Privacy policy
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 4, 2021 This Privacy Policy (this “Policy”) applies to the trading platform (including any applicable mobile applications and websites used to access the same) (collectively the “Platform”) provided by Bybit Fintech Limited (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”). It describes how the Company collects, uses, and discloses Personal Information that we obtain from Users of the Platform and any account services provided through the Platform, and how we use and disclose that information. For purposes of this Policy, “Personal Information” refers to information supplied by a User from which the identity of such User may be directly or indirectly determined.
By registering for and using the Platform, you agree that your Personal Information will be handled as described in this Policy and the Terms and Conditions applicable to the Platform (the “Service Agreement”); capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Service Agreement.
The Information We Collect About You and How We Collect ItWe collect and process Personal Information about you directly from you when you register to use the Platform or submit such information as a part of the Know-Your-Client (“KYC”), as well as automatically through your use of the Platform.
Information We Collect Directly From You.Personal Account and Profile Information: There are several types of accounts that can be established on the Platform. We collect the following information when you register an Account: name, mobile phone number and/or email address. When your Account meets certain standard, we may collect additional information: name as in identity card/passport, identity card/passport number, date of birth, nationality, mailing address, residential address, mobile phone number and email address
Financial Information: We may collect additional financial and investment information from you to confirm your status and eligibility to set up other types of accounts or conduct certain transcactions on the Platform, including your investment experience, finance-related qualifications and training (including any certifications received, issuing organization and date of issuance), your annual income level, liquid net worth, estimated net worth, source of funds, and source of wealth and whether you have had the opening of an account declined by another financial institution.
Other Required Information: We may need to collect certain additional information to comply with legal requirements, such as whether you are a Politically Exposed Individual or on any restricted persons list, and applicable tax reporting forms, such as a W8-BEN.
Communications with Us: We collect information you give us during any support and feedback communications via email or when you contact us through contact forms on the Platform. We use this information to respond to your inquiries, provide support, facilitate transactions, and improve our Platform.
Please note that if you are acting as an Authorized Individual on behalf of a User and are providing Personal Information for such User, you are responsible for ensuring that you have all required permissions and consents to provide such Personal Information to us for use in connection with the Platform and that our use of such Personal Information you provide to the Platform does not violate any applicable law, rule, regulation or order.
Information We Collect Automatically.When you use the Platform, our servers automatically record information using cookies and other tracking technologies, including information that your browser sends whenever you visit the Platform or your mobile application sends when you’re using it. This log data may include your Internet Protocol address, the address of the web page you visited before coming to the Platform, your browser type and settings, the date and time of your request, information about your browser configuration and plug-ins, language preferences, and cookie data. Such log data is not routinely deleted.
In addition to log data, we may also collect information about the device you use for the Platform, including what type of device it is, what operating system you’re using, device settings, unique device identifiers, and crash data. Whether we collect some or all of this information may depend on what type of device you’re using and its settings.
We may combine this information with other information that we have collected about you, including, where applicable, your name, user name, email address, and other Personal Information.
Geolocation. If you have provided permission through your mobile device to allow us to collect location information through a mobile application, we may obtain your physical location information in terms of latitude and longitude from technologies like GPS, Wi-Fi, or cell tower proximity. You are able to withdraw your permission for us to acquire such physical location information from your mobile device through your mobile device settings, although we do not control this process. If you have questions about how to disable your mobile device’s location services, we recommend you contact your mobile device service provider or the mobile device manufacturer.
How We Use Your InformationWe use your information, including your Personal Information, for the following purposes:
·To provide our Platform to you, to facilitate communications and transactions on the Platform, to communicate with you about your use of our Platform, to respond to your inquiries, to fulfill your orders, and for other customer service purposes;
·To tailor the content and information that we may send or display to you, to offer location customization, and personalized help and instructions, and to otherwise personalize your experiences while using our Platform;
·To better understand how users access and use the Platform, both on an aggregated and individualized basis, in order to improve our Platform and respond to user desires and preferences, and for other research and analytical purposes;
·For marketing and promotional purposes. For example, we may use your information, such as your email address, to send you news and newsletters, special offers, and promotions, to conduct sweepstakes and contests, or to otherwise contact you about products or information we think may interest you. We also may use the information that we learn about you to assist us in advertising our Platform on third-party websites.
How We Share Your Information·Affiliates. We may disclose the information we collect from you to our affiliates or subsidiaries solely for the purpose of providing the Platform to you; however, if we do so, their use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information will be maintained by such affiliates and subsidiaries in accordance with this Policy.
·Service Providers. We may disclose the information we collect from you to third-party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform functions on our behalf, provided such third parties have agreed to only use such information to provide services to us.
·Business Transfers. If we are in negotiations with, or are acquired by or merged with another company or entity, if substantially all of our assets are transferred to another company or entity, or as part of a bankruptcy proceeding, we may transfer the information we have collected from you to the other company or entity.
·In Response to Legal Process. We also may disclose the information we collect from you in order to comply with the law, a judicial proceeding, court order, or other legal process, such as in response to a subpoena.
·To Protect Us and Others. We also may disclose the information we collect from you if we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, violations of our Service Agreement or this Policy, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
·Aggregate and De-Identified Information. We may collect, process, analyze and share aggregate or de-identified information about users with third parties and publicly for product development, marketing, advertising, research or similar purposes.
Our Use of Cookies and Other Tracking MechanismsWe and our third-party service providers use cookies and other tracking mechanisms to track information about your use of our Platform. We may combine this information with other Personal Information we collect from you (and our third-party service providers may do so on our behalf).
Cookies. Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser for record-keeping purposes. Some cookies allow us to make it easier for you to navigate our Platform, while others are used to enable a faster log-in process or to allow us to track your activities at our Platform. There are two types of cookies: session and persistent cookies.
·Session Cookies. Session cookies exist only during an online session. They disappear from your computer when you close your browser or turn off your computer. We use session cookies to allow our systems to uniquely identify you during a session or while you are logged into the Platform. This allows us to process your online transactions and requests and verify your identity, after you have logged in, as you move through our Platform.
·Persistent Cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you have closed your browser or turned off your computer. We use persistent cookies to track aggregate and statistical information about user activity.
Please note that our systems do not currently respond to do-not-track signals.
Disabling Cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can edit your browser options to block them in the future. The general settings on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your computer from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Users of our Platform who disable cookies will not be able to browse certain areas of the Platform.
Third Party Analytics. We use automated devices and applications, such as Google Analytics, to evaluate usage of our Platform. We also may use other analytic means to evaluate our Platform. We use these tools to help us improve our Platform, performance and user experiences. These entities may use cookies and other tracking technologies to perform their services. We do not share your Personal Information with these third parties.
This Privacy Policy (this “Policy”) applies to the trading platform (including any applicable mobile applications and websites used to access the same) (collectively the “Platform”) provided by Bybit Fintech Limited (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”). It describes how the Company collects, uses, and discloses Personal Information that we obtain from Users of the Platform and any account services provided through the Platform, and how we use and disclose that information. For purposes of this Policy, “Personal Information” refers to information supplied by a User from which the identity of such User may be directly or indirectly determined.
By registering for and using the Platform, you agree that your Personal Information will be handled as described in this Policy and the Terms and Conditions applicable to the Platform (the “Service Agreement”); capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Service Agreement.
We collect and process Personal Information about you directly from you when you register to use the Platform or submit such information as a part of the Know-Your-Client (“KYC”), as well as automatically through your use of the Platform.
Personal Account and Profile Information: There are several types of accounts that can be established on the Platform. We collect the following information when you register an Account: name, mobile phone number and/or email address. When your Account meets certain standard, we may collect additional information: name as in identity card/passport, identity card/passport number, date of birth, nationality, mailing address, residential address, mobile phone number and email address
Financial Information: We may collect additional financial and investment information from you to confirm your status and eligibility to set up other types of accounts or conduct certain transcactions on the Platform, including your investment experience, finance-related qualifications and training (including any certifications received, issuing organization and date of issuance), your annual income level, liquid net worth, estimated net worth, source of funds, and source of wealth and whether you have had the opening of an account declined by another financial institution.
Other Required Information: We may need to collect certain additional information to comply with legal requirements, such as whether you are a Politically Exposed Individual or on any restricted persons list, and applicable tax reporting forms, such as a W8-BEN.
Communications with Us: We collect information you give us during any support and feedback communications via email or when you contact us through contact forms on the Platform. We use this information to respond to your inquiries, provide support, facilitate transactions, and improve our Platform.
Please note that if you are acting as an Authorized Individual on behalf of a User and are providing Personal Information for such User, you are responsible for ensuring that you have all required permissions and consents to provide such Personal Information to us for use in connection with the Platform and that our use of such Personal Information you provide to the Platform does not violate any applicable law, rule, regulation or order.
When you use the Platform, our servers automatically record information using cookies and other tracking technologies, including information that your browser sends whenever you visit the Platform or your mobile application sends when you’re using it. This log data may include your Internet Protocol address, the address of the web page you visited before coming to the Platform, your browser type and settings, the date and time of your request, information about your browser configuration and plug-ins, language preferences, and cookie data. Such log data is not routinely deleted.
In addition to log data, we may also collect information about the device you use for the Platform, including what type of device it is, what operating system you’re using, device settings, unique device identifiers, and crash data. Whether we collect some or all of this information may depend on what type of device you’re using and its settings.
We may combine this information with other information that we have collected about you, including, where applicable, your name, user name, email address, and other Personal Information.
Geolocation. If you have provided permission through your mobile device to allow us to collect location information through a mobile application, we may obtain your physical location information in terms of latitude and longitude from technologies like GPS, Wi-Fi, or cell tower proximity. You are able to withdraw your permission for us to acquire such physical location information from your mobile device through your mobile device settings, although we do not control this process. If you have questions about how to disable your mobile device’s location services, we recommend you contact your mobile device service provider or the mobile device manufacturer.
We use your information, including your Personal Information, for the following purposes:
·To provide our Platform to you, to facilitate communications and transactions on the Platform, to communicate with you about your use of our Platform, to respond to your inquiries, to fulfill your orders, and for other customer service purposes;
·To tailor the content and information that we may send or display to you, to offer location customization, and personalized help and instructions, and to otherwise personalize your experiences while using our Platform;
·To better understand how users access and use the Platform, both on an aggregated and individualized basis, in order to improve our Platform and respond to user desires and preferences, and for other research and analytical purposes;
·For marketing and promotional purposes. For example, we may use your information, such as your email address, to send you news and newsletters, special offers, and promotions, to conduct sweepstakes and contests, or to otherwise contact you about products or information we think may interest you. We also may use the information that we learn about you to assist us in advertising our Platform on third-party websites.
·Affiliates. We may disclose the information we collect from you to our affiliates or subsidiaries solely for the purpose of providing the Platform to you; however, if we do so, their use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information will be maintained by such affiliates and subsidiaries in accordance with this Policy.
·Service Providers. We may disclose the information we collect from you to third-party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform functions on our behalf, provided such third parties have agreed to only use such information to provide services to us.
·Business Transfers. If we are in negotiations with, or are acquired by or merged with another company or entity, if substantially all of our assets are transferred to another company or entity, or as part of a bankruptcy proceeding, we may transfer the information we have collected from you to the other company or entity.
·In Response to Legal Process. We also may disclose the information we collect from you in order to comply with the law, a judicial proceeding, court order, or other legal process, such as in response to a subpoena.
·To Protect Us and Others. We also may disclose the information we collect from you if we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, violations of our Service Agreement or this Policy, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
·Aggregate and De-Identified Information. We may collect, process, analyze and share aggregate or de-identified information about users with third parties and publicly for product development, marketing, advertising, research or similar purposes.
We and our third-party service providers use cookies and other tracking mechanisms to track information about your use of our Platform. We may combine this information with other Personal Information we collect from you (and our third-party service providers may do so on our behalf).
Cookies. Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser for record-keeping purposes. Some cookies allow us to make it easier for you to navigate our Platform, while others are used to enable a faster log-in process or to allow us to track your activities at our Platform. There are two types of cookies: session and persistent cookies.
·Session Cookies. Session cookies exist only during an online session. They disappear from your computer when you close your browser or turn off your computer. We use session cookies to allow our systems to uniquely identify you during a session or while you are logged into the Platform. This allows us to process your online transactions and requests and verify your identity, after you have logged in, as you move through our Platform.
·Persistent Cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you have closed your browser or turned off your computer. We use persistent cookies to track aggregate and statistical information about user activity.
Please note that our systems do not currently respond to do-not-track signals.
Disabling Cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can edit your browser options to block them in the future. The general settings on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your computer from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Users of our Platform who disable cookies will not be able to browse certain areas of the Platform.
Third Party Analytics. We use automated devices and applications, such as Google Analytics, to evaluate usage of our Platform. We also may use other analytic means to evaluate our Platform. We use these tools to help us improve our Platform, performance and user experiences. These entities may use cookies and other tracking technologies to perform their services. We do not share your Personal Information with these third parties.