Privacy Policy
BAITBUILD™ (“BAITBUILD”) is operated by Lazy Baits Co. LLC (“we,” “us,” or “our”).
This Privacy Policy explains what information BAITBUILD collects, how that information is used, when information may be shared, how information is protected, and the choices available to BAITBUILD users.
Information You Provide
When you create or use a BAITBUILD account, we may collect information you provide, including:
- First and last name
- Email address
- Display name or username
- Profile biography
- Profile photograph
- Account authentication information
- Community posts and comments
- Photographs and other content you choose to upload
- Public recipes or other information you intentionally share with the Community
- Reports or other communications you submit to BAITBUILD
- Workshop information, bait records, recipes, materials, notes, photographs, and related information you choose to store using BAITBUILD
Passwords are processed through our authentication provider and are not displayed to other BAITBUILD users.
Private Workshop Information
BAITBUILD provides Workshop features that allow users to organize bait designs, recipes, materials, photographs, notes, and other bait-making information.
Workshop information is not automatically published to the BAITBUILD Community. Information is made public only when you intentionally choose to publish or share it through a public BAITBUILD feature.
We understand that Workshop information may contain valuable, confidential, or proprietary bait-making information.
BAITBUILD does not claim ownership of your private recipes, lure designs, formulas, notes, or other Workshop content.
BAITBUILD uses client-side encryption to protect private Workshop bait records, recipes, materials, formulas, notes, and related recipe data. This information is encrypted on your device before being stored in BAITBUILD's cloud database.
BAITBUILD does not maintain an administrative or master decryption key that allows us to read the encrypted contents of your private Workshop recipe data. As a result, routine BAITBUILD administration and direct inspection of the cloud database do not reveal the plaintext contents of encrypted private recipes.
This client-side encryption protection applies to encrypted private Workshop recipe and bait-record data. Other content, such as photographs, may use separate storage and security systems and should not be assumed to use the same client-side encryption system.
When you intentionally publish a recipe or other Workshop information to the BAITBUILD Community, the information you choose to publish becomes separate public Community content and is no longer treated as private Workshop recipe data.
Public Community Information
Information you intentionally publish to BAITBUILD Community may be visible to other BAITBUILD users.
This can include:
- Display name
- Profile photograph
- Profile biography
- Community posts
- Photographs
- Comments and replies
- Likes and other Community interactions
- Publicly shared recipes
- Other information you intentionally make public
You should not publish information you want to remain private.
How We Use Information
We may use information collected through BAITBUILD to:
- Create and maintain your account
- Authenticate users
- Synchronize information between supported devices
- Provide Workshop functionality
- Store and display Community content
- Operate following, likes, comments, and other social features
- Provide notifications
- Process reports and enforce Community Guidelines
- Detect abuse, fraud, or security issues
- Provide customer support
- Maintain and improve BAITBUILD
- Diagnose technical problems
- Comply with legal obligations
- Protect BAITBUILD, Lazy Baits Co. LLC, and our users
We do not use private Workshop recipes or designs for the purpose of claiming ownership of, manufacturing, or selling a user's lure designs.
Photographs and Device Access
BAITBUILD may request access to photographs or files when you choose functionality that requires them, such as adding a bait photograph, profile image, or Community post.
BAITBUILD does not need access to photographs unrelated to content you choose to use with the service.
Where supported by the operating system, access is requested through the device's standard permission or content-selection system.
Service Providers
BAITBUILD relies on service providers to operate portions of the service.
Infrastructure providers may process information necessary to provide authentication, database storage, file storage, synchronization, hosting, security, or other technical functionality.
These providers process information for purposes related to operating BAITBUILD and are expected to provide protections appropriate to the information they process.
We do not sell users' personal information to data brokers.
Affiliate and Third-Party Links
BAITBUILD may contain links to third-party websites, manufacturers, retailers, or services.
Some links may be affiliate links. Lazy Baits Co. LLC may receive a commission when a qualifying purchase is made through certain affiliate links.
Following a third-party link may take you outside BAITBUILD. The privacy practices of that third party are governed by its own privacy policy and not this Privacy Policy.
Advertising, Promotions and Tracking
BAITBUILD may display promotional content within the service, including promotions related to BAITBUILD, Lazy Baits Co. LLC, affiliates, partners, products, or other relevant content.
We may collect information about interactions with promotional content, such as when a promotion is displayed or selected. When you are signed in, these events may be associated with your BAITBUILD account identifier.
We use this information to measure engagement, understand the effectiveness of promotional content, and improve BAITBUILD.
We do not provide your private Workshop recipes, lure designs, formulas, notes, or other proprietary Workshop information to advertisers for advertising purposes.
BAITBUILD does not currently sell personal information for targeted advertising.
If BAITBUILD's advertising or tracking practices materially change in the future, this Privacy Policy and applicable platform privacy disclosures will be updated, and consent will be obtained where required.
Reports, Blocking and Community Safety
When you report a post or user, BAITBUILD may retain information concerning the report, including the reporting account, reported account or content, reason for the report, and information necessary to review the incident.
When you block another user, BAITBUILD may retain the relationship between the accounts so the block can be enforced.
This information may be used to moderate Community activity, investigate abuse, and enforce the BAITBUILD Terms of Use and Community Guidelines.
Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect information handled through BAITBUILD.
These measures may include authenticated access, encrypted network connections, platform security features, access controls, and client-side encryption for private Workshop recipe and bait-record data.
Encrypted private Workshop recipe data is protected using client-side encryption before cloud storage. BAITBUILD does not maintain an administrative or master key capable of directly decrypting that protected recipe data.
However, no internet-connected system or security technology can guarantee absolute security.
Users are responsible for protecting their account credentials and should not share their passwords with others.
Data Retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide BAITBUILD, maintain an active account, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and protect the service.
Some information may remain temporarily in backups or technical systems after deletion until those systems are routinely overwritten or cleaned.
Moderation, security, or transaction records may be retained when reasonably necessary for fraud prevention, security, dispute resolution, or legal compliance.
Deleting Content
BAITBUILD may allow users to delete individual Community posts, comments, Workshop records, photographs, or other content.
Deleting content removes it from active BAITBUILD systems as appropriate to that feature, subject to reasonable technical processing time, backups, and legal requirements.
Content that another person has independently copied or shared outside BAITBUILD cannot necessarily be removed by BAITBUILD.
Account Deletion
Users may request permanent deletion of their BAITBUILD account using the Delete Account feature available within BAITBUILD.
Account deletion is intended to remove the account and associated user data from active BAITBUILD systems, except information that we are legally required or reasonably permitted to retain for security, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, or other legitimate legal purposes.
Your Privacy Choices
Depending on the applicable feature, BAITBUILD users may be able to:
- Edit profile information
- Delete Community content
- Control whether certain recipes or content are publicly shared
- Block other users
- Unblock users
- Manage applicable device permissions through operating-system settings
- Request account deletion
- Contact BAITBUILD regarding privacy questions or requests
Additional privacy controls may be added as BAITBUILD develops.
Children's Privacy
BAITBUILD is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law.
If we learn that personal information has been collected from a child in circumstances requiring parental consent and appropriate consent was not obtained, we may take steps to remove that information.
Legal Requirements and Protection of Rights
We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, legal process, or valid governmental requests, or to protect the rights, property, security, or safety of BAITBUILD, Lazy Baits Co. LLC, our users, or others.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as BAITBUILD changes.
The current version and effective date will be made available through BAITBUILD and our website.
If a change materially affects how personal information is collected, used, or shared, we may provide additional notice or request consent where required.
Contact Us
Questions, concerns, or requests concerning this Privacy Policy or personal information handled through BAITBUILD may be submitted through BAITBUILD's Help & Support functionality or through the contact information provided on the official BAITBUILD / Lazy Baits Co. website.