Privacy Policy

Overview

BidMeld is operated by BidMeld LLC. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you use BidMeld, including contractor accounts, homeowner accounts, opportunity tools, subscriptions, and related services.

Information We Collect

• Account information: Information such as your name, email address, account role, and other information needed to create and maintain your BidMeld account.
• Contractor profile information: Information you provide about your business, including business name, phone number, website, license information, service area, trades, work types, NAICS codes, insurance or bonding information, project preferences, and other profile details.
• Homeowner and project information: Information submitted when creating or managing a homeowner project, which may include project descriptions, locations, budgets, preferences, and other project details.
• Opportunity activity: Information about how you interact with BidMeld, such as opportunities you view, save, pursue, or otherwise interact with, along with quotes, preferences, and related workflow activity.
• Subscription and billing information: Information necessary to manage a paid BidMeld subscription, including subscription status, billing provider, payment-provider subscription identifiers, and billing period information.
• Communications: Information you provide when you contact us for support, billing questions, account assistance, or other inquiries.
• Technical information: BidMeld and its service providers may automatically receive technical information associated with your use of the service, such as IP address, browser or device information, timestamps, request information, and security or diagnostic logs.

How We Use Information

We may use information collected through BidMeld to:

• Create, authenticate, and maintain user accounts.
• Provide contractor, homeowner, opportunity, matching, quote, and workflow features.
• Match and rank opportunities based on contractor profile information, capabilities, preferences, and location.
• Connect homeowners and contractors through applicable BidMeld features.
• Manage BidMeld paid subscriptions and determine access to paid features.
• Send account, security, billing, subscription, notification, and other service-related communications.
• Respond to support requests and communications.
• Maintain, troubleshoot, secure, monitor, and improve BidMeld.
• Detect or prevent fraud, abuse, unauthorized access, and violations of our Terms of Service.
• Comply with applicable legal, accounting, regulatory, or security obligations.

Payment Information

BidMeld may use third-party payment providers, including PayPal, to process paid subscriptions.

When you purchase a subscription through PayPal, payment credentials and payment account information are handled by PayPal in accordance with PayPal's own terms and privacy practices. BidMeld does not receive or store your PayPal password or full payment card or bank account credentials.

BidMeld may receive and store information from the payment provider that is necessary to manage your subscription, such as a subscription identifier, subscription status, billing period information, and related transaction or account information made available to us.

Information Shared Between BidMeld Users

Certain information may be shared with other BidMeld users when necessary to provide the features you choose to use.

For example, relevant contractor profile information may be displayed in connection with homeowner projects, and relevant homeowner project information may be displayed to contractors who can view or respond to those projects.

Do not include sensitive personal information in project descriptions, business descriptions, or other fields intended to be viewed by other users.

Opportunity and Public Data

BidMeld collects, organizes, and displays government procurement, solicitation, contracting, award, and related information obtained from public agencies, procurement platforms, and other publicly accessible sources.

This public-source information is separate from personal account information you provide directly to BidMeld.

How We Share Information

We may disclose information in the following circumstances:

• Service providers: We may provide information to companies that help us operate BidMeld, including hosting, database, authentication, infrastructure, payment, security, and related providers.
• Other BidMeld users: Information may be shared as necessary to provide features that connect contractors and homeowners.
• Legal and safety reasons: We may disclose information when we reasonably believe it is necessary to comply with law, legal process, a valid government request, protect rights or safety, investigate fraud, or protect BidMeld and its users.
• Business transactions: Information may be transferred as part of a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, subject to applicable law.
• With your direction or consent: We may disclose information when you direct us to do so or otherwise consent.

Service Providers

BidMeld currently relies on third-party services including Supabase for database and authentication infrastructure, Vercel for application hosting and infrastructure, and PayPal for applicable subscription payment processing.

These providers process information according to their own agreements, privacy notices, and applicable legal obligations.

Sale of Personal Information

BidMeld does not currently sell personal information or use personal information for third-party targeted advertising.

If our practices change, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide any choices or notices required by applicable law.

Data Storage and Security

BidMeld uses reasonable technical and organizational measures intended to protect information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

Account authentication is managed through Supabase Auth. BidMeld uses database access controls, including row-level security policies where applicable, to restrict access to user data.

No internet-connected service can guarantee absolute security. You are responsible for protecting your account credentials and should contact us if you believe your account has been accessed without authorization.

Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide BidMeld, maintain accounts and subscriptions, comply with legal or accounting obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, maintain security, and support legitimate business operations.

Some information may be retained after an account is deleted when retention is required or permitted for legal, tax, accounting, fraud prevention, security, or recordkeeping purposes.

Your Choices and Rights

Depending on where you live, applicable law may provide rights relating to your personal information, which may include rights to request access, correction, deletion, or other information about how your data is handled.

You can update many contractor profile and preference fields directly through your BidMeld Profile Settings.

To request assistance with your personal information or request account deletion, contact us at curtissimon726@gmail.com.

We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests. Some requests may also be subject to exceptions permitted or required by applicable law.

Subscription Cancellation and Account Deletion

Canceling a BidMeld paid subscription does not automatically delete your BidMeld account or account information.

Subscription management is available separately from account deletion. To request deletion of your account, contact us at curtissimon726@gmail.com.

Third-Party Links and Services

BidMeld may contain links to government agencies, procurement portals, contractors, payment providers, and other third-party websites or services.

This Privacy Policy does not govern third-party websites or services. Review their privacy policies before providing information directly to them.

Children's Privacy

BidMeld is intended for adults and business users and is not designed for children. Users must meet the eligibility requirements described in our Terms of Service.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as BidMeld evolves, our service providers change, or our legal and operational requirements change.

We will update the “Last updated” date above when changes are made. Where required by applicable law, we may provide additional notice before material changes take effect.

Contact

Questions or requests concerning this Privacy Policy may be sent to curtissimon726@gmail.com.