opt-out or opt-in for use of your personal information by third parties for marketing purposes. Therefore, pursuant to the California Civil Code, we are not required to maintain or disclose a list of the third parties that received your personal information for marketing purposes during the preceding year. If you are a California resident and wish to request information about how to exercise your third party disclosure choices or other rights afforded under the law of the State of California, please contact us at info@helloblue.ai. All requests must be labeled “Your California Privacy Rights” in the topic line. For all requests, please clearly state that the request is related to “Your California Privacy Rights,” include your name, street address, city, state, zip code and email address and indicate your preference on how our response to your request should be sent (email or postal mail). We will not accept requests via the telephone or by fax. We are not responsible for notices that are not labeled or sent properly or that do not have complete information.

8. International Visitors and Data Transfers

Our operations are supported by a network of computers, cloud-based servers, and other infrastructure and information technology, including, but not limited to, third-party service providers. We and some of our affiliates, partners, servers, vendors and service providers may not be located in your jurisdiction and may also be located outside of the European Economic Area and Switzerland. Further, the Services are hosted in and managed from the United States of America (“U.S.”). If you visit the Services from a location outside the U.S., please be advised that any information you provide may be processed in and/or transferred to or from the U.S. or other jurisdictions, where privacy protections may not be as comprehensive as those in your jurisdiction. If you are an EU citizen or resident in the EU, we will transfer your personal information to the U.S. in accordance with EU data protection law requirements by using standard contractual clauses that have been approved by the European Commission or other appropriate means.

Please note that transfers of personal information outside of the European Economic Area and Switzerland may also be necessary in order to perform our obligations under a contract with you (including under this Agreement), to fulfill a request made by you, to meet a legal or regulatory obligation and/or through obtaining your express consent. If you make transactions with parties outside the European Economic Area or Switzerland, we are required to transfer your personal information with those parties in order to provide the requested service to you. If you wish to gain more information about such transfers, please contact us at info@helloblue.ai.

9. Other Information You Should Know

From time to time, we may modify this Policy to reflect industry initiatives, third party requirements or changes in the law, technology, our information processing practices or the features and functionality of the Services, and such modifications shall be effective upon posting. When we change this Policy in a material way, a notice will be posted on the Services along with the updated Policy. Your continued use of the Services after we post a revised Policy (and, where appropriate, notify you of same) signifies your acceptance of the revised Policy. It is therefore important that you review this Policy regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes. We may continue to process your information based on our legitimate interests or in order to fulfill our obligations under a contract and/or may also seek your affirmative consent to the terms of the updated Policy. For example, we may ask for your consent before implementing new uses of the personal data that we’ve already collected from you based on such consent, if such new use was not addressed by the privacy policy under which such information was collected or if our legal basis for processing such information changes.

The Services may be linked to, rely on and/or be integrated with websites, applications, interfaces, services and/or platforms operated by third party companies, including service providers, and Third Party Platforms. The Services may also feature advertisements from other third parties. Helloblue is not responsible for the privacy practices of any websites, applications, interfaces, services and platforms operated by such third parties that are linked to, rely on and/or integrated with the Services, or for the privacy practices of third party advertising companies. Once you leave this Services via such a link, access a third party application, interface, service, or platform, including Third Party Platforms and websites operated by service providers or third parties, or click on or navigate to an advertisement, you should check the applicable privacy policy of such third party to determine, among other things, how they will handle any personally identifiable or other information that they may collect from you.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices, how we handle your personal data or any of the terms or conditions of this Policy, please feel free to contact us at: info@helloblue.ai.

11. Description of Cookies

A cookie is a small data file that is placed on the hard drive of your device when you visit a website. Some cookies are functional and enable additional functionality when a user accesses the website (e.g., allows users to save user preferences or language suggestions). Other cookies are non-functional and allow the website and third parties to tailor messages and advertising relevant to a user’s interests. When we refer to cookies, this includes other similar technologies such as flash cookies, pixel tags, web beacons or bugs (including transparent or clear gifs). We use cookies to keep track of how you use the Services so we may provide a personalized service.

12. What Cookies We Use

We do not place cookies until you elect to continue using the Services after our cookie banner displays. We use the following types of cookies:

For more information about the kinds of cookies we deploy, the purposes and duration for which they are deployed, and how to control the use of cookies on your device please email us at info@helloblue.ai. You can also learn more about cookies and set cookies preferences from allaboutcookies.org, www.aboutads.info/choices, and www.networkadvertising.org.

13. What Information Is Processed by Cookies

Our cookies and other tracking technologies will collect persistent identification numbers to enable the Services to recognize you as a repeat visitor and apply your settings, preferences you set on the Services, actions you take on the Services, and your browsing history. Your data will be processed in the EU and in the United States in accordance with this Policy.

14. How We Deploy Cookies

Our Cookies: We deploy cookies to help us to identify how users navigate to and around the Services, to track your use of the Site (e.g., to enable us to ensure the Site is performing properly) and to enable some of the features within the Site that may be beneficial to you (e.g., managing your session), to recognize you when you return to the Services (this speeds up your access to the Site as you do not have to log in each time), to carry out research and statistical analysis to help improve our content, products and services, to secure the login process and to make your online experience more efficient and enjoyable. We also use cookies to analyze audience size and user experience. Further information is provided in the table below.

Third-party cookies: We may also use cookies issued by third parties to display content from third parties. The third party suppliers are responsible for the cookies they set on the Services. If you want further information please go to the website for the relevant third party. Our use of cookies helps us deliver an effective and personalized online service to you.

15. Our Legal Basis for Processing Information Collected by Cookies

The information we obtain from our use of cookies may contain your personal data but only where you voluntarily provide it (e.g., by completing an online form or entering your email address into a subscriber box) or where you purchase goods or services from us. We will process your personal data for strictly necessary and performance cookies based on our legitimate interests. For functional cookies, we will process your personal data based on your consent. For more information about how we process your personal information, obtain consent and how you may withdraw consent, please see Sections 1-10 of this Policy.

By continuing to browse on the Services you consent to us deploying cookies as described in this Policy. If you do not wish to accept cookies from the Services, or would like to stop cookies being stored on your device in the future, you can change the settings in your web browser or in your operating system preferences on your device or use the links provided below to decline and/or delete cookies. See the "Help" section your browser menu for guidance on how to do this. Note that changing cookie settings may affect certain features within this website. If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies or this Policy, you may email us at info@helloblue.ai.