Blast

Privacy Policy

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Data We Access

  • Blast Account information: If you create an optional Blast Account, Blast collects your email address, first and last name, an account identifier, and any profile photo you choose. Your email address is used for secure passwordless sign-in.
  • Contacts: With your permission, Blast reads contact details from your device so you can select recipients, create or edit contacts when you ask it to, and organize people in groups. Contact details you choose may also be associated with Blast tags, time zones, notes, and a preferred Blast phone number.
  • Photos and files: Blast can access only the photos, videos, and files you select through your device's system picker to attach to messages or import into Blast.

Data Storage and Sync

  • Blast stores app data locally on your device.
  • If you enable iCloud Sync, Blast syncs your templates and attachments, groups and selected contact details, tags, contact time zones, contact notes, and preferred Blast phone numbers to your private iCloud account using Apple CloudKit. Contact notes can include recipient details and text you enter about a contact.
  • If you enable Blast Account Sync, Blast uses Firebase Authentication, Google Cloud Firestore, and Google Cloud Storage to keep folders, templates, ordering, favorites, one attachment per template, Blast groups, portable Blast contact details, tags and assignments, contact time zones, contact notes, preferred Blast phone numbers, custom Message Mixes, and queued or scheduled sends with optional attachments available to your signed-in devices. Blast does not upload your full device address book, and it does not automatically add synced recipients to another device's Contacts app.
  • Blast Account records include a generated account identifier and device identifier so changes can be synchronized securely and consistently. Synced content is linked to your Blast Account and retained until you delete it or delete your account.
  • Send history, drafts, staged Auto Send runs, Personal Variables, built-in Message Mix preferences, and interface preferences such as appearance and list sorting remain local to each device. A queued send can contain already-prepared message text so it remains ready on another device without syncing your Personal Variable settings.
  • On Android, your device may include Blast's local database, preferences, and template attachments in Android Auto Backup or device-to-device transfer. These backups are controlled by your Android and Google Account backup settings.
  • When you choose to export or share a Blast transfer file, it may contain the app data you selected, including templates, groups, saved recipient details, tags, contact time zones, contact notes, and preferred Blast phone numbers. You control where that file is sent or stored.
  • Blast does not operate its own analytics or marketing service.

Rewarded Ads

  • The free iPhone, iPad, and Android apps let you choose to watch rewarded ads for additional sends. Blast uses Google Mobile Ads to provide these ads and Google's User Messaging Platform to collect consent or show privacy choices where required.
  • Google may process a device or advertising identifier, IP-derived coarse location, ads shown, product interactions, and crash, performance, or other diagnostic data to provide, measure, secure, and personalize ads. A device identifier may be used for tracking where allowed by your consent, region, and device settings. You can learn more in Google's explanation of how it uses information from apps that use its services.
  • Blast does not provide your contacts, message content, templates, groups, tags, or contact time zones to Google Mobile Ads.

Messaging

  • Messages are handed to your device's messaging app, such as Apple Messages or your selected Android SMS app, for you to review and send.
  • Blast does not operate a message delivery server.

In-App Purchases

  • Subscriptions are processed by Apple via StoreKit or by Google via Google Play Billing, depending on your platform. We do not receive your full payment card details.
  • When you are signed in, Blast may send a store-signed transaction or purchase token to the Blast backend for verification. Blast stores a protected purchase claim and current subscription status so Blast Max can follow the same Blast Account across supported devices, even when their store accounts differ. A purchase can be linked to only one Blast Account.

Data Sharing

  • We do not sell your personal data.
  • We do not share your contacts, messages, templates, groups, tags, or contact time zones with third-party advertisers. On iPhone, iPad, and Android, Google Mobile Ads may process the advertising-related information described above when you use rewarded ads.
  • Firebase and Google Cloud process Blast Account authentication and private synced data on our behalf. Resend processes the destination email address solely to deliver requested sign-in messages. Apple and Google process subscription verification and lifecycle events. These providers act as service providers for the functionality described in this policy.

Retention and Account Deletion

  • You can delete your Blast Account from Blast Settings. This removes the account profile, synced library metadata, profile photo, attachments, groups, saved group recipients, and account-backed Blast Max claim from Blast's services. Your local device library is not automatically erased.
  • If you cannot access the app, visit our Blast Account deletion page to request deletion. Deleting a Blast Account does not cancel an Apple App Store or Google Play subscription; subscriptions must be managed through the store where they were purchased.

Your Choices

  • You can revoke Contacts or Notifications permissions in iOS Settings or Android Settings. Access to photos, videos, and files is limited to items you select.
  • You can disable iCloud Sync or Blast Account Sync in Blast Settings. Signing out or disabling Blast Account Sync on one device does not delete your account library.
  • On iPhone, iPad, and Android, you can use Ad Privacy Choices in Blast Settings when Google requires that option. You can control Android Auto Backup in your Android device settings.

Contact

Email: [email protected]