A. Special Offers and Updates. By enrolling as a Consultant, registering as Customer, or making a purchase or other inquiry through the Website, you consent to receive periodic email and other communications from us and from Blen Consultants. For example, Blen sends all new Consultants and Customers a welcoming email to verify password, username, and acceptance of the Consultant Agreement or Customer Agreement. All Consultants and Customers will occasionally receive information on products, special deals, and a newsletter. Customers who have not registered with Blen and who grant permission will also receive occasional information on products, special deals, and the like.
B. Service Announcements. On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly service related announcement. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance we might send Consultants and/or Customers an email. Generally, Consultants may not opt-out of these communications, though they can deactivate their account. However, these communications are not promotional in nature.
C. Consultant and Customer Service. Blen communicates with Consultants and Customers via email, regular mail and telephone on a regular basis to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their Blen business. Blen communicates with other Customers with respect to products purchased by such Customers from Blen. Such communications may be by email, regular mail, or telephone.
Privacy Preferences/Opt-Out. We now offer an on-line preference page located within the My Account section on www.bleninternational.com where you can register and change your preferences to receive or not receive marketing materials. You may also update what product/lifestyle preferences you prefer, which may determine what offers and promotional materials you may receive. You may update these preferences at any time, but you must first register by creating an account before you can update any of your preferences. Please allow sufficient time for your preferences to be processed. You may also change your marketing preferences or remove yourself from our mailing list by clicking on an “unsubscribe” hyperlink contained in promotional emails we send you or by contacting us at: Blen, Attn: Privacy Manager, 5402 Dunsmore Spring Lane, Spring, Texas 77389, or by e-mailing us at privacyconcerns@blenusa.com
MISCELLANEOUS
A. Links. Blen’s websites may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that Blen is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects Personal Information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by Blen websites.
B. Text Messaging. If you so elect, you may provide your mobile phone number to Blen. By submitting your mobile phone number, you consent to receive text message alerts from Blen containing product and event information, product tips or promotions that may be sent using automated dialing systems (“Text Messages”). Your consent to receive Text Messages is not otherwise required to purchase any products from us. You may not consent to receive Text Messages on behalf of someone else or provide someone else’s phone number. You agree to enter into, sign and receive your consent to receive Text Messages electronically.
You may receive approximately 30 recurring texts per month. We do not charge a fee for you to receive Text Messages from us, however, your mobile service provider may charge you for sending and/or receiving text messages and air-time, as well as any other standard applicable rates charged by your mobile service provider. Participating Carriers are:
ACS Wireless Cox Wireless Pocket Wireless
Alltel Cricket Communications Revol Wireless
All West Communications Element Mobile Silver Star PCS
Appalachian Wireless Farmers Mutual Telephone Co. Simmetry Wireless
AT&T GCI Wireless Snake River PCS
Bluegrass Wireless Golden State Cellular South Central Communications
Boost Illinois Valley Cellular Sprint
Boost Unlimited Immix Sprocket Wireless
Breakaway Wireless Inland Cellular Strata Networks
Carolina West Wireless iWireless Syringa Wireless
Cambridge Telephone Company (CTC) Metro PCS Thumb Cellular
Cellcom Midwest Wireless T-Mobile
Cellular South Nex-Tech Wireless United Wireless
Cellular One of East Central Illinois Nextel Union Wireless
Cellular One of Montana Northwest Missouri Cellular U.S. Cellular
Cellular One of NEPA nTelos Verizon Wireless
Centennial Wireless Nucla-Naturita Telephone Co. Viaero Wireless
Chat Mobility Panhandle Telecommunications Virgin Mobile US
Cellular 29 Pioneer Cellular West Central Wireless
Cincinnati Bell Plateau Wireless
Text Messages are distributed via third party mobile network providers and, therefore, we cannot control certain factors relating to message delivery or guarantee availability or performance of this service, including liability for transmission delays or message failures. To receive help with Text Messages, you can either text the word “Help” to (832) 880-7590 or call (281) 651-4353 or email office@bleninternational.com.
You may unsubscribe from receiving Blen Text Messages any time by texting the word “STOP” to (832) 880-7590 from your device. You may also choose not to receive Text Messages by emailing office@bleninternational.com and specifying that this is your preference.
We may also obtain the date, time and content of your messages in the course of your use of Text Messages. We will use the information we obtain in connection with our Text Messages in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
From time to time you may be asked to provide your mobile phone number to Blen in connection with specific text messaging programs, which is in addition to the general Blen marketing text messaging program. That text messaging program may have additional or different terms and conditions from those set forth above, which will be presented you at the time that you opt-in to receive those text messages. In general, in order to stop receiving text messages from a specific Blen text messaging program, you can text STOP to the five digit short code for the text messaging program from which you no longer wish to receive message (i.e., the five digit number from which its text messages are being sent). You will then receive confirmation of your opt-out of that text messaging program. This will only opt you out of the specific text messaging program associated with that five digit short code. You will remain opted in to any other Blen text messaging programs that you have signed up for.
C. Security of Personal Information. We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect against unauthorized access, use, modification and disclosure of Personal Information in our custody and control. We also are committed to employing reasonable technology in order to protect the security of our Websites. However, even with the best technology, no website is 100% secure. We will take reasonable measures which we believe are appropriate to protect your Personal Information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction, and, where possible, will ask that any third parties to whom we may transfer such information to take comparable steps to protect that security.
D. Secure Shopping. When you place orders on our Websites, all of your order information, including your card number and delivery address, is transmitted through the Internet using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. SSL technology causes your browser to encrypt your order information before transmitting it to our secure server. SSL technology, an industry standard, is designed to prevent someone other than operators of our Websites from capturing and viewing your Personal Information. Since any order information you provide to us on our Websites will be transmitted using a secure connection, if your Web browser cannot support this level of security, you will not be able to order products through our Websites. The most recent versions of Google Chrome, Netscape Navigator, Apple Safari, and Microsoft Internet Explorer can support a secure connection and can be downloaded for free from the Google, Netscape, Apple, or Microsoft website respectively.
E. Passwords. To provide you with an increased level of security, online access to your Personal Information is protected with a password you select. We strongly recommend that you do not disclose your password to anyone. Blen will never ask you for your password in any unsolicited communication (including unsolicited correspondence such as letters, phone calls or e-mail messages).
F. Lost or Stolen Information. You must promptly notify us if your credit, banking, other financial information, user name or password is lost, stolen or used without permission. In such an event, we will remove that credit card number, bank account information, other financial institution information, user name or password from your account.
G. Promotional Activities. From time to time, Blen may conduct contests, giveaways and other promotions (collectively, “Promotional Activities”). Any information submitted in connection with Promotional Activities will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. From time to time, Blen may also ask you to participate in surveys designed to help Blen improve the Websites, its products, or the Blen network marketing program. Any Personal Information provided to Blen in connection with any survey will be used only in relation to that survey, and will be disclosed to third parties not bound by this Privacy Policy only in aggregated form.
H. Changes to this Privacy Policy. Blen reserves the right to amend or change this Privacy Policy at any time at its sole discretion. It is your responsibility to periodically access this Privacy Policy by clicking on the Privacy Policy link at our home page. You can determine the date this Privacy Policy was last updated by referring to the effective date found at the end of the policy. When material changes or amendments are made to the Privacy Policy, we will announce the same at our home page for a period of ten days following implementation of the amended Privacy Policy.
I. Making Changes to Your Personal Information. Consultants and Customers may update their personal information as necessary by logging into their Blen online Back Offices or Customer Accounts, which allows them to access and edit their registration account information. In addition, Consultants and Preferred Customers may contact us at office@bleninternational.com to update their profiles.
J. Information Sharing Disclosure Requests. If you are a California resident, you have the right to request one Notice of Information-Sharing Disclosure per year which will identify the third parties with whom Blen or any of our affiliates has shared the Personal Information we have collected from you. You may request the Notice of Information-Sharing Disclosure by writing to us at. Blen, Attn: Privacy Manager, 5402 Dunsmore Spring Lane, Spring, Texas 77389, or by e-mailing us at customerservice@blenusa.com We will respond to your request for a Notice of Information-Sharing Disclosure within 30 days.
K. Questions. Questions regarding this Privacy Policy should be directed to office@bleninternational.com, or by mail to Blen, 5402 Dunsmore Spring Lane, Spring, Texas 77389.
L. Effective Date. The effective date of this Privacy Policy is November 1, 2019.