Last updated: November 21, 2016
RockItCoin has created the following Privacy Policy to let you know what information we collect when you visit our site, why we collect it and how it is used. This Privacy Policy explains the data collection and use practices of RockItCoin.com website and mobile apps; it does not apply to other online or offline RockItCoin sites, products, or services. The terms "you," "your," and "yours" refer to the customer/purchaser utilizing our Site. The terms "RockItCoin," "RockItCoin" "we," "us," and "our" refer to RockItCoin By using this website, you consent to the data practices prescribed in this statement. We may periodically post changes to this Privacy Policy on this page, and it is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy frequently and we encourage you to visit this page often. When required by law, we will notify you of any changes to this Privacy Policy.
When you visit the RockItCoin website, use RockItCoin Services, or use third-party services which use the RockItCoin application programming interface ("API"), we collect information sent to us through your computer, mobile phone, or other access device. This information may include your IP address, device information including, but not limited to, identifier, device name and type, operating system, location, mobile network information, and standard web log information, such as your browser type, traffic to and from our site, and the pages you accessed on our website. You must be at least 18 years old, or of the applicable age of majority, in order to use RockItCoin Services. RockItCoin does not intentionally collect information from or about any individual who is under 13 years old.
If you create an account or use RockItCoin Services, we, or our affiliates vendors acting on our behalf may collect the following types of information:
If you seek permissions to raise bitcoin buy and sell limits associated with your RockItCoin Account, we may require you to provide additional information which we may use in collaboration with service providers acting on our behalf to verify your identity or address, and/or to manage risk. This information may include your date of birth, taxpayer or government identification number, a copy of your government-issued identification, or other personal information. We may also obtain information about you from third parties such as credit bureaus and identity verification services. If you do not use the RockItCoin Conversion Service, you may opt out of providing this additional information.
When you use RockItCoin Services, we collect information about your transactions and/or your other activities on our website and we may continuously collect information about your computer, mobile device, or other access device for fraud prevention purposes, to monitor for possible breach of your RockItCoin Account, and to identify any malicious software or other activity that may harm RockItCoin or its users.
You may choose to provide us with access to certain personal information stored by third parties such as social media sites (such as Facebook and Twitter). The information we have access to varies by site and is controlled by your privacy settings on that site and your authorization. By associating an account managed by a third party with your RockItCoin account and authorizing RockItCoin to have access to this information, you agree that RockItCoin may collect, store, and use this information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Finally, we may collect additional information you may disclose to our customer support team.
When you access our website or content or use our application or RockItCoin Services, we or companies we work with may place small data files called cookies or pixel tags on your computer or other device. We use these technologies to:
We use both session and persistent cookies when you access our website or content. Session cookies expire and no longer have any effect when you log out of your account or close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your browser until you erase them or they expire.
We also use Local Shared Objects, commonly referred to as "Flash cookies," to help ensure that your account security is not compromised, to spot irregularities in behavior to help prevent fraud, and to support our sites and services.
We encode our cookies so that only we can interpret the information stored in them. You are free to decline our cookies if your browser or browser add-on permits, but doing so may interfere with your use of our website. The help section of most browsers or browser add-ons provides instructions on blocking, deleting, or disabling cookies.
You may encounter RockItCoin cookies or pixel tags on websites that we do not control. For example, if you view a web page created by a third party or use an application developed by a third party, there may be a cookie or pixel tag placed by the web page or application. Likewise, these third parties may place cookies or pixel tags that are not subject to our control and the RockItCoin Privacy Policy does not cover their use.
Throughout this policy, we use the term "personal information" to describe information that can be associated with a specific person and can be used to identify that person. We do not consider personal information to include information that has been anonymized so that it does not identify a specific user. RockItCoin takes reasonable precautions, as described herein, to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.
We store and process your personal and transactional information, including certain payment informationon our computers in the United States and elsewhere in the world where RockItCoin facilities or our service providers are located, and we protect it by maintaining physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in compliance with applicable U.S. federal and state regulations. We use computer safeguards such as firewalls and data encryption, we enforce physical access controls to our buildings and files, and we authorize access to personal information only for those employees who require it to fulfill their job responsibilities. Full credit card data is securely transferred and hosted off-site by a payment vendor in compliance with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). This information is not accessible to RockItCoin staff.
We store our customers' personal information securely throughout the life of the customer's RockItCoin Account. RockItCoin will retain your personal information for a minimum of five years or as necessary to comply with our legal obligations or to resolve disputes.
Our primary purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with a secure, smooth, efficient, and customized experience. We may use your personal information to:
We will not use your personal information for purposes other than those purposes we have disclosed to you, without your permission. From time to time we may request your permission to allow us to share your personal information with third parties. You may opt out of having your personal information shared with third parties, or from allowing us to use your personal information for any purpose that is incompatible with the purposes for which we originally collected it or subsequently obtained your authorization. If you choose to so limit the use of your personal information, certain features or RockItCoin Services may not be available to you.
We will not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. We may combine your information with information we collect from other companies and use it to improve and personalize RockItCoin Services, content, and advertising.
To process your payments, we may share some of your personal information with the person or company to which you transfer or from which you receive bitcoin. Your contact information, date of sign-up, the number of payments you have received from verified RockItCoin users, and whether you have verified control of a bank account are provided to other RockItCoin users with whom you transact through RockItCoin In addition, this and other information you disclose to RockItCoin may be shared with third parties who may provide, upon your authorization, ancillary services which access your RockItCoin Account. Unless you have agreed to it, these third parties are not allowed to use this information for any purpose other than to facilitate your transactions using RockItCoin services.
If you use your RockItCoin Account to transfer bitcoin in connection with the purchase or sale of goods or services, we or you may also provide the seller with your shipping address to help complete your transaction with the seller. The seller is not allowed to use this information to market their services to you unless you have agreed to it. If an attempt to transfer bitcoin to your seller fails or is later invalidated, we may also provide your seller with details of the unsuccessful transfer. To facilitate dispute resolutions, we may provide a buyer with the seller's address so that goods can be returned to the seller.
In connection with a bitcoin transfer between you and a third party, including merchants, a third party may share information about you with us, such as your email address or mobile phone number which may be used to inform you that a transfer has been sent to or received from the third party. We may use this information in connection with such transfers to confirm that you are a RockItCoin customer, that bitcoin transfers are enabled, and/or to notify you that you have received bitcoin. If you request that we validate your status as a RockItCoin customer with a third party, we will do so. You may also choose to send bitcoin to, or request bitcoin from an email address. In such cases, your user name will be displayed in an email message notifying the user of the designated email address of your action. Please note that merchants you interact with may have their own privacy policies, and RockItCoin is not responsible for their operations, including, but not limited to, their information practices.
We may share your personal information with:
RockItCoin will not sell or rent any of your personal information to third parties and only shares your personal information with third parties as described in this policy. Before RockItCoin shares your information with any third party that is not acting as an agent to perform tasks on behalf of and under the instructions of RockItCoin, RockItCoin will enter into a written agreement requiring that the third party to provide at least the same level of privacy protection as required hereunder.
If you establish a RockItCoin account indirectly on a third party website or via a third party application, any information that you enter on that website or application (and not directly on a RockItCoin website) will be shared with the owner of the third party website or application and your information may be subject to their privacy policies.
In general, we will notify you of material changes to this policy by updating the last updated date at the top of this page, and we will provide you with explicit notice of material changes as required by law. We recommend that you visit this page frequently to check for changes.
You are entitled to review, correct, or amend your personal information, or to delete that information where it is inaccurate, and you may do so at any time by logging in to your account and clicking the Profile or My Account tab. This right shall only be limited where the burden or expense of providing access would be disproportionate to the risks to your privacy in the case in question, or where the rights of persons other than you would be violated. If you close your RockItCoin account, we will mark your account in our database as "Closed," but will keep your account information in our database for a period of time described above. This is necessary in order to deter fraud, by ensuring that persons who try to commit fraud will not be able to avoid detection simply by closing their account and opening a new account. However, if you close your account, your personally identifiable information will not be used by us for any further purposes, nor sold or shared with third parties, except as necessary to prevent fraud and assist law enforcement, as required by law, or in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this policy, or if you have a complaint, you should first contact us [email protected].