Updated on January 31, 2024

This Privacy Policy describes how Art Blocks, Inc. (“Art Blocks”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses and shares your personal information if you visit https://www.artblocks.io or our other websites or services that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Services”), contact us, receive our communications or attend our events. If you have any questions or concerns about how Art Blocks interacts with your information or about this Privacy Policy, please email us at [email protected]. For more information on how to exercise your privacy rights, you can read more below. For our User Terms of Service, please visit https://www.artblocks.io/user-terms.pdf

Personal Information We Collect

  1. Information you provide to us. Personal information you provide to us through the Services may include:
    1. Contact information and identifiers, such as your first and last name, email address, phone number, professional title, and organization name.
    2. Profile information, such as your wallet address, username, and any account preferences for the Services.
    3. Feedback or correspondence, such as information you provide when you contact us with questions, feedback, or otherwise correspond with us.
    4. Usage information, such as information about how you use the Services and interact with us, including information you provide when you use any interactive features of the Services.
    5. Marketing information, such as your preferences for receiving communications about our products, activities, and publications, and details about how you engage with our communications.
    6. Payment information, such as your Ethereum wallet address.
    7. Other information that we may collect which is not specifically listed here, but which we will use in accordance with this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.
  2. Information we obtain from social media platforms. We may maintain pages for Art Blocks on social media platforms, such as Discord, Medium, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. When you visit or interact with our pages on those platforms, the platform provider’s privacy policy will apply to your interactions and their collection, use, and processing of your personal information. You or the platforms may provide us with information through the platform, and we will treat such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You can read more about your privacy choices for social media networks and other third-party platforms.
  3. Information we obtain from other third parties. We may receive personal information about you from third-party sources, such as marketing partners, publicly-available sources, and data providers. When obtaining such data, we use and share it in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
  4. Information from blockchains. We may collect public blockchain data and use it for any purpose outlined in this Privacy Policy, including to improve our Services or to ensure parties utilizing our Services are not engaged in illegal or prohibited activity.
  5. Information Collected by Automated Means, including Cookies and Similar Technologies. Art Blocks, our service providers, and our business partners may automatically log information about you, your computer or mobile device, and activity occurring on or through the Services. The information that may be collected automatically includes your computer or mobile device operating system type and version number, manufacturer and model; device identifier; browser type; screen resolution; IP address; the website you visited before browsing to our website; general location information such as city, state or geographic area; and information about your use of and actions on the Services, such as pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times, and length of access.

We may collect the above information ourselves, or via cookies, pixels and similar tracking technologies on our sites. Our service providers and business partners may collect this type of information over time and across third-party websites and mobile applications. If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to accept cookies from our Service for any of the purposes described above, you can change your browser settings to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. Consult your browser’s technical information to learn more. If you do not accept cookies, however, you may not be able to use all portions of the Service or all functionality of the Service.

How We Use Your Personal Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy (see below sections on State and Region-Specific Information and Rights) or at the time of collection:

  1. To operate our business and the Services. We use your personal information to:
    1. provide, operate, and improve the Services;
    2. establish and maintain your user profile on the Services;
    3. facilitate social features of the Services, such as our blog;
    4. communicate with you about the Services, including by sending you announcements, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages;
    5. understand your interests and personalize your experience with the Services;
    6. provide support and maintenance for the Services; and
    7. respond to your requests, questions, and feedback.
  2. For research and development. We analyze use of the Services to improve the Services and to develop new products and services.
  3. To send you marketing and promotional communications. We may send you marketing communications as permitted by applicable law. You can opt out of our marketing and promotional communications as described below.
  4. To comply with law. We use your personal information as we believe necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities.
  5. For compliance, fraud prevention, and safety. We may use your personal information and disclose it to law enforcement, government authorities, courts, and private parties as we believe necessary or appropriate to: (a) protect our, your, or others’ rights, privacy, safety, or property (including by making and defending legal claims); (b) enforce the terms and conditions that govern the Services or any other agreements; and (c) protect, investigate, and deter against fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical, or illegal activity.
  6. With your consent. In some cases, we may specifically ask for your consent to collect, use, or share your personal information, such as when required by law.

How We Share Your Personal Information

We do not share your personal information with third parties without your consent, except in the following circumstances or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:

  1. Affiliates. We may share your personal information with our corporate subsidiaries and affiliates for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.