This privacy policy is meant for BTCRepublic visitors.
BTCRepublic is an educative and informative news site that gives users access to the best coverage of events happening in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry.
This privacy policy outlines the type of information we collect from our users, how it is used, and the circumstances under which it could be shared with third parties.
In this privacy policy, data collected from our users is termed “personal data” or “personal information.”
Personal data or personal information refers to the information about an individual that can be used to identify a person.
What Type of Information Do We Collect?
Using BTCRepublic, we may collect the following information about you.
- Personally Identifiable Information (PII). This data includes your official name, username, marital status, gender, date of birth, email address, telephone number, delivery address, and billing address.
- Financial data. This data includes your bank account, payment card, and payment details for products and services you purchased from us.
- Technical data. We might also collect details like your internet protocol (IP) address, login data, browser details, location, time zone, device ID, and the software you use to access this site.
- Usage data. We may also collect information to help us know how you use and interact with this website. This information includes the pages that you most frequent on the site.
- Advertising data. We might also collect data about your interests and preferences for targeted advertising. We or our third parties can use this data to send promotional material.
Besides collecting personal information, we also collect group data, including statistical and demographic data. We may aggregate individual usage data to classify the different categories of users that visit our site or specific features to help improve the website and our service offering.
How Do We Collect Information?
We collect information from our users in multiple ways, including but not limited to the following:
- User interactions: We collect information from users who fill out online forms on our site or contact us through their phone, email address, or other channels. Users interact with us by creating an account on the website, subscribing to publications, participating in a survey, providing feedback, etc.
- Website usage: When you interact with the website, we might also collect data about your device, browsing activity, and patterns. We collect information from users by using cookies and similar technologies.
- Third parties: We may also get personal information on our users from third parties or publicly available sources. Such platforms include Google Analytics, advertising networks, data aggregators, etc.
How Do We Use Your Data?
BTCRepublic may use user data, including location, website usage, and transaction history, to deliver targeted news, analysis, reports, research, campaigns, or training opportunities that interest users.
If you have provided your email address, we might send you material that matches your interests.
If you no longer wish to receive such information from us, you reserve the right to make changes. You can unsubscribe from receiving information from us at any time.
We also use personal data to improve the website experience. We collect data on how users interact with our site to make personalized suggestions and recommendations. User data can also be used to improve customer relationships.
If you participate in surveys on this site, we will use the information to further our market research. These surveys may include a study on how customers use products and services to help improve our offerings.
We may also use user data to protect our business and this website. Such data may help us prevent fraud and fulfill our legal obligation.
Cookie Policy
BTCRepublic uses small text files known as cookies to improve user experiences on this site. These tiny files are stored on your computer for record-keeping purposes.
BTCRepublic may use essential, performance, functionality, or advertising cookies.
Essential cookies are necessary to continue using the site as they give you access to some of its features.
Performance cookies collect information on the traffic to our site and how users interact with our site and browser.
Functionality cookies improve your browsing experience by remembering your choices when browsing.
Advertising cookies give you more relevant marketing messages, depending on your interests.
You reserve the right to accept or reject cookies. You can still use the site if you reject cookies, but access to some areas may be restricted.
In some cases, we might use cookies provided by trusted third parties. BTCRepublic does not have any access to or control over such cookies.
Data Retention
BTCRepublic will store visitor’s data for at least five years to meet legal requirements. We might keep your data for longer than this, depending on various factors, including but not limited to jurisdiction requirements or requests by law enforcement.
When we no longer need to store your data, we will delete or destroy it securely.
Your Rights
You reserve the right to request to have your data erased from our site. However, BTCRepublic is not mandated to comply with such requests unless under the following conditions:
- When the personal data is no longer needed for the purpose it was initially collected.
- When you withdraw your consent.
- When the personal data was collected in breach of privacy laws.
- When the personal data needs to be erased to comply with legal obligations.
- When personal data is associated with minor safety.
In some circumstances, the right to have your data erased does not apply. In such a case, BTCRepublic can refuse to execute your request.
Changes to Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change this privacy policy without any prior notice.
You should regularly review the policy for any changes. Changes will be effective as soon as they are published.