PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: 25th September 2024

At Women of Bitcoin ("we," "us," "our," or the "Association"), we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, www.womenofbitcoin.org (the "Website"). Please read this policy carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

Data Controller

The Women of Bitcoin Association is the data controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as Women of Bitcoin, "we", "us" or "our" in this privacy policy) collected via or in connection with www.womenofbitcoin.org and any associated sites (‘the Site’) regardless of where you visit is from.

We have appointed a data privacy manager who is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this privacy policy. If you have any questions about this privacy policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact the data privacy manager here.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following data about you:

1.1 Personal Data

Personal data refers to any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. The personal data we collect and process may include:

• Identity Data: such as your first name, last name, and username.

• Contact Data: such as your email address and phone number.

• Technical Data: such as your IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access the Website.

• Usage Data: such as information about how you use our Website, products, and services.

• Marketing and Communications Data: such as your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.

1.2 Non-Personal Data

We may collect non-personal data, which does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. This may include demographic data, statistical data, or aggregated data.

2. How We Collect Your Data

We use different methods to collect data from and about you, including through:

2.1 Direct Interactions

You may give us your Identity and Contact Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:

• Subscribe to our newsletters;

• Request information to be sent to you;

• Participate in discussions or other social media functions on our Website;

• Provide feedback or contact us.

2.2 Automated Technologies or Interactions

As you interact with our Website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs, and other similar technologies.

3. How We Use Your 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:

• To provide and maintain our services: Including to monitor the usage of our Website.

• To manage your account: To manage your registration as a user of the Website.

• To contact you: To contact you by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication.

• To provide you with news and updates: Including newsletters, events, and other information that may be of interest to you.

• To improve our Website: To understand how our users interact with our Website and improve the user experience.

• To comply with legal obligations: To comply with legal and regulatory requirements.

4. Disclosure of Your Data

We may share your personal data with the following parties:

• Service providers: We may share your personal data with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as IT and system administration services.

• Professional advisers: Including lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance, and accounting services.

• Regulatory authorities: We may disclose your personal data where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable laws and governmental regulations.

5. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, accessed, altered, or disclosed in an unauthorized way. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

6. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

7. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to:

• Request access to your personal data.

• Request correction of your personal data.

• Request erasure of your personal data.

• Object to processing of your personal data.

• Request restriction of processing your personal data.

• Request transfer of your personal data.

• Withdraw consent.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us here.

8. Cookies

Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and also allows us to improve our site. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them, see our Cookie Policy.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

10. Third-Party Links

Our Website may contain links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our Website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

11. Children's Privacy

Our Website is not intended for use by children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information from our servers.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us.

Thank you for visiting Women of Bitcoin. Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to protecting and respecting your personal data.

Note: This Privacy Policy is designed to comply with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.