Privacy Policy

This privacy policy describes howNewsBitcoins(“ Company ”, “ we ”, “our ” and “ us ”) collect, use, process, disclose, share, transfer and protect your personal information or data when you visit the website.NewsBitcoins.net as well as any other media form, media channel, mobile website related, linked or otherwise connected to this website controlled by the Company (collectively, the “ Site ”); and provide us with your personal data.

This Privacy Policy (together with <Terms of Use> and any other documents referred to herein) set out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed, used and/or disclosed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our practices in processing your personal data, as well as your rights in relation to your personal data and how we will process it.

By accessing our Website and/or submitting data to us, you accept and consent to the collection, use, disclosure and processing of your personal data as described in this Privacy Policy. Please do not access the Website and do not provide any personal data to us if you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

We may change or amend this Privacy Policy from time to time without notice to you, subject to applicable law or when we update our data use and processing procedures. Any changes we may make to this Privacy Policy in the future will be published on our website and any such changes will become effective when the revised Privacy Policy is posted. The updated Privacy Policy will supersede previous versions and will apply to personal data previously provided to us. Please check back regularly to see any updates or changes to our Privacy Policy.

For the avoidance of doubt, this Privacy Policy forms part of the terms and conditions governing your relationship with us. This Privacy Policy supplements but does not replace or supersede any other consents you may have given us or any other agreements or arrangements you may have with us in relation to your personal data.

If you have any questions or feedback regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data, or if you would like to make a complaint to us, please submit your request, feedback or complaint at contact.

When you contact us, we may ask you to submit certain forms or provide certain information, including verifying your identity, before we can respond.

Your personal data

“ Personal Data” is data that can be used, alone or in conjunction with other information, to identify an individual. Examples of personal data include your name, email address, IP address based on your activities on our Website and any other information of a personal nature.

We may collect and process personal data that you provide directly. We also process, to the extent necessary, personal data provided to us by third parties, including publicly accessible data, personal data lawfully provided by other companies in our group, personal data collected through your use of our (or our service providers’) digital technologies and services and/or purchase of our products, and personal data provided by other trusted third parties (including our service providers).

It is your responsibility to ensure that any personal data you provide to us is true, accurate and complete. It is your responsibility to notify us of any changes to your data in writing, so that we can take all reasonable steps to keep your personal data records accurate and up to date.

Where our collection is based on consent, you have the right to choose, at any time, not to provide us with your personal data or to withdraw any consent previously provided to us. However, please note that if you do so, we may not be able to carry out the purposes for which we require the personal data, continue to perform any contractual relationship that may exist between us.

Personal data or information we collect about you

For each time you access or use our Website, we may collect the following information and/or personal data relevant to our relationship with you, as well as copies of documents verifying such information:

• Technical information, including but not limited to the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, and information related to your operating system and platform; and
• Information about your visit to and use of our Site, including but not limited to the full Uniform Resource Locator (URL) clickstream to, through, and from our Site (including date and time), download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to exit the page.

You agree that we have the right to collect and use the personal data and/or information listed above that you have provided on our Website or generated through your use or access to our Website for the purposes listed in Clause 2 of this Privacy Policy.

General purpose

We collect, use, disclose and process your personal data, including data provided by you, data we collect about you and data provided by third parties, in the following ways and on the following bases:

• To perform contractual obligations and/or transactions entered into between you and us, and to provide information to you.
• Facilitate your use of our Website, including verifying, authenticating and/or establishing your identity.
• Facilitate business asset transactions.
• Notify you of changes to our products and/or services published on the Website from time to time.
• Where strictly necessary (i.e. to protect the vital interests of users or other individuals, to carry out a public interest purpose or to pursue our legitimate interests).
• Security purposes, such as monitoring and detecting suspicious activity, protecting users from fraudulent activity, protecting the Site, user accounts and storage from unauthorized access or use, preventing damage to the Site and our systems, and protecting against automated abuse such as spam and phishing.
• Communicate with you (via text, email, live chat or otherwise) and assist you with your queries, requests, applications, complaints and feedback.
• Resolve any legal disputes or complaints, investigate any complaints, claims or disputes or any actual or suspected illegal or unlawful activity.
• Administrative purposes, including financial, IT and human resources purposes, quality assurance and employee training, and compliance with internal policies and procedures, including auditing, accounting, risk management and record keeping.
• Perform research and statistical analysis, including developing new products and services or evaluating, and improving our existing products and services (including but not limited to better understanding user needs and behavior, diagnosing any problems with our servers, and providing quality assurance).
• Perform data analytics and related technologies on data, so that we can provide relevant content and information to you and improve our websites and digital platforms (for example, ensuring that content from our Website is presented in the most effective manner for you and your computer).
• Manage and engage third parties, data processors or subcontractors who provide services to us, such as IT services, technology services, delivery services and other professional services (such as accountants, lawyers and auditors).
• The purposes for which your personal data is collected may include any other reasonable purposes related to the above purposes.

Subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy, we will not use or process your personal data for purposes other than those set out in this Privacy Policy without your prior consent. Where your personal data is used for a new purpose and where required by applicable law, we will seek your consent. We may collect, use, disclose and process your personal data for other purposes without your knowledge or consent, only where this is required or permitted by law.

Disclosure of your personal data

Your personal data may be provided, disclosed or shared with our related parties and/or within our group of companies to provide you with access to our Website, for administrative and compliance purposes, and for the use of general group IT functions.

We may share, transfer, disclose or allow third parties access to your personal data in connection with the purposes described in Clause 2, including but not limited to the purposes described below:

• To operate and/or improve our Website and/or the products and/or services offered by us from time to time on our Website.
• Perform or assist in certain functions during account opening, updating and/or maintenance, such as, but not limited to, account processing, monitoring, reconciliation, enforcement, document retention requirements and document dissemination.
• To process payments you have authorized (e.g., disclosures to financial institutions we have partnered with).
• If we are discussing the sale or transfer of all or part of our business to a buyer of our business. Information may be transferred to the prospective buyer on appropriate terms of confidentiality.
• If we are reorganized or sold, information may be transferred to a buyer who may continue to provide the App and related services to you.
• To facilitate account closure when you have a short balance or in extreme cases where you do not have enough funds in your account.
• To third parties who provide services to us, such as but not limited to data providers, technology providers, consultants, sales, customer support operations, payment processing, authentication services, professional services (including accountants, lawyers and auditors) and technical services or support.
• To third parties to perform third party products and/or services at your request or direction.
• If we are defending a legal claim, your information may be transferred as necessary in connection with defending that claim.

To law enforcement agencies, governments, public authorities and government officials or other third parties when we are compelled to do so in response to a subpoena, court order or similar legal process or when we believe in good faith that disclosure of personal data is necessary to prevent physical harm or financial loss, to report suspected illegal activity, or to investigate violations of any of our terms and conditions or any other policies that may apply.

Other circumstances in which we may disclose your personal data include:

1. Comply, as required, with applicable laws and regulatory requirements.
2. Respond to legal or government requests or information requests.
3. Meet national security requirements.
4. Enforce our agreements, policies, procedures and/or Terms of Use.
5. Protect us, our affiliates, our users, our partners or the general public from illegal activities,
6. Responding to an emergency may require disclosure of your personal data.

You are free to choose not to share your personal data with third parties (or for any of the purposes listed above) or not to allow us to use your personal data for any purpose that is incompatible with the purposes for which we originally collected it or subsequently obtained your consent as set out in this Privacy Policy. Please contact us if you would like to opt out.

We will ensure that all companies and/or third parties to whom we disclose your personal data will only process it on our instructions and on our behalf. We will, where appropriate and permitted, contract with these third parties to protect your personal data in a manner consistent with all applicable laws. All such companies and third parties will be required by us to comply with the requirements of applicable data protection laws and our strict security and retention policies to keep your personal data secure at all times.

Your Rights

Depending on the jurisdiction in which you are located or where we operate, you may be entitled to certain rights under applicable law regarding our collection, use, disclosure and processing of your personal data. These rights may include:

Access : you can ask us whether we hold personal data about you and, if so, you can request access to your personal data free of charge. This enables you to receive a copy and information about the personal data we hold about you;

Correction : you may request to amend or correct your personal data if it is incomplete or inaccurate;

Restriction : you may withdraw your consent to our use or processing of your personal data or ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data (for example, if you want us to verify the accuracy of the data);

Objection : where we process your personal data based on legitimate interests (or those of a third party), you may object to processing on this ground;

Portability : you may request the transfer of your personal data to another party in certain circumstances; and

Deletion : you may request deletion, erasure or removal of the personal data we hold about you in certain circumstances.

If you wish to exercise any of your rights, you may contact us at  contact.. We may ask you to submit certain forms or provide certain information to process your request. Where permitted by law, we may also charge a fee to process your request.

Subject to applicable law, we may be permitted to refuse a request, for example, we may refuse a request to erase data where the personal data is required in connection with a complaint; or a request to object and continue processing your personal data based on a compelling legitimate ground for processing.