This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes Your privacy rights, the types of information We may collect from You or that You may provide when You visit the Website or other sites owned or operated by Us on which this Privacy Policy appears and Our policies and procedures for the collection, use, maintenance, protection and disclosure of Your information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by (a) Us offline or (b) any third party, including through any application or content that may link to or be accessible from or through the Website.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand Our policies and practices regarding Your information and how We will treat it. We use Your information to provide and improve the Services. By accessing or using the Services, You agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, do not access or use the Services. This Privacy Policy may change from time to time (see Changes to This Privacy Policy).
Definitions
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have the following meanings. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
- Account means a unique account created for You to access Our Services or parts of Our Services.
- Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Privacy Policy) means Hackerlink Limited.
- Cookies means small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
- Developer means individuals or organizations who actively engage with Our Services and contribute to the development, creation, or enhancement of Our platform. Developers may include coders, programmers, software engineers, designers, content creators, and other professionals involved in the technical aspects of Our Services.
- Device means any device that can access the Services such as a computer, a cell phone or a digital tablet.
- Personal Data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (i.e. a person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person).
- Services means the Website and any profile creation, Hackathon, BUIDL, and grant services or other services provided on, through or from the Website.
- Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes Personal Data on behalf of the Company, including third-parties or individuals employed by the Company to provide the Services on behalf of the Company, to perform additional services related to the Services or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Services are used.
- Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website through which a User can log in or create an Account to use the Services.
- Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Services or from the Services infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
- Website refers to https://dorahacks.io/.
- User means any Website visitor or person who registers for, accesses or uses the Services, except for Developers.
- You means the individual accessing or using the Services, or the company or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Services, as applicable.
Children’s Privacy
The Services are not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under age 16 may provide any Personal Data to or through the Services. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under 16. If You are under 16, do not (a) access or use the Website or the Services without parental or guardian consent or provide any information on this Website or through the Services or (b) provide any information about Yourself to Us. By accessing or using the Services, You confirm that You are at least 16 years old or that You have obtained parental or guardian consent to provide us with Your Personal Data. If We learn We have collected or received Personal Data from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, We will delete that information. If You believe We might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact Us at support@dorahacks.com.
Collecting and Using Your Information
While using Our Services, We may collect several types of information from and about You, and We may ask You to provide Us with certain information, including Personal Data. We collect this information directly from You when You provide it to Us and automatically as you navigate through the Website and Services.
We may collect several types of information from and about Users and Developers, including, but not limited to, certain Personal Data (such as name, email address, location (city), phone number, user blockchain addresses, GitHub account information (including GitHub ID), account username, user handle and password, user profile data (including, but not limited to, social media account information (e.g., Twitter, LinkedIn, GitHub, WeChat, Telegram, etc.)), and personal introduction about the users (including, but not limited to, skills, area of interest)) and other information including, but not limited to, nickname, Usage Data, crypto domain name, past projects, competitions, user participation in platforms events (including, but not limited to, hackathons, grants, grant DAOs bounties), user idea sharing, user donation and voting history and users’ vcDORA balances.
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Services. Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (i.e. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of Our Services that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When You access the Services by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit Our Services or when You access the Services by or through a mobile device.
Usage Data helps Us to improve the Services and deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to estimate size and usage patterns, store information about Your preferences, customize the Services according to Your individual interests, speed up Your searches and recognize You when You return to Our Website.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
- Currently, Our systems do not recognize browser “do-not-track” requests. You may, however, disable certain tracking as discussed in this section (e.g., by disabling cookies), but such disabling may impair use of the Services.
- We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Services and store certain information. Tracking technologies used include beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Services. The technologies We use may include:
- Browser Cookies. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of Our Services. Unless You have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Services may use Cookies. Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
- Necessary/Essential Cookies (Session Cookies). These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate Users and prevent fraudulent use of Accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have requested cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
- Notice/Acceptance Cookies (Persistent Cookies). These Cookies identify if Users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
- Functionality Cookies (Persistent Cookies). These Cookies allow Us to remember choices You make when You use the Services, such as remembering Your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Services.
- Web Beacons. Certain sections of the Website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other statistics related to the Services (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
For more information about the Cookies We use and Your choices regarding Cookies, please visit the Cookies Policy at our website.
Use of Your Information
The Company may use Your information (including Personal Data) for the following purposes:
- To provide and maintain our Services, including to monitor the usage of our Services.
- To open and manage Your Account, including, but not limited to, to open and manage Your registration as a User of the Services. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Services that are available to You as a registered User.
- To create profiles for Yourself as a User of the Services.
- For the performance of a smart contract, including, but not limited to, the development, compliance and undertaking of the smart contract for the Services.
- To contact You regarding updates or provide informative communications related to the functionalities, products or Services, including security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
- To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other projects, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that You have already viewed or inquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
- To respond to and manage Your requests to Us.
- For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Users is among the assets transferred.
- For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Services, products, services, marketing and your experience.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our Users without restriction, and We may share Your information (including Personal Data) in the following situations:
- With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of Our Services and support Our business.
- For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another person or entity.
- With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
- With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
- With other Users: When You share Your information or otherwise interact in the public areas of the Services with other Users, such information may be viewed by all Users and may be publicly available and distributed. If You interact with other Users or register for the Services through a Third-party Social Media Service, Contacts who are already using DoraHacks Services, such as hackathon organizers, bounty funders, grant DAO ecosystems, and grant round organizers, will have access to view the profiles and contact information of hackers and BUIDL team members. This may include seeing your name, profile information, pictures, and a description of your activity. Similarly, other Users may be able to view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You and view Your profile.
- For compliance purposes: We may disclose Your information 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 available at https://dorahacks.io/legal/terms); to prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Services; or if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect or defend the rights, property or safety of Company or others.
- To fulfill the purpose for which You provide it.
- With Your consent: We may disclose Your information for any other purpose not explicitly listed above with Your consent.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
- Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. Such information may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where applicable data protection laws may differ from those from Your jurisdiction.
- Your submission of such information to Us represents Your agreement to that transfer.
- The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Additionally, please note that Our team members are located in multiple countries, which may result in the processing of Your Personal Data in more than one country. Furthermore, certain data (including Personal Data) may be processed by cloud providers, and their servers may be located in different countries. However, regardless of the location of data processing, no transfer of Your Personal Data will occur to another country without adequate controls in place to address the security of Your Personal Data and other personal information.
Security of Your Personal Data
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Links to Other Websites
Our Services may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the privacy policy of every site You visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Changes to this 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. We may let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Services, prior to the change becoming effective and update 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. Your continued use of the Services after We make changes to the Privacy Policy is deemed to be acceptance of those changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy (including the EU Notice below), You can contact Us at support@dorahacks.com.
Notice to EU Data Subjects
The terms of this “Notice to EU Data Subjects” (“EU Notice”) and rights granted hereunder apply solely to individuals located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom. Any terms not defined in this EU Notice shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Privacy Policy. For purposes of this EU Notice, the Company is the controller and responsible for Your Personal Data. The registered office of the Company is located at 4th Floor, Water’s Edge Building, Meridian Plaza, Road Town, Tortola, VG1110, British Virgin Islands.
Collection, Use, Disclosure and Transfer of Personal Data
We may collect, use and disclose Your Personal Data in accordance with Sections 3, 6 and 7 of the Privacy Policy. If We transfer Your Personal Data to countries outside of the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we will ensure that such data is transferred in accordance with the Privacy Policy (including Section 8 thereof) and this EU Notice, and as permitted by the applicable laws on data protection.
Legal Basis for Processing
We are required to inform You of the legal basis of Our processing of Your Personal Data, which is described in the table below. Our basis varies depending on the specific purpose for which We use Personal Data. If You have questions about the legal basis under which We process Your Personal Data, contact us at support@dorahacks.com.
Processing Purpose | Legal Basis |
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To communicate with You | These processing activities constitute Our legitimate business interests and the interests of Our customers. We consider and balance any potential impacts on You (both positive and negative) and Your rights before We process Your Personal Data for Our legitimate interests. We do not use Your Personal Data for activities where Our interests are overridden by any adverse impact on You (unless we have Your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law). |
To optimize Our platform |
For compliance with legal obligations, fraud detection and prevention, and safety |
To provide and improve Our Services |
With Your consent | Where our use of Your Personal Data is based upon Your consent, You have the right to withdraw it anytime in the manner indicated in the Services or by contacting Us at support@dorahacks.com. |
Your Rights
Under the GDPR, you have the below rights regarding Your Personal Data, and You may ask Us to take the following actions in relation to Your Personal Data that we hold:
- Access. You have the right to access Your Personal Data and confirm if We are processing it and the purposes of the processing.
- Correct. You have the right to update or correct inaccuracies in Your Personal Data.
- Delete. You have the right to ask Us to delete your Personal Data, which may be exercised, among other reasons, (a) when Your Personal Data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed; (b) when You withdraw consent from the purposes for which We processed it and where We have no other legal ground for processing; (c) when You object to processing and We have no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing; or (d) when Your Personal Data has been unlawfully processed.
- Restrict. You have the right to restrict the processing of Your Personal Data, including where the processing is unlawful or when the accuracy of Your Personal Data is contested.
- Data Portability. You have the right to data portability of Your Personal Data, where technically feasible, including the right to transfer a machine-readable copy of Your Personal Data to You or a third party of Your choice.
- Object. You have the right to object to Our processing of Your Data, including processing for direct marketing purposes, and Our reliance on Our legitimate interests as the basis of Our processing of Your Personal Data.
- Opt-out. You have the right to opt-out of receiving direct marketing communications which You have previously consented to receive. However, We may continue to send You Services-related and other non-marketing communications.
You can exercise Your rights outlined above and submit these requests by email to support@dorahacks.com. Please include a detailed description of the right that You are exercising and the action that You are requesting that We take. We may request specific information from You to help Us confirm your identity and process Your request. Applicable law may require or permit Us to decline your request. If We decline your request, We will provide an explanation, subject to legal restrictions. If You would like to submit a complaint about Our use of Your Personal Data or response to Your requests regarding Your Personal Data, You may contact Us at support@dorahacks.com.
While We encourage You to contact Us directly and allow Us to work with You to address Your concerns, You also have the right to lodge a complaint before the Data Protection Authority in the EU Member State where You reside, work or the place of the alleged infringement. For the United Kingdom you can contact the Information Commissioner Office (https://ico.org.uk).
Retention of Your Personal Data
- The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in the Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with Our legal obligations (for example, if We are required to retain Your Personal Data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce Our legal agreements and policies. We may retain Your Personal Data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if We reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to Our relationship with You.
- To determine the appropriate retention period for Personal Data, We consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the Personal Data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of Your Personal Data, the purposes for which We process Your Personal Data and whether We can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or other requirements.
- The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Services, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
