# Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes the manner in which Bit Protocol ("we", "our", or "us"), the operator of the ‘BitUSD Protocol’ interface website at <https://www.bitusd.finance/>  (the “Site”) uses and collects data from individuals. This Policy, which is incorporated into and is subject to the BitUSD Protocol Terms and Conditions and Disclaimer, describes the information that we gather from you on the Site, how we use and disclose such information, and the steps we take to protect such information.<br>

BitUSD Protocol operates the web interface <https://www.bitusd.finance/>&#x20;

The BitUSD Protocol protocol is a set of smart contracts deployed across many blockchain networks and the larger crypto ecosystem. It is not governed or controlled by BitUSD Protocol.

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By utilizing the BitUSD Protocol (the “Service”), we will collect your wallet address on the respective network(s) that you interact with our protocol for the purposes of registering you to the same.

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We do not collect and store personally identifying data, such as first name, last name, street address, or date of birth.

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We collect non-identifiable data such as public on-chain data, which includes on-chain wallet addresses, transactions and protocol interactions.

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**1. High Level Summary**

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Information We Collect on the Site:

1. Publicly Available Blockchain Data. When you connect your non-custodial blockchain wallet to the Site, we may collect and log your publicly-available blockchain address and transactions to learn more about your use of the Services and screen your wallet for any prior illicit activity in fulfillment of our legal obligations. We may screen your wallet using intelligence provided by third party blockchain analytics providers. Note that blockchain addresses are publicly-available data that are not created or assigned by us or any central party, and by themselves are not personally identifying.<br>
2. Information from other sources. We may receive information about your wallet address or transactions made through the Site directly or from our service providers in order to comply with our legal obligations and prevent the use of our Services in connection with fraudulent or other illicit activities.

**UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL BitUSD PROTOCOL REQUEST FOR YOU TO SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION SUCH AS PRIVATE KEYS OR SEED PHRASES.**

**2. How We Use the Information We Collect**

We use information we collect on the Site in numerous ways in providing the Site and operating our business, including the following:

1. Providing the Services: We use the information that we collect on the Site to operate, maintain, enhance and provide all features of the Site, to provide Services and information that you request, to respond to comments and questions and otherwise to provide support to users, and to process and deliver entries and rewards in connection with promotions that may be offered from time to time on the Site.
2. Aggregated Data: We may use the information that we collect on the Site to understand and analyse the usage trends and preferences of our users, to improve the Site, and to develop new products, services, features, and functionality.<br>
3. Safety and Security: We may use data to protect against, investigate and stop fraudulent, unauthorised, or illegal activity. We may also use it to address security issues such as bugs, enforce our agreements and protect our users and company.
4. Legal Compliance: We may use the information we collect as needed or requested by regulators, government entities, and law enforcement to comply with applicable laws and regulations.<br>

**3. When We Disclose Information**

1. Except as described in this Policy, we will not disclose information about you that we collect on the Site to third parties without your consent. We may disclose information to third parties if you consent to us doing so, as well as in the following circumstances:
2. Any information that you voluntarily choose to include in a publicly accessible area of the Site will be available to anyone who has access to that content, including other users.
3. Any information which is already publicly available.
4. We work with third party service providers to provide website, application development, hosting, maintenance, printing, and other services for us. These third parties may have access to or process information about you as part of providing those services for us.<br>
5. We may disclose information about you if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with applicable laws and regulations such as anti money laundering (AML) regulations or in response to a court order, judicial or other government subpoena or warrant, or to otherwise cooperate with law enforcement or other governmental agencies.<br>

**We also reserve the right to disclose information about you that we believe, in good faith, is appropriate or necessary to:**

1. Take precautions against liability;
2. Protect ourselves or others from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful uses or activity;
3. Investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations;
4. Protect the security or integrity of the Site and any facilities or equipment used to make the Site available;
5. Protect our property or other legal rights (including, but not limited to, enforcement of our agreements), or the rights, property, or safety of others, and;
6. To comply with our gaming license requirements on an ongoing and continuing basis.<br>

Information about our users may be disclosed and otherwise transferred to an acquirer, successor, or assignee as part of any merger, acquisition, debt financing, sale of assets, or similar transaction, or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership in which information is transferred to one or more third parties as one of our business assets.<br>

We may make certain aggregated, automatically-collected, or otherwise non-personal information available to third parties for various purposes, including:

1. Compliance with various reporting obligations;
2. For business or marketing purposes; or
3. To assist such parties in understanding our users’ interests, habits, and usage patterns for certain programs, content, services, advertisements, promotions, and/or functionality available through the Site.

**Your Choices**

1. Where applicable, You may, of course, decline to share certain information with us, in which case we may not be able to provide to you some of the features and functionality of the Site. You may update, correct, or request the deletion of your account information and preferences at any time by contacting us at <https://t.me/bitprotocolofficial> <br>
2. Please note that while any changes made will be reflected in internal active user databases, if any, within a reasonable period of time, we may retain some information you submit for backups, archiving, prevention of fraud and abuse, analytics, satisfaction of legal obligations, or where we otherwise reasonably believe that we have a legitimate reason to do so.<br>

**Third-Party Sites**<br>

1. The Site may contain features or links to websites and services provided by third parties. Any information you provide on third-party sites or services is provided directly to the operators of such services and is subject to those operators’ policies, if any, governing privacy and security, even if accessed through the Site. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of third-party sites or services to which links or access are provided through the Site. We encourage you to learn about third parties’ privacy and security policies before providing them with information.<br>

**6. Age Requirements**

1. Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. Our Site prohibits access to children under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 18. If you believe we have received personal information about a child under the age of 18, please contact us at <support@bitusd.finance>.<br>

**Data Security**<br>

1. We use certain physical, managerial, and technical safeguards that are designed to improve the integrity and security of the non-public information that we collect and maintain (if any). Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable.
2. We cannot and do not guarantee that information about you will not be accessed, viewed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards, nor can we guarantee that any of our third party provider counterparts will implement sufficient safeguards to prevent a leak of information.<br>

**Immutable Data**<br>

Please note that certain elements of the data collected are immutable and not within Bit Protocol’s control to modify or delete in any capacity whatsoever, including, and with particular regards to any and all publicly accessible information such as token addresses and transactions logged on public blockchain networks. Records thereon remain permanently accessible, and thus we have no control of the former, only what we do with that public information.

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**Changes and Updates to this Policy**<br>

Please revisit this page periodically to stay aware of any changes to this Policy, which we reserve the right to update from time to time.&#x20;

If we modify this Policy, we will make it available through the Site, and indicate the date of the latest revision. Your continued use of the Site after the revised Policy has become effective indicates that you have read, understood and agreed to the current version of this Policy.
