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Last Updated: September 30, 2026

This Privacy Policy (the “Policy“) outlines how 22nd Century Dev OÜ, a company registered in the Republic of Estonia under registry code 16627865, with its registered address at Harju maakond, Tallinn, Kesklinna linnaosa, Vesivärava tn 50-201, 10152 (“Company“, “we“, “us“, or “our“), acting as the Data Controller, collects, uses, stores, and protects personal data obtained through our website https://www.gncrypto.news/ (the “Website“) and related electronic communications.

We process personal data in strict compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR“) and applicable Estonian data protection laws. By accessing or using this Website, reading our news content, subscribing to our communications, or submitting inquiries, you acknowledge the practices described in this Policy.

1. SCOPE OF POLICY AND NATURE OF SERVICES

1.1. Scope of Application: This Policy applies to personal data collected through this Website during your browsing, interactions with news content, subscription to newsletters, or when submitting your details via our inquiry forms, as well as data processed during direct electronic communications (e.g., email correspondence) with us.

1.2. Nature of Platform and Media Services: This Website operates as a digital media and news platform providing news, analysis, educational materials, market overviews, and reviews in the fields of cryptocurrency, blockchain, Web3, and decentralized finance (DeFi). 

If you contact us regarding commercial opportunities, advertising, press release distribution, or media partnerships, such communication is typically conducted via email exchange, where we may share relevant service proposals, media kits, or commercial offers. Personal data processed during such business correspondence is handled in accordance with the principles set out in this Policy to facilitate pre-contractual discussions and fulfill agreed media services.

1.3. Third-Party Links and External Web3 Platforms: Our Website contains links to external platforms, third-party cryptocurrency exchanges, decentralized applications (dApps), advertising networks, and social media channels. When you click on these external links and leave our Website, we do not control and are not responsible for the privacy practices, tracking technologies, or content of those external third parties. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites or services you visit through external links on our site.

Please note that where our Website integrates features from advertising networks or social media channels (e.g., share buttons, embedded videos), we and the respective providers may act as joint controllers regarding the initial collection and transmission of data from our Website to those platforms. Their subsequent processing of your data is governed by their respective privacy policies.

2. DATA WE COLLECT

We collect data in accordance with the principle of data minimisation, gathering only what is necessary to deliver our media content, facilitate communication, and evaluate prospective business partnerships: 

2.1. Data You Provide Voluntarily 

Depending on how you interact with our Website, we collect personal data directly from you in the following scenarios:

  • Newsletter Subscriptions: When you subscribe to our news digest, we collect your Email Address to send you news updates, market analytics, and marketing newsletters, as well as your Consent Preferences (timestamp, record of your explicit opt-in choice regarding marketing communications, and confirmation of your acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions upon clicking the submission button). 
  • General & Business Inquiries: When you send us a request regarding general topics, news submissions, advertising, careers, or publishing, we collect:
  • Your Name: To address you properly;
  • Your Email Address: To communicate with you and process your request;
  • Subject Category: The specific nature of your inquiry (Publish article, Submit News, Ads, Career, Other);
  • Your Message: Any background information, custom notes, or details you include in the open text field;
  • Consent Preferences: Record of your acceptance of our Terms & Conditions, confirmation of having read this Privacy Policy, as well as your explicit opt-in choice regarding marketing communications.
  • Editorial & Guest Author Submissions (“Write for Us“): When you pitch or submit content for publication, we collect:
  • Professional Background & Identifiers: Your name, email address, short introduction, professional background, bio, portfolio links, or LinkedIn profile URL;
  • Disclosures & Conflicts of Interest: Information provided regarding token holdings, project affiliations, or financial connections related to your proposed topic to ensure editorial transparency and policy compliance. 

2.2. Data Collected Automatically

When you navigate the Website, we or our third-party service providers may automatically collect technical data using cookies, server logs, and analytics technologies:

  • IP address and generalized geographic location (country/city);
  • Browser type, operating system, and device identifiers;
  • Referral sources, pages visited, clickstream data, and duration of visit.

3. HOW WE USE YOUR DATA

We process the data collected through the Website strictly for the following business purposes and rely on the following legal bases under Art. 6 of the GDPR:

  • Inquiry Processing & Communication: To review your incoming submissions, respond to your general or business inquiries, and manage prospective media or advertising communications.  Legal Basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR – Processing necessary for steps prior to entering into a contract, or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR – Legitimate Interest in maintaining user and partner relations.
  • Commercial Proposals & Advertising Offers: To evaluate your commercial request (e.g., for Ads, press releases, or media partnerships) and send you relevant advertising offers, pricing, or media kits via email. Legal Basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR – Pre-contractual measures taken at your request.
  • Editorial Submissions & Author Verification (“Write for Us“): To evaluate guest article pitches, verify author backgrounds, review proposed topics, and ensure editorial transparency and conflict-of-interest compliance before publication. Legal Basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR – Steps prior to publishing content, and Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR – Legitimate Interest in maintaining editorial integrity.
  • Marketing Communications & Newsletters: To deliver our crypto news digests, market analytics, media updates, and promotional offers to users who have subscribed or consented to receive marketing communications. You may withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link in any email or contacting us directly. Legal Basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR – Explicit Consent.
  • Website Optimization & Security: To analyze aggregate traffic patterns, troubleshoot technical issues, ensure responsive site performance, and protect the Website against fraud or cyber threats. Legal Basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR – Legitimate Interest in ensuring network security and optimizing user experience.
  • Legal Compliance & Defense of Claims: To comply with our statutory obligations under applicable laws (e.g., mandatory disclosures to supervisory authorities, tax and accounting record-keeping) and to establish, exercise, or defend against legal claims or disputes. Legal Basis: Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR – Compliance with a legal obligation, and Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR – Legitimate Interest in protecting our business and defending our legal rights.

4. SHARING AND TRANSFER OF DATA

4.1. No Sale of Data: We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data or business information to third parties.

4.2. Third-Party Service Providers: We may share data collected through the Website or direct communications with trusted third-party service providers who assist in operating our Website, managing subscriptions, handling client communications, and facilitating business operations (e.g., cloud hosting infrastructure, CRM systems, email delivery platforms, and web analytics services). These providers are bound by strict confidentiality obligations and Data Processing Agreements (DPAs), and are authorized to process your data solely as necessary to perform services on our behalf.

4.3. Legal Requirements & Business Transfers: We may disclose your data if required to do so by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulation, or to protect our legal rights, property, or safety. Additionally, in the event of a merger, acquisition, corporate reorganization, or sale of company assets (including the Website), user data may be transferred to the acquiring entity as part of due diligence and transition, subject to strict confidentiality.

4.4. International Data Transfers: If your personal data is transferred to service providers located outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure it is protected by implementing appropriate safeguards required by GDPR (Chapter V), such as relying on adequacy decisions issued by the European Commission, executing Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) accompanied by supplementary technical and organizational security measures, or ensuring the recipient participates in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.

4.5. Social Media Features & Joint Controllership: Our Website includes integrated social media features (such as share buttons, social feed widgets, or ad tracking pixels). Regarding the initial collection and transmission of user data (e.g., IP address and device technical data) triggered when loading these features on our Website, we and the respective social platform providers act as joint controllers within the meaning of Art. 26 GDPR. The subsequent independent processing of your personal data by those social media platforms is governed exclusively by their respective privacy policies. 

5. DATA RETENTION AND SECURITY

5.1. We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or to maintain appropriate business records:

  • Inquiries & Business Correspondence: Contact details and submitted inquiry information are retained for a maximum of 3 years from the last active communication, unless an ongoing commercial relationship or contract is established, or unless a longer retention period is strictly required by applicable law or for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims (Art. 17(3)(e) GDPR). 
  • Newsletter Subscriptions: Email addresses collected for news updates and marketing newsletters are retained until you withdraw your consent by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link or contacting us directly. Upon unsubscription, your email address will be promptly removed from active distribution lists and maintained on a suppression list solely to ensure no further communications are sent and to demonstrate compliance. 
  • Technical Logs & Analytics: Automated technical logs and analytics data are retained for up to 12 months.

5.2. In accordance with Art. 32 of the GDPR, we implement appropriate technical and organizational measures (including SSL/TLS data encryption, role-based access control, and regular technical assessments) to safeguard your submitted information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, as no electronic transmission or digital storage method is entirely risk-free, we cannot guarantee absolute security. 

6. YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES

Regardless of your geographic location, we respect your rights regarding your data:

  • Access & Correction (Art. 15 & 16 GDPR): You may request access to or correction of the personal information we hold about you.
  • Erasure / “Right to be Forgotten” (Art. 17 GDPR): You may request that we delete your contact information, subscription details, and submitted inquiry data from our active databases and mailing lists.
  • Restriction of Processing (Art. 18 GDPR): You may ask us to temporarily suspend the processing of your data.
  • Data Portability (Art. 20 GDPR): You may request to receive your data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
  • Right to Object (Art. 21 GDPR): You may object to the processing of your data based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes.
  • Withdrawal of Consent (Art. 7(3) GDPR): You may withdraw your consent and unsubscribe from any marketing communications or news digests at any time by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link in any email or by contacting us directly.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. 

We will respond to your request without undue delay and at the latest within one month of receipt (Art. 12(3) GDPR). That period may be extended by two further months where necessary, taking into account the complexity and number of the requests; in such cases, we will inform you of the extension within the first month. For your protection, we may request specific information to confirm your identity before processing your request. This security measure prevents unauthorized disclosure of personal data.

Right to Lodge a Complaint: If you believe our processing infringes data protection laws, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. For 22nd Century Dev OÜ, the lead supervisory authority is the Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate (Andmekaitse Inspektsioon): [email protected] | www.aki.ee. 

7. COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

7.1. Our Website uses cookies and local storage technologies to ensure basic site functionality, manage user sessions, and gather statistical data regarding Website usage and performance.

7.2. Based on our technical configuration, we categorize the cookies used on this Website into the following types:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of the Website, enabling basic functionality such as session security, user navigation, and maintaining your privacy consent choices. Because these cookies are strictly required to deliver the Website, they are deployed automatically based on our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
  • Performance and Analytics Cookies: We use analytical cookies (specifically Google Analytics) to measure traffic patterns, distinguish unique visitors, and understand how users interact with our Website. These cookies do not store directly identifying personal information, but process aggregated user data. They are deployed strictly subject to your prior explicit opt-in consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
  • Preferences Cookies: These cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make (such as language preferences or region settings) to provide enhanced, personalized features (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR — subject to explicit consent). 
  • Marketing & Targeting Cookies: These cookies or tracking pixels may be set through our Website by our advertising or social media partners to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant commercial offers on other sites. They operate strictly subject to your prior explicit opt-in consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).

7.3. Managing Consent and Preferences

You have full control over non-essential cookies on our Website:

  • Cookie Consent Banner: Upon your first visit, a cookie management banner allows you to accept or decline performance cookies before they are placed on your device. Your preferences are securely stored for future visits.
  • Changing Preferences: You can withdraw or modify your cookie consent at any time as easily as it was given, by clicking the “Cookie Settings” (or “Manage Consent“) link located in the footer of this Website or by adjusting your browser settings (Art. 7(3) GDPR).

7.4. For a complete, itemized list of specific cookies deployed on this Website (including specific cookie names, categories, domain origins, and precise retention periods), please review our standalone Cookie Policy.

8. NO AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING

We do not use your personal data submitted via the Website for automated decision-making, including profiling, that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you within the meaning of Article 22 of the GDPR.

9. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Our Website and content are designed for a general audience interested in cryptocurrency, Web3, and financial news, and are not directed at minors. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal data from anyone under the age of 16 (or lower national age limit where applicable under EU Member State law). If you are a parent or legal guardian and discover that your child has provided personal data to us without consent, please contact us immediately at [email protected], and we will delete such information from our records without delay. 

10. CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions, comments, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data handling practices, please contact us at:

22nd Century Dev OÜ
Registry code: 16627865
Address: Harju maakond, Tallinn, Kesklinna linnaosa, Vesivärava tn 50-201, 10152, Republic of Estonia
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.gncrypto.news/