Privacy Policy
Last updated: 13 June 2025
1. About Us
2. What Personal Data We Collect
- Basic & contact data
- Name, e-mail address
- Provided when you subscribe to our newsletter or fill out a Webflow form
- On-chain identifiers
- Bitcoin or Citrea wallet addresses you voluntarily submit (e.g., bug-bounty or points campaigns)
- Online identifiers
- IP address, device IDs, cookie IDs, and X (Twitter) Handles for points campaigns.
- Captured by Google Analytics 4 (GA4) via Google Tag Manager (GTM)
- Usage & behavioral data
- Pages viewed, clicks, scroll depth, referring URL
- Logged by GA4 via GTM
- Communication data
- Contents of messages you send us (Discord, X/Twitter, e-mail)
You are under no legal obligation to provide this data, but certain features (e.g., newsletter delivery or cookie-dependent services) will not work without it.
3. How We Collect Data
- Direct interactions — forms, newsletter sign-up, social media messages
- Automatic tracking — cookies, pixels, similar technologies
- Service-provider reports — aggregated analytics from GA4
- Public sources — public blockchain activity you share with us
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4. Why We Process Data & Legal Bases
- Operate, secure, and improve the Website
- Legal basis: Legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR)
- Send newsletters and product updates
- Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 (1)(a)) — can be withdrawn any time
- Analyse site usage (GA4)
- Legal basis:
- Consent for non-essential cookies
- Legitimate interest for purely functional cookies
- Respond to enquiries and provide support
- Legal basis: Contract or pre-contract steps (Art. 6 (1)(b))
- Comply with legal obligations
- Legal basis: Legal obligation (Art. 6 (1)(c))
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5. Newsletter
- When you join our “Stay up to date” form:
- We store your e-mail address.
- Periodic updates are sent via mail.
- Each e-mail contains a one-click Unsubscribe link.
- Open rates and link clicks are measured (web beacons) to improve content.
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6. Cookies & Similar Technologies
Our banner lets you Reject All, Accept All, or customize the following categories:
- Functionality (essential; up to 12 months)
- Stores choices like language or cookie-consent state
- Analytics Storage (requires consent; 1 day – 13 months)
- Helps us understand how visitors use the site
- Ad Storage / Ad User Data / Ad Personalisation (requires consent; up to 13 months)
- Used only if we run advertising campaigns in future
- Personalization Storage (requires consent; up to 13 months)
- Remembers preferences to tailor content
- Security Storage (essential; up to 12 months)
- Detects and prevents abuse or bugs
You can delete or block cookies via your browser settings at any time.
7. Google Tag Manager (GTM) & Google Analytics 4 (GA4)
- GTM
- Purely a container; does not set its own cookies.
- GA4 (IP-anonymization enabled)
- Collects: IP address, device info, referrer URL, pages viewed, button clicks.
- Main cookies:
_ga
(13 months) — distinguishes users_ga_<ID>
(13 months) — stores session state_gid
(1 day) — counts page views
- Data may be processed on Google LLC servers in the USA under EU Standard Contractual Clauses.
- Opt-out options:
- Refuse “Analytics” cookies in our banner.
- Install Google’s browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout).
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8. Social Media & External Links
- We maintain pages on: X (Twitter), GitHub, Discord.
- When you visit those platforms, their own privacy policies apply.
- Our Website also links to Citrea and other third-party sites; we are not responsible for their content or privacy practices.
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9. Data Sharing & International Transfers
We share personal data only with:
- Hosting & CDN: Cloudflare (USA → EU/US)
- Analytics: Google LLC (USA)
- Security & Monitoring: Cloudflare, Sentry
Transfers outside the EEA/Switzerland rely on EU Standard Contractual Clauses or adequacy decisions.
10. Retention
- We keep personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes listed above.
- Once no longer needed, data is deleted or fully anonymized.
- Newsletter addresses are erased immediately upon unsubscribe.
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11. Security
- Encryption in transit and at rest
- Role-based access controls
- Regular penetration testing and monitoring
- No internet transmission is 100 % secure; please protect your own devices.
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12. Your Rights
- Access, rectification, erasure, restriction, and portability
- Withdraw consent at any time (future processing only)
- Object to processing based on legitimate interest
- Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
To exercise any right, contact [email protected]. We may request verification.
California (CCPA/CPRA) — You may know, delete, correct, and opt-out of “sharing”/“selling” personal info. We do not sell personal data.
13. Children
- The Website is not intended for children under 16.
- If you believe we have data from a child, contact us and we will delete it.
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14. Changes to This Policy
- We may update this Policy periodically.
- The “Last updated” date shows the current version.
- Significant changes will be announced via the Website or e-mail where possible.
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15. Contact
E-mail: [email protected]