Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 15, 2024

Introduction

HyperLiquid Developer Company ("we," "our," or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy informs you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (https://hyperliquid.dev) or use our services, and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

This privacy policy applies to all personal information we collect through our website, in email, text, or other electronic messages between you and our website, and when you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Personal Information

We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal information about you, including:

  • Identity Data: includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier.
  • Contact Data: includes email address, telephone numbers, and physical address.
  • Technical Data: includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access our website.
  • Usage Data: includes information about how you use our website and services.
  • Marketing and Communications Data: includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.

1.2 Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and store certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.

The types of cookies we use include:

  • Essential Cookies: Required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website.
  • Analytical/Performance Cookies: Allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works.
  • Functionality Cookies: Used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you and remember your preferences.
  • Targeting Cookies: Record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.

2. How We Use Your Information

We will only use your personal information when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal information in the following circumstances:

  • To provide and maintain our services, including to monitor the usage of our website.
  • To manage your account and provide you with customer support.
  • To perform contract obligations between you and us.
  • To contact you regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products, or contracted services, including security updates.
  • To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or inquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
  • To respond to legal requests and prevent harm, when we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, or as evidence in litigation.
  • For any other purpose with your consent.

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your personal information with the following parties:

  • Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our services, provide services on our behalf, perform service-related tasks, or assist us in analyzing how our services are used. These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
  • Business Partners: We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
  • Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.
  • Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information where required to do so by law or subpoena or if we believe that such action is necessary to comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement or to protect the security or integrity of our services.

4. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal information from being accidentally lost, used, accessed, altered, or disclosed in an unauthorized way. In addition, we limit access to your personal information to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal information on our instructions, and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We have procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

5. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal information 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.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, the purposes for which we process your personal information, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

6. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal information. Depending on your location, these rights may include:

  • Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal information.
  • Rectification: You have the right to request correction of information you believe is inaccurate and to complete information you believe is incomplete.
  • Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal information, under certain conditions.
  • Restriction: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
  • Object: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
  • Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the information we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

7. International Transfers

Our operations are located primarily in the United Kingdom. If you are accessing our services from outside the UK, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the UK and other countries where our servers are located.

By providing us with your information, you consent to this transfer, storage, and processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your personal information will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of your data and other personal information.

8. Children's Privacy

Our services are not intended for use by children under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

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 at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:

  • By email: [email protected]
  • By phone: +449969969243
  • By mail: Flat 92q Wayne Spur North Yasmine, ST16 3AP, United Kingdom

If you have unresolved concerns, you have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.