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Privacy policy

GB-HFT Global Blockchain-HFT ("Blockchain Investors AG") collects personal data about you. GB-HFT as the controller processes your personal data in compliance with the provisions under the German Data Protection Act ("DPA") and the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), as amended from time to time (collectively "Regulation"). 

This Data Protection & Privacy Policy ("Policy") explains how we use any personal data we collect about you.

1. What Personal Data do we collect?

"Personal Data" is any information relating to you or that we can otherwise link to you. The Personal Data we collect include your name, postal address, e-mail address, phone and fax number. 

2. How do we collect your Personal Data?

We collect personal data that you voluntarily provide to us, for example when (i) you communicate with us via e-mail or other channels, (ii) when you sign up for or ask us to send you information about or issued by GB-HFT and/or (ii) when you sign up for an event. In some cases your Personal Data has been supplemented by information retrieved from other sources, including searches via publically available search engines, sector-specific newsletters, social media and your employer's website, for the purpose of confirming your current professional position.

3. How do we use your Personal Data?

We use the Personal Data we collect for communication purposes, including: (i) to send you information about or issued by GB-HFT; (ii) to send you invitations to events and conferences; and (iii) to maintain our list of contacts. We do not make your Personal Data available to any third party.

4. Why do we process your Personal Data and on what legal basis?

As set out above we process your Personal Data for communication purposes. We rely on our legitimate interests in maintaining business relationships and communicating with you as a business contact, about

GB-HFT's activities and events. We consider that our legitimate interests are in compliance with the Regulation and your legal rights and freedoms.

5. Where is your Personal Data stored?

GB-HFT is a German company and all your Personal Data, GB-HFT received, is processed and stored on servers in Germany.

6. With whom do we share your personal data?

In the context of the purposes mentioned above, we may share your personal data with third parties, such as parties that provide CRM services for 

GB-HFT. We will ensure that, where relevant, contractual safeguards are implemented to ensure the protection of your Personal Data when disclosing your Personal Data to a third party. 

For example, we will enter into data processing agreements with relevant parties (providing for restrictions on the use of your Personal Data and obligations with respect to the protection and security of your Personal Data)

7. How long do we keep your Personal Data?

Your Personal Data will be saved for the specified purposes mentioned above for as long as you are a business contact to us. Your personal data will be deleted when it is no longer reasonably required for the specified purposes mentioned above or you withdraw our consent where applicable and we are not legaly required or otherwise permitted to continue using such data. You can unsubscribe at any time, if you no longer wish to receive communications and invitations from GB-HFT. If you choose to unsubscribe, we will cease to send you such communication and invitations as mentioned above

8. Data Security

GB-HFT has implemented appropriate technical and organisational security measures to help protect your Personal Data against loss and to safeguard against access by unauthorised persons.

9. Your Rights

You have the right to know what Personal Data we process about you and may request a copy. You are also entitled to have incorrect Personal Data about you corrected and you may in some cases ask us to delete your Personal Data. You can also object to certain Personal Data about you being processed and request that processing of your Personal Data be limited.

Please note that the limitation or deletion of vour Personal Data may mean we will he unable to provide the communications and invitations described above.

10. Updates to this Data Protection & Privacy Policy

This Data Protection & Privacy Policy was last updated in May 2021. We reserve the right to update and change this Policy from time to time in order to reflect any changes to the way in which we process your personal data or changing legal

requirements. In case of any such changes, we will post the changed Data Protection & Privacy Policy on our website or publish it otherwise. The changes will take effect as soon as they are posted on this website.