Privacy Notice for California Residents

Last Updated: August 23, 2026

This Privacy Notice supplements the Black Throb Privacy Policy and explains how Black Throb (“Black Throb,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) handles personal information relating to California residents.

Black Throb is an adult lifestyle social network and BDSM community. Because members may voluntarily share personal information about themselves through their profiles, posts, messages, groups, and other community features, we believe transparency about how personal information is handled is especially important.

1. Personal Information We May Collect

Depending on how you use Black Throb, we may collect the following categories of information:

Account and Contact Information

This may include:

Username or display name
Email address
Account identifiers
IP address
Age or date-of-birth information used for eligibility or age-verification purposes
Other information you voluntarily provide when creating or maintaining an account

Profile and Community Information

Members may voluntarily provide information such as:

Gender or gender identity
Sexual orientation
Race or ethnicity
Relationship status
Lifestyle, BDSM, kink, or community interests
Personal preferences
Profile descriptions
Photographs, videos, posts, comments, and other user-generated content

You control much of the information you choose to place on your Black Throb profile or share with other members.

Internet and Device Information

We may automatically collect information such as:

IP address
Browser and device information
Login activity
Pages viewed
Site interactions
Referring pages
Cookies and similar technologies
Security and fraud-prevention information

Transaction Information

If you purchase a service or complete a transaction through Black Throb, we may receive information relating to that transaction.

Payment-card information may be processed by our payment service providers. Black Throb does not necessarily receive or store your complete payment-card information.

Communications and User-Generated Content

We may process information you submit through:

Profiles
Posts and comments
Groups and forums
Messages
Reports
Support requests
Verification processes
Other interactive features of Black Throb

2. Sensitive Personal Information

Because Black Throb is an adult lifestyle and BDSM community, members may voluntarily disclose information that California law may consider sensitive personal information, including information concerning sexual orientation, racial or ethnic origin, account credentials, or other intimate aspects of a person's life.

Black Throb does not require members to publicly disclose their sexual orientation, kink interests, race, relationship preferences, or similar personal characteristics unless specifically necessary for a particular feature or legal requirement.

Members should carefully consider what information they choose to make visible to other users.

3. How We Use Personal Information

We may use personal information to:

Create and maintain member accounts
Provide Black Throb's social and community features
Authenticate users and protect accounts
Provide customer support
Process transactions
Personalize the member experience
Maintain site security
Detect spam, fraud, abuse, harassment, and unauthorized activity
Enforce our Terms, Code of Conduct, and community policies
Investigate member reports
Improve Black Throb and understand how members use the platform
Comply with applicable laws, regulations, court orders, and lawful government requests
Protect the rights and safety of Black Throb, our members, and others

We will not use personal information for materially different purposes without providing appropriate notice when required.

4. How We Obtain Information

We may obtain personal information:

Directly from you, such as when you register, create a profile, post content, contact us, or use Black Throb features.
Automatically, through your interactions with Black Throb and technologies such as cookies, server logs, and analytics tools.
From service providers, when necessary to provide services such as payment processing, security, age verification, hosting, or analytics.

5. Sharing Personal Information

Black Throb may disclose personal information to service providers that help us operate and protect the platform, including providers involved with:

Website hosting and infrastructure
Content delivery and security
Email delivery
Analytics
Payment processing
Age or identity verification, when applicable
Fraud prevention
Technical support

These providers may process information only as permitted by their agreements with us and applicable law.

We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with law, respond to valid legal process, investigate fraud or abuse, enforce our policies, or protect the safety and rights of Black Throb, our members, or others.

6. Sale of Personal Information

Black Throb does not sell members' personal information for money.

If our practices concerning the sale or sharing of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising change, we will update this notice and provide any choices required by California law.

7. California Privacy Rights

Depending on applicable California law and your circumstances, California residents may have rights concerning their personal information, including the right to:

Request information about personal information we collect
Request access to certain personal information
Request correction of inaccurate personal information
Request deletion of certain personal information
Request information about categories of third parties to whom information has been disclosed
Opt out of certain sales or sharing of personal information, where applicable
Limit certain uses or disclosures of sensitive personal information, where applicable
Exercise applicable privacy rights without unlawful discrimination

Certain exceptions may apply. For example, we may need to retain information for security, fraud prevention, legal compliance, dispute resolution, or other legally permitted purposes.

8. Privacy Requests

California residents may submit a privacy request by contacting:

Email: [email protected]

Please include enough information for us to understand your request.

We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests in order to protect your account and personal information from unauthorized access.

9. Data Security

Black Throb uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information.

However, no website, online service, or method of electronic transmission can guarantee absolute security.

Members are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their account credentials and should immediately notify Black Throb if they believe their account has been compromised.

10. User Privacy and Community Responsibility

Black Throb is built around adult community interaction. Information that you voluntarily post or make visible to other members may be seen, copied, or otherwise accessed by those members.

Black Throb's community policies may prohibit unauthorized screenshots, downloading, doxxing, outing, harassment, or misuse of another member's information. However, no platform can guarantee that another user will always comply with these rules.

We encourage members to use discretion when sharing personally identifying or sensitive information.

11. Changes to This Notice

We may update this Privacy Notice as Black Throb, our technology, or applicable privacy laws change.

When appropriate, we will update the Last Updated date and provide additional notice of material changes.

12. Contact Black Throb

Questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Notice or Black Throb's privacy practices may be directed to:

Black Throb
Adult Lifestyle Social Network & BDSM Community
Email: [email protected]

Privacy Policy for California Residents