If you are a resident of the United States, and in particular California, this section provides additional information about your privacy rights under state law, as well as our compliance with specific U.S. privacy regulations.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Rights: The CCPA (as amended by the CPRA) grants California residents certain rights regarding their personal information. These include:

1. Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose what personal information we have collected about you, including the categories of personal information, the sources of that information, the business or commercial purpose for collecting it, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it . Much of this information is provided in this Privacy Policy. To summarize, in the past 12 months we may have collected identifiers (like name, contact details, device IDs), customer records information (contact information, payment info for transactions), internet or electronic activity information (usage logs, IP, etc.), and geolocation/proximity data (through Bluetooth). These were collected from you directly or through your use of the Service, and from your devices. The business purposes include providing the Service features (Sections 1 and 7 of this Policy outline these purposes), and we share information primarily with service providers (Section 2). You can request more detail or a report of your specific personal information by contacting us. Upon verification of your request, we will provide the required information for the 12-month period preceding your request, as required by law.

2. Right to Delete: You have the right to request that we delete personal information we have collected from you (and direct our service providers to do the same), subject to certain exceptions. Note that we may deny deletion requests if the information is necessary to complete a transaction, provide a service you requested, for security, to comply with legal obligations, or other exceptions permitted by CCPA. Section 5 of this Policy (“Your Rights – Right to Deletion”) explains how you can delete your information. California users can exercise this right by using the Delete Account feature or contacting us. We will confirm receipt of your request, verify your identity, and respond within the timeframe required by law (generally within 45 days, with an extension if needed and communicated).

3. Right to Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing of Personal Information: The CCPA gives you the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information to third parties . The term “sale” is broadly defined to include transferring personal information to another business or third party for valuable consideration. Importantly, we do not sell your personal information in the traditional sense (for money). We also do not share your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising except as described for our own Services (which is considered “sharing” under California law). The only third-party data transfers we do involve our service providers (who use it solely for our purposes) or limited scenarios with your consent (as detailed in Section 2). Therefore, in the normal course, there is no need to opt out because we don’t sell your data. If in the future we engage in any activity that could be construed as a “sale” or “sharing” under CCPA, we will provide a clear method for you to opt out (such as a “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link on our website). You also have the right to send an opt-out preference signal, such as the Global Privacy Control (GPC), through your browser. If our site detects a GPC signal from a California resident, we will treat it as a valid opt-out of sale/sharing request.

4. Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights . This means if you choose to exercise your rights (for example, by requesting deletion or opting out of data sharing), we will not deny you our services, charge you different prices, or provide you a lower quality of service just because you exercised your rights. In certain cases, however, if the deletion of your data prevents us from providing a certain service, we may inform you that you can no longer use that service (for instance, if you delete all your contact information, we cannot provide networking suggestions).

5. Right to Correct: Under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) amendments, you have the right to request correction of any inaccurate personal information we hold about you . As described in Section 5, you can edit most of your information directly, or you can contact us to correct it. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to correct the information upon verification of your request.

6. Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information: The CPRA also introduced rights regarding “sensitive personal information.” BizCrush generally does not collect highly sensitive data like social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, precise geolocation, or financial account information outside of the limited payment information for purchases (which we handle securely and only for transaction purposes). We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes that would trigger a “Right to Limit” under California law (such as using sensitive information for profiling or secondary purposes). Therefore, we do not offer a specific opt-out for limiting use of sensitive data, because we only use such data for necessary purposes (e.g., processing a payment) and with your knowledge. If that ever changes, we will update this Policy and provide appropriate opt-out mechanisms.

7. Exercising California Rights: If you are a California resident and would like to exercise any of the above rights (access/know, delete, opt-out, correct, etc.), you may do so by contacting us through the methods listed in Section 11 (Contact Information). You can email us at jyk@adelab.dev with the subject line “CCPA Request” and specify which right you seek to exercise. We will need to verify your identity (or authority, if you are an authorized agent making the request on behalf of someone else) before processing your request. Verification may involve providing us with information that matches our records (for example, verifying your email address and phone number that you registered with). For an authorized agent, we may require proof of your written permission for the agent to act on your behalf, and we may still ask you to verify your identity directly.

We will respond to verifiable consumer requests within 45 days, as required by law, or inform you in writing if we need more time (up to an additional 45 days). Our response will cover the information required by law, typically pertaining to the 12-month period preceding the request, unless you request a longer look-back period and the law allows it.

California “Shine the Light” Law: California Civil Code § 1798.83 (also known as the “Shine the Light” law) allows California users to request certain information about our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. Please note that we do not disclose personal information to third parties for their independent direct marketing purposes without your consent. We only share information with third parties as described in this Policy, primarily for our own service purposes or with your consent (e.g., with an event host or when you exchange contacts with another user). Therefore, we believe Shine the Light does not apply to BizCrush in any material way. If you have questions about this or believe this has happened, you can contact us for further information.

Do Not Track (CalOPPA Disclosure): Some web browsers or devices offer a “Do Not Track” (“DNT”) feature that lets you signal to websites that you do not want to be tracked across different sites over time. Currently, there is no uniform standard for how to interpret DNT signals, and thus BizCrush does not respond to Do Not Track signals on its website. We continue to monitor developments around DNT standards. Instead of DNT, we provide you with the tools and choices described in this Policy (such as in Section 7 and within the app) to control the data collected about you. Keep in mind that third parties, such as our analytics or advertising partners, may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites when you use our site, as described in Section 7. They may not respond to DNT signals either, for the same reason of lacking a standard. However, you can opt out of certain third-party tracking by using the methods we described (e.g., opt-out of personalized ads, or using browser settings and extensions to block tracking). We will update this disclosure if a standard for browser-based DNT signals is established in the future and we change our practices accordingly .

Other U.S. State Privacy Laws: In addition to California, other states (such as Colorado, Virginia, Connecticut, and Utah) have enacted their own privacy laws. If you are a resident of one of these states, you may have similar rights to access, correct, or delete your data, and to opt out of certain types of data processing (like targeted advertising or profiling) . BizCrush will honor valid requests under those state laws as well. You can contact us in the same way described above for California to exercise your rights under other state laws. We are committed to providing all users in the U.S. with at least the privacy rights described in this Policy, regardless of your state of residence.

If you have any questions about this Section 14 or how BizCrush complies with U.S. state privacy laws, you can reach out to our Privacy Officer or use the contact information in Section 11. We are here to help and will clarify any aspect of your privacy rights upon request. Your privacy is important to us, and we strive to be transparent about our practices in accordance with the law and industry standards.