ZUG Web3 ("we," "us," or "our") operates the website zugweb3.com. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website. We are committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy rights under applicable laws, including the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Please read this policy carefully. By accessing or using our website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
The data controller responsible for processing your personal data is ZUG Web3, registered in Vevey, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. For all data protection inquiries, you may contact our Data Protection Officer at [email protected]. We operate under Swiss jurisdiction and comply with the data protection standards of Switzerland, the European Union, and the State of California, applying the highest standard where regulations differ.
We collect information in several ways when you interact with our website. Automatically collected information includes your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited on our site, time and date of your visit, time spent on each page, device identifiers, and other diagnostic data. This information is collected through cookies, log files, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies. We also collect information you voluntarily provide when you use our contact form, subscribe to our newsletter, or communicate with us via email, including your name, email address, and the content of your message.
Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site traffic, and serve personalized content and advertisements. Cookies are small data files placed on your device that allow us to recognize your browser and remember certain information across visits. We use essential cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation of our website, including session management and security features. We use analytics cookies provided by Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website, including which pages are visited most frequently, how long visitors spend on each page, and what referral sources drive traffic to our site. We use advertising cookies deployed by Google AdSense and its advertising partners to serve personalized advertisements based on your browsing behavior and interests. You can manage your cookie preferences through our cookie consent banner displayed upon your first visit, or by adjusting your browser settings. For more information about how Google uses data when you visit partner sites, please visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, to monitor and analyze website traffic patterns. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website. This information is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google may use this data to contextualize and personalize ads within its advertising network. You may opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
We use Google AdSense, a program run by Google LLC, to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your browsing history. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings. Alternatively, you may opt out of third-party cookies for advertising by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page at https://optout.networkadvertising.org/.
We use the information we collect to operate, maintain, and improve our website and its content; to analyze usage trends and visitor demographics to enhance the user experience; to serve relevant advertisements through our advertising partners; to respond to your inquiries, comments, or requests submitted through our contact form; to send periodic communications, including newsletter updates if you have opted in to receive them; to detect and prevent fraud, abuse, or security incidents; and to comply with applicable legal obligations and enforce our Terms of Service.
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personally identifiable information to third parties. We may share aggregated, non-personally identifiable information with our advertising partners, analytics providers, and business partners for the purposes described in this policy. We share data with Google LLC through our use of Google Analytics and Google AdSense, as described above. We may disclose your personal data if required to do so by law, in response to valid legal process such as a court order or subpoena, or if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request.
If you are located in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, you have the following rights regarding your personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation and the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection. You have the right of access, meaning you can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you. You have the right to rectification, allowing you to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data. You have the right to erasure, enabling you to request that we delete your personal data under certain circumstances. You have the right to restriction of processing, permitting you to request that we limit the processing of your personal data. You have the right to data portability, allowing you to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for certain purposes, including direct marketing. You also have the right to withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on your consent. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
If you are a California resident, you have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act. You have the right to know what personal information we collect about you, where we collect it from, why we collect it, and who we share it with. You have the right to delete the personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions. You have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information. We do not sell personal information as defined under the CCPA. You have the right to non-discrimination, meaning we will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights. To exercise your CCPA rights, please contact us at [email protected].
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Analytics data is typically retained for 26 months. Contact form submissions are retained for 12 months unless ongoing correspondence requires longer retention. Cookie data is retained according to the expiration dates set by the respective cookie providers.
Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your country of residence, including the United States, where Google LLC processes Analytics and AdSense data. These countries may have data protection laws that differ from the laws of your jurisdiction. When we transfer data internationally, we rely on appropriate safeguards, including Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission, to ensure that your personal data receives an adequate level of protection.
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include encryption of data in transit using SSL/TLS protocols, regular security assessments of our website infrastructure, and access controls limiting who within our organization can access personal data. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Our website is not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under 16 without parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information promptly.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other factors. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at [email protected]. Our registered office is located in Vevey, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, including the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) or your local data protection authority.