Effective Date: January 1, 2025 | Last Updated: March 2025
Cryptews.com ("we", "our", "the Platform") is operated by IGH Group. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data. By using Cryptews, you agree to this policy.
1. Information We Collect
a) Information You Provide
- Wallet Address: Collected when you connect your Web3 wallet during registration
- Email Address: Optional; collected if you choose to add it in Account Settings
- Full Name & Username: Optional profile information
- Profile Photo: Optional; uploaded avatar image
- Transaction Hashes: When you make USDT payments for services
b) Information Collected Automatically
- IP Address: Collected per article read for fraud prevention and abuse detection
- Reading Activity: Which articles you read, time spent, and when
- Browser Information: User agent, device type (for analytics)
- Cookies & Sessions: Session cookies for authentication; no third-party tracking cookies
2. How We Use Your Information
- To create and manage your account
- To calculate and credit USDT reading rewards
- To process withdrawal requests
- To detect and prevent multi-account abuse and reward fraud
- To verify USDT payments for portal listings and news posts
- To send account notifications (if email provided)
- To improve the platform and monitor performance
3. IP Address & Fraud Prevention
We store your IP address in association with each article you earn from. This is used exclusively to:
- Prevent the same IP from earning from the same article multiple times
- Detect multi-account abuse where different accounts share the same IP history
IP data is stored securely and is not shared with third parties for marketing or tracking purposes.
4. Data Sharing
We do not sell your personal data. We may share limited data only in the following cases:
- Legal compliance: If required by law or valid legal process
- Service providers: Infrastructure providers (hosting, database) that process data on our behalf under confidentiality agreements
- Blockchain: Your wallet address and transaction hashes are publicly visible on-chain by nature of blockchain technology
5. Data Retention
- Account data is retained as long as your account is active
- Earnings history is retained permanently for financial record-keeping
- Payment records are retained permanently even if related content is deleted
- Reading activity logs are retained for up to 2 years
6. Your Rights
- Access: Request a copy of the data we hold about you
- Correction: Update inaccurate information via Account Settings
- Deletion: Request deletion of your account and associated data (subject to legal retention requirements)
- Portability: Request your earnings history in a portable format
To exercise these rights, contact us at support@cryptews.com.
7. Security
We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your data, including password hashing, parameterized database queries, CSRF protection, and server-side input validation. However, no system is perfectly secure, and we encourage you to protect your wallet credentials carefully.
8. Third-Party Links
Cryptews aggregates articles from third-party news sources. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites. Always review the privacy policy of any third-party site you visit.
9. Children's Privacy
Cryptews is not directed at individuals under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect data from minors.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Continued use of the Platform after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
11. Contact
For privacy-related inquiries: support@cryptews.com | Telegram: @maxis0
