Last updated: July 14, 2026
G & F Corporation LLC, doing business as BidBudz · bidbudz.com
BIDBUDZ PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy explains how G & F Corporation LLC, doing business as BidBudz (“BidBudz,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), collects, uses, shares, and protects personal information through bidbudz.com and related services.
By using BidBudz, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
When you create or use a BidBudz account, we may collect:
We do not store your PIN in readable form.
We collect records relating to your use of BidBudz, including:
To arrange delivery to an incarcerated recipient, we may collect:
This information is generally provided by the customer or account user.
Payments are processed by Stripe. Stripe may collect your name, billing information, payment-card details, and other information needed to process or verify payment.
BidBudz does not receive or store your full payment-card number. We may receive limited payment information from Stripe, such as:
Stripe’s handling of your information is also governed by its own privacy policy.
When you contact us, we may collect your email address, message content, and other information you voluntarily provide.
You may also provide an optional email address to receive order confirmations and updates.
If you order a photo postcard, we collect the photograph, written message, recipient information, and related order details you submit.
BidBudz personnel may manually review this content to determine whether it complies with our policies and known facility rules.
The content may also be provided to a printing or mailing service used to prepare and send the postcard.
If you use the AI reentry coaching tool, we collect the questions, instructions, and other content you enter, together with the responses generated by the tool.
User-entered content is transmitted to Anthropic, our third-party AI service provider, so that a response can be generated.
Do not submit Social Security numbers, payment-card information, account credentials, confidential legal or medical records, or other highly sensitive information through the AI tool.
If you communicate with BidBudz through email, including through a correctional facility’s email system, we may collect:
Emails sent through a correctional communications system may also be monitored, stored, delayed, or reviewed by the facility or communications provider.
When you access BidBudz, we or our service providers may automatically collect:
We may use cookies or similar technologies necessary to operate the website, maintain account sessions, remember preferences, and protect the service.
We may use personal information to:
We do not use incarcerated-recipient information to make decisions about the recipient’s eligibility for employment, housing, credit, insurance, or similar services.
We share information with Stripe as needed to process payments, prevent fraud, manage payment disputes, and provide related payment services.
When an order is placed, we may share the recipient’s name, identification number, facility address, and order details with the retailer, publisher, carrier, printer, mailing provider, or other provider responsible for fulfillment.
These parties may process information under their own privacy policies and legal obligations.
We use companies that help us operate BidBudz, including:
Stripe for payment processing;
Resend for transactional email;
Cloudflare for website infrastructure and security;
Supabase for database and account infrastructure; and
Anthropic for processing messages submitted through the AI reentry coaching tool.
We may also use providers for postcard printing and mailing, fraud prevention, technical support, and similar operational services.
These providers may process information on our behalf or according to their own applicable terms, privacy policies, and contractual obligations.
We may disclose information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:
If BidBudz is involved in a merger, financing, acquisition, reorganization, bankruptcy, or sale of some or all of its business or assets, personal information may be disclosed or transferred as part of that transaction.
We may share information when you direct us to do so or otherwise give us permission.
BidBudz does not sell personal information for money.
BidBudz also does not currently share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising or use personal information to display targeted advertising based on activity across unrelated websites.
If these practices change, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide any choices required by applicable law.
BidBudz may receive ordinary emails sent through correctional communications systems, including supported account or ordering commands.
These emails may be monitored, reviewed, stored, delayed, blocked, or disclosed by the correctional facility or communications provider. Users should not treat communications sent through a facility system as private.
BidBudz is not currently connected to CorrLinks, TRULINCS, Securus, ViaPath, JPay, or another correctional communications provider through an API or formal technical integration.
BidBudz may nevertheless receive ordinary emails originating from such systems. Receiving those emails does not mean that BidBudz is partnered with, approved by, affiliated with, or endorsed by the provider or correctional facility.
Correctional facilities and their service providers separately collect, monitor, and retain information under their own rules and privacy practices. BidBudz does not control those practices.
Customers may provide personal information about an incarcerated recipient so that BidBudz can arrange an order or provide an eligible service.
If you provide another person’s information, you confirm that you are authorized to provide it or otherwise have a lawful reason for doing so.
Recipient information should be limited to what is reasonably necessary to identify the recipient and complete the requested service.
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to:
Photo-postcard images and messages will be kept only as long as reasonably necessary to review, print, mail, support, and document the order, unless longer retention is required for fraud prevention, disputes, legal compliance, or security.
AI coaching messages may be retained by BidBudz and Anthropic for the periods reasonably necessary to operate, secure, and provide the feature, subject to applicable settings, agreements, and legal obligations.
If you request deletion, we may retain limited information where reasonably necessary or legally required.
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information. These measures may include:
No website, database, or electronic transmission is completely secure. We therefore cannot guarantee absolute security.
You are responsible for keeping your account ID and PIN confidential. Contact [email protected] promptly if you believe your account or personal information has been compromised.
You may contact us to request access to or correction of your account information.
Depending on where you live and subject to applicable law, you may have the right to request that we:
Because BidBudz does not currently sell personal information or use it for targeted advertising, there is no sale or targeted-advertising opt-out presently required for our ordinary practices.
To make a privacy request, email [email protected] and describe the request. When possible, send the request from the email address associated with your account.
We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.
You may use an authorized agent where permitted by law. We may request evidence of the agent’s authority and may verify your identity directly.
If we deny a privacy request and applicable law provides a right to appeal, email [email protected] with the subject line “Privacy Request Appeal.”
Privacy rights are not absolute. We may decline or limit a request where permitted by law, including when information must be retained to:
We will not discriminate against you for exercising an applicable privacy right.
We may send service-related emails, including account notices, purchase confirmations, order updates, security alerts, and policy notices.
Because these communications relate to your account or transactions, you may not be able to opt out of all service-related messages while maintaining an active account.
If BidBudz later sends promotional emails, those messages will include an appropriate unsubscribe option.
BidBudz is intended only for adults who are at least 18 years old. We do not knowingly permit minors to create accounts or use the AI coaching, postcard-ordering, or email-command features.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, contact [email protected] so that we can investigate and take appropriate action.
BidBudz may link to or use services operated by third parties, including Stripe, Anthropic, retailers, publishers, printers, and mailing providers.
Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, not solely by this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review the policies of the services you use.
BidBudz is operated from the United States and is intended for use within the United States.
Personal information may be processed and stored in the United States or in other locations where our service providers operate, subject to applicable contractual and legal protections.
We may update this Privacy Policy as our services, technology, or legal obligations change. The updated policy will be posted with a revised “Last Updated” date.
If a change materially affects how we use personal information, we will provide reasonable notice through the website, by email, or through another appropriate method.
For privacy questions, requests, or concerns, contact:
G & F Corporation LLC Doing Business as BidBudz Email: [email protected] Website: https://bidbudz.com