Privacy Policy

Introduction

Last Updated: April 17, 2025

Welcome to alephiSocial. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our platform (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

This privacy policy applies to all users of alephiSocial, including those who access our integrated news services from BreakThrough News, Al Jazeera, and other news sources.

1. Important Information and Who We Are

Purpose of This Privacy Policy

This privacy policy aims to give you information on how alephiSocial collects and processes your personal data through your use of this platform, including any data you may provide when you create an account, post content, interact with other users, or access news content.

It is important that you read this privacy policy together with any other privacy notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data.

Controller

alephiSocial is the controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as "alephiSocial", "we", "us" or "our" in this privacy policy).

2. The Data We Collect About You

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

Due to the decentralized nature of alephiSocial, we collect and process minimal personal data. However, we may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

• Blockchain Address Information: Your Alephium wallet address and any Ethereum addresses connected to the platform.
• Profile Information: Information you provide in your public profile.
• Content Data: Content you post on the platform, including text posts, photos, videos, audio, and Proxima videos.
• Usage Data: Information about how you use our platform and access news content.
• Technical Data: Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this platform.

We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offenses.

3. How We Use Your Personal 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 you with access to the alephiSocial platform and its features.
• To process and deliver your content to the blockchain.
• To manage our relationship with you.
• To provide you with news content from our integrated news sources.
• To administer and protect our platform (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting, and hosting of data).

Note that due to the nature of blockchain technology, content posted to alephiSocial is permanently stored and cannot be deleted. Please consider this carefully before posting any content.

4. News Content and Third-Party Services

alephiSocial integrates news content from various sources, including BreakThrough News and Al Jazeera. When you access this content through our platform:

• We may share certain non-identifying information with these news providers, such as content viewing statistics.
• The news providers may collect certain information about your interaction with their content.
• We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of these news providers for more information about how they process your data.

Our platform also integrates with blockchain services like Alephium, Polygon, and IRYS. These services have their own privacy policies that govern how they process your data.

5. YouTube API Services

alephiSocial uses YouTube API Services to provide certain features and content within our platform. This integration allows us to display YouTube videos and related content to enhance your experience.

By using our platform's features that interact with YouTube content, you acknowledge and agree:

• You are bound by the YouTube Terms of Service
• Your data is handled according to the Google Privacy Policy

You can revoke our access to your data via the Google security settings page.

6. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. 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.

For encrypted communications on alephiSocial, we use end-to-end encryption to ensure that only the intended recipients can read messages.

However, please be aware that due to the nature of the internet and blockchain technology, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

7. Your Legal Rights

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

• Request access to your personal data.
• Request correction of your personal data.
• Request erasure of your personal data (subject to blockchain limitations).
• Object to processing of your personal data.
• Request restriction of processing your personal data.
• Request transfer of your personal data.
• Right to withdraw consent.

Important Note on Blockchain Data: Due to the immutable nature of blockchain technology, certain data (such as posted content) cannot be deleted once it has been added to the blockchain. This is a fundamental aspect of the alephiSocial platform's design to ensure content permanence and censorship resistance.

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us using the form below.

8. Changes to the Privacy Policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this privacy policy.

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.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us using the form below: