Updated March 26, 2023

Privacy Policy

1.0 Introduction

This Policy applies to The Geode Blockchain, and related applications (“Services”), including the offsite collection of data for those Services such as nodes, node setup processes and more. Users of our Services are “Members” or “Visitors”. As a Visitor or Member of our Services, the collection, use and sharing of your personal data is subject to the policies contained herein and any updates to these policies. Updates to any policy will be announced via the decentralized interface. If material changes to any part of these policies are made, notice will be provided through the Services, or by other means, to provide an opportunity to review the changes before they become effective. We agree that changes will not be retroactive. If you object to any changes, you may empty your accounts. Your continued use of the Services after we publish changes to these terms signifies your consent to the updated terms as of their effective date.

You are entering into this Contract with the Geode Blockchain Network, a self-governing decentralized blockchain network (also referred to as “we” and “us”). Geode Blockchain Network will be the controller of your personal data provided to, or collected by or for, or processed in connection with our Services.

This Privacy Policy applies to any Member or Visitor to the Services. Registered users (“Members”) share their claims, endorsements, intellectual property, actions, events, products, services, engage with the network, exchange knowledge, post and view content, and find business and career opportunities. Content and data on the Services is viewable to non-members (“Visitors”). Specific applications on the system may offer to make your activity private (such as private messaging applications). While these are designed to maintain privacy of communications, we cannot guarantee the privacy of these messages in the event of a hack on the Services. 

This Privacy Policy applies to your use of the Services. Personal data provided to, or collected by or for, or processed in connection with the Services is open to the public. As a Visitor or Member of the Services, the collection, use and sharing of your personal data is subject to this Privacy Policy and other documents referenced in this Privacy Policy, as well as updates. Changes to the Privacy Policy apply to your use of our Services after the “effective date.”

This Privacy Policy may be modified, and if material changes are made to it, notice will be provided through the Services, or by other means, to provide you the opportunity to review the changes before they become effective. If you object to any changes, you may empty your account and delete it from the chain. You acknowledge that your continued use of the Services, including your continued visiting of the site or keeping any coin in an account, after we publish or send a notice about changes to this Privacy Policy indicates that the collection, use and sharing of your personal data is subject to the updated Privacy Policy, as of its effective date.

2.0 Data Collected

2.1 Data You Provide To The Services

You may provide the following at your sole discretion on the Services:

• First name / Last name
• Username s
• Passwords
• Phone Numbers
• Emails
• Pictures 
• Nicknames or display names
• Claim history 
• Endorsement history 
• Lists of connections 
• Tallies of claims, endorsements, and connections 
• Keywords 
• What kind of work you are open to (Employee/Contract/etc)
• Node status
• Nominations
• Claim Information of various forms
• Social media posts
• and other information

2.2 Data From Others About You

Others may reference you in their activity or rate your claim during an endorsement. Others may also link to your content in various ways. 

2.3 Data From Service Use

Use of the Services, including mobile access, websites, other interfaces, and on and off chain activity may be visible. 

2.4 Your Device and Location

When you visit or leave the Services (including some extensions, plugins and cookies or similar technology on the sites of others), the URL of both the site you came from and the one you go to and the time of your visit may be visible. Information about your network and device (e.g., IP address, proxy server, operating system, web browser and add-ons, device identifier and features, cookie IDs and/or ISP, or your mobile carrier) may also be visible. There are currently no condoned tools or applications on the Geode Blockchain Network that track or use your location, but there may be in the future. 

2.6 Updates

The Services are dynamic, and new features are often introduced which may lead to the collection of new information. If materially different personal data is collected or if collection and sharing policies change this Privacy Policy will be modified.

3.0 How Your Data Is Used

Your data is used to…

• Provide, support, personalize and develop the Services;
• Authorize access to the Services and honor your settings;
• Show claims you might like to explore and validate
• Help you keep track of who has endorsed your claims and who has new claims
• Help you find collaborators, service providers, products and new ideas 
• Help recruiters and others find your services, products, ideas and to bring you new opportunities
• Offer you sponsored posts and messages that may be of direct interest to you
• Offer special insights 
• Conduct surveys
• Support your success 
• Identify bugs in the system
• Identify cheaters, hackers and other misconduct
• Assist with security, fraud prevention and investigations

4.0 How We Share Information

4.1 On Our Services

Any data that you include on your profile and any content you post in an application, or any action you take on the Services will be seen by others, consistent with your application specific settings. Content written to the blockchain CANNOT BE DELETED OR REMOVED.

4.2 With Contributors

Many people contribute to the Services (e.g., maintenance, analysis, audit, payments, fraud detection, marketing and development). They will have access to your information only to the extent that any other Member would have access.

4.3 As Legal Disclosures And Investigations

Because everyone on the planet can access the Services equally, any legal or regulatory entity has full access to the entire chain, the data within its blocks, and the Services, some of which allow the reporting, reviewing and investigation of suspected or actual illegal activities. The Services are open to anyone and your information may be among the information reviewed. Such entities are within their rights and invited to use the Services at will to investigate suspicious activity without needing to ask any Member for disclosures.

5.0 Your Options & Obligations

YOU CERTIFY THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, DUE TO THE NATURE OF BLOCKCHAIN DATA, YOUR ACTIVITY ON THE SERVICES, AND THE ASSOCIATED INFORMATION AND DATA CANNOT BE DELETED AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE EVEN AFTER YOU EMPTY AND DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT FROM THE CHAIN. 

6.0 Other Important Information

6.1. Security

The Services implement security safeguards designed to protect your data, such as HTTPS, firewalls, and other methods. The Services are monitored for possible vulnerabilities and attacks. However, no one can warrant the security of any information that you send or post on the Services. There is no guarantee that data may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards, or by breach of your connection to the service along the way.

6.2 Data Transfers

The Services process data worldwide across many countries on legally-provided mechanisms to lawfully transfer data across borders. Countries where data is processed may have laws which are different from, and potentially not as protective as, the laws of your own country.

6.3 Lawful Bases for Processing

The Services will only collect and process personal data about you where there are lawful bases. Lawful bases include consent (where you have given consent), contract (where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you), and “legitimate interests.”

6.4. Direct Marketing and Do Not Track Signals

The Services currently do not share personal data with third parties for their direct marketing purposes without your permission. Permission may be on an application by application basis within the Services.

6.5. Contact Information

If you have questions regarding this Policy, please contact the council via the decentralized user interface for The Geode Blockchain Network.

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