This Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how Aurelius, a Wyoming decentralized unincorporated non-profit association ("Aurelius", "we", "us," or "our"), collect, use, process, and share your personal information, and to help you understand and exercise your privacy rights.
About Our Services and the Blockchain
Our Services (as defined below) may facilitate interaction with certain decentralized cryptographic protocols like blockchains, which we do not own or control (each, a "Protocol"). Our Services may also facilitate the creation of a digital wallet through third party services that we do not own and control that enable you to take self-custody and manage digital assets (such as NFTs, cryptocurrency, or blockchain tokens), and enable you to interact with third party services and supported Protocols to support the sale, purchase, trade, staking, distribution of digital assets and other transactions on the decentralized blockchains on which the supported digital assets are recorded (each, a "Blockchain").
An Important Note Regarding Blockchain Technologies: If you participate in our Services relating to the creation and management of digital assets, smart contracts will be employed that necessarily collect information, such as your digital wallet address (which some legal jurisdictions may consider personal information), and that information will be stored on a public blockchain that we do not control. A smart contract is computer code that automatically processes events when certain conditions are met; for example, when a transaction is conducted to add a token to a digital wallet, a smart contract would automatically execute the proposed action. In these situations, your personal information, such as a digital wallet address, will be stored on that blockchain through the execution of a smart contract and that personal information may not be able to be modified or deleted due to the immutable nature of the blockchain.
Please make sure to review our Terms of Use for more information, including specific terms and obligations for the use of our Services that may include dispute resolutions.
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1. Scope of this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to personal information processed by us, including on our websites, and other online or offline offerings. To make this Privacy Policy easier to read, our websites, and other offerings are collectively called the "Services."
Changes to our Privacy Policy. We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time in our sole discretion. If there are any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you as required by applicable law. You understand and agree that you will be deemed to have accepted the updated Privacy Policy if you continue to use our Services after the new Privacy Policy takes effect.
The categories of personal information we collect depend on how you interact with us, our Services, and the requirements of applicable law. We collect information that you provide to us, information we obtain automatically when you use our Services, and information from other sources such as third-party services and organizations, as described below.
A. Personal Information You Provide to Us Directly
We may collect personal information that you provide to us.
- Contact Information. We may collect personal information when you purchase certain products from us, including your phone number, email and mailing address.
- Account Creation. We may collect personal information when you connect to the Services, such as your digital wallet address.
- Online Transactional Information. We may collect transactional information, such as your wallet address. We may collect personal information and details associated with your transactions including, but not limited to, information about the transactions you make using the Services, the purpose of the transactions, and information on sources of your funds.
- Your Communications with Us. We may collect personal information, such as email address, digital wallet address or online handle (for example, Discord) when you request information about our Services, register for our newsletter, request customer or technical support, or otherwise communicate with us.
- Surveys. We may contact you to participate in surveys. If you decide to participate, we may collect personal information from you in connection with the survey.
- Interactive Features. We and others who use our Services may collect personal information that you submit or make available through our interactive features (for example, blockchain, messaging and chat features, commenting functionalities, forums, blogs, and social media pages). Any information you provide using the public sharing features of the Services will be considered "public," unless otherwise required by applicable law, and is not subject to the privacy protections referenced herein.
- Sweepstakes or Contests. We may collect personal information you provide for any sweepstakes or contests that we offer. In some jurisdictions, we are required to publicly share information of sweepstakes and contest winners.
- Conferences, Trade Shows, and Other Events. We may collect personal information from individuals when we attend or host conferences, trade shows, and other events.
- Business Development and Strategic Partnerships. We may collect personal information from individuals and third parties to assess and pursue potential business opportunities.
- Job Applications. We may post job openings and opportunities on our Services. If you respond to one of these postings, we may collect your personal information, such as your application, CV, cover letter, and/or any other information you provide to us.
B. Personal Information Collected Automatically
We may collect personal information automatically when you use our Services.
- Automatic Collection of Personal Information. We may collect certain information automatically when you use our Services, such as your Internet protocol (IP) address, user settings, MAC address, cookie identifiers, mobile carrier, mobile advertising and other unique identifiers, browser or device information, location information (including approximate location derived from IP address), and Internet service provider. We may also automatically collect information regarding your use of our Services, such as pages that you visit before, during and after using our Services, information about the links you click, the types of content you interact with, the frequency and duration of your activities, and other information about how you use our Services.
- Cookie Policy (and Other Technologies). We, as well as third parties that provide content, advertising, or other functionality on our Services, may use cookies, pixel tags, and other technologies ("Technologies") to automatically collect information through your use of our Services.
- Cookies. Cookies are small text files placed in device browsers that store preferences and facilitate and enhance your experience.
- Pixel Tags/Web Beacons. A pixel tag (also known as a web beacon) is a piece of code embedded in our Services that collects information about engagement on our Services. The use of a pixel tag allows us to record, for example, that a user has visited a particular web page or clicked on a particular advertisement. We may also include web beacons in e-mails to understand whether messages have been opened, acted on, or forwarded.
Our uses of these Technologies fall into the following general categories:
- Operationally Necessary. This includes Technologies that allow you access to our Services, applications, and tools that are required to identify irregular website behavior, prevent fraudulent activity, improve security, or allow you to make use of our functionality;
- Performance-Related. We may use Technologies to assess the performance of our Services, including as part of our analytic practices to help us understand how individuals use our Services (see Analytics below);
- Functionality-Related. We may use Technologies that allow us to offer you enhanced functionality when accessing or using our Services. This may include identifying you when you sign into our Services or keeping track of your specified preferences, interests, or past items viewed;
- Advertising- or Targeting-Related. We may use first party or third-party Technologies to deliver content, including ads relevant to your interests, on our Services or on third-party digital properties.
See "Your Privacy Choices and Rights" below to understand your choices regarding these Technologies.
Analytics. We may use Technologies and other third-party tools to process analytics information on our Services. These Technologies allow us to better understand how our digital Services are used and to continually improve and personalize our Services. Some of our analytics partners include:
- Google Analytics. For more information about how Google uses your personal information (including for its own purposes, for example, for profiling or linking it to other data), please visit Google Analytics' Privacy Policy. To learn more about how to opt-out of Google Analytics' use of your information, please click here.
- Privy: For more information about how Privy uses your personal information, please visit Privy's Privacy Policy.
- X/Twitter: For more information about how X/Twitter uses your personal information, please visit X/Twitter's Privacy Policy.
C. Personal Information Collected from Other Sources
- Third-Party Services and Sources. We may obtain personal information about you from other sources, including through third-party services and organizations. For example, if you access our Services through a third-party application, such a third-party login service or a social networking site, we may collect personal information about you from that third-party application that you have made available via your privacy settings.
- Blockchain Information. We may obtain personal information about you through our analysis of blockchain information.
3. How We Use Your Personal Information
We use your personal information for a variety of business purposes, including to provide our Services, for administrative purposes, and to market our products and Services, as described below.
A. Provide Our Services
We use your information to fulfil our contract with you and provide you with our Services, such as:
- Fulfilling purchase orders;
- Managing your information and accounts;
- Facilitating transactions you enter into;
- Providing access to certain areas, functionalities, and features of our Services;
- Answering requests for customer or technical support;
- Communicating with you about your account, activities on our Services, and policy changes;
- Processing applications if you apply for a job we post on our Services; and
- Allowing you to register for events.
B. Administrative Purposes
We use your information for various administrative purposes, such as:
- Pursuing our legitimate interests such as direct marketing, research and development (including marketing research), network and information security, and fraud prevention;
- Detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for that activity;
- Measuring interest and engagement in our Services;
- Improving, upgrading, or enhancing our Services;
- Developing new products and services;
- Ensuring internal quality control and safety;
- Authenticating and verifying individual identities, including requests to exercise your rights under this Privacy Policy;
- Debugging to identify and repair errors with our Services;
- Auditing relating to interactions, transactions, and other compliance activities;
- Sharing personal information with third parties as needed to provide or improve the Services;
- Enforcing our agreements and policies; and
- Carrying out activities that are required to comply with our legal obligations.
C. Marketing and Advertising our Products and Services
We may use personal information to tailor and provide you with content and advertisements. We may provide you with these materials as permitted by applicable law.
Some of the ways we market to you include email campaigns or custom audiences advertising.
If you have any questions about our marketing practices, you may contact us at any time as set forth in "Contact Us" below.
D. Other Purposes
We also use your personal information for other purposes as requested by you or as permitted by applicable law.
- With Your Consent We may use personal information for other purposes that are clearly disclosed to you at the time you provide personal information or with your consent.
- De-identified and Aggregated Information. We may use personal information to create de-identified and/or aggregated information, such as demographic information, information about the device from which you access our Services, or other analyses we create.
4. How We Disclose Your Personal Information
We disclose your personal information to third parties for a variety of business purposes, including to provide our Services, to protect us or others, or in the event of a major business transaction such as a merger, sale, or asset transfer, as described below.
A. Disclosures to Provide our Services
Notice Regarding Use of the Blockchain. Aspects of our Services may be hosted on or interact with the blockchain. Where you use aspects of our Services that are hosted on or interact with the blockchain, information about your interactions and/or transactions will be provided to the applicable blockchain network and may be accessible to third parties due to the nature of the blockchain protocol.
The categories of third parties with whom we may share your personal information are described below.
- Service Providers. We may share your personal information with our third-party service providers and vendors that assist us with the provision of our Services. This includes service providers and vendors that provide us with IT support, hosting, payment processing, customer service, and related services.
Some of the service providers we may use include:
- Water Cooler Studios, Inc.: We may share your personal information with Water Cooler Studios, Inc. to allow them to assist in improving the Services.
- Privy: We may share your personal information with Horkos, Inc. to allow them to provide us with data storage services.
- X/Twitter: We may share your personal information with X Corp. to allow them to provide us with attribution services.
- Business Partners. We may share your personal information with business partners to provide you with a product or service you have requested. We may also share your personal information with business partners with whom we jointly offer products or services.
- Affiliates. We may share your personal information with our Aurelius affiliates.
- Other Users or Third Parties You Share or Interact With. As described above in "Personal Information We Collect," our Services may allow you to share personal information or interact with third parties (including individuals and third parties who do not use our Services and the general public, such as those on the blockchain).
- Advertising Partners. We may share your personal information with third-party advertising partners. These third-party advertising partners may set Technologies and other tracking tools on our Services to collect information regarding your activities and your device (for example, your IP address, cookie identifiers, page(s) visited, location, time of day). These advertising partners may use this information (and similar information collected from other services) for purposes of delivering personalized advertisements to you when you visit digital properties within their networks. This practice is commonly referred to as "interest-based advertising", "targeted advertising," "personalized advertising, or cross-context behavioral advertising."
- APIs/SDKs. We may use third-party application program interfaces ("APIs") and software development kits ("SDKs") as part of the functionality of our Services. SDKs typically collect your mobile device identifier and information related to your use of the Services. SDKs may allow third parties including analytics and advertising partners to collect your information for various purposes including to provide analytics services and personalized advertising. For more information about our use of APIs and SDKs, please contact us as set forth in "Contact Us" below.
B. Disclosures to Protect Us or Others
We may access, preserve, and disclose any information we store associated with you to external parties if we, in good faith, believe doing so is required or appropriate to: comply with law enforcement or national security requests and legal process, such as a court order or subpoena; protect your, our, or others' rights, property, or safety; enforce our policies or contracts; collect amounts owed to us; or assist with an investigation or prosecution of suspected or actual illegal activity.
C. Disclosure in the Event of Merger, Sale, or Other Asset Transfers
If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, purchase or sale of assets, or transition of service to another provider, your information may be sold or transferred as part of such a transaction.
5. Your Privacy Choices and Rights
Your Privacy Choices
The privacy choices you may have about your personal information are determined by applicable law and are described below.
- Email Communications. If you receive an unwanted email from us, you can use the unsubscribe link found at the bottom of the email to opt out of receiving future emails. Note that you will continue to receive transaction-related emails regarding products or Services you have requested. We may also send you certain non-promotional communications regarding us and our Services, and you will not be able to opt out of those communications (for example, communications regarding our Services or updates to our Terms or this Privacy Policy).
- "Do Not Track." Do Not Track ("DNT") is a privacy preference that users can set in certain web browsers. Please note that we do not respond to or honor DNT signals or similar mechanisms transmitted by web browsers.
- Cookies and Personalized Advertising. You may stop or restrict the placement of Technologies on your device or remove them by adjusting your preferences as your browser or device permits. However, if you adjust your preferences, our Services may not work properly. Please note that cookie-based opt-outs are not effective on mobile applications. However, you may opt-out of personalized advertisements on some mobile applications by following the instructions for Android, iOS, and others.
The online advertising industry also provides websites from which you may opt out of receiving targeted ads from data partners and other advertising partners that participate in self-regulatory programs. You can access these and learn more about targeted advertising and consumer choice and privacy by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative, the Digital Advertising Alliance, the European Digital Advertising Alliance, and the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada.
Please note you must separately opt out in each browser and on each device.
Your Privacy Rights
In accordance with applicable law, you may have the right to:
- Confirm Whether We Are Processing Your Personal Information (the right to know);
- Access to and Portability of Your Personal Information, including: (i) obtaining access to or a copy of your personal information; and (ii) receiving an electronic copy of personal information that you have provided to us, or asking us to send that information to another company in a structured, commonly used, and machine readable format (also known as the "right of data portability");
- Request Correction of your personal information where it is inaccurate or incomplete;
- Request Deletion of your personal information;
- Request to Opt-Out of Certain Processing Activities including, as applicable, if we process your personal information for "targeted advertising" (as "targeted advertising" is defined by applicable privacy laws), if we "sell" your personal information (as "sell" is defined by applicable privacy laws), or if we engage in "profiling" in furtherance of certain "decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects" concerning you (as such terms are defined by applicable privacy laws);
- Request Restriction of or Object to our processing of your personal information;
- Withdraw your Consent to our processing of your personal information. Please note that your withdrawal will only take effect for future processing, and will not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal; and
- Appeal our Decision to decline to process your request.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us as set forth in "Contact Us" below. We will process such requests in accordance with applicable laws.
If your personal information is subject to the applicable data protection laws of the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority if you believe our processing of your personal information violates applicable law.
6. International Data Transfers
All information processed by us may be transferred, processed, and stored anywhere in the world, including, but not limited to, the United States or other countries, which may have data protection laws that are different from the laws where you live. We endeavor to safeguard your information consistent with the requirements of applicable laws.
If we transfer personal information which originates in the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and/or the United Kingdom to a country that has not been found to provide an adequate level of protection under applicable data protection laws, one of the safeguards we may use to support such transfer is the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.
For more information about the safeguards we use for international transfers of your personal information, please contact us as set forth below.
7. Retention of Personal Information
We store the personal information we collect as described in this Privacy Policy for as long as you use our Services, or as necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for which it was collected, provide our Services, resolve disputes, establish legal defenses, conduct audits, pursue legitimate business purposes, enforce our agreements, and comply with applicable laws.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we may consider applicable legal requirements, the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, certain risk factors, the purposes for which we process your personal information, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means.
8. Supplemental Notice for California Residents
California Shine the Light. The California "Shine the Light" law permits users who are California residents to request and obtain from us once a year, free of charge, a list of the third parties to whom we have disclosed their personal information (if any) for their direct marketing purposes in the prior calendar year, as well as the type of personal information disclosed to those parties.
If you are a California resident and would like to exercise any of your California rights, please contact us as set forth in "Contact Us" below. We will process such requests in accordance with applicable laws.
9. Children's Information
The Services are not directed to children under 13 (or other age as required by local law outside the United States), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has uploaded personal information to the Services in violation of applicable law, you may contact us as described in "Contact Us" below.
10. Other Provisions, Including for EU/UK Citizens
Sensitive Personal Information. We do not generally require you to disclose any sensitive personal information (for example, details of race, religious belief, sexual orientation, or membership of a trade union) to us. If you do provide us with sensitive personal information for any reason, you consent to us collecting that information and then using and disclosing that information for the purpose for which you disclosed it to us.
Third-Party Websites/Applications/Services. The Services may contain links to other websites/applications and other websites/applications may reference or link to our Services or the Services may allow you to interact with Third-Party Services. These third-party services are not controlled by us. We encourage our users to read the privacy policies of each website and application with which they interact. We do not endorse, screen, or approve, and are not responsible for the third party's actions or omissions, including but not limited to their privacy practices, content of such other websites or applications, and errors or bugs in their software. Providing personal information to third-party websites or applications is at your own risk.
Our Lawful Basis for Processing Personal Information. If your personal information is subject to the EU General Data Protection Regulation or other related legislation, our processing of your personal information may be supported by the following lawful bases:
| Lawful Basis: Performance of a Contract (i.e., to Provide Our Services to You) | Lawful Basis: Legitimate Interest | Lawful Basis: Consent | Lawful Basis: For Compliance with Legal Obligations |
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| To Provide the Services or Information Requested | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ |
| To Measure Performance and Carry Out Research | ✓ | ✓ | | |
| For Customer Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| For Advertising Purposes | | ✓ | ✓ | |
| For Administrative or Legal Purposes | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ |
Supervisory Authority. If your personal information is subject to the applicable data protection laws of the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority or attorney general if you believe our processing of your personal information violates applicable law.