Date of Last Update: Jan 1, 2024.
HAWK LLC. and its affiliates(collectively, “HAWK”) are committed to protecting and respectingyour privacy. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”), togetherwith our Terms of Use (“Terms”) governs our collection,processing and use of your personal data. By accessing the Website, you confirmthat you have read this Privacy Policy and consent to the informationcollection and specific purposes described herein. Capitalized terms not definedherein have the meaning used in the Terms.
As used herein:
“personal data” meansany information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“datasubject”); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified,directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as aname, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to oneor more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental,economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;
“processing” means anyoperation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on setsof personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection,recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration,retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination orotherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure ordestruction;
“controller” means thenatural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone orjointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing ofpersonal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determinedby European Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteriafor its nomination may be provided for by European Union or Member State law;
“processor” means anatural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processespersonal data on behalf of the controller;
“consent” of the datasubject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indicationof the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clearaffirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal datarelating to him or her.
Our legal department may be reached by email at legal@hawkrating.com
We collect, process, and use personal data on our Website in order to offer you better products and services, adaptour business processes to our users’ needs, and steer you to the most suitable product information and online applications.
In particular, we process data in order to:
Moreover, we may directly or indirectly collect and temporarily store personally identifiable information for operational purposes, including for the purpose of identifying blockchain addresses or IP addresses that may indicate use of the Website from prohibited jurisdictions or by sanctioned persons or other prohibited uses.
When using the Website, we usually only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. Whenyou view our Website, we collect the following data:
To conduct data analysis aiming at improving the user experience of our Website, from time to time, we additionally process the following data:
On the basis of publicly available information concerning the users’ cryptographic wallet and the connected holdings of digital assets, HAWK may also conduct research and analyses regarding the use of the smart contracts that the user accesses through the Website and the type and number of crypto-assets hold by the user. The processing aims to subdivide users in different categories for statistical and research purposes.
Cookies are small text files that are sent to your computer to ensure the technical functionality of the website. HAWK uses cookies in some areas of this Website to make it easier for you to use the pages and to make them more personalized.
Where required by the law, we will use cookies only if you have given your consent.
To get more information please visit our Cookie Policy.
We will hold your personal data only for as long as it is necessary for us to do so in order to achieve the purposes described in this Privacy Policy and our own legal and regulatory requirements.From time to time, we perform analysis concerning the use of our Website using personal data.
Please be aware that public blockchains provide transparency into transactions and HAWK is not responsible for preventing or managing information broadcasted on a blockchain.
HAWK implements appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk, including:
The security measures in place will,from time to time, be reviewed in line with legal and technical developments.
HAWK may make available the personal data that you provide to us to our affiliates and related entities, agents,representatives, service providers and contractors for the purposes outlined in this Policy. Any information shared with such service providers is subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy. All service providers that we engage with are restricted to only using the information according to our instructions.
We also reserve the right to disclose personal data that we believe, in good faith, is appropriate or necessary to enforce our Terms of Use, take precautions against liability or harm, to investigate and respond to third-party claims or allegations, to respond to a court order or official requests, to protect security or integrity of HAWK and to protect the rights, property or safety of HAWK, our users or others.
The user has the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being collected, processed, used, or disclosed. Where that is the case, the user has the right to access the personal data and all relevant information, as well as to request deletion of the personal data. Furthermore, users have the right notto receive discriminatory treatment for exercising these rights.
According to the Website’s Terms of Use, users must be at least eighteen years of age, of sound mental capacity and possess all technical knowledge necessary or advisable to understand and evaluate the risks of the Website. HAWK does not knowingly collect or store any personal information about users under 18. If you believe such information has been inadvertently processed, we will take necessary steps to remove such information from our database.
Our policies, content, information,promotions, disclosures, disclaimers and features may be revised, modified,updated, and/or supplemented at any time and without prior notice at the sole and absolute discretion of HAWK. If we change this Privacy Policy, we will take steps to notify all users by email or by a notice on our Website, and will publish the amended Privacy Policy on the Website.
If you have any questions, comments,or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy and/or practices, please contact us at legal@hawkrating.com
Additional information for users located in the European Economic Area and in the United Kingdom
A. Transparency
The privacy policy informs you about the processing of personal data in accordance with articles 12, 13 and 14 EU Regulation 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of Personal Data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (“GDPR”).
B. Lawful Basis for the Processing of Personal Data
The GDPR requires a “lawful basis” for processing personal data. In principle, our lawful basis is established by Art.6(1)(b) GDPR as the processing is necessary for accessing the services of the Website. Moreover, pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f), the processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by at hird party, in matters related to crimes and legal compliance and in order to ameliorate the efficiency and the user experience of the Website. Where you have given your specific consent, according to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, we may also use your data for specific purposes that will be outlined from time to time.
C. Data Subjects’ Rights
According to the GDPR, the user has also the right to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her (Art. 16 GDPR);the right to obtain the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay in one of the situations outlined in Art. 17 GDPR; the right to obtain from the controller restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18GDPR; the right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR.
The user has further the right to object, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her which is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party (Art. 21 GDPR).
Please consider that data committed to blockchains cannot be altered or eliminated. If you want to know more about the potential application of GDPR provisions to public blockchains and distributed ledgers please consult the study commissioned by the European Parliament.
In the event that you wish to exercise any of your above rights, please contact legal@hawkrating.com
In view of the importance of data privacy, and our obligations of transparency, we provide information below about cookies and how we use them on our website. For the other information concerning data processing conducted by HAWK please refer to our Privacy Policy. Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meaning used in the Terms or the Privacy Policy.
Cookies are small text files that are sent to your computer to ensure the technical functionality of the website. We use cookies in some areas of our Website to make it easier for you to use the pages and to make them more personalized.
Cookies installed on your device by the organization running the website you are visiting (i.e., HAWK) are known as“first party” cookies.
Cookies installed on your device via the website you are visiting by another organization are termed “third party”cookies. An example is a cookie set by a specialist website analytics company that provides the website owner with data on the numbers of people visiting its website (Cookies for range and usage analysis).
So-called “persistent cookies” remain on your device even after you close your internet browser. They are activated each time you visit the website that created that particular cookie. For example, where a “persistent cookie” is used on a website to remember your login details, you will not need to enter those details each time you visit that website.
“Session cookies”, by contrast, are temporary and are typically used to enable the website to operate, e.g. by permitting a user to move from page to page without having to log in again.Once you close your browser, all session cookies are deleted.
Moreover, “performance cookies” allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Website. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the Website. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
This Website mainly uses cookies that are necessary for the technical functionality of our website and the recognition of errors or to offer a service or functionality requested by you.
Moreover, for statistical and research purposes, with the goal of improving our services, HAWK may from time to time make use third party performance cookies (including cookies for range and usage analysis) of the following service providers:
Some cookies allow you to take full advantage of the functionality of our website. In order to offer certain functionalities, certain technically necessary cookies can be used to display these functionalities correctly. Therefore, you cannot reject the use of these cookies.
Be also aware that you can set your web browser to disable cookies. Please note that most browsers offer different ways to protect your privacy. If you do not activate or deactivate certain cookies via the browser settings, it is possible that certain functionalities will not be available to you as expected. For example, you can allow first-party cookies, but block third-party cookies, or receive a notification each time a website wants to install a cookie.
Please note that if you disable cookies in this way, you will not be able to set new cookies. However, it will not prevent previously set cookies from continuing to work on your device until you clear all cookies in your browser settings. Instructions for managing cookies on your browser can usually be found under the browser’s help function or in the operating instructions for your smartphone.
Contact
If you feel that the above is not sufficient or if you have any questions regarding the collection, processing oruse of your information, please contact us at legal@hawkrating.com