Thank you for visiting Shinkai (Shinkai). This Privacy Policy describes the personal data handling policies of Shinkai as a data controller, including the following:
Technical and Operational Constraints: When you choose to connect to a self-deployed node, we are technically incapable of accessing or collecting your IP address or any other personal data due to the decentralized nature of self-deployment. Our system is architecturally designed to ensure that we do not have—and cannot obtain—the means to collect personal data from users of self-deployed nodes.
The Services capture some information about you automatically utilizing background local storage and session storage technologies (“Cookies”). Cookies are small files or other pieces of data that can be tied to information about your use of the Services. Examples of information of this type are your anonymized IP address, the browser you are using, the operating system you are using, the pages on the website that you visit, and navigation activity. You may change your browser setting to decline the use of Cookies.
We use Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager, which use Cookies to identify the frequency of use of certain areas of our website and to identify preferences. For more information regarding how Google collects, uses, and shares your information, please visit Google Privacy Partners. The information regarding your use of this website that is generated by the cookie is transferred to a Google server in the United States and stored there. Google will use this information to analyze your use of the Services, compile reports on activity for us, and perform further services associated with website use and Internet use. Google may also transmit this information to third parties where required by law or to the extent that third parties process these data on behalf of Google. You can deactivate Google Analytics using a browser add-on if you do not wish the analysis to take place. You can download the add-on here. We operate social media pages on third-party networks and have social media icons on our website. When you visit or link to our social media pages, data is processed both by us and the applicable social media provider. Social media providers are unaffiliated with us, and we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of social media providers. Social media providers have their own terms of use and privacy policies, and we encourage you to review those policies whenever you visit their websites or interact with their platforms.
Posthog Analytics
In addition to Google Analytics, we utilize Posthog for analytics purposes. Posthog collects certain data to help us understand how users interact with our Services. This includes information such as user interactions, page views, and events. We use this data to analyze and improve the functionality and user experience of our Services. Posthog may also collect and store additional information as outlined in their privacy policy.
We also collect information that you provide to us voluntarily. Shinkai collects: (i) an email address if you choose to subscribe to receive updates or news from us; (ii) your name, email and message if you use our Contact form to communicate with us; and (iv) any additional information that you provide to us in the contents of your message when you contact us via email or through our Contact form. We do not require you to register an account or provide an email address.
We do not knowingly collect information from users of our website under the age of 18 and/or their internet usage, and such persons are not authorized to use the Services. If we obtain actual knowledge that a user is under 18, we will take steps to remove that user's personal information from our databases. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 years old. You also represent, by accessing or using the Services, that you are of legal age to enter into legal agreements.
We use the personal data we collect to respond to your inquiries, complete transactions you initiate, provide or enhance the Services you request, provide updates and other important information related to the Services (if you opt in), administer the Services, and for other legitimate business purposes.
Shinkai may share your information with its affiliates (within or outside your country of residence) in order to perform our Services.
We may also share your personal data with third parties (within or outside your country of residence) who perform services on our behalf, including without limitation our technology providers and professional advisors.
Purchases of NFTs are completed via third-party non-custodial wallets which are connected to the blockchain. Public blockchains provide transparency into transactions, and Shinkai is not responsible for preventing or managing information broadcasted on a blockchain.
Shinkai may disclose any information we have about you if we determine that such disclosure is necessary in connection with any investigation or complaint regarding your use of the Services, or to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) Shinkai’s rights or property, or the rights or property of visitors to or users of the Services. Shinkai reserves the right at all times to disclose any information that Shinkai deems necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request. Shinkai also may disclose your information when Shinkai determines that applicable law requires or permits such disclosure, including exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection purposes.
We may share your data with a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer, liquidation, or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets, or stock with such third party.
We may share aggregated and de-identified information with third parties (within or outside your country of residence) for analytical, research, or other similar purposes.
Shinkai may obtain your written consent from time to time in electronic form by using online agreements or other acknowledgements on the Services, including for any other contemplated uses of your personal data not addressed in this Privacy Policy. Please read all online agreements carefully before accepting them.
We rely on the following legal grounds to process your personal information:
Consent: Some uses of your personal data as described in this Privacy Policy are subject to your consent, such as email communications. To withdraw your consent, please contact us at [email protected]. You may refrain from providing, or withdraw, your consent for Cookies via your browser and mobile settings.
Performance of a contract: We may need to collect and use your personal information to enter into a contract with you and to perform Services that you request.
Legitimate Interests: We may use your personal information for our legitimate interests to provide our Services and to improve our Services and the content contained thereon. We may use technical information as described in this Privacy Policy and use personal information for our marketing purposes consistent with our legitimate interests and any choices that we offer or consents that may be required under applicable law.
Compliance with Legal Obligations: We may use your personal information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations.
We retain the personal data we collect for so long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which the data was collected and to perform our contractual and legal obligations. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, we store email addresses until the user requests to be unsubscribed. In addition, transactional data broadcasted to the blockchain is immutable and may not be removed or changed.
We take reasonable administrative, physical, and technical precautions to protect your personal data and communications between us. This includes, when required or as we deem appropriate and feasible under the circumstances, encryption and written commitments from third parties that may have access to your data that they will protect the data with reasonable safeguards.
No Internet or e-mail transmission is ever fully secure or error-free, however. We, therefore, cannot guarantee absolute security of your data, and we are not responsible for processes and networks that we do not control. Users assume the risk of security breaches and the consequences resulting from them. Please be careful in deciding what information you send to us via email or over the Internet.
General. This section is subject to specific disclosures on privacy rights set forth below. We are committed to facilitating the exercise of your rights granted by the laws of your jurisdiction, which may include the right to request the correction, modification, or deletion of your personal information and the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information (as applicable). We will do our best to honor your requests subject to any legal and contractual obligations. If you would like to make a request, cancel your account or request we delete or no longer use your account information to provide you Services, contact us at [email protected].
Transactional data broadcasted to the blockchain is immutable and may not be removed or changed.
Subject to local law, you may have additional rights under the laws of your jurisdiction regarding your personal data, such as the right to complain to your local data protection authority.
Your European Privacy Rights and Choices. If you are located in the European Union, the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction that has adopted laws substantially similar to GDPR, your privacy rights include the following:
Transparency and the right to information. Through this policy, we explain how we use and share your information. However, if you have questions or need additional information you can contact us any time.
Right of access, correction, restriction of processing, erasure. You may contact us to request information about the personal data we have collected from you and to request the correction, modification, or deletion of such personal information, which requests we will do our best to honor subject to any legal and contractual obligations. To make a request or to ask us a question about our data practices, please contact us via email at [email protected].
Right to withdraw your consent at any time. When we process your personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw it at any time.
Right to object at any time. You have the right to object at any time to receiving marketing or promotional materials from us by either following the opt-out instructions in commercial e-mails or by contacting us, as well as the right to object to any processing of your personal data based on your specific situation. In the latter case, we will assess your request and provide a reply in a timely manner, according to our legal and contractual obligations. Some non-marketing communications are not subject to a general opt-out, such as communications about transactions and disclosures to comply with legal requirements.
Right to data portability. You have the right to data portability of your own personal data by contacting us.
Right not to be subject to an automated decision, including profiling. We do not make automated decisions using your personal data that may negatively impact you.
Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. If you consider that the processing of your personal data infringes your privacy rights according to the European Privacy regulation, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in the member state of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement.
California Disclosures
California “Shine the Light” Information-Sharing Disclosure: Shinkai does not disclose any information about you to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
California Do Not Track Disclosure: We do not respond to Do Not Track browser settings.
California Consumer Privacy Act Disclosures: Shinkai is not a business subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act.
The servers that support the Services are located in the United States. If you are an individual from the European Union, Canada, or any other jurisdiction with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure that differ from United States laws, please be advised that we may store the information we collect in the United States, which is not deemed an “adequate jurisdiction” by the European regulatory authorities. Personal data may also be transferred from the country of your residence to other countries, including the United States. By visiting or using our Services, you are consenting to the transfer of your information from your jurisdiction to the United States.
Our Services may contain links to other websites for your convenience or information. These websites may be operated by companies unaffiliated with Shinkai, and we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of those websites. Linked websites may have their own terms of use and privacy policies, and we encourage you to review those policies whenever you visit the websites.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our information practices, and any such amendments shall apply to information already collected and to be collected. Your continued use of the Services after any changes to our Privacy Policy indicates your agreement with the terms of the revised Privacy Policy. Please review this Privacy Policy periodically and especially before you provide personal data to us. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page. The date of the last update of the Privacy Policy is indicated at the top of this Privacy Policy.
Please contact us if you have any questions about our Privacy Policy. You may contact us by emailing us at [email protected].