Privacy Policy — Blair Valley Misfits

1. About this policy

Blair Valley Misfits ("BVM," "we," "us," or "our"), through Thomas, operates a private text messaging program for personal projects. It is not a business, a marketing program, or a service offered to the public. Recipients are limited to Thomas, friends, and family members.

This policy explains how information is handled when BVM sends or receives SMS or MMS messages using Twilio and personal software, including AI-assisted agents.

2. Information we handle

Depending on the personal project or conversation, we may handle:

your phone number, name, or the personal contact label used to recognize you;
consent records, including when, how, and for what type of messages you gave permission;
message content, attachments, replies, delivery status, and basic timestamps or routing details;
your opt-in, opt-out, and help preferences; and
outputs or technical logs produced when an automated or AI agent helps compose, classify, route, or respond to a message.

3. How we use information

We use this information only to:

send messages you agreed to receive and respond to you;
operate or test personal, non-commercial projects;
identify the sender and keep conversations in context;
record and honor consent, STOP, and HELP requests;
troubleshoot delivery, protect the system, and prevent misuse; and
meet applicable legal, carrier, and messaging-platform requirements.

4. Mobile information and sharing

We do not sell, rent, or share mobile phone numbers, text messaging originator opt-in data, or consent information with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes.

BVM does not use mobile information for advertising and does not maintain or distribute marketing lists. We may allow service providers to process information only when needed to run the messaging program. These providers may include Twilio for message delivery and, when a project uses AI features, an AI or computing provider that helps process or generate a message. They are used for operational support, not for their own marketing or promotion.

We may also disclose information if required by law, to protect a person from harm, or to investigate abuse of the messaging system.

5. Consent and message frequency

Before sending recurring or automated messages, Thomas obtains clear, direct permission from each recipient and records the date, method, and scope of that permission. A person may give permission in a direct conversation, in writing, or by sending an announced opt-in keyword such as START. A message that you initiate permits a response in that conversation; separate permission is obtained before recurring automated messages begin.

Message frequency varies based on your direct interactions and the personal projects you choose to participate in. Messages are occasional and are not sent on a fixed schedule. Message and data rates may apply.

6. Your choices

Opt out: Reply STOP at any time. You may receive one confirmation, and then no further messages will be sent unless you later provide new consent.
Get help: Reply HELP or contact Thomas through the same direct personal channel used to invite you.
Change your permission: Tell Thomas directly if you want to limit the subjects or projects for which you receive messages.

7. Retention and security

We retain consent and opt-out records as needed to document and honor your choices. Other message information is retained only as long as reasonably useful for the conversation, personal project, system reliability, safety, or legal obligations. We use reasonable safeguards, but no SMS, internet, or storage system is completely secure. Please do not text highly sensitive information.

8. Children

This is an invitation-only personal program and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect a child's mobile information through a public signup or marketing campaign.

9. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when a personal project or messaging practice changes. The date at the top will show the latest version. If a material change affects the permission you gave, we will ask for new consent before using your number for the changed purpose.

10. Contact

For privacy questions or help with the messaging program, reply HELP to a BVM message or contact Thomas through the direct personal channel by which you know him.