Last Updated: July 15, 2024

EXPLORINGNOTBORING exists to empower unique and enriching experiences that nurture a healthy, happy life and an open, inclusive and re-connected world. Our goal is to build a global community built on trust, awareness & curiosity. To start earning your trust, here is how we use your information and protect your human right to privacy.

This Privacy Policy describes how EXPLORINGNOTBORING, BLLC and its affiliates (“we,” “us,” or “EXPLORINGNOTBORING”), process personal information that we collect through the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform. Depending on where you live and what you are doing on the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform, the supplemental privacy pages listed below may apply to you. Please follow the links and review the supplemental information provided there with information about how we process personal information for those regions and services.

IMPORTANT SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Outside of the United States. If you reside outside of the United States, such as in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) visit our “Outside of the United States” page to learn about (i) the controller(s) of your personal information; (ii) legal bases, including legitimate interests, for collecting and processing your personal information, (iii) safeguards relied upon for transferring personal information outside the EEA; (iv) your rights, and (v) contact details of the controller(s) and Data Protection Officer.

California and Vermont. If you reside in California or Vermont, visit our “California and Vermont” page to learn about specific privacy information that applies to you.

China. If you reside in the People’s Republic of China, which for purposes of this Privacy Policy does not include Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan (“China”), visit our “China” page to learn about your rights and other specific information that applies to you.

Marketing Services. If you have enlisted our paid promotional services, visit our “Marketing Services” page to learn about specific privacy information that applies to you.

SMS Communication. Please refer to our “SMS Terms” regarding specific opt-in and opt-out information for mobile phone numbers and communication.

Payment Terms. For payments and related matters, please refer to the information provided in our “Payments Terms of Service.”

1. DEFINITIONS

Undefined terms in this Privacy Policy have the same definition as in our Terms of Service (“Terms”).

2. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

2.1 Information needed to use the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform.

We collect personal information about you when you use the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform. Without it, we may not be able to provide you with all services requested. This information includes:

• Contact Information, Account, Profile Information. Such as your first name, last name, phone number, email address, postal address, date of birth, and profile photo, some of which will depend on the features you use. Please refer to our SMS Terms regarding mobile phone numbers and communication.
• Identity Verification and Payment Information. Such as images of your government issued ID (as permitted by applicable laws), your ID number or other verification information, bank account or payment account information.

2.2 Information you choose to give us.

You can choose to provide us with additional personal information. This information may include:

• Additional Profile Information. Such as gender, preferred language(s), city, and personal description or biographical information. Some of this information as indicated in your Account Settings is part of your public profile page and will be publicly visible.
• Address Book Contact Information. Address book contacts you import or enter manually.
• Other Information. Such as when you fill in a form, add information to your account, respond to surveys, post to community forums, participate in promotions, communicate with our Mission Control (customer care) team and other Members, or share your experience with us. This may include health information if you choose to share it with us.

2.3 Information Automatically Collected by Using the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform and our Payment Services.

When you use the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform and our Payment Services, we automatically collect personal information. This information may include:

• Geo-location Information. Such as precise or approximate location determined from your IP address or mobile device’s GPS depending on your device settings. We may also collect this information when you’re not using the web app if you enable this through your settings or device permissions.
• Usage Information. Such as the pages or content you view, searches for Listings, bookings or orders you have made, and other actions on the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform.
• Log Data and Device Information. Such as details about how you’ve used the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform (including if you clicked on links to third party applications), IP address, access dates and times, hardware and software information, device information, device event information, unique identifiers, crash data, cookie data, and the pages you’ve viewed or engaged with before or after using the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform. We may collect this information even if you haven’t created an EXPLORINGNOTBORING account or logged in.
• Cookies and Similar Technologies as described in our Cookie Policy.
• Payment Transaction Information. Such as payment instrument used, date and time, payment amount, payment instrument expiration date and billing postcode, email address, IBAN information, your address and other related transaction details.

2.4 Personal Information We Collect from Third Parties.

We collect personal information from other sources, such as:

• Third-Party Services. If you link, connect, or login to the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform with a third party service (e.g. Google, Facebook), you direct the service to send us information such as your registration, friends list, and profile information as controlled by that service or as authorized by you via your privacy settings at that service.
• Background Information. For Members in the United States, to the extent permitted by applicable laws, we may obtain reports from public records of criminal convictions or sex offender registrations. For Members outside of the United States, to the extent permitted by applicable laws and with your consent where required, we may obtain the local version of police, background or registered sex offender checks. We may use your information, including your full name and date of birth, to obtain such reports.
• Referrals and additional attendees. If you are invited to the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform such as in the case of sharing group tickets with an additional attendee for an experience, the person who invited you can submit personal information about you such as your full name, email address, phone number, or other contact or relevant information.
• Other Sources. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may receive additional information about you, such as references, demographic data or information to help detect fraud and safety issues from third-party service providers and/or partners, and combine it with information we have about you. For example, we may receive background check results or fraud warnings from identity verification service providers for use in our fraud prevention and risk assessment efforts. We may receive information about you and your activities on and off the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform, or about your experiences and interactions from our partners. We may receive health information, including but not limited to health information related to contagious diseases.

3. HOW WE USE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

If you reside outside of the United States click here to learn about our legal bases for collecting and processing personal information.

3.1 Provide, Improve, and Develop the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform. We use personal information to:

• enable you to access the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform and make and receive payments,
• enable you to communicate with other Members,
• perform analytics, debug, and conduct research,
• provide customer service,
• send you messages, updates, security alerts, and account notifications,
• if you provide us with contact information for your friends, co-travelers, or additional attendees, we may process this information: (i) to facilitate your referral invitations, (ii) to share your booking details and facilitate planning, (iii) for fraud detection and prevention, and (iv) to facilitate your requests or for any other purpose you authorize, and
• personalize and customize your experience based on your interactions with the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform, your search and booking history, your profile information and preferences, and other content you submit.

3.2 Create and Maintain a Trusted and Safer Environment. We use personal information to:

• detect and prevent fraud, spam, abuse, security and safety incidents, and other harmful activity,
• study and combat discrimination consistent with our Nondiscrimination Policy,
• conduct security investigations and risk assessments,
• verify or authenticate information provided by you,
• conduct checks against databases and other information sources, including background or police checks,
• comply with our legal obligations, protect the health and well-being of our Seekers, Partners, Partners’ employees and members of the public,
• resolve disputes with our Members,
• enforce our agreements with third parties,
• comply with law, respond to legal requests, prevent harm and protect our rights (see section 4.5)
• enforce our Terms and other policies (e.g. Nondiscrimination Policy), and
• in connection with the activities above, we may conduct profiling based on your interactions with the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform, your profile information and other content you submit to EXPLORINGNOTBORING, and information obtained from third parties. In limited cases, automated processes could restrict or suspend access to the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform if such processes detect activity that we think poses a safety or other risk to EXPLORINGNOTBORING, our community, or third parties. If you would like to challenge the decisioning based on the automated process, please contact us via the Contact Information section below.

3.3 Provide, Personalize, Measure, and Improve our Advertising and Marketing. We may use personal information to:

• send you promotional messages, marketing, advertising, and other information based on your preferences and social media advertising through social media platforms,
• personalize, measure, and improve our advertising,
• administer referral programs, rewards, surveys, sweepstakes, contests, or other promotional activities or events sponsored or managed by EXPLORINGNOTBORING or its third-party partners,
• analyze characteristics and preferences to send you promotional messages, marketing, advertising and other information that we think might be of interest to you, and
• invite you to events and relevant opportunities.

3.4 Provide Payment services. Personal information is used to enable or authorize third parties to use Payment Services:

• detect and prevent money laundering, fraud, abuse, security incidents.
• conduct security investigations and risk assessments.
• comply with legal obligations (such as anti-money laundering regulations).
• enforce the Payment Terms and other payment policies.
• with your consent, send you promotional messages, marketing, advertising, and other information that may be of interest to you based on your preferences.
• provide and improve the Payment Services.

4. SHARING & DISCLOSURE

If you reside outside of the United States, learn about safeguards we rely on for transferring personal information to recipients outside of the EEA here.

4.1 Sharing With Your Consent or at Your Direction.

EXPLORINGNOTBORING will not share your email address or phone number outside of our platform without your consent. Where you provide consent, we share your information as described at the time of consent, such as when authorizing a third-party application or website to access your EXPLORINGNOTBORING account or participating in promotional activities by EXPLORINGNOTBORING partners or third parties.

Where permissible with applicable law, we may use certain information about you, such as your email address, de-identify it, and share it with social media platforms, to generate leads, drive traffic to EXPLORINGNOTBORING or otherwise promote our products and services.

4.2 Sharing Between Members.

To help facilitate orders or other interactions between Members, we may need to share certain information such as:

• When an order request is made or dispute is submitted, certain information may be shared between Seeker(s) and Partner(s), including profile, name, names of any additional attendees, cancellation history, review information, age of Seeker (unless prohibited by applicable law), dispute outcome (when applicable) and other information you choose to share and submit. When an order is confirmed, additional information is shared to assist with coordinating the Activity, Event, or Product purchase, like profile photo, email address, and phone number.
• When you as a Partner have a confirmed order, certain information is shared with the Seeker (and the additional attendees they invite, if applicable) to coordinate the booking, such as your profile, full name, and Listing origin.
• When you as a Seeker invite additional attendees to a booking, your full name, event dates, the Partner name, Listing details, Experience address, and other related information may be shared with each additional Seeker.

4.3 Information You Publish in Profiles, Listings, and other Public Information.

You can make certain information publicly visible to others, such as:

• Your public profile page, which includes your profile photo, first name, description, and city.
• Listing pages that include information such as the Business or Experience’s approximate or precise location description, calendar availability, profile photo, aggregated demand information (like page views over a period of time), and additional information you choose to share.
• Reviews, ratings and other public feedback.
• Content in a community or discussion forum, blog or social media post.

We may display parts of your public profile and other Content you make available to the public like Listing details on third-party sites, platforms, apps, and in print materials.

Information you share publicly on the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform may be indexed through third-party search engines like Google, Bing, and more.

4.4 Partner Service Providers.

Partners may use third-party services to help manage or deliver their services, such as Zoom or Google Meets video communications or rental services. Partners may use features on the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform to share information about the Seeker (like booking dates, Seeker name, Seeker email, or Seeker phone number) with such third-party service providers.

4.5 Complying with Law, Responding to Legal Requests, Preventing Harm and Protecting our Rights.

We may disclose your information to courts, law enforcement, governmental or public authorities, tax authorities, or authorized third parties, if and to the extent we are required or permitted to do so by law or where disclosure is reasonably necessary: (i) to comply with our legal obligations, (ii) to comply with a valid legal request or to respond to claims asserted against EXPLORINGNOTBORING, (iii) to respond to a valid legal request relating to a criminal investigation to address alleged or suspected illegal activity, or to respond to or address any other activity that may expose us, you, or any other of our users to legal or regulatory liability, (iv) to enforce and administer our agreements with Members, or (v) to protect the rights, property or personal safety of EXPLORINGNOTBORING, its employees, its Members, or members of the public. For example, if permitted due to the forgoing circumstances, Partner tax information may be shared with tax authorities or other governmental agencies.

Where appropriate, we may notify Members about legal requests unless: (i) providing notice is prohibited by the legal process itself, by court order we receive, or by applicable law, or (ii) we believe that providing notice would be futile, ineffective, create a risk of injury or bodily harm to an individual or group, or create or increase a risk of fraud upon or harm to EXPLORINGNOTBORING, our Members, or expose EXPLORINGNOTBORING to a claim of obstruction of justice.

For jurisdictions where EXPLORINGNOTBORING facilitates the collection and remittance of Taxes where legally permissible according to applicable law, we may disclose Partners’ and Seekers’ information about transactions, bookings, and Taxes to the applicable tax authority, such as Partner and Seeker names, addresses, transaction dates and amounts, tax identification number(s), the amount of taxes received (or due) by Partners from Seekers, and contact information.

In jurisdictions where EXPLORINGNOTBORING facilitates or requires a registration, notification, permit, or license application of a Partner with a local governmental authority through EXPLORINGNOTBORING in accordance with local law, we may share information of participating Partners with the relevant authority, both during the application process and, periodically thereafter, such as the Partner’s full name and contact details, Business address, tax identification number, Listing details, and number of bookings.

4.6 Service Providers.

We share personal information with affiliated and unaffiliated service providers to help us run our business, including service providers that help us: (i) verify your identity or authenticate your identification documents, (ii) check information against public databases, (iii) conduct background or police checks, fraud prevention, and risk assessment, (iv) perform product development, maintenance and debugging, (v) allow the provision of the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Services through third-party platforms and software tools (e.g. through the integration with our APIs), (vi) provide customer service, advertising, or payments services, (vii) process, handle or assess insurance claims or similar claims, or (viii) facilitate non-profit and charitable activities consistent with EXPLORINGNOTBORING’s mission. These providers are contractually bound to protect your personal information and have access to your personal information to perform these tasks.

4.7 Business Transfers.

If EXPLORINGNOTBORING undertakes or is involved in any merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, bankruptcy, or insolvency event, then we may sell, transfer or share some or all of our assets, including your information in connection with such transaction or in contemplation of such transaction (e.g. due diligence). In this event, we will notify you before your personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

5. OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION

5.1 Analyzing your Communications.

We may review, scan, or analyze your communications on the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform for reasons outlined in the “How We Use Information We Collect” section of this policy, including fraud prevention, risk assessment, regulatory compliance, investigation, product development, research, analytics, enforcing our Terms of Service, and customer support purposes. For example, as part of our fraud prevention efforts, we scan and analyze messages to mask contact information and references to other sites. In some cases, we may also scan, review, or analyze messages to debug, improve, and expand product offerings. We use automated methods where reasonably possible. Occasionally we may need to manually review communications, such as for fraud investigations and customer support, or to assess and improve the functionality of these automated tools. We will not review, scan, or analyze your messaging communications to send third-party marketing messages to you and we will not sell reviews or analyses of these communications.

5.2 Linking Third-Party Accounts.

You can link your EXPLORINGNOTBORING account with certain third-party services like social networks. Your contacts on these third-party services are referred to as “Friends.” When you direct the data sharing by creating this link:

• some of the information provided to us from linking accounts may be published on your public profile,
• your activities on the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform may be displayed to your Friends on the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform and/or that third-party service,
• a link to your public profile on that third-party service may be included in your EXPLORINGNOTBORING public profile,
• other EXPLORINGNOTBORING users may be able to see any Friends that you may have in common with them, or that you are a Friend of their Friend if applicable,
• other EXPLORINGNOTBORING users may be able to see any schools, hometowns or other groups you have in common with them as listed on your linked social networking service,
• information you provide to us from the linking of your accounts may be stored, processed and transmitted for fraud prevention and risk assessment purposes, and
• publication and display of information that you provide to the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform through this linkage is subject to your settings and authorizations on the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform and the third-party service.

5.3 Third-Party Partners & Integrations.

Parts of EXPLORINGNOTBORING may link to third-party services, not owned or controlled by EXPLORINGNOTBORING, such as Google Maps/Earth, other Google APIs, and Stripe. Use of these services is subject to the privacy policies of those providers, such as Google Maps/Earth Additional Terms of Use, Google Privacy Policy (see here for more information on how Google uses information), and Stripe Privacy Policy. EXPLORINGNOTBORING’s use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. EXPLORINGNOTBORING does not own or control these third parties and when you interact with them you are providing your information to them.

6. YOUR RIGHTS

You can exercise any of the rights described in this section consistent with applicable law. See here for information on data subject rights requests and how to submit a request. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity and request before taking further action on your request.

Learn more about rights under GDPR here.

If your country of residence is China, learn more about your rights here.

6.1 Managing Your Information.

You can access and update some of your personal information through your Account settings. If you connected your EXPLORINGNOTBORING Account to a third-party service, like Facebook or Google, you can change your settings and unlink from that service in your Account settings. You are responsible for keeping your personal information up to date.

6.2 Data Access and Portability.

In some jurisdictions, applicable law may entitle you to request certain copies of your personal information or information about how we handle your personal information, request copies of personal information that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and/or request that we transmit this information to another service provider (where technically feasible).

6.3 Data Erasure.

In certain jurisdictions, you can request that your personal information be deleted. Please note that if you request the erasure of your personal information:

• We may retain your personal information as necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as prevention of money laundering, fraud detection and prevention, and enhancing safety. For example, if we suspend an EXPLORINGNOTBORING Account for fraud or safety reasons, we may retain information from that EXPLORINGNOTBORING Account to prevent that Member from opening a new EXPLORINGNOTBORING Account in the future.
• We may retain and use your personal information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations. For example, EXPLORINGNOTBORING may keep information for tax, legal reporting and auditing obligations.
• Information you have shared with others (e.g. Reviews, forum postings) will continue to be publicly visible on EXPLORINGNOTBORING, even after your EXPLORINGNOTBORING Account is cancelled. However, attribution of such information to you will be removed. Some copies of your information (e.g. log records) will remain in our database, but are disassociated from personal identifiers.
• Because we take measures to protect data from accidental or malicious loss and destruction, residual copies of your personal information may not be removed from our backup systems for a limited period of time.

7. SECURITY

While no organization can guarantee perfect security, we are continuously implementing and updating administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your information against unauthorized access, loss, destruction, or alteration. Access to your data is restricted to authorized personnel only and is protected by robust authentication mechanisms.

8. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time in accordance with applicable law. If we do so, we will post the revised Privacy Policy and update the “Last Updated” date at the top. In case of material changes, we will also provide you with notice of the modification by email at least thirty (30) days before the effective date. If you disagree with the revised Privacy Policy, you can cancel your Account. If you do not cancel your Account before the date the revised Privacy Policy becomes effective, your continued access to or use of the EXPLORINGNOTBORING Platform will be subject to the revised Privacy Policy.

9. CONTACT INFORMATION AND RESPONSIBLE ENTITIES

For questions or complaints about this Privacy Policy or EXPLORINGNOTBORING’s handling of personal information (i) If you reside in the United States contact EXPLORINGNOTBORING BLLC, 1953 S 1100 E, Unit #521897, SLC, UT 84106 USA; (ii) for payments related matters please use the contact information provided in the Payments Terms of Service page, and (iii) if you reside outside the United States, please use the contact information provided in the Outside of the United States page.