Privacy Policy1. Privacy Statement

BlockConsult Limited (we, us, our) considers your privacy to be important. This PrivacyPolicy (Policy) sets out how we collect, hold, use and disclose information aboutindividuals who deal or interact with us. We treat all personal information collected by usin accordance with:(a) this Policy; and(b) the Australian Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and other applicable privacy laws in thejurisdictions in which we operate, or in which our users are located (PrivacyLaws).If there is any inconsistency between the Privacy Laws and this Policy, the Privacy Lawswill prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.2. Your ConsentBy becoming a member, creating an account with us, signing up to a newsletter, filling outa contact form, or otherwise engaging with us, you consent to us collecting, processing,and using your personal information in accordance with this Policy.You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at omar@blockconsult.io3. Personal Information Collected by UsPersonal information is information or an opinion of an individual whose identity isapparent or can be reasonably ascertained. As part of our business, we may collectpersonal information from you.We collect a variety of personal information that is reasonably necessary for the purposesof conducting and improving our business and our products and services. Thisinformation may be collected in a number of ways, including:(a) through our website www.blockconsult.io and its subdomains (our Site), Discordserver (if any), Telegram channel (if any), and various third-party social media andmessaging sites, pages, groups and forums, and other services relating to our Site(collectively with our Site, our Services);(b) through our products and services;(c) through marketing research, including surveys and polls;(d) from competitions and other user participation events;(e) through any of our other business activities or events;Privacy Policy BlockConsult.io Page 2(f) through a person seeking employment with us, having been employed by us orbeing employed by us; and/or(g) by otherwise having some form of contact with a person, such as by personalcontact, mail, telephone, email, video teleconferencing, Internet or other forms oftelecommunication.Personal information collected by us may include:(a) your name;(b) your contact details (including email address and phone number);(c) transactional information (including your method of payment, bank accountdetails, cryptographic wallet addresses, and cryptographic wallet serviceproviders);(d) your attendance at our in-person or virtual events;(e) nicknames, usernames and passwords that you use to access our Services or anyof our products and services;(f) your reasons for using our Services or any of our products and services;(g) your preferences and opinions relating to our Services or any of our products andservices;(h) any other information that you choose to send to us.Except as otherwise noted above, we endeavour to only collect personal informationabout you from you, where it is reasonable and practical to do so.4. Use of Personal InformationGenerally, we use personal information for providing, evaluating, improving,personalising and developing our business, our Services, our other products and services,and to protect our users. More specifically, we use personal information for:(a) providing and delivering our Services, and other products and services to you;(b) providing support to you (including technical support) in relation to the use of ourServices and our other products and services;(c) improving our Services, and other products and services, and user satisfaction;(d) promoting and delivering our Services and our other products to organisationsand individuals;(e) internal research and statistical purposes (including market segmentation andcustomer value analysis) and internal business operations (including fulfilling anylegal requirements); andPrivacy Policy BlockConsult.io Page 3(f) enabling us to forward to you other information or material which we believe maybe of interest to you, or which you have indicated you may be interested inreceiving.We automatically gather information to monitor the use of our Services and our otherproducts and services. Most of the data we collect is aggregated (except for transactionalinformation), and such aggregated information is effectively anonymous to us.Sometimes you will be asked to confirm that you agree to a particular activity or thecollection of your personal information for a specific purpose. Though we usually collectaggregate data, we will make it clear to you if any information is being collected in a waythat could personally identify you.5. Disclosure of Personal Information5.1 Disclosure generallyWe do not disclose your personal information to any third party, other than thoserequiring this information to assist us or those that are directly related to the purposesfor which the information was collected, including:(a) to external service providers, so that they can provide products and services inconnection with the operation and improvement of our business;(b) to our affiliates, including but not limited to other organisations and businesseswithin our group of organisations;(c) as permitted under the Privacy Laws or any other applicable law;(d) with your consent; and(e) if you would reasonably expect that your personal information would be passedto the person to whom the personal information is disclosed.5.2 Information you make publicCertain services we provide and features on our Services are open to any other Servicesuser to view, such as our blog (if any), community forum (if any) and certain aspects ofyour personal user profile (if any). Any information you create or post in these locationsmay be available and accessible to other users of the Services.Our Services may also enable you to upload, post, transmit, display, perform or distributecontent, information or other data, which may include your personal information. Anyinformation that you choose to disclose by means of such features becomes publicinformation.We strongly urge you to exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personalinformation by such means. You agree to assume all responsibility for all personalinformation that you have made public.5.3 Third party social media servicesPrivacy Policy BlockConsult.io Page 4We may operate one of more forums, groups, chat rooms, or other services and facilitieswhich are hosted on third party social media services and websites, including but notlimited to, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Telegram, Discord, Slack, Flock, Reddit andLinkedIn.Your use of, and participation in, such services and facilities is subject always to the termsof service, acceptable use policies, privacy policies, and other terms and conditionsadopted by those third party social media services and websites.Any information which you disclose on any third party social media services and websitesis at your own risk and expense. We accept no liability or responsibility whatsoever inrelation to the use, non-use or misuse of such third party social media services andwebsites by you or any other person.6. Protecting Your Personal InformationWe take reasonable steps to protect all personal information which we hold (includingyour personal information) from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access,modification or disclosure.Notwithstanding that we use our best endeavours to protect all personal information, wecannot completely guarantee the security of your personal information.When no longer required, personal information is destroyed or deleted in a complete andconfidential manner.7. CookiesCookies are files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous uniqueidentifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on yourcomputer's or mobile device’s storage drive.Like many sites, we use cookies and other similar technologies to collect information andremember your preferences. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies, or toindicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may notbe able to use some features of our Services or our other products and services.8. Web BeaconsWeb beacons (also known as clear gifs, pixel tags or web bugs) are tiny graphics with aunique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the onlinemovements of users or to access cookies.Unlike cookies which are stored on the user’s computer or mobile device storage drive,web beacons are embedded invisibly on web pages (or in e-mail). Web beacons may beused to deliver or communicate with cookies, to count users who have visited certainpages and to understand usage patterns.Privacy Policy BlockConsult.io Page 5Like many sites, we use web beacons to collect information which is done in accordancewith this Policy.9. Overseas Disclosure9.1 Overseas IT service providersWe may disclose personal information to outsourced information technology serviceproviders, including cloud computing providers and data storage providers, basedoverseas primarily located in the United States of America.9.2 Disclosure for analyticsWe may use Google Analytics and other third-party analytics software to track your usageof our Services. Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google. Googleutilises the data collected to track and examine the use of our Services, to preparereports on its activities and share them with other Google services.Google may use the data collected to contextualise and personalise the ads of itsadvertising network. Personal information collected by Google includes cookies andusage data, which is processed in the United States of America (subject to changes inGoogle’s data processing policies). You can find Google's privacy policy on their website.10. Third PartiesOur Services may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on athird-party link, you will be directed to that third-party's site. We strongly advise you toreview the privacy policy of every site that you visit.We confirm that we have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content,privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites, products or services whatsoever.You should be aware that your ability to opt out of a third-party tool or platform willdepend on the conditions governing your agreement with that third party.11. CompetitionsGenerally, all competitions run by us are hosted on our servers and are conducted, withrespect to the collection and use of personal information, in accordance with this Policy.Competitions run by third parties, such as competitions run by our affiliates, commercialpartners, or sponsors, will be hosted on their own servers and the collection of personalinformation will be subject to the privacy policies of the relevant third parties. We stronglyrecommend that, before signing up for any third-party competition, you carefully reviewthe privacy policy of the relevant third party.12. Accessing and Managing Your Personal InformationPrivacy Policy BlockConsult.io Page 6If you wish to access, amend, delete, or transfer your personal information, pleasecontact us at omar@blockconsult.io We will take all reasonable steps to comply with yourrequest unless we are required by law not to do so.13. International UsersIf you are located outside Australia and choose to provide your personal information tous, your personal information will be transferred to Australia or our overseas outsourcedinformation technology service providers and processed in accordance with this Policy.If you are located in the European Union at the time, you access our Services, or access oruse our products or services, the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 applies toour relationship with you. The Regulation in its entirety may be accessed in your languageat the European Union Law Website.14. ComplaintsWe strive to ensure our compliance with this Policy and to regularly review our practicesunder it.If at any time you have a complaint against us regarding our Policy, including a breach ofthe Privacy Laws, we invite you to contact us at omar@blockconsult.io. All complaintsmade will be dealt with in confidence. We endeavour to respond within 30 days of receiptof a complaint with a resolution or proposed resolution of the issue raised.Please note that you may also make a complaint to the Office of the AustralianInformation Commissioner (OAIC) about the handling of your personal information.Information on making a privacy complaint can be found on the OAIC Website.15. VariationsWe reserve the right to vary this Policy from time to time without further notice to you.Any variations made will be updated on our Services. We will not reduce your rightsunder this Policy without using our best endeavours to first provide you with notice. It isyour responsibility to check our Policy every now and again to ensure that you are awareof any changes made to it.16. Further InformationFor any further information about this Policy please contact us at omar@blockconsult.io