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Blink's policies indicate that their Privacy Notice and Terms of Service can change without prior notice, potentially impacting existing and previously collected data (risk-flags-1). Any disputes are subject to the laws of Washington state, with limitations on damages and dispute resolution (risk-flags-2). Opting not to provide certain information may limit access to Blink Services (risk-flags-3). Additionally, your personal information may be used to display interest-based ads (data-use-1) and shared with third-party service providers (data-use-2).
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Risk Flags
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Privacy Policy and Terms of Service can change without prior notice, impacting current and past data.
Blink's Privacy Notice and Terms of Service may change without prior notice, potentially affecting how your personal information is handled both currently and in the past.
Why it matters: Blink's Privacy Notice and the Terms of Service are subject to change without prior notice to reflect changes in personal information practices. Unless stated otherwise, the current Privacy Notice applies to all information held about you and your account. This means that changes can be made without you knowing in advance, which could affect how your data, including data collected in the past, is used or protected.
Our business changes constantly, and our Privacy Notice and the Terms of Service will change also. This Privacy Notice may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our personal information practices. We will indicate at the top of the notice when it was most recently updated. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Notice applies to all information that we have about you and your account.
**Terms of Service, Notices and Revisions**, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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Disputes are subject to Washington state law and include limitations on damages and resolution of disputes.
Any dispute over privacy resulting from using Blink websites is subject to the Privacy Notice and Terms of Service, which includes limitations on damages, resolution of disputes, and the application of the law of the state of Washington.
Why it matters: If you visit a Blink website, any dispute concerning privacy is governed by the Privacy Notice and Terms of Service, which dictate limitations on damages and the resolution process, applying the laws of Washington state. This could limit your ability to seek certain remedies or dictate the legal framework for any disputes.
If you choose to visit a Blink website, including blinkforhome.com your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this [Privacy Notice](https://blinkforhome.com/privacy-policy) and our [Terms of Service](https://blinkforhome.com/terms-of-service), including limitations on damages, resolution of disputes, and application of the law of the state of Washington.
**Terms of Service, Notices and Revisions**, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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Information not provided by users may limit access to Blink Services.
Users have the option not to provide certain information, but this may result in them not being able to use many Blink Services.
Why it matters: Choosing not to provide certain information may restrict your ability to fully utilize many of Blink's services.
You can choose not to provide certain information but then you might not be able to take advantage of many of our Blink Services.
**What Personal Information About Customers Does Blink Collect?**, paragraph 2 · Citation strength: strong
Data Use
How the company collects, processes, and shares personal information, including for purposes like advertising, analytics, and third-party sharing.
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User data is used for displaying interest-based ads.
Blink uses your personal information to display interest-based ads for products and services that may be of interest to you.
Why it matters: Your personal information is used to show you advertisements that are tailored to your interests, which may result in targeted advertising. You have the ability to opt out of promotional communications.
We use your personal information to display interest-based ads for features, products, and services that might be of interest to you.
**What Personal Information About Customers Does Blink Collect?**, paragraph 11 · Citation strength: strong
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Personal information is shared with third-party service providers.
Blink employs other companies and individuals to perform functions on their behalf and shares personal information with them for services such as fulfilling orders, delivering packages, providing marketing assistance, processing payments, and customer service.
Why it matters: Your personal information may be shared with various third-party companies that perform services such as order fulfillment, delivery, marketing, payment processing, and customer support on Blink's behalf.
We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include fulfilling orders for products or services, delivering packages, sending postal mail, authenticating your account and your identity, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, providing search results and links (including paid listings and links), processing payments, transmitting content, and providing customer service.
**Does Blink Share Your Personal Information?**, paragraph 2 · Citation strength: strong
Cancellation & Renewal
Policies related to subscription cancellations, account termination, and automatic renewals.
Not clearly stated: The document does not explicitly state policies regarding subscription cancellations, account termination, or automatic renewals. While there is a mention of opting out of promotional emails, specific terms for canceling services or subscriptions are not provided.
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Protections
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No material policy changes without consent for past collected information.
Blink commits to not materially changing policies or practices to be less protective of customer information collected in the past without the consent of affected customers.
Why it helps: This commitment provides a safeguard for data previously collected, ensuring that past data will not be subject to less protective policies without explicit user consent. This helps users retain a level of control over their historical data's privacy and security.
We stand behind the promises we make, however, and will never materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of customer information collected in the past without the consent of affected customers.
**Terms of Service, Notices and Revisions**, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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Ability to withdraw consent for personal information processing.
When you consent to Blink processing your personal information for a specific purpose, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time, and they will stop processing your data for that purpose.
Why it helps: This empowers users with control over their personal data. It means users can change their minds about how their data is used for specific purposes, ensuring their ongoing preferences are respected and data processing ceases upon withdrawal of consent.
When you consent to our processing your personal information for a specified purpose, you may withdraw your consent at any time and we will stop any further processing of your data for that purpose.
**What Information Can I Access?**, paragraph 9 · Citation strength: strong
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