Privacy Policy

This privacy policy (“Policy”, together with our Terms of Use) explains and sets out the basis for why and when we collect personal information about the people who visit our website www.xterio-foundation.org (“Website”), how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and the measures we take to keep it secure.

By visiting the Website you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this Policy. Please note that this includes consenting to the collection and processing of any personal information you provide, as described below. We may amend this Policy from time to time so please check it occasionally to ensure that you agree with any changes. Your continued use of our Website will constitute your acceptance of, and agreement to, any changes.

Who we are?

Xterio Foundation (Xterio Stiftung) is a not-for-profit organization based in Zug, Switzerland that is dedicated to promote and develop (the technology for) virtual gaming asset universes as well as to support the surrounding ecosystems. You can reach us at: Xterio Foundation, Dammstrasse 16, 6300 Zug, Switzerland, email: privacy@xter.io.

How we collect information about you?

We obtain information about you when you use our Website, when you contact us via email or a web form, if any, or when you register to receive one of our regular newsletters. We may collect and process the following types of information about you:

Information you provide us

You may provide us with personal information by filling in forms on our Website or by corresponding with us by e-mail or live-chat. The personal information you provide may include your name, email, address, phone number, IP address, language preference and information regarding the pages you access. By providing us with information, you expressly consent to our use of your personal information in accordance with this Policy.

Information we collect about you

When you visit our Website, we may collect information about your IP address, information about your visit, your browsing activity, and how you use our Website. This information may be combined with other information you provide.

Information we receive from other sources

We may receive information about you if you use any other websites we, or our partners, operate. We also work with third parties (including contractors, project partners, service providers, and analytics providers) and may receive information about you from them. This may be combined with other information you provide us.

How your information is used

We may use your personal information for the following purposes:

to provide you with relevant information and news and to answer your questions sent to us
to send you personalised communications which you have requested and that may be of interest to you, which may be based on your activity on our Website or the website of our partners. These may include information about campaigns, activities and events.
to understand and measure the effectiveness of how we serve you and others.
to make suggestions and recommendations to you about services that may interest you, which may be based on your activity on our Website or the website of our partners.
for analytics and profiling to create aggregate trend reports, find out how you arrive at our website; which sites and pages are viewed, the responses to marketing campaigns and to determine the most effective marketing channels and messages.
seek your views or comments on the service we provide.
notify you of changes to our service, policies and terms of use.
We review our retention periods for personal information on a regular basis. We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity.

Who has access to your information

We will not sell or rent your information to third parties. We will not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes. We may pass your information to third party service providers, agents, subcontractors, sub processors and other associated organisations for the purposes of completing tasks and providing services to you on our behalf (for example to process and store information and to send you emails). However, if we use third party service providers, we disclose only the personal information that is necessary to deliver the service and we have a contract in place that requires them to keep your information secure and not to use it for their own direct marketing purposes. We will take the necessary steps to ensure that your privacy rights continue to be protected.

Your choices and your rights

Under the EU and Swiss data protection regulations, you have the right to access and copy of your personal information that is collected and processed by us, to rectify or modify your personal information, to delete your personal information, to restrict the processing of your personal information, to personal information portability, and not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing.

The accuracy of your information is important to us. If you change your email address or any of the other information we hold is inaccurate or out-of-date, please email us at privacy@xter.io.

You also have the right to inform us not to process your personal information for marketing purposes. We will not contact you for marketing purposes unless you have given your prior consent. You can change your marketing preferences at any time by contacting us by email at privacy@xter.io.

You can exercise your right and prevent us from processing such information by checking or unchecking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the rights mentioned above at any time by contacting us by email at privacy@xter.io.

Security measures to protect your information

When you give us personal information, we take steps to ensure that it`s treated securely.

Non-sensitive details such as your email address may be transmitted unencrypted over the Internet, and so may not be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. When we receive your information, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.

Profiling

We may analyse your personal information to create a profile of your preferences or interests so that we can contact you with information relevant to you. We may make use of additional information about you when it is available from external sources to help us do this effectively.

The provisions of this Policy also apply to the request for and sending of our newsletter.

The newsletter will only be sent after a prior request by the user in the so-called “double opt-in procedure” (request on our Website and confirmation of a corresponding request e-mail).

Users of the newsletter are also assigned a UserID, which allows Xterio Foundation to determine when the relevant newsletter was opened and which links or functions from the relevant newsletter were activated. This tracking is done for internal optimization of the newsletter. This information will not be passed on to third parties. The legal basis for processing is Art. 6.1.f of the EU GDPR, whereby Xterio Foundation`s authorisation arises from the fact that, on the one hand, Xterio Foundation has an interest in the evaluation of such data for purposes of newsletter optimisation, and, on the other hand, a concerned person can reasonably foresee at the time when the personal data is collected and in view of the circumstances under which it is carried out (in particular the above-mentioned measures) that it will possibly be processed for this purpose. The user has the right to withdraw his or her consent at any time. If the user of the newsletter does not wish to receive this tracking, he/she can unsubscribe from the newsletter. To do so, simply unsubscribe via the link in the newsletter or send an e-mail to privacy@xter.io. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Use of Cookies

Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other visitors of our Website. Cookies are small text files that may be stored on your computer (or other internet-enabled devices, such as a smartphone or a tablet). They are sent by a server to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow a website to recognise you when you visit.

Cookies can be used by a Website to make the user`s experience more efficient. Our Website currently uses only strictly necessary cookies.

These cookies are necessary for the Website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. These cookies enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the Website. The Website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Links to other websites

Our Website may contain links to other websites run by other organisations. This Policy applies only to our website, so we encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit. We cannot be held responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them using links from our Website.

If you link to our Website from a third party site, we cannot be held responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third party site and recommend that you check the policy of that site.

Children

We are concerned to protect the privacy of children 16 or under. If you are aged 16 or younger, please get your parent’s/guardian`s permission beforehand whenever you provide us with personal information.

International Data Transfer

The personal information that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored in, a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us. The laws in some countries may provide different legal protection for your personal information as in the EEA countries. By submitting your personal information, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy.

The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will always do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your personal information, we will use good procedures and strong security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Contact

The Xterio Foundation has installed a Privacy Office for you to contact if you have any questions regarding this Policy and our privacy practices at Xterio Foundation, Dammstrasse 16, 6300 Zug, Switzerland or by email at privacy@xter.io.