Privacy Policy

Our Platform was built with your privacy in mind. This Privacy Policy ("Policy") describes how we at Mint Gøld Dust collect, use, share, and secure your Personal Information when you visit the Mint Gøld Dust Platform (https://www.mintgolddust.com) (the "Platform") or create, buy, transfer, or trade unique Mint Gøld Dust items in our Market (the "Market").

By accessing the Platform or trading Mint Gøld Dust items through the Market, you agree to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Any undefined capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning set forth in our Terms of Use.

Personal Information We Collect

We may collect information reasonably capable of identifying you as an individual ("Personal Information"). Personal Information does not include anonymous or aggregate information that does not identify you as an individual.

  • Creating a User Account : If you sign up to use Platform, we collect your Ethereum wallet address and username. You may elect to provide your email address, biographical information, and a website url or social links.
    • In particular, MetaMask and other wallets provide us with your Ethereum address and certain other information you choose to share with MetaMask and other wallets. These third party companies may supply us with Personal Information. We may add this to the information we have already collected from you via our Platform in order to improve it. We do not collect Personal Information automatically, but we may tie the information that we collect automatically to Personal Information about you that we collect from other sources or that you provide to us.
  • Applying as an Artist : If you want to join the world's top digital artists in our Market, we collect your first and last name, email address, a short application video, Ethereum wallet address, and information about your art in a separate Artist application on the Platform.
    • We hold the right to assess all Artist applications and approve applications at our sole discretion. Once your Artist application is approved, we will create your Artist account with an Artist description based on information from your application.
    • As part of your Artist account, we may display widgets that direct to your third party social media accounts that you provide as part of your application.
  • Visiting the Platform or Market : We collect analytics data when you access or use the Platform. We may use third party consent management services (such as Segment, Data Privacy Manager, and CookiePro) to collect and record your customized tracking preferences, such as entirely opting out of non-essential tracking or selectively opting out of categories of information processing tools.
    • We continuously monitor user activity on the Platform to ensure adherence to laws, regulations, and our Terms of Use. As such, we may collect information from you, including your Internet Protocol (&quout;IP") address. We may also collect your browser type, operating system, domain name, and interactions on the Platform.
    • We use third party service providers (such as Sentry, Segment, Google Analytics, and Heap) to manage and analyze user activity on the Platform so that we can better tailor the Platform to your needs. Such service providers may collect IP addresses, browser type, Internet service provider ("ISP"), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, clickstream data, and user profile information (if you are logged in). The service providers may store and use this data to make graphs to help us understand user behavior on the Platform.
    • Like many online services, we use Cookies to collect information. See our Cookies Policy below for more information about the Cookies we use and what data they may collect.
    • We also may use tracking pixels (also referred to as clear GIFs, web beacons, or web bugs). Tracking pixels are tiny graphic images with a unique identifier, similar in function to Cookies, that are used to track online movements of web users. In contrast to Cookies, which are stored on a user's computer hard drive, tracking pixels are embedded invisibly in webpages.
  • Corresponding with Us : We may collect records copies of your correspondence if you contact us, as well as your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.
  • Live Chatting : We use the third party live chat provider Intercom to connect with you in real time. We may collect records and copies of any live chats in which you engage with us.

What We Do With Personal Information We Collect

We use the Personal Information we collect to:

  • Make the Platform work and enable you to list, buy, transfer, or trade unique digital art;
  • Provide you with critical updates, confirmations, or security alerts;
  • Provide support or respond to your comments or questions;
  • Personalize and improve your experience;
  • Inform you about products, services, news, or promotional opportunities we think might interest you;
  • Analyze and improve our Platform;
  • Protect you and other users from any conduct that violates the Terms of Use or to prevent abuse or harassment of any user.

When We May Share Personal Information

We rely on service providers to make some of the Platform's features work, including our website providers or the company who supports the chat feature. These providers may have access to Personal Information we collect so they can do this work on our behalf. We work hard to ensure these providers only access and use your information as necessary to perform their functions.

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may also disclose your personal information:

  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
  • To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Mint Gøld Dust's assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us about our users is among the assets transferred.
  • To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
  • To enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements.
  • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Mint Gøld Dust, our customers, or others.
  • For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
  • With your consent.

Cookies

We also collect basic analytics data through Cookies when you access or use the Platform. A "Cookie" is a small piece of data or text file stored on the local hard disk of your computer or mobile device. These include our own first-party Cookies and third-party Cookies. Some Cookies are only stored temporarily and destroyed each time you close your web browser. Others may remain on your browser and may collect and store data for a period of time after you have left the Platform.

How we use Cookies

  • Functionality: Our Platform uses Cookies to the Platform functions properly, including page loads or our chat feature.
  • Performance and Analytics: Our Platform uses Cookies to gather usage and performance data. This enables us to monitor and improve the Platform's performance, our services, and your experience. ****
  • Advertising: Our Platform uses Cookies to personalize and measure the effectiveness of advertising on our site and other websites.
  • Third Party Analytics: We use third party analytics services to understand how users interact with the serve you information about products or services we think you may like. We may select any third party analytics service (such as Google Analytics) at our sole discretion, and we reserve the right to change our third party analytics service provider at our sole discretion and without notice. You can find out more about Google Analytics and how to opt-out here.

How you can control Cookies

If you wish to prevent Cookies from tracking your activity on our Platform or visits across multiple websites, you can set your browser to block certain Cookies or notify you when a Cookie is set. For more information on how you can customize your browser's Cookie setting please visit the link to your web browser below:

If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to accept Cookies from the Platform for any of the purposes described above, then you can instruct your browser, by changing its settings, to stop accepting Cookies or to prompt you before accepting a Cookie from the websites you visit. Consult your browser's technical information. You may also disable Cookies by submitting your tracking preferences via a third party consent management service (such as Segment, Data Privacy Manager, and CookiePro), as described further above. If you do not accept Cookies, however, you may not be able to use all portions of the Platform or all functionality of the Platform. If you have any questions about how to disable or modify Cookies, please let us know at the address given in support@mintgolddust.com.

Your Rights

You may contact us at privacy@mintgolddust.com to erase, update or correct any Personal Information we collected about you. We may retain an archived copy of your records as required by law or for legitimate business purposes.

You can unsubscribe from commercial or marketing communications from us by contacting us at support@mintgolddust.com or following the instructions at the bottom of any email you receive from us.

California Privacy Rights

  • Third-party marketing: We do not provide your information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. However, we may share aggregate or other information that no longer personally identifies you with other parties for our business purposes, marketing, analytics, or other uses.
  • Do not track: Some web browsers or smartphones set "Do Not Track" requests to block user activity from being tracked across web pages or devices. We do not honor Do Not Track mechanism as there is no industry-standard way to do so.

Minors and Children

The Platform is not intended for use by children under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under the age of 16. If we learn we collected Personal Information from a child under 16 we will delete that information from our files.

Third-Party Links and Services

Our Policy only applies to our Platform and does not apply to third-party websites or services because we do not control those third parties. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those third-party sites to learn about their practices or what rights you may have. For conducting cryptocurrency transactions we use third-party electronic wallet extensions such as (but not limited to) MetaMask; your interactions with MetaMask and/or any third-party electronic wallet extensions are governed by the applicable privacy policies. In the case of MetaMask, its privacy policy is available here.

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) sets forth a Notification and Counter Notification process initiated by a party complaining of alleged copyright infringement on the Mint Gøld Dust Platform. We may share information of the notifying party, counter-notifying party, and any involved third parties, such as a Collector, of an allegedly infringing artwork to facilitate communication between the relevant parties for the purposes of complying with or resolving a DMCA dispute or allegation of copyright infringement.

Important Limitations

Nothing in this Policy restricts our ability to:

  • Comply with applicable law, rules, or regulations, including the DMCA;
  • Comply with a civil, criminal, or regulatory inquiry, investigation, subpoena, or lawful court order;
  • Cooperate with law enforcement agencies about conduct we reasonably and in good faith believe may violate the law;
  • Protect our rights or our property;
  • Enforce our Terms of Use; or,
  • Prevent behavior that is (or that we think may be) illegal or unethical.

Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your Personal Information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us, with the exception of information stored on the Ethereum blockchain, is stored on our secure servers behind firewalls.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information transmitted to the Platform. Any transmission of Personal Information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Platform.

We may retain your Personal Information as long as you continue to use the Platform, have an account with us, or for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. You can ask to close your account by contacting us as described above, and we will delete your Personal Information on request. We may, however, retain Personal Information for an additional period as is permitted or required under applicable laws, for legal, tax, or regulatory reasons, or for legitimate and lawful business purposes.

If you are a non-U.S. user of the Platform, by visiting the Platform and providing us with data, you acknowledge and agree that your Personal Information may be processed for the purposes identified in this Privacy Policy. In addition, your Personal Information may be processed in the country in which it was collected and in other countries, including the United States, where laws regarding processing of Personal Information may be less stringent than the laws in your country. By providing your data, you consent to such transfer.

General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR)

The General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") took effect on May 25, 2018, and is intended to protect the data of European Union (EU) citizens.

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), or are accessing our Platform from within the EEA, you may have certain rights with respect to your data.

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Information under GDPR

We may process Personal Information (as defined in the GDPR) under the following conditions:

  • Consent: You have given your consent for processing Personal Information for one or more specific purposes.
  • Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal Information is necessary for the performance of an agreement with you and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
  • Legal obligations: Processing Personal Information is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which Mint Gøld Dust is subject.
  • Vital interests: Processing Personal Information is necessary in order to protect your vital interests or of another natural person.
  • Public interests: Processing Personal Information is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in Mint Gøld Dust.
  • Legitimate interests: Processing Personal Information is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Mint Gøld Dust.

In any case, we will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Information is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

Your Rights under the GDPR

The laws of certain jurisdictions may provide data subjects with various rights in connection with the processing of Personal Information, including:

  • The right to withdraw any previously provided consent;
  • The right to access certain information about you that we process;
  • The right to have us correct or update any Personal Information;
  • The right to have certain Personal Information erased;
  • The right to have us temporarily block our processing of certain Personal Information;
  • The right to have Personal Information exported into common machine-readable format;
  • The right to object to our processing of Personal Information in cases of direct marketing, or when we rely on legitimate interests as our lawful basis to process your information; and
  • The right to lodge a complaint with the appropriate data protection authority.

Where we are deemed a data controller under the laws of certain jurisdictions, we will take steps to help ensure that you are able to exercise your rights regarding Personal Information about you in accordance with applicable law. To do so, you may contact us at privacy@mintgolddust.com. Please note these rights may be limited in certain circumstances as provided by applicable law. We will promptly review all such requests in accordance with applicable laws. Depending on where you live, you may also have a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority or other regulatory agency if you believe that we have violated any of the rights concerning Personal Information about you. We encourage you to first reach out to us at privacy@mintgolddust.com, so we have an opportunity to address your concerns directly before you do so.

Changes to this Policy

Our commitment to preserving your privacy will not change, but our Platform may evolve. The effective date of each version is identified above. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will use reasonable means to inform you and, where necessary, obtain your consent.

Questions

If you have questions about this Policy or how we treat your Personal Information, please contact us at privacy@mintgolddust.com.