Privacy Policy

Last Updated: April 14, 2025

The Burdz (“Company,” “we,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy (this “Policy”).

This Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our websites (including but not limited to www.theburdz.com (collectively, the “Website”)), access or use our applications, products, or services, or apply for employment with us, and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

Scope of This Policy

This Policy applies to information we collect:

On our Website.
In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and us.
During telephone calls and other direct communications with you.
In the course of any job application and/or employment with us.

It does not apply to information collected through any other means, including on any other website operated by us or any third party (including affiliates and subsidiaries).

Please read this Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using our Website, you agree to this Policy. This Policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of our Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check this Policy periodically for updates.

Users Under the Age of 21

Our Website is offered and available to users who are 21 years of age or older. Our Website is not intended for anyone under 21 years of age. If you are under 21, do not use or provide any information on our Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from users under 21. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from someone under 21, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a user under 21, please contact us at [email protected].

Information We Collect & How We Collect It

We collect information from and about you:

When You Provide It Directly. This includes when you fill out forms on the Website, create an account, participate in special offer programs, submit a contact or partnership inquiry, sign up for our blog or newsletter, apply for employment, or contact us directly (by phone, email, or Website form).
Automatically. As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may automatically collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and usage patterns. This can include details of your visits to our Website, such as your IP address, device data, and location information.
From Third Parties. We may receive information about you from analytics service providers, advertising networks, or other third parties we engage to help operate, analyze, or improve our Website and services.

Types of information we collect can include:

Personal Information: Data by which you may be personally identified, such as your name, mailing address, email address, phone number, or IP address.
Applicant/Employee Information: For job applicants or employees, this may also include identification details, demographic data you choose to provide (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, veteran or disability status), and/or employment-related information (such as work authorization status, education background, location, etc.).
Non-Personal Information: Data about your internet connection and browsing details, such as the equipment you use, your browsing patterns, and pages visited.

You may also provide information to be published or displayed on public areas of our Website (“User Contributions”). Your User Contributions are posted and transmitted at your own risk, and we cannot guarantee they will not be viewed or used by unauthorized persons.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect:

Details of your visits (e.g., traffic data, logs, referring/exit pages).
Information about your computer and internet connection (e.g., IP address, browser type, operating system).

We may use these technologies to:

Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
Store information about your preferences.
Speed up your searches.
Recognize you when you return to our Website.

Technologies we may use include:

Cookies (or browser cookies): A cookie is a small file placed on your computer’s hard drive. You can refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate browser setting, but doing so may limit some features of our Website.
Web Beacons: Small electronic files that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited a specific page on our Website or opened an email.
Click Tracking: Analytical tools that measure where users click on our Website.
Analytics Tools: We may use third-party analytics (e.g., Google Analytics) to help us understand how users interact with our Website. These tools may use cookies to track user interactions.

Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Some content or applications on our Website are served by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks, and servers. These third parties may use cookies alone or combined with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you over time and across different websites and services. We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. For information about how to opt out of receiving targeted advertising, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information below.

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including personal information, to:

Present our Website and its contents to you.
Provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
Fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
Enforce our rights and obligations under any contracts entered into between you and us.
Perform internal and external marketing.
Notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide through it.
Gather information to improve our Website and enhance user experience (via testing, research, analysis, etc.).
Monitor usage of our Website and detect/prevent technical issues.
Provide you with notices about your account.
Let you participate in interactive features on our Website.
For any other purpose disclosed at the time you provide the information or with your consent.

For Applicants and Employees: We also use your information to:

Process employment applications and verify eligibility.
Onboard new hires and administer payroll and benefits.
Maintain personnel records and comply with record retention requirements.
Provide human resources management and data maintenance.
Enforce company policies and investigate potential violations.
Comply with labor, employment, tax, and other legal requirements.
Respond to law enforcement requests and comply with court orders.
Facilitate audits, complaints, and grievance procedures.

We may also use your information to contact you about our own products and services that may be of interest. If you do not want us to use your information in this way, please refer to Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information below.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated or de-identified information about our users without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or that you provide:

To affiliates, contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business (e.g., website hosting, analytics providers, payment processors, scheduling or marketing platforms).
To a buyer or successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or similar corporate transaction involving The Burdz.
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide the information or for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide it.
With your consent or as otherwise permitted by law.

We may also disclose your personal information:

To comply with a court order, law, or legal process, including responding to government or regulatory requests.
To enforce our Terms of Use and other agreements.
To protect the rights, property, or safety of The Burdz, our customers, or others.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with control over your personal information. You can usually set your browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, some parts of our Website may be inaccessible or not function properly.

Google Analytics: You can opt out by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Google Ads: For more information about how Google uses data and how to opt out of certain ads, visit https://myadcenter.google.com/home.
Promotional Offers from The Burdz: If you do not wish to receive promotional offers, you may unsubscribe via the link in any marketing email or by contacting us directly.
Do Not Track (DNT) Signals: Our Website does not currently respond to DNT signals due to the lack of an established industry standard.

Third parties may collect information about your browsing activities over time and across different websites. You can generally opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI’s website at https://thenai.org/opt-out/.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You can review and change your personal information by logging into your account on our Website (if applicable) or by contacting us at [email protected]. Please note, we may not be able to accommodate all requests to change or delete information if we believe doing so would violate any law, legal requirement, or other legitimate interest.

If you delete your User Contributions from our Website, copies of those contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or might have been copied or stored by other users or third parties.

Residents of certain states (e.g., California, Nevada, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Utah) may have additional personal information rights and choices (see Your State Privacy Rights). Residents of the European Union may also have additional rights (see EU Resident Privacy Rights).

Your State Privacy Rights

Certain states grant their residents specific rights regarding personal information. For example, if you reside in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Utah, or Nevada, you may have the right to:

Confirm whether we process your personal information.
Access and delete certain personal information.
Opt out of certain data processing or sales.
Correct inaccuracies in your personal information.

To exercise any of these rights or to appeal a decision regarding a consumer rights request, please email us at [email protected]. We do not sell personal information under Nevada law.

EU Resident Privacy Rights

If you are an EU resident, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) grants you rights regarding your personal information, including:

The right to access the personal information we hold about you.
The right to withdraw consent to processing at any time.
The right to request that we delete or restrict access to your personal information.
The right to have your personal information transferred.
The right to object to processing (including direct marketing).
The right not to be subject to decisions based solely on automated processing.
The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights or have any concerns, please contact us at [email protected].

Data Security

We employ appropriate security measures to protect your personal information. While we take reasonable steps to secure your data, the transmission of information via the internet cannot be guaranteed to be completely secure. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures on our Website.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to this Policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you by means such as a pop-up notice on our Website’s home page. The date this Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this Policy to check for any changes.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Policy, or need to access this Policy in an alternative format due to a disability, please email us at [email protected].