Privacy Policy

Website Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

IMPORTANT: YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF USE. THIS IS A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN BLOOM AND ANYONE USING THIS WEBSITE.

By using this Website, you agree to follow and be bound by these terms of use and privacy policy (the “Terms”). If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use this Website.

Easy Opt Outs: To exercise your rights at any time to opt-out of our data collection and use, simply email your request to bloomhss.1@gmail.com with the words “opt out” and we will immediately process your opt-out request.

1. Authorized Use of this Website 

The Content provided on this website is the copyrighted work of Bloom Homeschool Support (“Bloom”) and/or third parties (“Providers”), and includes but is not limited to information, calendars, hyperlinks, documents, resources, logos, graphics, sounds, and images (“Content”).   Bloom makes no warranty with respect to Content provided by Providers.  

You represent and warrant that you have read and agree to be bound by all applicable terms of use and policies for any third-parties that relate to your use of the Website. Bloom assumes no control or liability over the content of any third-party sites. You expressly hold harmless Bloom from any and all liability related to your use of a third-party website, product, or service. Prior to engaging in any events or commercial transactions with any third parties discovered through or linked via Bloom, you must complete any necessary investigation or due diligence. If there is a dispute for any events or commercial transactions with a third party discovered through or linked via Bloom, you expressly hold Bloom harmless from any and all liability in any dispute.

Except as stated herein or otherwise agreed in writing, Content on this website may not be copied, republished, mirrored, or transmitted without the express written permission of Bloom.   

Where access is permitted, Bloom grants you permission to display, copy, download, and distribute for informational purposes the Content provided to you, so long as the appropriate copyright attribution is given to Bloom and/or applicable Providers.  See the contact information below if you have any questions about such access or attribution.  This permission terminates automatically without notice if you breach any of these terms or conditions.  Upon termination, you agree to immediately destroy any downloaded or printed Content in your possession. 

Except where expressly provided otherwise by Bloom, nothing on this Website shall be construed to confer any license or sale under any of Bloom’s or any Provider’s intellectual property rights.  You acknowledge sole responsibility for obtaining any such licensure rights through the appropriate channels.  Please see the contact information below if you have any questions about obtaining licenses from Bloom.  

1. Third Party Sites 

This Website may contain offsite links.  Bloom is not responsible for and does not endorse or accept any responsibility for the contents or use of these third party or Provider websites. Bloom provides these links as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Bloom.  It is your responsibility to take precautions to ensure that whatever you select for your use is suitable for your needs and free of viruses or other harmful items.

1. User Submissions

Except where expressly provided otherwise by Bloom, all comments, feedback, information or content submitted to Bloom with the reasonable expectation of display to the public (“Submissions”) shall be considered non-confidential, and Bloom shall be free to use such Submissions on an unrestricted basis.  You acknowledge that you are responsible for your Submissions’ copyright and legal compliance, as well as reliability and appropriateness.

Bloom may, but is not obligated to, monitor areas on the Website where users post communications.  Bloom will not be liable for the content of such communications, whether or not arising under the laws of copyright, libel, privacy, or otherwise. 

1. Disclaimer 

THE CONTENT ON THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” AND BLOOM DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, AND GUARANTIES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WITH REGARD TO QUALITY, COPYRIGHT, SUITABILITY, ACCURACY, AND COMPLETENESS.

BLOOM MAKES NO WARRANTY, CONDITION, REPRESENTATION, OR TERM (EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WHETHER BY STATUTE, COMMON LAW, CUSTOM, USAGE OR OTHERWISE) AS TO ANY MATTER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, INTEGRATION, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOU ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR SELECTING THE CONTENT TO ACHIEVE YOUR INTENDED RESULTS, AND FOR THE INSTALLATION OF, USE OF, AND RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE CONTENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS, BLOOM MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE CONTENT WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS.

1. Limitation of Liability

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BLOOM BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF GOODWILL, OR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR NEGLIGENCE OF ANY CHARACTER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, LOSS OF DATA, COMPUTER OR NETWORK FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR FOR ANY OTHER DAMAGE OR LOSS. This limitation shall not apply to liability for death or personal injury to the extent that applicable law prohibits such limitation. Furthermore, some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so this limitation and exclusion may not apply to you. Nothing contained in this Agreement limits Bloom´s liability to you for Bloom´s gross negligence or for the tort of fraud. The foregoing provisions shall be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.  

1. Legal Compliance 

You will use this Website solely for lawful purposes. In this respect you may not, without limitation (a) intercept or monitor any equipment that is not yours; (b) use any type of spider, virus, worm, trojan-horse, time bomb or any other codes or instructions that are designed to distort, delete, damage or disassemble software; (c) cause or intend to cause unfair embarrassment or distress to, or to unfairly threaten, harass, or harm anyone.

Bloom operates this Website from California and makes no representation that the Content is available for use outside the United States of America.  If you access this site from another location, it is by your own initiative and it is your responsibility to comply with the laws of your jurisdiction.

These terms of use shall be interpreted and governed by California law, and jurisdiction of any action arising out of or relating to these terms shall be set in San Diego County, California. 

1. Digital Millennium Copyright Act Notice

Bloom respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects others to do the same.  Bloom may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, terminate the access of users who infringe the intellectual property rights of others.

If you believe your work has been copied and is accessible at this Website in a way that constitutes intellectual property infringement, or that this Website contains links or other references to another online location that contains material or activity that infringes your intellectual property, please notify Bloom in writing to the address below. 

1. Updates and Amendments

Bloom and the Providers may make improvements and/or changes to the Content on this Website at any time and without notice.  

1. Complete Agreement

These Terms of Use represent the entire agreement relating to the use of the Website and supersede prior, contemporaneous, or additional communications.

1. Legal Contact Information 

If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, or if you would like to request permission to use any Content, please contact us at info@bloomhomeschoolsupport.com 

Bloom Privacy Policy

At Bloom, your privacy is very important to us. This Bloom Privacy Policy applies to the website, products, and services offered by Bloom.  

Information Collected and Utilized

1. Personal and Financial Information – When you register or sign up for an account with Bloom, we store the personal information you provide us, such as your name and email address. Additionally, to service Bloom accounts, Bloom and its designated online payment service providers, may accept credit card or financial account information.  This financial data is maintained in an encrypted form on secure servers.  In certain instances we combine personal and/or financial information with information from other Bloom services to ensure proper account maintenance and quality service.  You can decline to provide personal and financial information for any services, in which case the services may not be able to be provided to you.
   
   
2. Data – Cookies (or similar) and server logs help us identify your computer, improve your website navigation experience, and monitor traffic and technical functioning of our network and services.  
   
   
3. Communications – Bloom stores written communications submitted to Bloom by customers and site visitors.  This helps us respond to questions and improve services.
   
   
4. Open Source. Bloom utilizes certain open source and other software to operate this website. We welcome all inquiries and feedback to serve the open source community and ensure our compliance with applicable policies and licenses.

Information Sharing

1. Certain services may be offered by 3rd parties or affiliates. Personal information that you provide to those 3rd parties or Providers may be provided to Bloom in order service accounts. We apply this Privacy Policy to our receipt of the information.  Information collected by a 3rd party or Provider is governed by their privacy policies. The 3rd party or Provider may have different privacy practices and policies, which we encourage you to read.
   
   
2. In the event we need to use information in a manner different than the purpose for which it is collected, we will ask for your consent prior to such use, and offer you an effective way to opt out of the use of personal information for those other purposes.
   
   
3. Only in the following limited circumstances will Bloom be permitted to share personal information with other companies or individuals outside of Bloom: 

• When we have your consent.  In particular, consent may be requested during account registration, or purchase of a product or service, in order to ensure that a designated and trusted 3rd party or Provider can process personal information on Bloom’s behalf, or to ensure quality service or account management.  
  
  
• When we have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy an applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Bloom, its users or the public as required or permitted by law. 

Security and Data Integrity

1. Bloom employs security and verification measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data.  
   
   
2. Bloom processes personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
   
   
3. We take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we process is accurate and complete, but we depend on our users to update or correct their personal information whenever necessary.  Different services may have different procedures to access, correct or delete personal information.
   
   
4. Bloom may decline to process information requests that are unreasonably submitted, require a unreasonably burdensome technical effort, threaten the privacy of others, or would otherwise be unreasonably impractical (for instance, searching for data in archived media), or for which access is not otherwise required.  
   
   
5. If Bloom receives a formal complaint, our policy is to contact the complaining party regarding his or her concerns, and to cooperate with appropriate government authorities, to resolve complaints regarding the transfer of personal data. 

Children’s Information

1. A minor’s personally identifiable information is only collected if the parent/guardian has specifically opted-in to data collection by creating an account with Bloom.
   
   
2. The Website provides easy opt-out from data collection so parents and minors can exercise their ‘right to be forgotten’, which means their personal data is not collected and can be permanently deleted. To exercise your ‘right to be forgotten’, email info@bloomhomeschoolsupport.com and we will immediately process your opt-out.
   
   
3. The Website is designed for use by parents rather than children. We ask that minors not use the Website. We ensure children are not included in online advertising programs, and are not served advertising that is not deemed age appropriate in California.
   
   
4. This website does not collect minors’ personal data for third party advertising or marketing products and services that can only be purchased or accessed by adults.
   
   
5. This Website does not collect personal information about minors which could be used to establish individual profiles for marketing or sales.
   
   
6. This Website does not market or sell any minor’s personal information.
   
   
7. This Website enforces reasonable security measures that implement and maintain reasonable security to protect the data we do collect.
   
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8. From time to time, the website may post sponsored content from an advertiser. This means that an advertiser, which may be a brand, agency, or influencer network, will contract with Bloom to create content featuring certain messages or product placement. Pursuant to the FTC's requirements, all such advertisements on the website are clearly and conspicuously disclosed. Even though compensation is received in exchange for this sponsored content placement, Bloom gives its honest opinion, findings, beliefs, or experiences in such content. All views expressed on the website are those of the content creator. Any product claim, statistic, quote, or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider, or party in question.

Disclaimers

1. Bloom has made reasonable efforts to ensure that all information on the website has been tested for accuracy. Bloom makes no guarantees regarding the results that you will see from using the information provided on the website.
   
   
2. The information provided on the website is for informational purposes. It is not medical advice. It is provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied.
   
   
3. All activities outlined on the website are designed for completion with adult supervision. Please use your own judgment with your child and do not provide objects that could pose a choking hazard to young children. Never leave a child unattended during these activities. Please be aware of and follow all age recommendations on all products and services. Bloom is not liable for any injury when replicating any of the activities found on this website.

Amendments to This Privacy Policy

1. This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time.  Amendments will be posted on this website.  Your rights will not be reduced under this Privacy Policy without your consent.  

Questions, Comments, Concerns

1. If you have questions, comments, or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us any time by email, or you can reach us at info@bloomhomeschoolsupport.com

Privacy Policy Expanded

What personal data collected and why

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site the site collects the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to a third party service (i.e., Gravatar) if you are using one to identify yourself.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

If you provide information or leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. This is like cookies which last for the duration of your account or site usage.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, the site will engage to determine if your browser accepts the information. 

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies and similar, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

This website is run by Bloom, and data is shared and as needed with our server host and third party app providers. Your data is only shared with these providers to the extent required for the site operation. And beyond these providers, your data is not shared.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on the website, the site also stores the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

If you want to delete your comment, email info@bloomhomeschoolsupport.com and your request will be accommodated.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data the site holds about you, including any data you have provided to the site. You can also request that the site erase any personal data the site holds about you. This does not include any data the site is obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where the site sends your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information remains private.

Additional information

How the site protects your data:

Software updates, developer reasonable diligence, and server security.

What data breach procedures the site has in place:

Software updates, developer reasonable diligence, and server security.

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data:

None.