Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 1, 2024

Herein is provided the privacy policy of BrainChain (https://brainchain.tech) ("Website"). The Website is owned and operated by BrainChain Labs S.R.L, a company with limited liability incorporated in the Costa Rica, referred to herein as ("BrainChain", "Company", "we", "our", or "us"). This Privacy Policy describes how BrainChain will manage end users personal information which we collect as a result of your use of brainchain.tech, your use of our websites located at https://brainchain.tech and any pages or websites under the "BrainChain" brand that are owned and/or operated by us or whenever we otherwise deal with you. BrainChain is committed to ensuring that the personal information we collect about you is protected and is used, stored and disclosed in accordance with the Privacy Act and this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") together with our Terms of Service ("Terms of Service") sets out the basis on which any Personal Information we collect from the User. The “User" is an individual providing personal Information to us through our Website, Medium pages, Telegram Channels, Discord, Google forms, or other social media accounts, or other means such as engage and complete additional BrainChain social media engagement tasks, for any BrainChain's event or interact with us on our social media accounts. Hereinafter, We may refer to User as "You" in this Privacy Policy.

By "Personal Information", we mean any information that enables you to be directly or indirectly identified, for example your name, profile picture, username, email address, IP address, device ID or other online identifier.

Website Use

Protecting your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to safeguarding your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you access or use our platform. It also explains your rights and choices regarding your personal information.

At BrainChain, we are dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of privacy and security. Please read the following carefully to understand what information we collect, how that information is used and the ways it can be shared by us. We respect your privacy rights and strive to be transparent about our data practices. By accessing, connecting, clicking on, using, or engaging in Our Services, or using BrainChain, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, either partially or wholly, to this Privacy Policy, you should not access or use the Website or use the services offered by us. This Privacy Policy does not apply to services offered by other companies or service providers or other websites linked to our Website.

What Personal Information Do We Collect?

With regard to each of your visits to our website and access to the services we may automatically collect the following information:

  • Information about visits to our website, browser type, information about your browser, date and time You visit website, volume of data transmitted and network operator. This information will either be directly obtained by BrainChain or through third party service providers.

  • Transaction data including purchases of crypto assets;

  • Technical data including IP address, time zone setting and locations, operating system, and other technologies on your device used to access the platform;

  • Services you viewed or searched for; page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information and methods used to browse away from the page;

  • Our Website utilize browser cookies (small text files stored on a user’s web browser when you visit a website) and similar tracking technologies (collectively, “Cookies”) to collect and store certain information when you use, access, or interact with our services.

Information we may collect from third party sources

  • We may receive information about you from other sources, including: (i) third parties that help us update, expand, and analyze our records; prevent or detect fraud; process transactions; or analyze your use of our Services, and (ii) third parties with whom you choose to link with the Services through functionality we make available to you. Our Services may also include integrated content or links to content provided by third parties (such as social media content, plug-ins and applications). Additional third parties may include our affiliated entities.

Anonymized and Aggregated Data

  • We may also aggregate personal and other data captured by us so that the data is no longer capable of identifying an individual. Aggregated data may cover patterns of usage or information and data that you provide to us, and we reserve the right to use this aggregated information for the purposes of improving and enhancing our Services, generating insights, for use in marketing to other users and current and potential partners and otherwise for the purposes of our business. Provided that such aggregated data does not directly or indirectly identify you as an individual, this data is not considered to be Personal Information for the purpose of this Privacy Policy.

  • We use anonymized or aggregated users information for the purposes stipulated in this Privacy Policy at any time, including gaining a better understanding of Users needs and behaviours, conducting business intelligence and marketing initiatives, and detecting security threats. In this regard, We reserve the right to implement innovative technologies as they become available to be used for strategic planning and operational processes.

How We Collect Personal Data

  • When You visit and/or firstly connect with the Website;

  • When You interact with us on our social media accounts;

  • When You voluntarily complete any user survey or provide feedback to Us via emails or any other electronic channels including on Our social media accounts;

  • When You use browser cookies or any other relevant software upon visiting the Website; or

  • Other situations where we may automatically collect your information as described in this Privacy Policy, Our Terms and Service, or other relevant agreements with You.

Information collected by the third-party

  • We will collect your Personal Information from the third parties as required or permitted to the extent of applicable laws. Information from the third-party sources will include, but will not limited to, public databases, blockchain data, marketing partners and resellers, advertising partners, and analytics providers.

How We Use Your Personal Information

BrainChain will collect information about you for the purposes set out below if you wish to transact on and use the Website or use the Services,

  • Verify your identity;

  • Establish and maintain a responsible commercial relationship with you;

  • To protect you;

  • Understand your needs and your eligibility for products and services;

  • Helps us provide you with a secure, smooth, efficient and customized experience;

  • Inform you about Website features;

  • Provide information to you about developments and new products, including changes to the Website;

  • To enforce Our Terms and Service, and other relevant agreements;

  • Develop, enhance, and market products and services, and provide products and services to you;

  • Conduct surveys and get feedback from you;

  • Deliver products and services to you;

  • Provide you with news and other matters of general interest to you as a customer;

  • To perform our obligations that arise out of the arrangement we are about to enter or have entered with you;

  • To enforce the terms of the arrangement we have with you or any third party; and

  • As we believe reasonably necessary, advisable or appropriate to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations and to respond to legal, regulatory, arbitration or government process or requests for information issued by government authorities or other third parties or to protect your, our, or others’ rights.

BrainChain and members of the BrainChain’s group (including our affiliates and subsidiaries) may send marketing communications. You can opt out of receiving marketing emails from us should you so desire. Please note that even if you unsubscribe to marketing communications, we still may need to send you communications relating to your use of the Website, such as service announcements and if we may need to send certain information to you under a legal requirement.

BrainChain uses IP addresses and page visits to analyze trends, administer the Website, and gather information for aggregate use. For systems administration and detecting usage patterns and troubleshooting purposes, the BrainChain’s web servers also automatically log standard access information including browser type and URL requested. This information is not shared with third parties and is used only within the Operator on a need-to-know basis. BrainChain reserves the right to block access for any customer accessing the Website via a proxy service or through a VPN intending to conceal their originating identity. This includes access via the Tor anonymity network.

How We Protect Your Personal Information

We will not rent, sell, or disclose your Personal Information to any third parties, except to those who require access to the information to perform their tasks and duties under the binding agreements executed with Us and to share with third parties who have a legitimate purpose for accessing it. We may share, transfer, disclose, or allow access to your Personal Information to the following third parties for the purposes described below:

You hereby agree that we have the right to share your Personal Information with:

  • Any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries including their respective contractors, affiliates, employees or representatives.

  • Our service providers, to the extent necessary to supply the Services to you.

  • Selected third parties, including analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimization of the Services.

  • We may disclose or transfer a part of your Personal Information We collect if We are involved in a business transition or any merger and/or acquisition projects. In such merger or acquisition event, your Personal Information might be among the assets transferred, but it will be protected and secure in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

  • Authorities and law enforcement agencies worldwide either when ordered to do so or on a voluntary basis if this appears reasonable and necessary to us.

We may also disclose your Personal Information to third parties:

  • If the Company or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case Personal Information held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.

  • If we are under a duty to disclose or share your Personal Information in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our Terms of Service and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our clients, or others.

Third-Party Collection of Personal Information

This Privacy Policy only addresses the use and disclosure of the Personal Information we collect from You. To the extent that You disclose your information to other parties through the use of Our Services such as by clicking on a link to any other websites of our partner networks, different rules regarding Privacy Policies may apply to their use or disclosure of the Personal Information You disclose to them.

You hereby acknowledge that we will not be responsible for the products, services, or descriptions of products or services that You receive from the third-party websites or to the content or privacy practices of the third-party websites. You hereby agree that we are not responsible for or able to control, the privacy, security, or other practices of any third parties. This Privacy Policy will not be applied to any such third-party products and services that You access through our Website and social media channels. You hereby agree that websites, applications and services of third parties (including affiliate entities, associated companies, sponsors, advertisers or other persons) will be governed by the privacy settings, policies, and/or procedures of the third party, which may differ from this Privacy Policy. It is your responsibility to review the privacy statements, policies, terms, and conditions of any person or company to whom you choose to link or with whom you choose to contract. We are not responsible for the privacy statements, policies, terms, conditions, or other content of any website not owned or managed by the BrainChain.

GDPR Privacy Policy (Data Protection Rights)

BrainChain is committed to complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and respecting the data protection rights of our users. The GDPR provides certain rights and protections for individuals in the European Economic Area (EEA) and may also apply to individuals in other jurisdictions.

  • Right to Access: You have the right to request access to your personal information and receive a copy of the information we hold about you. You may exercise this right by contacting us using the contact information provided below.

  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete information about you. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.

  • Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we delete your personal information under certain circumstances, such as when the information is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or when you withdraw your consent. However, please note that we may be required to retain certain information for legal or regulatory purposes.

  • Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

  • Right to Object: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Your Rights and Choices

You have certain rights and choices regarding your personal information, including:

  • Accessing and Updating Your Information: You may access and update your personal information by contacting Our support team.

  • Opting Out of Marketing Communications: You may opt out of receiving marketing communications from us by following the instructions provided in the communication or by contacting us directly.

  • Changing Cookie Settings: You may change your browser or device settings to disable cookies or limit the types of cookies you accept.

Please note that exercising these rights and choices may impact your ability to use certain features of BrainChain.

Data Security

We take data security seriously and have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. You acknowledge that no method of data transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Accordingly, BrainChain does not warrant the security of any information which you transmit to it. Any information which you transmit to brainchain.tech is transmitted at your own risk. However, once brainchain.tech receives your transmission, brainchain.tech will take reasonable steps to protect your Personal Information from misuse, loss and unauthorized access, modification and disclosure including by using password protected systems and databases and Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.

Brainchain.tech employees, agents and contractors are required to maintain the confidentiality of Users Personal Information.

Information posted or communicated within a social media environment (for example Telegram, Twitter, Discord, etc.) becomes public information. Brainchain.tech cannot guarantee the security of this type of disclosed information.

Remember to always lock out your web3 wallets before you share a computer with another person. You are responsible for the security of and access to your own computer, mobile device or any other handset used to access the website.

Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your account information. Please be careful whenever using the Internet and our website.

You agree and acknowledge that we cannot guarantee that any losses, misuses, unauthorized accession, or alteration of your Personal Data will not occur. You hereby agree that You play a vital role in protecting your Personal Data, including your credentials.

Limitations

Our Services are not designed for the individuals who are under the age of 18 or under the legal age to provide consent under the applicable laws of country or jurisdiction where You are using Our Services or Platform. If You are not over 18 or of the legal age of your country, You will not provide any Personal Information to Us, or to engage in Our services. We reserve the right to access and verify any Personal Information collected from You. If we are aware that You are under 18 or under the legal age who already shared your Personal Information with us, we will then discard such information and block your access to our Website immediately.

Changes and Updates

We may revise and update this Privacy Policy from time to time, at our sole discretion, and the last version will be published. If you do not agree to be bound by these Privacy Policy or with any subsequent amendments, changes or updates, please do not access or use any of the Services, and if you do access or use any of the Services, you will be bound by these Privacy Policy, as updated and amended from time to time. Your only recourse in the case of your unwillingness to be bound by these Privacy Policy is to stop using all of the Services.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us by email. [[email protected]]

Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We appreciate your trust and confidence in BrainChain.

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