Privacy Policy

We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy governs our collection, processing and use of your personal information. By accessing this site, you are confirming to know the contents of the Privacy Policy and consenting to the information collection and specific purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

 

Who is the legal entity who handles the personal information as described in this Privacy Policy?

The legal person that determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data is Market foundation.

 

What information do we collect?

We collect information from you when you register on our site and gather data when you participate in the forum by reading, writing, and evaluating the content shared here.

When registering on our site, you may be asked to enter your name and e-mail address. You may, however, visit our site without registering. Your e-mail address will be verified by an email containing a unique link. If that link is visited, we know that you control the e-mail address.

When registering and posting, we record the IP address that the post originated from. We also may retain server logs which include the IP address of every request to our server.

 

 What do we use your information for?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

  • To personalise your experience — your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs.
  • To improve our site — we continually strive to improve our site offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
  • To improve customer service — your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs.
  • To send periodic emails — The email address you provide may be used to send you information, notifications that you request about changes to topics or in response to your user name, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.

Where requested by the law, for particular data analysis that we conduct from time to time on the personal information, we will obtain your express consent.

 

How do we protect your information?

We constantly implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk, including:

  • the pseudonymization and encryption of Personal Data;
  • the ability to ensure the ongoing confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of processing systems and services;
  • the ability to restore the availability and access to personal data in a timely manner in the event of a physical or technical incident;
  • a process for regularly testing, assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of technical and organizational measures for ensuring the security of the processing.

The security measures in place will, from time to time, be reviewed in line with legal and technical developments.

 

 

What is our data retention policy?

We will hold your personal information only for as long as it is necessary for us to do so, having regard to the purposes described in this Policy and our own legal and regulatory requirements. We usually do not retain any data concerning users. 

 

Do we use cookies?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow). These cookies enable the site to recognize your browser and, if you have a registered account, associate it with your registered account.

We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.

 

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our site, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

 

Which are your rights in connection to the information that we collect?

You have the following rights to the personal information collected and processed by us for the purposes indicated above: (i) the right of access, in particular requesting, at any time, confirmation of the existence of your personal information in our archives and the provision of such information in a clear and intelligible way, as well as the right to know the origin, logic and purpose of the processing with express and specific indication of the persons in charge and responsible for the processing and third parties to whom the personal information may be disclosed; (ii) the right to obtain, update and rectify information, deletion of superfluous data or transformation into an unrecognizable form, as well as the obstruction of processing and definitive cancellation in case of unlawful processing; and (iii) if these prerequisites are not satisfied, the restriction of the processing and the portability of data.

In the event that you wish to exercise any of your above rights, please contact comms@market.xyz.

 

Third party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our site. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

 

Users under age

Users must be at least eighteen years of age, of sound mental capacity and have all technical knowledge necessary or advisable to understand and evaluate the risks of the Site

Market does not knowingly collect or store any personal information about users under 16. If you believe such information has been inadvertently processed, we will take necessary steps to remove such information from our database.

 

Online Privacy Policy Only

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our site and not to information collected offline.

 

Your consent

By using our site, you consent to our web site privacy policy.

 

Changes to the Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.

This document is CC-BY-SA. It was last updated May 3, 2022.