Privacy Policy
Introduction: ALTBridge Labs S.A. (“ALTBridge”, “Company”, “we”, or “us”), a Panamanian legal entity, is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, share, and protect personal data when you use ZNS Connect and related services, including our websites zns.bio and znsconnect.io (collectively, the “Services”). It also explains your rights regarding your personal data. By using our Services, you agree to the collection and use of information as described in this Policy. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the Services.
PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT
We collect personal data (information that can identify you) in the following ways:
Information You Provide: When you interact with our Services, you may provide certain information directly. This includes:
Wallet Address: If you connect a blockchain wallet to use ZNS Connect, we collect your public wallet address (a blockchain identifier tied to your account). This is used as your user identifier within our Service.
Email Address: If you choose to provide an email address (for example, to receive updates, newsletters, or for account recovery), we will collect and store your email in our database.
Information Collected Automatically: We collect certain data automatically when you use our websites:
IP Address and Device Information: We log your Internet Protocol (IP) address, device type, operating system, browser type, and similar technical information when you access our sites.
Usage Data: We monitor your activity on our sites, such as pages visited, features used, time spent on pages, and click-stream data. This usage information is collected to help us understand how users engage with our Services and to improve user experience. We utilize cookies and similar tracking technologies (described below) to gather some of this data.
Cookies and Tracking: Our websites use cookies, pixels, and analytics tools (such as Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics) to collect usage data. Cookies are small data files stored on your device that help us recognize you and remember your preferences. For example, we use Google Analytics (via Google Tag Manager) to collect information about how visitors use our site, which helps us analyze traffic and improve the Services. These third-party analytics services may receive your IP address and other usage data when you visit our site, and their use of your data is governed by their own privacy policies.
When you participate in the $ZNS token sale, we may collect and process additional information relevant to your contribution, including:
the blockchain wallet address you use for the contribution
on-chain transaction hashes associated with your purchase
contribution amount, token allocation, timestamps, and vesting data
referral addresses or campaign identifiers (if applicable)
confirmations of eligibility (e.g., age declaration, jurisdiction declaration)
technical information used for fraud prevention or security purposes
All contributions take place on public blockchains. We do not collect any banking information, credit card data, or fiat payment details.
On-Chain Activity: When you use the 7-in-1 tool, GM station, smart contract deployer, or other on-chain activity features, we collect and may log: wallet addresses used, transaction hashes, networks interacted with, timestamps, streak data, and feature usage statistics. This data may be stored in our analytics systems to improve the platform and may be displayed publicly in platform leaderboards or activity feeds.
Email Newsletter Subscription: If you subscribe to the ZNS Connect newsletter via the subscription form on our website, we collect your email address for the purpose of sending you updates, product news, airdrop guides, and promotional communications. Subscription is voluntary and based on your affirmative opt-in consent. We use a third-party email delivery service to send newsletter communications (the identity and privacy policy of our current email provider is available upon request). We do not sell or share your email address with third parties for their own marketing purposes.
Recovery Email and Account Security: If you choose to add a Recovery Email in your account Settings, we collect and store your email address for the following purposes only: (a) sending account-related security notifications; (b) sending transactional alerts you have enabled in your notification preferences (such as domain expiry warnings, airdrop alerts, or new chain announcements); and (c) account recovery assistance if you lose access to your connected wallet. By providing a Recovery Email, you consent to receiving transactional communications related to your account activity. Recovery Email is separate from newsletter subscription and will not be used for marketing communications unless you separately subscribe to our newsletter. We verify your Recovery Email via a one-time confirmation code at the time of submission. Verification codes are temporary and expire after a short period. You may remove your Recovery Email at any time from your account Settings. Removal of your Recovery Email does not delete your account or any on-chain data associated with your wallet address.
Notification Preferences and Account Settings: When you use your account Settings, we collect and store your notification preferences, including your choices regarding: Airdrop Alerts, GM Reminders, Domain Expiry notifications, and New Chain announcements. We also store your account appearance settings (theme, language) and your account creation date (the date your wallet first connected to the platform). These preference data points are stored in our off-chain database and are linked to your wallet address. They are used solely to operate the platform in accordance with your choices and to deliver the notifications you have enabled. Notification preference data is deleted upon account deletion as described in the "Account Deletion" section of this Policy.
Account Activity and Connection History: We collect and store certain behavioral and activity data associated with your wallet address, including: (a) the date and time your wallet first connected to the platform ("Connected Since" date); (b) a record of features and tools you have used on the platform (such as domain registrations, NFT mints, 7-in-1 actions, GM streak history, and smart contract deployments); and (c) network and chain selection history. This data is used to display your activity within your profile, calculate streak counts and usage statistics, improve platform features, and detect suspicious or abusive behavior. Some activity data (such as domain registration counts or streak activity) may be displayed publicly on your ZNS Connect profile page and visible to other users or third parties who access your profile URL. You should treat your public profile as publicly accessible information. We do not sell this behavioral data to third parties. Activity data stored off-chain is deleted upon account deletion; activity recorded on public blockchains remains permanently on-chain and cannot be deleted.
HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We use the collected personal data for the following purposes:
Providing and Improving Services: To operate, maintain, and improve ZNS Connect and our related websites, products, and Services. For example, your wallet address is used to enable domain registration and management features, and usage data helps us optimize our user interface and performance.
Communication: To communicate with you about your use of the Services. If you provided an email, we may send service-related communications (e.g., confirmations of domain registrations, technical notices, updates or security alerts) and respond to your inquiries or support requests. We may also send promotional updates or newsletters about new features or offers with your consent, and you can opt out of these marketing emails at any time.
Analytics and Research: To analyze usage of our websites and Services (via cookies and third-party analytics like Google Analytics) in order to understand user behavior and trends. This helps us make informed decisions on improving functionality and content.
Security and Fraud Prevention: To monitor, prevent, and detect fraud, unauthorized activities, and other potential misuse of the Services. For example, we may use IP addresses and other identifiers to detect multiple accounts or suspicious behavior and to protect the integrity of our platform.
AI Generation Tools: When you use the AI NFT Studio, your text prompts and any images you upload are transmitted to third-party AI engine providers (currently including providers of Nano Banana Pro, Seedream 4.5, and FLUX.2 Pro engines). These providers process your data under their own privacy policies. We do not retain your prompts or uploaded images on our servers beyond what is required to generate and return results. You should not include personal data, sensitive information, or third-party confidential material in your AI prompts.
Wallet Screening: We may use third-party blockchain analytics and compliance tools to screen wallet addresses against sanctions lists, identify high-risk addresses, or detect suspicious activity. If your wallet address is flagged by such tools, we may restrict your access to some or all platform features without prior notice.
Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable legal obligations and regulatory requirements. For instance, we may use or preserve certain data to fulfill record-keeping obligations, enforce our Terms of Use, or handle any disputes.
Other Operational Purposes: We may use data for internal purposes such as auditing, data analysis, testing, and research to maintain and improve service quality.
We do not request or store passports, government IDs, proof of address, or any other KYC documents unless such verification becomes legally required for participation in the $ZNS token sale or is required by a third-party launchpad or exchange.
Email Marketing and Unsubscribe: We send marketing emails only to users who have explicitly subscribed. Every marketing email we send includes an unsubscribe link. You can withdraw your consent at any time by: (a) clicking the 'Unsubscribe' link in any of our emails, or (b) emailing [email protected] with the subject line 'Unsubscribe'. Upon receiving an unsubscribe request, we will remove your email from our marketing list within 10 business days. Please note that even if you unsubscribe from marketing emails, we may still send you transactional emails (such as confirmation of domain registration or security notices) where required.
CAN-SPAM Compliance: Our email communications comply with the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act. Each email identifies the sender, includes our physical address (ALTBridge Labs S.A., Panama), does not use deceptive subject lines, and includes a clear opt-out mechanism.
COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
Cookies and Similar Technologies: We and our third-party partners use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your interaction with our Services. Cookies help us remember your preferences and recognize you across sessions. Some cookies are essential for site functionality (for example, to keep you logged in or remember settings), while others are used for analytics and improvement (e.g., understanding which pages are popular).
The analytics tools we use (such as Google Analytics) place their own cookies to collect data on user behaviors. This data may include your IP address, browser type, referral URL, and on-site interactions. We use this information to compile reports and to help us improve the site.
Your Choices: Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can typically modify your browser settings to decline cookies or alert you when cookies are being sent. If you prefer not to accept cookies, you can disable them by adjusting your browser settings (for example, you may have the option to block all cookies or to receive a notification before a cookie is stored). Please note that if you disable or reject cookies, some features of our Services may not function properly or your experience may be degraded.
HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We do not sell your personal data. However, we may share your data with select third parties in the following circumstances:
Service Providers: We share information with trusted third-party companies that perform services on our behalf. This includes, for example, infrastructure and hosting providers, technical service providers, analytics vendors, and email delivery services. For instance, we use Google Analytics (a service provided by Google LLC) for usage analytics, which means Google may process certain usage data and IP addresses for that purpose.
Affiliates: If ALTBridge Labs S.A. has affiliate companies or subsidiaries, we may share your information within our corporate family. Any such entities will handle your data in accordance with this Policy.
With Your Consent or Direction: We will share your personal data with third parties if you have given us your consent to do so, or if you intentionally use our Services to share information with others. For example, if you publish personal information to a blockchain via our Service, you are consenting to make that information public and share it with anyone who can access the blockchain. (See the “Blockchain Data” section below.)
Business Transfers: If we undergo a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets, your personal data may be transferred as part of that deal.
Legal Compliance and Protection: We may disclose personal information when we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to comply with a legal obligation or request (e.g., a court order, subpoena, or law enforcement request), or to protect our rights, property, and safety, or those of our users or others. This includes enforcing our Terms of Use or other agreements, detecting and addressing fraud or security issues, and reducing credit risk.
Emergency Situations: If someone’s life, health, or security is at risk, and disclosure of data could potentially prevent harm, we might share information as reasonably necessary to protect individuals’ vital interests.
When we share data with service providers or other third parties, we only provide the minimum amount of personal data necessary for them to carry out their responsibilities. Third parties who receive personal data from us are expected to handle it with an appropriate level of confidentiality and security, and they are not permitted to use it for any purpose other than the specific service they are providing to us (unless they are independently data controllers, such as Google in the case of analytics data, in which case their own privacy terms apply as well).
BLOCKCHAIN DATA AND ON-CHAIN DISCLOSURES
Public Blockchain Records: ZNS Connect is a Web3 / blockchain-based service. This means that certain actions you take through our Services (such as registering a domain name or adding information to your decentralized profile) involve writing data to public blockchain networks. Any data that you choose to publish on a blockchain becomes public, immutable, and outside of our control. For example, if you attach personal information (like a display name, avatar, or other profile data) to your blockchain domain and that information is written to the blockchain, it will be visible to anyone who inspects the blockchain and we cannot alter or delete that on-chain data. Blockchains are distributed ledgers designed to record information permanently; once a transaction (containing your data) is confirmed on the network, it cannot be unpublished or erased by us or any other entity.
Please treat your blockchain domain profile as a public profile. Only include information on-chain that you are comfortable sharing with the world indefinitely. ALTBridge has no ability to remove personal data from a blockchain once you have broadcast it; this is an inherent aspect of decentralized networks and not a result of our IT systems. While this Policy covers how we handle any off-chain copies of that data (e.g. if cached in our databases for display), it does not cover the persistence of data on the blockchain itself, which by design is outside the scope of data protection erasure rights.
DATA RETENTION
Wallet Address and Domain Data: Because blockchain domain ownership is recorded on public networks, we cannot directly delete or modify that on-chain record. However, if you cease using our Services, your wallet address will simply remain as a historical entry on the blockchain. We do not have the ability to erase it from the blockchain, but we can delete any off-chain associations to your identity in our systems upon request.
Usage Data: Analytics data may be stored in aggregate form indefinitely to help us analyze trends over time, but any data tied to an identifiable user will be either anonymized or deleted when it’s no longer needed for our legitimate interests. Third-party analytics providers like Google Analytics have their own retention practices; we configure our Google Analytics data retention to comply with best practices, and we don’t personally retain identifiable log data longer than necessary.
In summary, we will either delete or anonymize personal data that is no longer needed for any legitimate purpose. If deletion or anonymization is not immediately feasible (for example, if the data is stored in backups), we will securely store and isolate it from further use until deletion is possible.
YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data, including access, correction, deletion, or restriction of processing. You can exercise these rights by contacting us at: [email protected]
Please note that due to the immutable nature of blockchain technology, we cannot modify or delete any data that has been permanently recorded on public blockchain networks, including wallet addresses, domain registrations, token allocations, or transaction hashes.
By using our Services, including participating in the $ZNS token sale, you acknowledge that you are solely responsible for ensuring that such use is legal in your country of residence and does not violate any applicable laws, regulations, or restrictions.
Account Deletion and Right to Erasure: You may request deletion of your ZNS Connect account at any time by using the "Delete Account" function in your account Settings. Upon account deletion, we will: (a) delete your Recovery Email address and notification preferences from our systems; (b) delete any off-chain profile data, settings, and usage history stored in our databases; and (c) process your deletion request within 30 days of submission, in accordance with applicable data protection law. However, please be aware that account deletion does not and cannot remove the following data, due to the immutable nature of public blockchain networks: wallet addresses, domain registration records, on-chain transaction history, NFT ownership records, smart contract deployments, and any other data that has been permanently written to a blockchain. This on-chain data exists independently of your ZNS Connect account and cannot be erased by us or any other party. Domain names registered through ZNS Connect prior to account deletion remain on-chain and continue to be associated with your wallet address. If you wish to transfer or burn your domains before deleting your account, you must do so prior to initiating deletion. ZNS Connect is not responsible for any loss of access to domains, NFTs, or other on-chain assets resulting from account deletion.
DATA SECURITY
We take data security seriously and have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include encryption of data in transit (e.g., using HTTPS on our website), firewalls and access controls to our servers and databases, and limiting access to personal data to employees and contractors on a need-to-know basis. We also regularly review our information collection, storage, and processing practices to prevent unauthorized access and to improve security.
However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. While we strive to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee absolute security. Users are encouraged to take steps on their end as well, such as using strong passwords for any accounts, protecting their wallet private keys, and logging out after using shared devices. If we become aware of a data breach that affects your personal data, we will notify you and the appropriate authorities as required by law.
We may use privacy-preserving analytics tools, error-tracking systems, performance monitoring services, and anonymized traffic logs to improve the stability and functionality of the Platform. These tools do not collect personally identifiable information unless explicitly stated.
INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
ALTBridge Labs S.A. is based in Panama, and our Services are global. When you use ZNS Connect, your personal data may be transferred to or stored on servers located in countries outside of your own. Different countries may have different data protection laws, which might not be as protective as those in your home jurisdiction.
By using our Services and providing information to us, you acknowledge the transfer of your personal data to countries outside of your country of residence. We will take all measures reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy.
COOKIES AND LOCAL STORAGE
We may use minimal cookies or browser-based local storage to support core Platform functionality, such as:
language preferences
session stability
referral tracking
token sale eligibility state
user interface settings
We do not use cookies for advertising, profiling, behavioral tracking, or selling user data. You may disable cookies in your browser settings, though doing so may limit certain Platform features.
CHILDREN PRIVACY
Our Services are not intended for children under the age of 16 (or the equivalent minimum age in the relevant jurisdiction), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under this age. If you are under 16, please do not use the Services or submit any personal data to us. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 16, we will take steps to delete that information as soon as possible. Parents or guardians who believe that we might have information about a child should contact us so we can investigate and remove any unauthorized data.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update or modify this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our business, legal obligations, or the features of our Services
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information. Your continued use of the Services after any modifications to this Policy will constitute your acknowledgment of the changes and agreement to be bound by the updated Policy.
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