Privacy Policy
Circuit protocol operates in a decentralized and permissionless manner. Although we may collect and process information about users of circuitdao.com or the Interface in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not have information about protocol users beyond what is already publicly available and recorded on the blockchain.
This privacy policy (the Privacy Policy) explains how Voltage Technologies ("we", "our", or "us") collects, uses, and shares information in connection with our Services as well as your rights and choices regarding such information in accordance with applicable data protection legislation ("Data Protection Legislation"). These terms apply to circuitdao.com and the Interface and any other online location within the Services that links to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the "Services").
By using the Services, you also agree to our collection, use, and sharing of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the Terms of Use, you should not use or access the Interface or the Services.
If you are an individual, this Privacy Policy will be relevant to you directly. If you are an entity or arrangement that provides us with personal data on individuals connected to you for any reason, this Privacy Policy will be relevant for those individuals and you should transmit this Privacy Policy to such individuals or otherwise advise them of its content.
1. Information Collection
A. Information You Provide. We may collect the following information about you when you use the Services:
Correspondence and Content: When you contact us for support or other inquiries, you may share with us your contact details and contextual information relevant to your issue (such as wallet type, token or transaction details, device type, or error codes). This helps us respond and improve the Services.
You may choose to voluntarily provide other information to us that we have not solicited from you, and, in such instances, you are solely responsible for such information.
B. Information Collected Automatically. We collect the following information:
Wallet Address: We may collect the wallet address you use to connect to the Interface to block wallets that are associated with certain legally prohibited conduct from Interface. Separately, we may collect your wallet address as part of "Usage Information" (as described below) to improve the Interface and user experience of the Services.
Device Information: We may collect information about the device you use to access the Interface, such as the device type, operating system, browser type, and screen height and width. This information helps us optimize the Interface for different devices and troubleshoot any technical issues.
Usage Information: We may collect information about how you use the Interface and Services, including your wallet address, the time you access the Interface, pages you visit, the features and assets you interact with, the links you click, and the search queries you make. By analyzing this data, we gain a deeper understanding of user behavior, which in turn allows us to make continuous improvements to the Interface and enhance the overall user experience.
We will not take decisions producing legal effects concerning you, or otherwise significantly affecting you, based solely on automated processing of your personal data, unless we have considered the proposed processing in a particular case and concluded in writing that it meets the applicable requirements under the Data Protection Legislation.
For further information on how we use tracking technologies for analytics and your rights and choices regarding them, please see the "Cookies Policy" and "Analytics" sections below.
2. Use of Information
We may collect and use information for our legitimate business purposes in accordance with the practices described in this Privacy Policy, including where this is necessary for the performance of a contract, where this is necessary for compliance with applicable legal or regulatory obligations or otherwise in pursuance of our legitimate interests or those of a third party to whom your personal data is disclosed. In particular, our business purposes for collecting and using information includes, but is not limited to:
Operating and managing the Services (including through authorized service providers): To make the Services available to you and perform services requested by you, such as responding to your comments, questions, and requests, and providing information support; sending you technical notices, updates, security alerts, information regarding changes to our policies, and support, administrative messages; detecting, preventing, and addressing fraud, breach of Terms, and threats, or harm; and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
Improving the Services: To continually improve the Services and fulfill any other legitimate business purpose, as permitted under applicable laws.
Merger or Acquisition: In connection with, or during negotiations of, any proposed or actual merger, purchase, sale, or any other type of acquisition, financing, reorganization, or business combination of all or any portion of our assets, or transfer of all or a portion of our business to another business.
Security and Compliance with Laws: As we believe necessary or appropriate to operate and maintain the security or integrity of the Interface, including to prevent or stop an attack on our computer systems or networks, investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Interface, enforce our Terms, and comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as responding to subpoenas or requests from government authorities.
Facilitating Requests: To comply with your requests or directions.
Consent: Purposes for which we have obtained your consent, as required by applicable laws.
Notwithstanding the above, we may use information that does not identify you (including information that has been aggregated or de-identified) for any purpose except as prohibited by applicable law. For information on your rights and choices with respect to how we use information about you, please see the "Analytics" section below.
3. Sharing and Disclosure of Information
We may share or disclose information that we collect in accordance with the practices described in this Privacy Policy and for the purposes set out in the "Use of Information" section above. The categories of parties with whom we may share information include:
Affiliates: We may share information with our affiliates and related entities, including where they act as our service providers or for their own internal purposes.
Professional Advisors: We may share information with our professional advisors for purposes of audits and compliance with our legal obligations.
Service Providers: We may share information with third-party service providers for business purposes, including fraud detection and prevention, security threat detection, data analytics, information technology and storage, and blockchain transaction monitoring. Any information shared with such service providers is subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy. All service providers that we engage with are restricted to only utilizing the information on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions.
Regulatory and government authorities: In certain circumstances, we may be legally obliged to share your personal data and other information with relevant regulatory or governmental authorities. The professional advisors and service providers noted above are generally processors acting on the instructions of the us, however a professional advisor or service provider may use your personal data where this is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which it is directly subject and, in respect of this specific use of personal data, may be deemed to be acting as a data controller in its own right.
Notwithstanding the above, we may share information that does not identify you (including information that has been aggregated or de-identified) except as prohibited by applicable law.
4. Third-Party Services
We may also integrate technologies operated or controlled by other parties into parts of the Services. For example, the Services may include links that hyperlink to websites, platforms, and other services not operated or controlled by us. Please note that when you interact with other parties, including when you leave the Interface, those parties may independently collect information about you and solicit information from you. The information collected and stored by those parties remains subject to their own policies and practices, including what information they share with us, your rights and choices on their services and devices, and whether they store information in the U.S. or elsewhere. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with and consult their privacy policies and terms of use. For example, by using a third-party wallet to engage in transactions on public blockchains, your interactions with any third-party wallet provider are governed by the applicable terms of service and privacy policy of that wallet provider.
5. Cookies Policy
We understand that your privacy is important to you and are committed to being transparent about the technologies we use. In the spirit of transparency, this Cookies Policy provides detailed information about how and when we use cookies on our Services.
A. Do we use cookies? We do not use cookies. If we were, we would use cookies and and other technologies to understand how you use our Interface so we can improve its design and functionality (to ensure everyone who uses the Interface has the best possible experience).
What is a cookie? A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard drive by a web page server. Cookies contain information that can later be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. Some of the cookies will only be used if you use certain features or select certain preferences, and some cookies will always be used. You can find out more about each cookie by viewing our current cookie list below. We update this list periodically, so there may be additional cookies that are not yet listed.
B. Why would we use cookies? We use cookies and other similar identifiers only to compile aggregate data about Interface traffic and site interaction to offer better user experiences and tools in the future.
C. What types of cookies do we use?
Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the Interface to function properly and enable basic features such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the site. They do not collect personal information.
Analytical/Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to analyze how visitors use the Interface, which helps us improve its functionality and performance.
Functional Cookies: These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization of the website. They may remember your preferences, such as the wallet you previously used to connect.
D. How to disable cookies? Users can generally activate or later deactivate the use of cookies through a functionality built into your web browser. If you want to learn more about cookies, or how to control, disable, or delete them, please visit http://www.aboutcookies.org for detailed guidance.
6. Analytics
We may use third-party tools to track user interactions, preferences, and behavior during browsing sessions. This data helps us improve our services and analyze trends in our user base. If you prefer not to participate in our tracking techniques and data collection, please adjust your browser settings or use browser extensions designed for this purpose.
7. Data Security
We implement and maintain reasonable administrative, physical, and technical security safeguards to help protect information about you from loss, theft, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. Nevertheless, transmission via the Internet is not completely secure and we cannot guarantee the security of information about you.
8. Data Retention
Please note that we retain information we collect as long as it is necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected, as outlined in this Privacy Policy, and to the extent permitted by applicable legal requirements. Where you request the deletion of your information, we may continue to retain and use your information as permitted or required under applicable laws, for legal, tax, or regulatory reasons, or legitimate and lawful business purposes.
We expect to delete your personal data (at the latest) once there is no longer any legal or regulatory requirement or legitimate business purpose for retaining your personal data.
9. International Transfers
Please be aware that information collected through the Services may be transferred to, processed, stored, and used in the United Kingdom, European Economic Area, and other jurisdictions. Data protection laws in the United Kingdom, EEA and other jurisdictions may be different from those of your country of residence. Your use of the Services or provision of any information therefore constitutes your consent to the transfer to and from, processing, usage, sharing, and storage of information about you in the United Kingdom, EEA and other jurisdictions as set out in this Privacy Policy. Your personal data may be transferred to jurisdictions that do not offer equivalent protection of personal data as under the Data Protection Legislation. In such cases, we will process personal data or procure that it be processed in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Legislation, which may include having appropriate contractual undertakings in legal agreements with service providers who process personal data on our behalf.
10. Your rights under UK data protection law
If you are in the United Kingdom, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:
- the right to be informed about how we use it;
- the right of access (to receive a copy of your data);
- the right to rectification (to have inaccurate data corrected);
- the right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”);
- the right to restrict processing;
- the right to data portability;
- the right to object to processing (including direct marketing and profiling);
- and rights in relation to automated decision-making.
You can exercise any of these rights at any time by contacting us at info@circuitdao.com. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), at www.ico.org.uk/concerns or by telephone on 0303 123 1113.
11. Children
The Services are intended for general audiences and are not directed at children. To use the Services, you must legally be able to enter into the Agreement.
12. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to revise and reissue this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be effective immediately upon our posting of the revised Privacy Policy. For the avoidance of doubt, your continued use of the Services indicates your consent to the revised Privacy Policy then posted.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, our data practices, or our compliance with applicable law, please contact us by email at info@circuitdao.com.