隐私政策
Last updated: Aug 28, 2023 II. Privacy Policy Information Use 1. TETHERFORYOU will use and disclose the following personal information of you in accordance with this Agreement: (a) The personal information provided to TETHERFORYOU(excluding the business name and other relevant industrial and commercial registration information as well as the information of the natural person operators that are required to be disclosed in accordance with laws and regulations) when you register or activate an account that can log in to our platform; (b) When you use TETHERFORYOU, the platform will record information about your browser and computer, including, but not limited to, data with respect to your IP address and other location data such as GPS and other sensor data from your device, the type of browser, the language in which you are using, the date and time of access, hardware and software features, and web pages and history that you require; and (c) The user's personal data that TETHERFORYOU retrieves from business partners through legitimate means. If you do not want us to collect the aforementioned personal information, you may opt-out at any time by notifying our Data Protection Officer in writing. In some cases, you may refuse or cancel your authorization pertaining to the collection of personal data from your device settings (for example, you may decline the acquisition of GPS data by turning off corresponding settings on your Android or IOS device). Further information on opting out can be found in the section below entitled "Withdraw Consent, Remove, Request Access to or Modify the Information You Have Provided to Us". Take note, however, that opting out or withdrawing your consent for us to collect, use or process your personal data may affect your use of the Services. 2. How we collect your information You will directly provide us with most of the personal information we are collecting. In the following situations, we will collect and process your information: (a) When you sign up online, log in or access TETHERFORYOU, or use any TETHERFORYOU service; (b) When you voluntarily complete any user survey or provide feedback to us, through email or any other channel; (c) Cookies through your browser or software when you use or browse our web pages or clients. (d) Other situations of self-collecting information mentioned in this agreement. We may also obtain information from public channels or third-party channels, such as our advertising and market research partners, including updating or supplementing other collected information about you. 3. How we use your personal information We can use your personal information in the following ways: (a) Compliance with laws and regulations Most of our services are subject to laws and regulations, requiring us to collect, use and store your personal information in specific ways. For example, TETHERFORYOU must identify and verify customers that are using our services comply with cross-jurisdictional anti-money laundering laws. This includes collecting and storing photos of your ID. We will have to close your account if you do not provide the personal information as required by law,. (b) Enforce the terms of this agreement We actively monitor, investigate, prevent and mitigate any potential prohibited or illegal activities, enforce our agreements with third parties, and prevent and inspect violations of this Agreement. In addition, we may need to charge you for your use of our services. We collect information about your account usage and closely monitor your interactions with our services. We may use any personal information we collected about you for these purposes. (c) Detection and prevention of fraud and/or loss of funds We process your personal information to help detect, prevent and reduce fraud and abuse of our services, and to protect your account security. (d) Provide services We will require access to your personal information in order to provide you with services. Third parties such as identity verification service providers may also collect your personal information when providing identity verification and/or fraud prevention services. (e) Provide service communication We will send you management or account-related information to let you know about the latest information about our services, to notify you of related security issues or updates, or to provide other trade-related information. Without these communications, you may not be aware of the important developments related to your account, which may affect your use of our services. You cannot choose to refuse to receive critical service communications, such as emails or text messages sent for legal or security purposes. (f) Provide customer service We will access to your personal information when you contact us to resolve any issues. We will not be able to respond to your request and ensure that you use the service uninterrupted if you do not process your personal information. (g) Ensure network and information security We will process your personal information to improve security, monitor and verify your identity and access to our services, combat spam or other malicious software or security risks, and comply with applicable security laws and regulations. It is especially important that we obtain timely and accurate information about how you use our services. We may not be able to ensure the security of our services if you do not process your personal information. (h) For research and development We will access your personal information to better understand how you use and interact with our services. In addition, we will also use this information to customize and improve the content and layout of our services, as well as to develop further services. We may not be able to ensure that you will be able to continue to enjoy our services if you do not process your personal information. (i) Enhance your experience We will access your personal information to provide you with a personalized experience and to fulfill your needs. For example, you can allow us to access certain personal information stored by third parties. We may not be able to ensure that you can continue to enjoy some or all of our services if you do not process your personal information. (j) To facilitate company acquisitions, mergers or trades We may access any information about your account and your use of our services in the event of a corporate acquisition, merger or other corporate transaction. If you do not wish for your personal information to be processed for these purposes, you may choose to close your account. (k) Engage in marketing activities We may send you marketing communications (such as emails or text messages) to inform you about our events or the activities of our partners, to provide targeted marketing, and to offer you promotional offers. Our marketing strategy will be based on your advertising and marketing preferences and as permitted by applicable law. If you do not wish for us to send you marketing information, please submit a request to our Personal Data Protection Officer at dataprotect@TETHERFORYOU.com. (l) For any other purpose We may disclose your personal information for any purpose that you have consented to. 4. TETHERFORYOU will not provide, sell, lease, share or trade your personal information to any unrelated third party, unless we have obtained your prior consent, unless the third party and TETHERFORYOU individually or jointly has provided the service to you, and after the end of the service, the access to such information, including all information that was once previously accessible, will be denied. TETHERFORYOU also does not allow any third parties to collect, edit, sell or distribute your personal information by any means. If any TETHERFORYOU user engages in the above activities, upon discovery, TETHERFORYOU has the right to terminate the service agreement with the user immediately. 5. If you are not a natural person with full capacity for civil rights and civil conduct, you are not authorized to use the service. Henceforth, TETHERFORYOU hopes that you do not provide any of your personal information. Disclosure of Information 6. In the following circumstances, TETHERFORYOU will disclose your personal information in full or in part according to your personal wishes or the provisions of the law: (a) To disclose to a third party with your prior consent; (b) Disclosure to a third party or administrative or judicial organ should be in accordance with the relevant provisions of the law or the requirements of an administrative or judicial body; (c) If you have violated the relevant laws, regulations or this Agreement, there is a need to disclose them to a third party; Information Storage and Transfer 7. The information and materials we collect about you will be kept on the servers of TETHERFORYOU and/or its affiliated companies, and may be transferred to countries, regions or places outside of the country where the information and materials were collected by TETHERFORYOU, and may be visited, stored and displayed outside the country where it originated from. More information about the transfer out of the EU, of personal data and/or information relating to users who are located in the EU, can be found in the section titled "Additional Provisions for EU Users Only". The use of Cookies 8. If you do not reject the usage of cookies, we will set or use cookies on your computer so that you can log in or use our platform services or functions that rely on such cookies. We use cookies to provide you with more thoughtful personalized services including promotion services. You have the right to choose to accept or reject the cookies. You can reject the cookies by modifying your browser settings. But if you choose to reject the cookies, you may not be able to log in or use our platform services or functions that rely on such cookies. This paragraph shall apply to any relevant information obtained through cookies set forth by TETHERFORYOU . Information Security 9. Your account is secure and protected, please preserve your account and password information properly. We will ensure that your information is not lost, abused and altered by storing backups of other servers and encrypting the user passwords. In spite of the aforementioned security measures, please note that there are no "perfect security measures" on the information network. When using our platform services for online trades, you will inevitably disclose your personal information, such as contact information or postal address, to the counterparty or other potential counterparties. Please protect your personal information and provide it to others only if necessary. If you find that your personal information have been leaked, especially your account and password, please contact our customer service immediately so that we can take appropriate measures. 10. We will retain personal data in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act and/or other applicable laws. That is, we will destroy or anonymize your personal data when we have reasonably determined that (i) the purpose for which that the personal data was collected is no longer being served by the retention of such personal data; (ii) retention is no longer necessary for any legal or business purposes; and (iii) no other legitimate interests warrant further retention of such personal data. If you cease to use our Services, we may continue storing, using and/or disclosing your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy and our obligations under the Personal Data Protection Act and/or other applicable laws. Withdraw of Consent to, Remove, Request Access to or Modify the Information You Have Provided to Us 11. You may withdraw your consent for the collection, use and/or disclosure of your personal data in our possession or under our control by sending an email to our Personal Data Protection Officer at dataprotect@TETHERFORYOU.com. 12. However, your withdrawal of consent may mean that we will not be able to continue providing the Services to you, and we may need to terminate the contract you have with us. 13. You may request to access and/or correct your personal data currently in our possession or under our control by submitting a written request to us. We will need enough information from you in order to ascertain your identity as well as the nature of your request in order to be able to handle your request. Hence, please submit your written request by sending an email to our Personal Data Protection Officer at dataprotect@TETHERFORYOU.com. 14. We may charge you a reasonable fee for the handling and processing of your requests to access your personal data. If we choose to charge a fee, we will provide you with a written estimate of the fee that we will be charging. Please note that we are not required to respond to or deal with your request for access unless you have agreed to pay the fee. 15. We reserve the right to refuse to correct your personal data in accordance with the provisions as set out in the Personal Data Protection Act and/or other applicable laws, where they require and/or entitle an organization to refuse to correct personal data in the stated circumstances. Account deletion: 16. You may delete your TETHERFORYOU account at any time, the consequences of account deletion include but not limited to the following: You will lose all digital assets and data contained in this account. You will not be able to recover the personal information, transaction records, business data, and historical information under the account. You will not be able to use this account to log in to TETHERFORYOU’s services. Important: The account cannot be recovered once it is deleted. To protect your rights, we will remind you of the risks again after you select the button to Delete Account. 17. The deletion of your account does not mean that all your account operations and responsibilities before account deletion are exempted or mitigated. All records and information associated with your account will be deleted. However, we may retain certain some information of your account as required by applicable law and regulations. Additional Provisions for EU Users Only 18. The provisions in this Section only apply if you are a user who is located in the European Union ("EU"). These provisions take precedence over any inconsistent provisions in the remainder of this Privacy Policy. 19. Your Personal Data may be transferred outside of the EU. In such cases, we take all reasonable precautions to apply the appropriate or suitable safeguards set forth by the GDPR, for example, we implemented measures such as appropriate contractual clauses to ensure that the recipients of such transfers will protect and treat your personal data in accordance with all applicable personal data protection laws. 20. You are entitled to exercise the following rights in accordance with the GDPR: a) The right to access the personal information concerning themselves, to correct or rectify inaccurate information and, when applicable, to object to data processing; b) The right of erasure of those data that either have been collected solely based on your consent, or they are no longer needed to perform the purpose(s) for which they were collected; c) The right to restrict processing when such data are no longer needed to perform the purpose(s) for which they were collected; d) The right to have personal information provided in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format; e) The right to withdraw consent at any time and without any detriment, as long as the personal data processing is based exclusively on your consent.