Privacy policy

Effective Date: June 14, 2026
Website: https://toi.network
Company: TOI DLT Foundation
Contact: privacy@toi.network

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how [Insert TOI Legal Entity Name] and its affiliates, subsidiaries, and related entities, collectively referred to as “TOI,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” collect, use, disclose, store, and protect personal information when you visit TOI.network or interact with our website, forms, documentation, community programs, developer materials, waitlists, demo requests, whitelist forms, newsletters, events, or related online services.

By using TOI.network, you acknowledge that your personal information may be processed as described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Personal Information We Collect

We may collect personal information directly from you, automatically through your use of the website, from third-party service providers, or from publicly available sources.

2.1 Information You Provide

We may collect information that you submit through forms or communications, including:

1. Name.

2. Email address.

3. Phone number.

4. Company or organization name.

5. Job title or role.

6. Country or region.

7. Telegram, Discord, X, LinkedIn, GitHub, or other social profile.

8. Wallet address or blockchain address.

9. Developer profile or project information.

10. Demo request details.

11. Whitelist or waitlist information.

12. Event registration information.

13. Newsletter preferences.

14. Messages, questions, feedback, or support requests.

15. Any other information you choose to provide.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit TOI.network, we may automatically collect:

1. IP address.

2. Device identifiers.

3. Browser type and version.

4. Operating system.

5. Referring and exit pages.

6. Pages viewed.

7. Date and time of visit.

8. Clickstream data.

9. Approximate location derived from IP address.

10. Cookies and similar tracking technologies.

11. Site performance, security, and analytics data.

2.3 Blockchain-Related Information

If you interact with blockchain-related features, whitelist forms, developer tools, testnetprograms, wallet integrations, or ecosystem programs, we may collect or process:

1. Wallet addresses.

2. Public blockchain transaction data.

3. Token claim information.

4. Validator or node-related information.

5. On-chain activity associated with a public wallet address.

6. Sybil, bot, fraud, sanctions, or risk-screening results.

7. Eligibility and compliance verification information.

Public blockchain data may be permanent, transparent, and not controlled by TOI.

2.4 Compliance and Verification Information

For certain programs, TOI or its service providers may collect information for compliance, identity verification, anti-money laundering, sanctions screening, fraud prevention, jurisdiction screening, and eligibility review.

This may include:

1. Government identification information.

2. Date of birth.

3. Nationality.

4. Address.

5. Self-certifications.

6. Tax information.

7. Source-of-funds or source-of-wealth information.

8. Screening results.

9. Mobile number verification.

10. Device and risk signals.

TOI may not collect all of this information directly. Some information may be collected and processed by third-party compliance providers under their own terms and privacy policies.

3. How We Use Personal Information

We may use personal information for the following purposes:

1. To operate, maintain, and improve TOI.network.

2. To respond to inquiries, demo requests, and business communications.

3. To manage waitlists, whitelists, developer programs, ecosystem programs, and community participation.

4. To send newsletters, updates, announcements, and marketing communications where permitted.

5. To analyze website usage, performance, traffic, and user engagement.

6. To prevent fraud, abuse, bots, spam, unauthorized access, and security incidents.

7. To conduct sanctions screening, jurisdiction screening, eligibility checks, and compliance reviews.

8. To enforce our Terms & Conditions and other agreements.

9. To protect TOI, users, partners, infrastructure, systems, and the public.

10. To comply with legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, law enforcement, and governmental obligations.

11. To develop, test, and improve TOI products, developer tools, protocols, and ecosystem services.

12. To evaluate potential partnerships, integrations, grants, validator participation, or commercial opportunities.

13. To support corporate transactions, audits, governance, and internal reporting.

4. Legal Bases for Processing

Where applicable law requires a legal basis for processing personal information, we may rely on one or more of the following:

1. Consent: where you have given consent, such as subscribing to marketing communications.

2. Contract: where processing is necessary to provide requested services or take steps before entering into a contract.

3. Legitimate Interests: where processing is necessary for TOI’s legitimate business, security, compliance, analytics, fraud prevention, product development, or communications interests, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights.

4. Legal Obligations: where processing is necessary to comply with laws, regulations, court orders, sanctions requirements, tax rules, accounting obligations, or governmental requests.

5. Public Interest or Vital Interests: where applicable in limited circumstances.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

TOI.network may use cookies, pixels, tags, local storage, analytics tools, and similar technologies to:

1. Operate the website.

2. Remember preferences.

3. Improve performance.

4. Understand traffic and usage.

5. Measure marketing effectiveness.

6. Detect fraud, bots, abuse, and security threats.

7. Support compliance and jurisdiction controls.

You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings. If you disable cookies, some parts of the website may not function properly.

Where required by law, TOI will request consent before using non-essential cookies.

6. Analytics and Marketing Tools

We may use third-party analytics, advertising, CRM, email, hosting, infrastructure, compliance, and security providers. These providers may process personal information on our behalf or as independent controllers depending on the service.

These tools help us understand user activity, improve website performance, manage communications, evaluate campaigns, and protect against fraud or abuse.

7. How We Share Personal Information

We may share personal information with:

1. TOI affiliates, subsidiaries, and related entities.

2. Website hosting and infrastructure providers.

3. Cloud, database, analytics, CRM, and email service providers.

4. Security, fraud prevention, bot detection, and compliance vendors.

5. Identity verification, sanctions screening, and blockchain analytics providers.

6. Professional advisors, including lawyers, auditors, tax advisors, consultants, and insurers.

7. Business partners, event partners, ecosystem partners, or integration partners where relevant and lawful.

8. Regulators, law enforcement, courts, government agencies, or other authorities where required or appropriate.

9. Potential buyers, investors, lenders, counterparties, or successors in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, sale of assets, or corporate transaction.

We do not sell personal information in exchange for money. If any activity is considered a “sale” or “sharing” under applicable privacy laws, eligible users may have the right to opt out.

8. International Data Transfers

TOI may process and store personal information in the United States, United Kingdom, European Economic Area, United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, Singapore, or other jurisdictions where TOI, its affiliates, or service providers operate.

These jurisdictions may have data protection laws different from those in your country. Where required, TOI will use appropriate safeguards for international transfers, such as contractual protections or other lawful transfer mechanisms.

9. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including business, legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, security, fraud prevention, sanctions, dispute resolution, and compliance purposes.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, the purpose of processing, legal requirements, and risk considerations.

Public blockchain data may remain permanently available on decentralized networks and may not be capable of deletion by TOI.

10. Data Security

TOI uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

However, no system, website, database, wallet, blockchain network, transmission, or storage method is completely secure. You are responsible for protecting your own devices, accounts, wallets, passwords, private keys, seed phrases, and communications.

TOI will never ask for your private key or seed phrase.

11. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:

1. Request access to personal information.

2. Request correction of inaccurate information.

3. Request deletion of personal information.

4. Request restriction of processing.

5. Object to certain processing.

6. Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

7. Request data portability.

8. Opt out of marketing communications.

9. Opt out of certain targeted advertising, sale, or sharing activities where applicable.

10. Appeal certain privacy-rights decisions where applicable.

To exercise rights, contact privacy@toi.network. We may need to verify your identity before responding.

12. California Privacy Notice

If you are a California resident, you may have rights under California privacy laws, including the right to know, access, correct, delete, and opt out of certain sale or sharing of personal information.

The categories of personal information we may collect include:

1. Identifiers, such as name, email address, phone number, IP address, and wallet address.

2. Commercial or business information, such as demo requests, program participation, or communications.

3. Internet or electronic network activity, such as website usage, cookies, and device data.

4. Geolocation data, such as approximate location derived from IP address.

5. Professional or employment-related information, such as company, title, or developer profile.

6. Inferences drawn from usage, preferences, or engagement.

7. Sensitive personal information, where required for compliance, eligibility, sanctions screening, or verification.

We use these categories for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. We may disclose these categories to the service providers, affiliates, advisors, compliance vendors, and other parties described above.

To submit a California privacy request, contact privacy@toi.network.

13. European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Similar Jurisdictions

If you are located in the EEA, United Kingdom, Switzerland, or another jurisdiction with similar privacy rights, you may have the right to contact your local data protection authority.

TOI will process personal information in accordance with applicable data protection laws where they apply. You may contact us at privacy@toi.network to exercise your rights or ask questions about international transfers, legal bases, or data protection practices.

14. Marketing Communications

You may opt out of marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link in the email or contacting privacy@toi.network.

Even if you opt out of marketing, we may still send non-marketing communications, such as legal notices, security alerts, transactional messages, compliance notices, or service-related updates.

15. Children’s Privacy

TOI.network is not intended for children under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information to TOI, contact privacy@toi.network and we will take appropriate steps to delete the information where required.

16. Public Blockchain Data

Blockchain networks may be public, transparent, decentralized, immutable, and outside TOI’s control. Information recorded on a blockchain may be visible to anyone and may not be capable of being changed or deleted.

You should not use a wallet address or blockchain transaction in a way that reveals personal information you do not want to be public.

17. Third-Party Websites and Platforms

TOI.network may link to third-party websites, wallets, exchanges, block explorers, social media platforms, community tools, event platforms, developer platforms, or other services.

TOI is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third parties. You should review their privacy policies before using them.

18. Automated Processing and Risk Controls

TOI may use automated or semi-automated tools to detect bots, fraud, duplicate accounts, wallet abuse, sanctions exposure, jurisdiction risk, suspicious activity, or policy violations.

These tools may affect eligibility for certain programs, whitelist participation, rewards, claims, testnet access, or other ecosystem features.

19. Changes to This Privacy Policy

TOI may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Your continued use of TOI.network after an updated Privacy Policy is posted means you acknowledge the updated Privacy Policy.

20. Contact

For privacy questions, requests, or complaints,

Contact:

TOI DLT Foundation
Email: privacy@toi.network