BecauseBitcoin, LLC Privacy Policy
Last Updated: May 26, 2024
BecauseBitcoin, LLC ("we", "our", "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
Please use the Glossary to understand the meaning of some of the terms used in this privacy policy.
1. Important Information and Who We Are
BecauseBitcoin, LLC is the controller and responsible for your personal data. If you have any questions about this privacy policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact us using the details set out below.
Contact Details:
Email address: contact@becausebitcoin.com
2. The Data We Collect About You
We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:
Identity Data: includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier.
Contact Data: includes email address and telephone numbers.
Technical Data: includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access our website.
3. How We Collect Your Personal Data
We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:
Direct interactions: You may give us your Identity and Contact Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:
Create an account on our site;
Subscribe to our service or publications;
Request marketing to be sent to you.
4. How We Use Your Personal Data
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you;
Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests;
Where we have your consent.
5. Disclosures of Your Personal Data
We may have to share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out in the table in paragraph 4 above:
External Third Parties such as:
Service providers who provide IT and system administration services.
Professional advisers acting as processors or joint controllers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers based in countries who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services.
Email marketing providers, payment processors, and analytic tools.
6. Data Security
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed.
7. Data Retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements. By default, we store personal information for 3 years.
8. Your Legal Rights
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please email us atcontact@becausebitcoin.com.
No fee usually required: You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we could refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
9. Glossary
Legitimate Interest: means the interest of our business in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you the best service/product and the best and most secure experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law).
10. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. For more details about how we use these technologies, please refer to our Cookie Policy.
11. Transfers of Personal Information
We transfer your personal data to the United States, as part of our processing activities. We ensure your personal data is protected by requiring all our group companies to follow the same rules when processing your personal data.
12. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be emailed to you. Please check your email regularly to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.
This privacy policy was last updated on May 26th, 2023.
By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal information, please write to us by email to contact@becausebitcoin.com