Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Effective date: May 1, 2025

This Privacy Policy explains how ZooBC (the “Website”) collects, uses, and shares information when you visit https://zoobc.com, and what choices you have.

ZooBC is a project operated by Blockchain Zoo Pte Ltd (the “Company”, “we”, “us”, “our”).

If you have questions about this policy or want to exercise your privacy rights, contact us at: privacy@zoobc.com.

Who we are

Our website address is: https://zoobc.com

Data Controller: Blockchain Zoo Pte Ltd (Singapore)

What personal data we collect
…and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect:

  • The data shown in the comments form
  • The visitor’s IP address
  • The browser user agent string

This is done to help spam detection, security, and site integrity.

If you use Gravatar, an anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms and messages

If you contact us (for example via email or a form), we may collect the information you provide, such as:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Message content
  • Any attachments you send

We use this information only to respond and to keep a record of our communications.

Accounts and user profiles (if enabled)

If you register on our website (if registration is available), we may collect:

  • Username
  • Email address
  • Profile information you choose to provide

We use this to provide account features and manage access.

Log and security data

Like most websites, we may collect basic technical and log information, such as:

  • IP address
  • Device and browser details
  • Pages visited and actions taken on the site
  • Date and time of access
  • Referring URL

This is used for security, troubleshooting, and performance monitoring.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices.

  • Login cookies last for two days
  • Screen options cookies last for a year
  • If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks
  • If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Managing cookies: You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect some site functionality.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (for example: videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

We do not sell your personal data.

We may share data with:

  • Service providers that help us operate the site (hosting, security, email delivery, analytics, spam protection), only as needed for them to provide their services.
  • Spam detection services for comment filtering.
  • Legal and security requests when required to comply with applicable law, enforce our terms, or protect users, the public, or our rights.

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

We may retain technical logs for a limited period for security and troubleshooting, then delete or anonymize them.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can:

  • Request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us
  • Request that we erase any personal data we hold about you

This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

To make a request, contact privacy@zoobc.com. We may ask you to verify your identity before we act on your request.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Depending on where our service providers are located, your data may be processed outside your country. When we transfer data internationally, we take reasonable steps to ensure an appropriate level of protection.

Children’s privacy

The Website is not intended for children under 13 (or the minimum age required in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us personal data, contact us and we will take steps to delete it.

Data security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Effective date”.