BlackStage Technologies, Inc. (“BlackStage Technologies”) prioritizes your privacy and is committed to outlining the measures it undertakes to safeguard your information in accordance with data privacy regulations and established best practices. The following policy details: (1) the types of information that may be collected; (2) the potential uses of such information; and (3) your rights as a visitor or user of this site or any of BlackStage Technologies’s applications concerning that information. This Privacy Policy is applicable to all information gathered or provided on BlackStage Technologies’s website and our applications for iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, macOS, Android, and other devices and platforms (collectively referred to as the “Services”). BlackStage Technologies utilizes this information to provide the services available through the Services, to notify you of any changes to the Services or your account, to deter illegal or potentially prohibited activities, and to uphold our Terms of Use (the “Terms”), which incorporate this Privacy Policy by reference.

We recommend that you review the complete Privacy Policy before utilizing the Services, which is summarized as follows:

• We collect information related to your use of the Services.
• Such information is used to provide you the Services.
• You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information at any time and for any reason by contacting support@blackstage.app If you access the Services from a European Union Member State or from within the European Economic Area, please note that specific provisions and rights may apply in your case, as further described herein.

1. It is essential to review the complete Privacy Policy.

This document outlines the information management practices of BlackStage Technologies, detailing how the company collects, stores, and shares your information, if applicable. It is important to note that this Privacy Policy does not extend to information collected through offline means. By utilizing the Services and providing information to BlackStage Technologies, you consent to the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy, as well as any other relevant terms, including the Terms of Service. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to clarify how and when you can access the Services from a European Union Member State, the reasons for collecting and using your personal information, and to inform you of your legal rights. This policy does not supersede any contractual agreements you may have with us or any rights afforded to you under applicable data privacy regulations. We urge you to read the entire policy carefully and ensure that you comprehend our practices before engaging with our services. Should you disagree with our practices, you are required to cease using the Services immediately. For any inquiries following your review of the policy, please reach out to us at support@blackstage.app.

2. Controller

BlackStage Technologies Inc., located at 1430 N Western Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois (USA), operates as a Data Controller in accordance with the European General Data Protection Regulation no. 679/2016 (“GDPR”). For any questions regarding data protection, please contact: support@blackstage.app.

Retention time

In general, and unless specified otherwise, your personal information will be retained only until the intended purpose of its collection and storage has been fulfilled. If the retention is based on your consent, your personal information may be kept as long as you do not withdraw that consent. Additionally, information may be retained if mandated by relevant legal requirements to which we are obligated. Personal information will be either blocked or deleted once the retention period established by such regulations has lapsed, unless further retention is necessary for the completion or execution of a contract.

Processors

When utilizing our Services from the EEA/EU, please be aware that we may collaborate with specific third-party providers who handle data on our behalf (“Processors”) to facilitate our Services. This includes, but is not limited to, hosting providers, content delivery networks, and email marketing services. These entities will not process your data for their own purposes. In compliance with legal requirements, we have established agreements in accordance with Article 28 of the GDPR with these Processors.

3. How is Information Collected?

BlackStage Technologies gathers information about you solely when there is a valid reason for doing so, such as to deliver services, send email updates, or enhance our offerings. The information is obtained through three methods: 

1. Data collected automatically through

Accessing the Services.

We automatically gather data regarding your usage of our website, irrespective of whether you utilize our Services. This data collection specifically includes the URL accessed, the date and time of access, the volume of data transferred, the HTTP status code of the response, the type of web browser and operating system used, the HTTP referrer, as well as the IP address, your internet browser, operating system, or Internet service provider, and, if relevant, the referring site, advertisement, or email that links to or from the Services. This information is not linked to your personal identity.

The collection and processing of this data are essential for ensuring the functionality and availability of the website. Furthermore, it is utilized to analyze, store, and assess anonymous user behavior data, which aids in the ongoing enhancement and development of our services.

We retain your IP address in our log files for a limited duration, solely when necessary for security reasons. If you are accessing our Services from the EEA/EU, these purposes represent our legitimate interest, thereby justifying data processing in accordance with Article 6, paragraph 1, letter f) of the GDPR.

1. Information you provide when contacting BlackStage Technologies.

When you reach out to us, it is necessary to provide your name and email address. You may also choose to share additional personally identifiable information (PII), such as your phone number; however, this is optional. Furthermore, we retain all communications that occur directly between you and us, including emails.

The PII collected is utilized solely for the purpose of processing and responding to your inquiry. Depending on the nature of your inquiry, the legal grounds for processing—if you are accessing our services from the EEA/EU—may be based on your consent (Article 6, paragraph 1, letter a of the GDPR) or on a pre-contractual or contractual communication between you and our organization (Article 6, paragraph 1, letter b of the GDPR).

1. Information we collect when you sign up for our newsletter

To subscribe to our newsletter, please enter your email address in the designated form. Following this, you will receive an automatic confirmation email at the address provided, which will include a link. The registration process will be finalized only after you confirm your subscription by clicking on that link.

We utilize your email address to send you updates, information, and content pertaining to our services and programs. Your data will not be shared with third parties.

You have the right to withdraw your consent to receive newsletters at any time without providing a reason. This can be done by following the instructions included in each newsletter or by sending a clear notice to support@blackstage.app. We will notify you of your right to withdraw consent when you subscribe to the newsletter service and in every newsletter sent thereafter.

If you are accessing our services from the EEA/EU, the legal basis for processing your personal data is Article 6, paragraph 1(a) of the GDPR.

1. Information obtained from other sources.

You can learn about these practices in Section 7 below.

4. Why is Information Collected?

We use the information we collect (both Anonymous Information and PII) to operate and improve our website, apps, and customer support.

We do not share information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to operate our products, with the exception of Crashlytics and Mixpanel, which are embedded in our iOS applications to provide crash reporting and basic analytics to help us improve the apps.

We may share anonymous, aggregate statistics with outside parties, such as how many people have read articles in Accelerator.

In the future, we may sell to, buy, merge with, or partner with other businesses. In such transactions, user information may be among the transferred assets.

BlackStage Technologies will not sell, license, rent, or otherwise disclose your PII except as stated herein, or under the following circumstances: (1) you have given your consent; (2) we previously notified you of the disclosure in this Privacy Policy or when you provided your information on the Services; (3) we are compelled by law, legal process, or court order to disclose; (4) disclosure is required to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may cause harm to, or interference with, BlackStage Technologies’s rights or property, our users, or anyone else; or (5) to respond to an inquiry, request or complaint that you have made. BlackStage Technologies may cooperate with Internet service providers to identify users whenever required to comply with the law, to enforce compliance with this Privacy Policy or our Terms, or to protect the Services, our customers, and others.

5. Where is Information Stored?

BlackStage Technologies employs industry-standard technologies to protect your data, including both Anonymous Data and Personally Identifiable Information (PII), from unauthorized access and disclosure, as well as to prevent security breaches of its Services. However, it is important to acknowledge that no website, computer system, or online communication can be deemed entirely secure. Consequently, BlackStage Technologies cannot assure that unauthorized access, hacking, data loss, or other security incidents will not occur. Your engagement with the Services is undertaken at your own risk.

When applicable, BlackStage Technologies will implement commercially reasonable measures to enhance security technologies aimed at safeguarding the transmission and storage of transactional information related to the Services. These enhanced security protocols may involve the secure transmission and encryption of all sensitive financial or transaction-related data provided. Access to such information will be restricted to authorized personnel who possess special access rights to our payment systems. Unless otherwise indicated, any financial and transaction-related information you provide during a purchase will solely be utilized for processing that transaction and will not be retained on our servers or employed for marketing purposes.

Data will be processed, maintained, and stored by BlackStage Technologies within the United States of America or other jurisdictions as necessary for the effective delivery of services or as mandated by law. If you are accessing our Services from the European Economic Area and/or European Union (EEA/EU), please be aware that engaging with us and our Services may involve the transfer of your personal information to the United States in accordance with Article 49, Paragraph 1, Subsections b) and c) of the GDPR.

6. Requesting Deletion of Your Information and Your Rights

Upon request, BlackStage Technologies will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your PII. You may access, correct, or request deletion of your PII by emailing support@blackstage.app. We will respond to your request within a timeframe imposed by local laws or a reasonable timeframe.

Please note that permanently deleting your PII erases all of your information from our system. After completing this process your PII will be removed permanently, and BlackStage Technologies will not be able to restore it or retrieve your data in the future.

If you are located in countries that fall under the scope of the GDPR, data protection laws give you rights with respect to your personal data, subject to exemptions provided by law. These rights include:

• Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
• Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
• Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your information in certain circumstances.
• Your right to notification – If you have exercised your right to have the Controller rectify, erase, or limit the processing, the Controller shall communicate any rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing to each recipient to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about those recipients.
• Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances. Please find further details in the box below this section.
• Your right to withdraw consent – You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
• Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances. You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
  Please reach out to us at the contact details indicated on the website if you wish to make a request.
• Your right to file a complaint
  You can also complain to a data protection authority if you do not agree on how we have used your data.

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you, which is based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on those provisions. The Controller shall no longer process the personal data unless the Controller demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. 

BlackStage Technologies strives to provide these rights to all users and users. Please email us at support@blackstage.app with any requests, questions, or concerns.

7. Cookies and Third-Party Providers

Some features and advertisements on the Services may contain “cookies” or similar tracking technologies. A cookie is a small data file stored by your Internet browser, provided that your computer is set to accept cookies. Cookies help improve the user experience by identifying and gathering information about a user, their browser, and preferences for websites they have already visited. The use of cookies allows us to better understand how our users interact with the Services so we can work to improve your user experience.

Some of the cookies we use are strictly necessary to deliver the Service you requested or to operate our website. Some elements of our website require that your browser be identified after page changes. Such technical cookies may collect personal information about you, such as your IP address, log-in information, etc.

If you’re accessing our Services from the EEA/EU, the processing of personal data through strictly necessary cookies – if any – is art. 6 par. 1 lit. f) GDPR. In case such cookies are necessary as a pre-contractual measure or for performing a contract with you, the legal basis is Art. 6 par. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

Most modern Internet browsers allow you to change your settings to prevent the storage of new cookies, receive warnings prior to their storage, or delete cookies from your computer altogether. Please review your browser’s instructions for more information or visit support@blackstage.app. Please be aware that if you choose to disable cookies, some portions of the Services may cease functioning properly.

BlackStage Technologies does not and cannot control cookies in advertisements placed by our authorized advertising partners. This Privacy Policy does not govern the privacy practices of third parties who gather information directly from you to provide advertisements on these Services and other website. The Services may embed or contain links and advertisements for third-party websites. Similarly, third-party websites may embed or contain links and advertisements for the Services. BlackStage Technologies cannot control and is not responsible for the privacy practices or content on any non-BlackStage Technologies websites. BlackStage Technologies is, therefore, not liable for your use of and exposure to such third-party websites and any content or advertisements they contain. You should familiarize yourself with the privacy policies and terms of use of these third parties to better understand their information management policies.

If you choose to opt in to receive communications from a third party, any information you provide to said third party, will be subject to the privacy policy of the third party. If you later decide to opt-out, you should contact the third party directly.

Where permitted by local data laws, BlackStage Technologies may disclose or otherwise allow others to access your PII pursuant to a legal request, such as a subpoena, legal proceedings, search warrant, or court order, or in compliance with applicable law. If we have a good faith belief that the law requires disclosure, we may disclose your PII, with or without notice to you.

To find out more about our use of cookies and your preferences and rights, please refer to our cookie policy.

8. Children and Privacy

We never collect or maintain information on our website from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 13. BlackStage Technologies is committed to complying with all applicable laws and regulations regarding children, including the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), 15 U.S.C. § 6501, et seq.

BlackStage Technologies does not and will not knowingly request, collect, store, maintain, or share any personally identifiable information of children under the age of 13, without first obtaining the consent of a legal guardian. In those limited instances, BlackStage Technologies will only collect reasonably necessary information and will not share with third parties any personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 13 without the explicit consent of a legal guardian or as permitted by COPPA or other applicable law.

You may revoke your consent and request the removal of your child’s information at any time. If you are the legal guardian of a child under the age of 13 and discover that your child has submitted their personally identifiable information without securing your consent, BlackStage Technologies will use commercially reasonable efforts to remove this information. If at any point you wish to review, amend, or request the removal of your child’s information, please send an email to support@blackstage.app and provide the name and account information for your child’s user account.

9. California Compliance

We comply with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We, therefore, will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent. California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits users who are California residents and who have provided “personal information” (as that term is defined in Section 1798.83) to request certain information about the disclosure of that information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. If you are a California resident with questions regarding this, or how the BlackStage Technologies reviews and processes any request from you to amend your personal information, please contact us at support@blackstage.app.

10. Changes to this policy

If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, at our sole discretion, we will post those changes prominently on this page and update the Privacy Policy modification date below. Any changes to the Privacy Policy will be effective as of the posting date. Your continued use of the Services after BlackStage Technologies posts any modifications to the Privacy Policy shall be deemed your explicit acceptance of those modifications and shall constitute your agreement to comply with the Privacy Policy, as modified.

11. Contacting Us

If you have questions regarding this privacy policy, you may email

support@blackstage.app