PRIVACY POLICY
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Last Updated: 17 of April 2018
This Privacy Policy explains how information is collected, used and disclosed by Proof of High-Tech Industry International non-profit Foundation, Website, Website Owner, we, us (hereinafter – “Foundation”), High-Tech Industry International Non-Profit Foundation, incorporated as Private Interest Foundation under the laws of Panama, 1965, when you access or use our website, or other products or services (collectively, the “Services”), or when you otherwise interact with us. Our Services include the web page “www.hti-foundation.com” (hereinafter – the “Website”)
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Information You Provide to Us
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We may collect information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information you provide when you subscribe to our updates, respond to a survey, fill out a form, request customer support or communicate with us. The types of information we may collect include your Crypto coins address, ETH-address, email address, survey responses and any other information you choose to provide.
If you use our Website, our third-party service provider may collect your payment method information for use in connection with your payments for storage.
Information We Collect Automatically
When you use our Services, we automatically collect information from your devices. For example, we may collect:
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Log Information: information that you provide to us when registering with our Services, including access times, pages views, IP address, and the website navigation paths.
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Device Information: We collect information about the computer or mobile device you use to access our Services, including the hardware model, operating system and version, your web browser, and device identifiers (including a network ID used to communicate with other nodes on the platform).
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Usage Information: If you use our Website, we will collect information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us or send through our Website (including shard size, number of shards and frequency of access), and metadata associated with the communication.
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Information Collected by Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies via Our Services: We use cookies on Website to collect information about your visit and to allow you to navigate from page to page without having to re-login each time, count visits, and see which areas and features of our website are popular. Cookies are small text files that are usually stored on computer’s hard drive by websites that you visit. With this knowledge, we can improve the quality of your experience with our services by recognizing and delivering more of the most desired features and information, as well as by resolving access difficulties. Web beacons (or pixel tags) are electronic images that may be used in our web Services or emails to help deliver cookies, count website visits, understand usage and determine the effectiveness of email marketing campaigns.
Our use of cookies and other technologies may allow us and third parties to collect information about your browsing activities over time and across different websites following your use of our services.
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Information We Collect from Other Sources
We may also receive information about you from other sources, such as when logging into your Website account by using your account credentials for a separate third-party service. We will receive information from that service as indicated in the relevant third party’s authorization screen.
Use of Information
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We may use information about you for various purposes, including to:
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Administer our Services;
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Develop new products and services;
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Personalize our Website for you;
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Send you technical notices and support and administrative messages;
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Communicate with you about products, services, promotions, events and other news and information, we think will be of interest to you;
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Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Services;
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Provide third parties with statistical information about our users (but those third parties will not be able to identify any individual user from that information);
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Detect, investigate and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect the rights and property of Company and others;
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Link or combine information we collect from or about you; and
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Verify compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of our website (including monitoring private messages sent through our website private messaging service).
Sharing Information
We may share personal information with others as follows:
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You’ve consented or otherwise given us permission to share;
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With service providers that perform work for us (such as hosting providers, identity verification, support, payment, and email service providers);
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When you use interactive areas of our Services, like our blog or other online forums, certain information you choose to share may be displayed publicly, such as your username, actions you take and any content you post;
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In response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with or required by, any applicable law, regulation or legal process;
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If we believe your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of Company or others;
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In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company;
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Between and among Company and its current and future parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and other companies under common control and ownership; or
We may also share aggregated or de-identified information, which cannot reasonably be used to identify you.
Social Sharing Features
Our website may offer social sharing features, links to social media and other integrated tools. Your use of such features enables the sharing of information with your contacts or the public, depending on the settings you use with the entity that provides the social sharing feature or social media. Please visit the privacy policies of the entities that provide these features to obtain more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and the processing of such data by such entities.
Hyperlinks and Third-Party Sites
You may find links to third party websites on Our website. These websites should have their own privacy policies which you should check. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies whatsoever as We have no control over them.
Correct/update/delete information
You have right to access to your personal information and to require the correction, updating or deletion of incorrect or/and inaccurate data by Contact us, please email us at council@hti-foundation.com and this request must comply with Terms of Use and legal obligations. Upon the accepted request, we will provide you with the personal information that we collect and store about you and general disclosure of your personal information.
Retain information
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In accordance with applicable laws and as needed to provide services to our Users, we may hold your personal information. This requirement is conditioned by the need of complying with legal obligations and resolving possible disputes. We may retain your personal information so long as your account is active. Moreover, your information may be held beyond the abovementioned period till it is indispensable for us to have relevant information to respond to any issues that may arise later.
In case you need to close your Proof of Toss account completely, please contact us at council@hti-foundation.com from your registered email address.
Analytics Services Provided by Others
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We may allow others to provide analytics services on our behalf in connection with our Services. These entities may use cookies and other technologies to collect information about your use of the Services and other websites and apps, including your IP address, web browser, pages views, app performance, time spent on pages and links clicked. This information may be used by Company and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content and better understand your online activity.
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Transfer of Information to other countries
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The company is based in Panama and the information we collect is governed by law of Panama. By accessing or using our Services or otherwise providing information to us, you consent to the processing and transfer of information in and to Republic of Panama, where you may not have the same rights as you do under local law. Where this is the case, we will take appropriate measures to protect information about you in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
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Security
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We use relevant electronic and procedural safeguards to protect the privacy of the information you provide to Company from loss, misuse, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. Please note that transmission of data or information (including communications by e-mail) over the Internet or other publicly accessible networks is not one hundred percent secure. Please note that we are not liable for the security of any data you are transmitting over the Internet, or third-party content.
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Changes
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We may change this policy at any time and for any reason, including in response to changes in applicable law. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the policy and, in some cases, we may provide additional notice (such as adding a statement to our web-page or sending a notification). Your continued use of our website constitutes your agreement to be bound by any such changes to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, you are not authorized to use our Website and your sole recourse is to not use our Website.