Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

This is the privacy policy of Medium Rare Limited (owner and operator of Stakecommunity.com) This Privacy Policy sets out how Stakecommunity.com will manage your personal information which we collect as a result of your use of our website located at https://stakecommunity.com/. We are committed to ensuring that the personal information we collect about you is protected and is used, stored and disclosed in accordance with the Privacy Act and this Privacy Policy.

1. Website Use

In using the website, you agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy. Stakecommunity.com may review the Privacy Policy periodically and reserves the right to change the Privacy Policy at any time at its discretion by posting such changes on the website. Changes will be effective immediately when posted on the website. Your continued use of the website following posting will constitute your acceptance of those changes. This Privacy Policy will not apply to websites which are linked to the website and over which Stakecommunity.com has no control.

2. Personal Information

The kinds of Personal Information that Stakecommunity.com may process about you is:

• Name;
• Email Address;
• Location Data;
• Device Information;
• IP Address; and any Personal Information you post, upload or share, including saved drafts of posts or comments, messages with us.

The Company collects, or may collect, such information through methods including:

• Data input during account registration processes;
• Your communications with us;
• Data provided or created when you use our stakecommunity.com.

3. Data Processing Purposes

Stakecommunity.com will process your Personal Information only by lawful and fair means for the following purposes:

• If you wish to subscribe to Stakecommunity.com's marketing communications.
• To provide, maintain and improve stakecommunity.com.
• To maintain your account.
• To provide customer service.
• To upgrade and enhance your experience within the website or over the telephone, or to tailor or develop information, services or products to suit your needs which may include market research and conducting promotions.
• To tell you about our products or services that we think may be of interest to you by communicating with you via email, SMS or telephone.
• To create aggregate data about Members through demographic profiling, statistical analysis of the database to provide to potential and existing stakeholders.
• To respond to your questions, comments, or requests.
• For taking appropriate action if Stakecommunity.com has reason to suspect that unlawful activity or misconduct of a serious nature has been, is being or may be engaged in that relates to our functions and activities.
• To establish, exercise or defend any legal claims.
• To enforce our Terms of Service and Policies.

If you do not provide Stakecommunity.com with the Personal Information we request, we may be unable to provide you with our services or respond to your enquiry or complaint.

By using Stakecommunity.com, or otherwise choosing to provide Stakecommunity.com with Personal Information you acknowledge that Stakecommunity.com may collect, use, process and potentially disclose your Personal Information for the above purposes and on the bases described in this Privacy Policy.

4. Direct Marketing and Opting Out

From time to time we may use your Personal Information to inform you about our products or services or about promotional activities which Stakecommunity.com believes may be of interest or of benefit to you. We may do this via email. If you no longer wish to receive marketing or promotional material from Stakecommunity.com at all or in any particular form, you may contact us at any time by email to [email protected]  with your request with which we will comply as soon as is practical.

From time to time we may contact you in relation to the management and administration of your Stakecommunity.com account. These communications can be via any of the modes of contact recorded when signing up for an account. Such communication does not affect your opt-in or opt-out status for direct marketing communications.

5. Management and Sharing of your Personal Information

Stakecommunity.com will take all reasonable steps to ensure that the Personal Information which it collects, uses or discloses is correct and is stored in a secure environment which is accessed only by authorised persons. We store the personal information we receive as described in this Privacy Policy for as long as you use stakecommunity.com or as necessary to fulfil the purpose(s) for which it was collected, provide our stakecommunity.com, resolve disputes, establish legal defences, conduct audits, pursue legitimate business purposes, enforce our agreements, and comply with applicable laws.

Stakecommunity.com can share or disclose Personal Information in order to provide our Services, enforce our Terms of Service and policies, protect or defend our rights and interests, particularly in the following cases:

• Within our Group: Any reference to the "Group" in this Privacy Policy includes Medium Rare Limited (the owner and operator of stakecommunity.com), Medium Rare N.V. (the owner and operator of Stake.com) as well as our websites located at https://stakecommunity.com and any pages or websites under the "Stake " brand, including any mobile phone or tablet applications owned and/or operated by us or whenever we otherwise interact with you.
• To our service providers and third-party partners: In some cases, we may use third party service providers to provide you with our services or products. In this case, we may need to share or disclose Personal Information. In each case, Stakecommunity.com will take reasonable steps to ensure that your Personal Information is protected and processed as set out in this Policy. Whenever possible, we will choose to contract with a data processor to handle your Personal Information.
• For legal or regulatory reasons: In certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your Personal Information in response to lawful requests by public authorities.
• In the event of a business sale or restructuring: If the ownership of all or part of our business changes or if we undergo a reorganization or restructuring, we may transfer your Personal Information to the new owner or successor company so that we can continue to provide the services requested.

Whenever we share Personal Information and whatever the circumstances, we will always do so lawfully and with due regard to your privacy. Stakecommunity.com will destroy or permanently de-identify the Personal Information we hold when it is no longer required for any purpose permitted under this Privacy Policy or our legal or operational obligations.

6. Security of Personal Information

You acknowledge that no data transmission over the Internet is totally secure. Accordingly, Stakecommunity.com does not guarantee or warrant the security of any information which you transmit to it. Any information which you transmit to Stakecommunity.com is transmitted at your own risk. However, once Stakecommunity.com receives your transmission, Stakecommunity.com will take reasonable steps to protect your Personal Information from misuse, loss and unauthorized access, modification and disclosure including by using password protected systems and databases and Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. By using stakecommunity.com or providing personal information to us, you must be aware that we may communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy, and administrative issues relating to your use of the stakecommunity.com.

Stakecommunity.com’s employees, agents and contractors are required to maintain the confidentiality of Personal Information. Information posted on stakecommunity.com, including on forums, becomes public information. Stakecommunity.com cannot guarantee the security of this type of disclosed information.

Remember to always log out of your account when you have completed your time on the website. This is particularly important if you share a computer with another person. You are responsible for the security of and access to your own computer, mobile device or any other handset used to access the website.

Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your username, password and any account information. Please be careful whenever using the Internet and our website.

7. Access to Personal Information

You may access and correct the Personal Information collected by Stakecommunity.com by following the “Settings” link on the website or by contacting us on [email protected].  We will give you access to your Personal Information in the manner requested if that is possible and within a reasonable period. If we refuse your request or cannot give you access in the manner you have requested, we will do what we can to meet your requirements by other means. We may not be required to give you access to your Personal Information in certain circumstances which are set out in applicable law including where it may have an unreasonable impact on another individual's privacy. If we refuse access for such reasons, we will advise you in writing of the refusal and our reasons and the complaint mechanisms available to you.

8. Delete Personal Information

You can request to have your Personal Information deleted. Stakecommunity.com may retain your Personal Information if we believe that doing so is in accordance with, or as required by, any applicable law. You can request the deletion of your Personal Information by sending an email to [email protected].

9. Contact Details

If you have any queries, requests for access or correction or complaints relating to the handling of your Personal Information, please contact us by email at [email protected].

10. International Data Transfers

The Personal Information we collect may be transferred to and stored in countries outside of the jurisdiction you are in, where we and our third party service providers have operations. If you are accessing our Services from the European Economic Area ("EEA"), UK or Switzerland, your personal information will be processed outside of the EEA, the UK and Switzerland.

In the event of such a transfer, we will ensure that: (i) the Personal Information is transferred to countries recognised as offering an equivalent level of protection to that of the EEA; or (ii) the transfer is made pursuant to appropriate safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses adopted by the European Commission. If you wish to enquire further about these safeguards used, please contact us at [email protected].

11. Legal Basis for Processing

• For purposes of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation), Stakecommunity.com’s processing of your personal information is supported by the following lawful bases:
• Performance of a contract: Stakecommunity.com needs to process your personal information to perform our contract with you.
• Legitimate Interest: Stakecommunity.com processes your personal information to further our legitimate interests but only where our interests are not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.
• Consent: In some cases, Stakecommunity.com also relies on your consent to process your personal information.
• Compliance with legal obligations: Stakecommunity.com may process your personal information to comply with our legal obligations.

12. Supervisor Authority

You have the right to lodge a complaint to your local data protection authority. If you are located in the European Economic Area, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe our processing of your personal information violates applicable law. If you are based in the European Union, information about how to contact your local data protection authority is available here. If you are based in the UK or Switzerland, your local data protection authorities are the UK Information Commissioner's Office (https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/) and the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home/the-fdpic/contact/address.html).

13. Updates to this Privacy Policy

Stakecommunity.com may review, change and update this Privacy Policy from time to time reflect our current practices and obligations. We will publish our current Privacy Policy on our website at https://stakecommunity.com/ and the changes will take effect at the time of publishing. You should review this privacy policy regularly and remain familiar with its terms.