Privacy Policy

Last updated: 4/1/2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to our Art Marketplace. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our marketplace and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

2. Data We Collect

We collect and process the following types of personal data:

• Account Information: Email address and authentication data.
• Profile Information: Username, bio, and other optional information you choose to provide.
• Transaction Data: Bitcoin addresses, transaction IDs, and purchase history.
• Communication Data: Messages sent through our platform.
• Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use your personal data for the following purposes:

• To create and manage your account
• To process transactions and payments
• To facilitate communication between buyers and sellers
• To resolve disputes
• To improve our platform and services
• To comply with legal obligations

4. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way. We limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

5. Bitcoin Transactions

Please be aware that Bitcoin transactions are recorded on the public blockchain. While we do not directly link your identity to specific Bitcoin addresses or transactions on our platform, blockchain analysis could potentially be used to trace transactions. We recommend using best practices for Bitcoin privacy if this is a concern.

6. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

7. Your Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to:

• Request access to your personal data
• Request correction of your personal data
• Request erasure of your personal data
• Object to processing of your personal data
• Request restriction of processing your personal data
• Request transfer of your personal data
• Right to withdraw consent

8. Third-Party Services

Our service integrates with Blockonomics for Bitcoin payment processing. Please review Blockonomics' privacy policy to understand how they process your data.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at: [Your Contact Information]