Aster – Privacy Notice

Last Updated: April 29, 2025

1. Introduction

At Aster, we recognize the importance of your right to privacy and the protection of your information. As a provider of a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange platform, we are committed to best practices in privacy and transparency. We collect data only when it is strictly necessary to provide our Services.

Given the decentralized nature of our platform, we strive to process the minimum amount of data required. This Privacy Policy outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, and protection of your information when you use Aster, including accessing our website, decentralized applications, APIs, and related services (collectively, the “Services”).

By using our Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Data Controller and Contact Information

Aster is the data controller responsible for processing your information. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at: [e-mail].

3. Information We Collect and How We Use It

Following the principle of data minimization, we collect only the information necessary to provide and improve our Services. We collect and process only IP addresses for the following purposes:

• Monitoring and preventing abuse of our Services

• Ensuring network security

• Facilitating traffic redirection in compliance with regulatory requirements based on the user’s country

• Conducting statistical analysis to improve our Services

The processing of this information is based on our legitimate interests in maintaining the security, functionality, and regulatory compliance of our platform and protecting our users.

3.1 Anonymized Data Usage

We use aggregated or anonymized data to enhance our Services. This includes:

• Analyzing general usage patterns

• Gathering feedback

• Conducting research

All these activities are performed while ensuring individual users remain unidentified. For instance, we may generate usage reports that do not contain any information that could identify you.

4. Data Retention

We retain your IP address only for as long as necessary to provide our Services, fulfill the purposes stated in this Privacy Policy, and comply with legal requirements. We may also keep your data for an extended period if required by applicable laws or if it is needed for legal disputes or regulatory matters. We regularly review our retention practices to ensure that data is not kept longer than necessary.

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We may transfer your IP address to our service providers or third parties in connection with Aster’s operation of its business, as certain features on Aster rely on various third-party products and services (collectively “Third Party Services”), such as cloud storage, analytics and improvement of website-related services and features, and performance of maintenance services.

Third party services providers only have access to your IP address, to perform their functions, provide services and may not use it for other purposes. Furthermore, they must process the IP address in accordance with our contractual agreements and only as permitted by applicable data protections laws.

We may also share your IP address with the following persons or in the following circumstances:

Business transfers. As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy other businesses or services. In such transactions, your IP address generally is one of the transferred business assets but remains subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy notice (unless, of course, you consent otherwise). Also, in the unlikely event that Aster or substantially all of its assets are acquired, your IP address will be one of the transferred assets.

Protection of Us and Others. We will share your IP address outside of Aster if we have a reasonable belief that access, use, preservation, or disclosure of the IP address is reasonably necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request; to cooperate with law enforcement; to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Aster, our employees, our users, or others.

Our services may enable you to connect with various third-party services, decentralized applications, and other external platforms (referred to as “Third Party Platforms”).

These Third Party Platforms acts as independent data controller and processing of your IP address will be subject to their privacy notice and policy. This Privacy Notice does not cover the privacy practices of these Third Party Platforms, including any websites linked through our services. A link to a third-party site does not imply endorsement by us or our affiliates.

Your use of these Third Party Platforms and their handling of your IP address will be governed by their respective terms and privacy policies, and not by this Privacy Notice.

6. International Transfers of Personal Data

We may transfer your IP address to our Affiliates, third-party partners, and service providers based throughout the world. In cases where we intend to transfer your IP address to third countries or international organisations outside of your country of residence, Aster puts in place suitable technical, organizational and contractual safeguards (including Standard Contractual Clauses), to ensure that such transfer is carried out in compliance with applicable data protection rules.

7. Data Security

We recognize that information security is a crucial component of data privacy. We are committed to making sure your IP address is protected in accordance with applicable laws and our data privacy policies.

Although no data transmission, including over the Internet or through any website, can be guaranteed to be entirely secure, we employ a range of commercially reasonable physical, technical, and procedural measures to protect your IP address from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

8. Your Privacy Rights

Subject to applicable law, as outlined below, you have a number of rights in relation to your privacy and the protection of your IP address. If you want to exercise any of your rights please contact us at privacy at [insert the email address].

9. Children

We are especially sensitive about children’s information. Our Services are not targeted towards children, and our users must be at least eighteen (18) years old to use our services. We don’t knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or legal guardian of a minor child, we will treat any information that you provide us while using Aster on behalf of your minor child as Personal Information as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy. If you have questions concerning our information practices with respect to children, or if you learn that a child under the age of 13 has used Aster, created a user account, or provided us with personal information, please email us at privacy[at]asterdex.com or contact us through our online form.

10. Revisions to Our Privacy Notice

If you choose to use Aster’s products and services, your use and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Notice and our Terms of Use. If you have any concerns about privacy at Aster, please contact us with a complete description, and we will try to resolve it. You also have the right to contact your local Data Protection Authority.

Our business changes regularly, and our Privacy Notice may change also. We reserve the right to update and revise this Privacy Notice at any time.

We occasionally review this Privacy Notice to make sure it complies with applicable laws and conforms to changes in our business. If we do revise this Privacy Notice, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the beginning of this notice so that you can tell if it has changed since your last visit and will do our best to notify you.

Please review this Privacy Notice regularly to ensure that you are aware of its terms. Your continued use of Aster after an amendment to our Privacy Notice constitutes your acceptance to the revised or amended terms.

11. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any dispute arising under these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Hong Kong. You agree to first attempt to resolve any disputes informally by contacting us at [e-mail].

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