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**Waku's website Privacy Policy**
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The goal of Waku is widespread adoption of the decentralized web. Our
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challenge is achieving mass adoption while staying true to our
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principles, which include privacy and transparency.
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We believe privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the
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world. For us, it’s essential to protect privacy in communications.
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Guided by our principles, Waku is designed to be a tool that allows you
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to protect your privacy and to process as little personal data as
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possible for the network to thrive.
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In this Privacy Policy, we explain how Waku strives to only request data
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that’s useful and required, not to hold that data longer than necessary,
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and to give you as much control as possible over your data.
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**1**
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**Who we are**
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Whenever “Waku” or “we” is used in this Privacy Policy, we’re referring
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to Status Research & Development GmbH, a Swiss company. Our contact
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information can be found on our website and at the end of this Privacy
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Policy.
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**2**
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**Our role in your privacy**
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Waku is the communication layer for Web3. Decentralized communication
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that scales. Private, secure, and it runs anywhere. Waku is being used
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by (i) Waku Connect: The communication layer for Ethereum. A tech stack
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enabling decentralized communication between DApps and people; (ii)
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Status: Status is a secure messaging app, crypto wallet, and Web3
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browser built with state of the art technology; and (iii) WalletConnect:
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WalletConnect v2 is using Waku v2 for decentralized messaging
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infrastructure.
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If you decide to run a node or implement Waku, or submitting any
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questions or comments through e-mail or on our social networks, or just
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visiting our website, this Privacy Policy applies to you.
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When Waku collects and processes personal data for our own purposes
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(which we don’t do often), such as Community support or to process your
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input and/or feedback left on our (social media) pages, Waku acts as the
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‘data controller’ of information. This means we determine how and why
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your data are processed.
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This means we process these data strictly on your behalf, and we will
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never process the data for our own purposes.
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Personal data means all information by which a person can be directly or
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indirectly identified, in line with the definitions of the General Data
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Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection
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of June 19, 1992 (DPA) and its ordinances, and other relevant
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legislation on the protection of personal data. When we refer to privacy
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legislation in this Privacy Policy, we mean GDPR and all such relevant
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legislation.
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**3**
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**How and why we use your data**
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Under relevant privacy legislation, Waku can only use your data for
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certain reasons and where we have a legal basis to do so. Beyond the
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law, it’s our policy to store and process only those data that are
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essential for community support and to respond to your input on our
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social media pages and if necessary. Waku won’t process or store any
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data that we don’t need, and in such case, we only store personal data
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for the least amount of time needed for these purposes.
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Here are the reasons why we process your data:
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- Ethereum is a public blockchain
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Ethereum is the community-run technology powering the cryptocurrency
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ether (ETH) and thousands of decentralized applications (DApps). Waku is
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the communication layer for Web3. Decentralized communication that
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scales. Private, secure, and it runs anywhere.
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The Ethereum public network is accessible to anyone in the world with an
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internet connection. Anyone can read or create transactions on a public
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blockchain and validate the transactions being executed. Therefore,
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information you share on the Ethereum blockchain is public.
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Please be aware that when sharing information on the ETH network it is
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stored publicly and immutably.
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- When you you decide to run a node or implement Waku, you are the
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sole owner and possessor of your private keys and therefore
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responsible for their storage or loss. This means that Waku doesn’t
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know which keys belong to you and doesn’t process any personal data
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in this respect.
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This means, that your private keys are stored by you in the way you
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decide, and Waku has no access to such private keys and doesn’t process
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any personal data in this respect.
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- Data processed through external (social media) pages:
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| Personal Data | Purpose(s) | Legal basis | Stored |
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|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| - Information you make publicwhen you leave a comment orotherwise post something onour external (social media) pages- For example, Waku has pages onthe following (social media) platforms:Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube,Reddit, GitHub, Discuss and Discord. | We may use these data to:- Contact you via our (social media) pages- Process your input and/or feedbackleft on our (social media) pagesWe will explicitly not gatherany more information about youor link your social media accountto your chat name, ENS name, or IP-address. | Legitimate Interest:- Necessary to get in touch with you regarding your message- Process your input, respond to feedbackOur external (social media) pages are also controlled bythe platform itself.Please check the social media privacy policies,to see how each platform handles your personal data. | As long as your messageis available on the pages concerned,in accordance with the page’s privacy policy,or until you delete the message. |
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- Community support
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Waku is an open-source project made by people all over the world. We
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have many ways to stay in touch, including via email and social media
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platforms.
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Data processed when you contact us:
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| Personal Data | Purpose(s) | Legal basis | Stored |
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
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| - Your chat name or ENS name andall (personal) data you share with usin your message on social media platforms.- Your email address when you send us an emailPlease note: as a rule, your chat nameis generated by you or on your own devices.Your chat name will only beKnown by us if you decide to contact us. | We use these data to:Contact you about your messageProvide you information and/or support. | Consent and Legitimate Interest :- Necessary to contact you aboutyour message to provide youthe support you requested- You give your consentto being contacted by reaching out to us. | As long as needed to resolve your concern. |
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**4**
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**How we work with third party processors**
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Waku won’t share your personal data with third parties.
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However, Waku may engage (sub) processors that we trust to carry out the
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processing of personal data on our behalf. We only provide personal data
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to (sub) processors when necessary for them to execute the services they
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provide to us. We’ve established contractual agreements with all our
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(sub) processors ensuring that they may only process the personal data
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collected and processed by us within the scope of the contractual
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agreement and under no circumstances for other purposes.
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As Data Controller: Waku may use (sub) processors to assist us in our
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services provided as data controller. Our use of processors is under
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contractual agreement and in accordance with privacy legislation.
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As Data Processor: Waku may also use sub-processors to assist us in our
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services. Our use of sub-processors is under contractual agreement and
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in accordance with privacy legislation.
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**5**
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**Exporting data outside the European Union**
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Waku may transmit personal data to parties outside the European Union,
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if one of our (sub) processors is established outside the European
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Union. Personal data will only be processed in countries or by parties
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that provide an adequate level of protection in accordance with European
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standards. The transmission of data outside the European Union will
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always happen in conformity with privacy legislation.
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**6**
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**We’re serious about data security**
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Waku protects the personal data we process from unauthorized and
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unlawful access, change, disclosure, use, and destruction. For example,
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we take the following technical and organizational security:
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We encrypt many of our services using SSL and other security measures.
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We review our information collection, storage, and processing practices
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and handbooks, from time to time, to guard our systems against
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unauthorized access.
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We restrict access to personal data to our contributors and all other
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parties we work with on a need-to-know basis, subject to strict
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contractual confidentiality obligations.
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We perform periodic internal security audits.
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**7**
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**A quick bite on cookies**
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Cookies are necessary for the technical operation of our website. When
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we have to use cookies, we choose cookies that don’t hold any
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user-specific information and are essential for the operation of the
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website.
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**8**
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**This Privacy Policy might change**
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We might modify or replace any part of this Privacy Policy. Please check
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our website periodically for any changes. The new Privacy Policy will be
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effective immediately upon posting to our website.
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Your choices and rights
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As explained throughout this Privacy Policy, Waku collects very little
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information about our users. As a result, it might be difficult to
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verify whether a request regarding privacy rights has actually been
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submitted by the person concerned.
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As laid out in relevant privacy legislation, you have the right to:
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- Ask us to correct or update your personal data (where possible);
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- Ask us to remove your personal data from our systems;
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- Ask us for a copy of your Data processed, which may also be
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transferred to another data controller at your request;
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- Withdraw your consent to process your personal data (only if consent
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was asked for a processing activity), which only affects processing
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activities that are based on your consent and doesn’t affect the
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validity of such processing activities before you have withdrawn
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your consent;
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- Object to the processing of your personal data;
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- File a complaint with the Federal Data Protection and Information
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Commissioner (FDPIC), if you believe that your personal data has
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been processed unlawfully.
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Status Research & Development GmbH
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> Baarerstrasse 10
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> Switzerland
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You can message us directly in any of our social media platforms. Keep
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in mind, any information shared in the public channels or as a comment
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or post in any of our social networks won’t be private. When personal
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data is shared in this way, it will not be protected by Waku or covered
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by this Privacy Policy. To contact us privately, please email us at
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legal@status.im.
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This document is: Waku\_PP\_June2022.
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