Privacy policy

GENERAL PROVISIONS

This Privacy Policy, together with our Terms, applies when you use Whitestarter Services (“Whitestarter”, “Service”, “Website”, “Us”, “We”, or “Our”), contact Whitestarter, engage with Whitestarter in public space and on social media, or otherwise interact with Whitestarter.

This Privacy Policy formulates the rules of collection, storage, usage, maintenance, disclosure, and elimination (the "Processing") of the Personal Information that the Service receives, collects and processes. We may change and update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the Service information collection, usage, and storage practices.

We are committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. The Policy sets out the basis on which any personal data that we collect from you, or that you provide to us, your privacy rights in regards to it and how it is processed by us. Your privacy is appreciated as We apply all the necessary measures to preserve and secure it and prevent it from unauthorized access, conversion or any disclosure.

By using Whitestarter, We assume that you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and agree to provide to Us an explicit consent to terms and the data practices described in this Privacy Policy including the processing, storage, and usage of your Personal Information.

THE DATA WE COLLECT

Whitestarter may ask you to provide certain Personal Information that can be used to contact or verify your identity, to register and provide the Service to you ("Personal Information").

You may refuse to provide such Personal Information and/or decide to give Whitestarter any other non-required data. In case you refuse to provide to Whitestarter your Personal Information, you may not be able to access or use the Service.

Whitestarter has implemented a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your Personal Information when you enter, submit, or access your Personal Information.

OUR PURPOSES OF COLLECTION

Whitestarter only collects the Personal Information that is reasonably necessary for Whitestarter to efficiently conduct its activities (for the proper use of the Website and the Service).

Whitestarter collects and uses the Personal Information in furtherance of the following aims:

to maintain and improve the Service. Whitestarter uses Personal Information to ensure that Service functions properly;
to establish and verify your identity;
to conduct internal verification check to ensure that you were not coming from the list of blacklisted countries;
to comply with the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter the Terrorism Financing Rules;
to contact you about Whitestarter products and Services and to provide replies to you;
to protect your assets. Whitestarter may use information to identify you and the assets belonging - to you in order to secure access to your accounts and to prevent fraud.
to send periodic emails. Whitestarter may use the information which is collected from you when you register or use certain other Website features. This might be for security reasons, to ask your opinion about the website, or it may be to keep you updated on any changes to the Services provided on the Website the Service. Whitestarter may also send periodic emails with news and Services updates, or use this information to follow up with you;
to resolve disputes and enforce Whitestarter’s agreements to the extent necessary and sufficient for protecting your interests or interests of other users;

APPLICABLE REGULATION

Whitestarter Privacy Policy includes the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Directive on privacy and electronic communications (ePrivacy Directive), and corresponds to them and also operates within the framework of existing legislation.

You have the following rights under the above-mentioned regulations:

Right to withdraw - you have the right to withdraw consent where you have previously given your consent to the processing of your Personal Information;
Right to object - you have the right to object to the processing of your Personal Information if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Right to be informed - you can ask Whitestarter what categories of your Personal Information is being collected;
Right to opt out - you can ask Whitestarter to stop using your Personal Information for business benefits;
Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’) - you can ask Whitestarter to delete your Personal Information;
Right of access - you can ask Whitestarter to provide the list of actual Personal Information values collected;
Right to non-discrimination - Whitestarter provides equal Services, meaning they cannot discriminate against your rights;
Right to rectification - you can ask Whitestarter to correct your Personal Information in a situation when such data available to the Service or disclosed to third parties is inaccurate or incomplete;
Right to restrict - you can ask Whitestarter to introduce the restriction regime on the processing of your Personal Information, so that in each case the data may be processed only upon separate consent from you.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact Us at [email protected]. We will respond to your request to change, correct, or delete your Personal Information within a reasonable timeframe and notify you of the actions taken.

POLICY ACCEPTANCE

Whitestarter presumes that you fully understand the scope of rights and obligations. If you do not comply with this Privacy Policy, Whitestarter expects you to abstain from using the Service.

This Privacy Policy is an initial part of Whitestarter Terms of Use. Whitestarter uses and processes your Personal Information strictly and is limited to the purposes of providing the Service and improving it.

By using Website and/or Service, Whitestarter assumes that you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and agree to provide to Us an explicit consent to terms and the data practices described in this Privacy Policy and in the Terms of Use including the processing, storage, and usage of your Personal Information.

Whitestarter will ask your agreement to process your Personal Information for specific purposes and you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting Us.

Also, periodically Whitestarter may contact you regarding operational issues or to adhere to the performance requirements of the Services. These will not be marketing communications and Whitestarter will operate under legitimate interests in order to contact you for these reasons.

PERSONAL INFORMATION USAGE AND COLLECTION

While providing Services Whitestarter may collect the following Personal Information from you:

first name;
last name;
e-mail;
address of your crypto wallet;
transaction history;
user activity results such as but not limited to voting;

Whitestarter reserves the right to collect any other data, including data which can be not Personal Information but can be treated as such when combined with other Personal information, such as:

company name;
project name;
position in the company;
your location/timezone information;
your website/social network profile information;
any other information if Whitestarter deems necessary in accordance with this Privacy Policy and Terms of Service which you - may find here: https://docs-launchpad.ws.exchange/how-launchpad-works.

Whitestarter may also obtain information from other sources and combine that with information which is collected through Services.

When You visit the Website or use Service, Whitestarter automatically collects the Personal Information sent to Whitestarter by Your computer, mobile phone, or other access device. Whitestarter collects information that your browser sends whenever you visit Website ("Log Data").

This Personal Information may include:

your IP address;
device information including, but not limited to, identifier, name, and type, operating system;
mobile network information;
standard web log information, such as Your browser type, and the pages You accessed on Website, access times, web-site navigation paths.

Whitestarter collects some information automatically, such as monitoring and tracking information, related to usage such as access date & time, device identification, operating system, browser type and IP address, etc.

This data may be directly provided to the Service or through other third-party services.

Whitestarter may collect information about your location whenever you interact with the Website, for analytical purposes only. Your location can be discovered by your IP-address. This service usage data helps Whitestarter systems to ensure that the Service interface is accessible for users across all platforms and can aid in case of disputes or technical issues.

You agree to provide the Personal Information specified herein and agree that Your provided Personal Information may be processed and stored by Whitestarter.

The components of Personal Information that mentioned above may be modified from time to time according to the Applicable law and Whitestarter necessities that will be reflected in this Policy.

Whitestarter will not collect any other Personal Information except for the mentioned here in until Whitestarter amended and posts these amendments to this Privacy Policy here: https://launchpad.ws.exchange/privacy-policy.

When you register an Account on Whitestarter, You provide Whitestarter with personal information that includes your contact information that is required for authentication (email address, nickname, name and a password).

Whitestarter additionally collects information about when you were registered as well as the last time you visited the Whitestarter.

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE DO NOT PROCESS

Whitestarter does not collect or store any information about children under 18.

Whitestarter does not process any sensitive Personal Information, such as racial or ethnic origin, membership in political parties or political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic/biometric data, health, sex life or sexual orientation.

If you believe that Whitestarter has collected such information, please directly contact Whitestarter immediately ([email protected]) in order to delete this information.

When You access the Website or use Services Whitestarter may place cookies on Your computer or other device.

A cookie is a small text file that is sent to and stored on your computer or other internet-connected devices to identify your browser or store information. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work in a better, more efficient way. The information We obtain through the use of Cookies may include information about your computer, device, and browser, such as your IP address, browser, operating system and device characteristics, language preferences, mobile device or advertising ID, referring URLs and other.

Some operations cannot be performed without the use of cookies, and executing these operations without the existence of cookies that serve to identify the user during the session would be much more complex and less secure.

If you access Services from a mobile or other device, Whitestarter may collect information for that device such as a unique device identifier ("UDID"), mobile phone number, and details about your mobile carrier.

Whitestarter uses these technologies to recognize you as Whitestarter user, customize Website, understand usage and determine the effectiveness of email marketing campaigns, measure promotional effectiveness and collect information about Your computer or other access device to mitigate risk, help prevent fraud, and promote trust and safety.

6.1. When You access the Website, Our service provider on Our behalf may place cookies on your browser.

It is possible to disable, delete or block cookies by configuring the browser settings. The example of the popular browsers are shown at the following links:

As well you may disable and prevent accepting of the Google cookies installing the extension - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Please be aware that rejection of cookies will not preclude you from using the website (apart from strictly necessary cookies). However, disabling or limiting cookies may prevent our website from personalizing your experience. Additionally, it may prevent you from saving customized settings, e.g. login information.

Security

We take all available measures to guard and to protect your Personal Information under internationally acknowledged standards, using physical, technical, and administrative security means to preserve the privacy of the information you provide to Whitestarter from unauthorized or accidental access, loss, misuse, disclosure, alteration, destruction as well as from other illegal actions of third-parties.

Whitestarter has implemented a number of security and technical measures to ensure that your information is protected and securely maintained such as encryption, data storage diversification, internal data access restrictions, anonymization technology, data and asset diversification, as well as strict physical access controls to buildings and files.

Please note that transmission of information (including communications by email) over the Internet or other publicly accessible networks is not one hundred percent secure, no method of transmission over the Internet is totally secure.

Also, please note that Whitestarter is not liable for the security of any information you are transmitting over the Internet, or third-party content.

You should also understand the responsibility and take safety precautions to protect your own Personal Information.

If you have any suspicions that your Personal Information has been put in jeopardy, or at any risk, please make sure to contact Us as soon as possible at [email protected].

Whitestarter is sometimes required to compare the Personal Information You provide to third-party information bases in order to verify its accuracy and verify you. This allows Whitestarter to comply with relevant Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) regulations or secure your personal assets.

Whitestarter hasn’t got any third-parties with whom your Personal Information is shared.

Should this change, Whitestarter will notify you accordingly.

Whitestarter will not sell or rent your Personal Information and/or customer lists to third-parties without your explicit consent.

Whitestarter may combine Your Information with information Whitestarter collects from other companies and use it to improve and personalize the content and advertising of the Website and Service.

Whitestarter may use Your name and email address to provide You with information about any products or services that may be of interest to You.

In addition to the disclosures for the purposes identified elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, Whitestarter may disclose information about you:

to the extent required by law;
in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;
to establish, exercise or defend Whitestarter legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing any other risks).

Also, in order to provide you with the high quality Services, Whitestarter uses services from third-party companies.

As part of providing these services, Whitestarter will share part of your Personal Information with such companies, for example: Cloud services/server services, etc.

In some circumstances Whitestarter will anonymise your Personal Information (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case Whitestarter may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

If you are located in the EU, make a notice that your Personal Information may be transferred to countries that are not part of the EU.

Whitestarter will take additional measures in order to establish that your Personal Information is treated just as safely and securely as it would be within the European Union and under the Data Protection Legislation as follows:

choosing only partners and services that are compliant with the EU standards;
limiting access to your Personal Information to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties with a legitimate need to know and ensuring that they are subject to duties of confidentiality;
procedures for dealing with data breaches (the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, your personal data) including notifying you and the governing authority where Whitestarter is legally required to do so.

Personal information protection rights

Regarding your Personal Information, you have the right to request Whitestarter:

an access to the information that was collected;
to withdraw your consent (if applicable);
to rectify/erase your Personal Information;
to update and keep information accurate;
to delete any undesirable collected information, Whitestarter shall delete your respective Personal Information from any sources within 24 hours from the moment Whitestarter receives such request from you;
to restrict the processing of the information;
to stop the processing of the information in case that the information is used for direct marketing purposes;
to send your Personal Information to any third party in structured and machine-readable format.

You can complete these requests by contacting Whitestarter ([email protected]).

Also you may request to access and control the Personal Information Whitestarter have collected.

Within a reasonable timeframe Whitestarter will handle any of your requests and notify you of the actions that have been taken.

You can withdraw your consent for your Personal Information processing at any time and ask Us to stop access, storage, usage and other processing of your Personal Information if you believe that We do not have the proper rights to do so.

Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing Whitestarter conduct prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect the processing of your Personal Information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

Please keep in mind that Whitestarter might not be able to provide the Service to you anymore, if you withdraw your consent.

Whitestarter always works to fully protect your rights and comply with its obligations under Privacy and Data protection frameworks including the GDPR and European Commission standards, and you will always have the opportunity to opt-out.

Personal information retention

Whitestarter will only retain your Personal Information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes for its collection, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, accounting or reporting requirements.

Whitestarter may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if it is reasonably believed that there is a prospect of litigation in respect to Whitestarter relationship with you.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, Whitestarter considers the amount, nature and sensitivity of the Personal Information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your Personal Information, the purposes for which Whitestarter processes your Personal Information and whether Whitestarter can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, accounting or other requirements (for example, as needed to provide Services, comply with Whitestarter legal obligations, resolve disputes, etc.).

By law, Whitestarter have to keep basic information about its users (including Contact, Identity, Financial and Transactional Data) for at least 5 years after you've requested account deletion.

Whitestarter will not keep your Personal Information for any longer than is necessary in scope of the reason(s) for which it was collected.

Your Personal Information will be stored according to the following factors which determines the period of how long it will be kept:

Whitestarter objectives and requirements for performance of the Services;
the types of Personal Information in question;
the purposes for which Personal Information in question is collected, held and processed;
Whitestarter legal basis for collecting, holding and processing that Personal Information;
any legal obligation to store such Information.

Whitestarter ensures that Personal Information kept is regularly reviewed against such criteria to access whether it should be kept any longer.

For the purpose of defending Whitestarter legitimate interests against possible legal claims, please note that correspondence (e.g. email addresses and content, chats with the customer service team, call recordings etc.) will be kept up to 10 years, depending on the limitation period (a limitation period is a time period during which a claim can be made) applicable in your country, after the end of the relationship.

Privacy Policy changes

This Privacy Policy is effective as of the date of publishing on this Website and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, that come into force and will be applied immediately after they are published on the Website.

Whitestarter may update and/or change the terms of this Privacy Policy, and Whitestarter will notify you by revising the date at the top of this policy and, in some cases, Whitestarter may provide you with additional notice such as adding a statement to Website by emailing you directly prior to these changes taking effect, so that you aware of the type of Personal Information Whitestarter collects, proceeds and storages, and how it will be used, and under what circumstances, if any, Whitestarter may disclose such information.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on the 25th of November 2024.

Contact details

Should you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, Service, the practices of Website, or your dealings with Website or Service please contact Whitestarter.

You may send an email at [email protected].