# Privacy Policy

Safeguarding the privacy and security of your data is of utmost importance to us. This Policy outlines the information we collect about you and how we use, share, and manage this data. It also explains the choices you have regarding this information. Please read it carefully.

Definitions For the purpose of this Privacy Policy:

* Account refers to a unique account created for you to access our Service or parts of it.
* Business refers to the legal entity known as the Company that collects personal information from consumers and determines the purposes and means of processing such information, either on its own or jointly with others.
* Company (referred to as "the Company," "We," "Us," or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to the FlareFireNFT.com website.
* For the purpose of the GDPR, the Company is the Data Controller.
* Consumer, according to the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), means a natural person who is a California resident. A resident includes any individual in the USA for reasons other than temporary or transitory purposes or any individual domiciled in the USA who is outside the USA for temporary or transitory purposes.
* Cookies are small files placed on your computer, mobile device, or any other device by a website, containing details of your browsing history on that website and serving various purposes.
* Data Controller, for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company as the legal entity solely or jointly determining the purposes and means of processing Personal Data.
* Device means any device that can access the Service, such as a computer, cellphone, or digital tablet.
* Do Not Track (DNT) is a concept promoted by US regulatory authorities, particularly the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), aiming to develop and implement a mechanism allowing internet users to control tracking of their online activities across websites.
* Personal Data is any information related to an identified or identifiable individual.
* For GDPR purposes, Personal Data includes any information about you, such as your name, identification number, location data, online identifier, or any factor specific to your physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity.
* For the purposes of the CCPA, Personal Data includes any information that identifies, relates to, describes, or could reasonably be linked directly or indirectly to you.
* Service refers to the Website.
* Service Provider means any natural or legal person processing data on behalf of the Company. It includes third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, provide the Service on its behalf, perform services related to the Service, or assist the Company in analyzing Service usage. Service Providers are considered Data Processors for GDPR purposes.
* Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (e.g., page visit duration).
* You means the individual accessing or using the Service or the company or other legal entity on whose behalf you are using the Service, as applicable.
* Under GDPR, You can also be referred to as the Data Subject or the User, as you are the individual using the Service.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data Types of Data Collected Personal Data While using our Service, we may ask you to provide certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

* Email address
* First name and last name
* Phone number
* Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City

Usage Data Usage Data is automatically collected when using the Service. Usage Data may include information such as your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, pages of our Service visited by you, date and time of your visit, time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data. When accessing the Service through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device's unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data. We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service or access it through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to monitor activity on our Service and store certain information. These tracking technologies may include beacons, tags, and scripts used to collect and track information, and to improve and analyze our Service. The technologies used may include:

* Cookies or Browser Cookies: A cookie is a small file placed on your Device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting to refuse cookies, our Service may use cookies.
* Web Beacons: Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs). These web beacons allow the Company to count users who have visited certain pages or opened an email and provide other related website statistics (e.g., popularity of a certain section and system and server integrity verification).

Use of Your Personal Data The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

* To provide and maintain our Service, including monitoring Service usage.
* To manage your Account: Your Personal Data allows us to manage your registration as a user of the Service. The information you provide gives you access to various functionalities available to registered users.
* For the performance of a contract: Your Personal Data may be used to fulfill the purchase contract for products, items, or services you have purchased or any other contract with us through the Service.
* To contact you: We may contact you by email or other electronic communication methods (e.g., mobile application push notifications) to provide updates or informative communications related to the Service's functionalities, products, or contracted services, including security updates when necessary or reasonable for implementation.
* To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events similar to those you have already purchased or inquired about, unless you have opted not to receive such information.
* To manage your requests: We attend to and manage your requests to us.
* For business transfers: Your information may be used to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by us about Service users is among the assets transferred.
* For other purposes: Your information may be used for data analysis, identifying usage trends, assessing the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and evaluating and improving our Service, products, services, marketing, and user experience.

Sharing Your Personal Information We may share your personal information in the following situations:

* With Service Providers: Your personal information may be shared with Service Providers to monitor and analyze Service usage, handle payment processing, and contact you.
* For business transfers: Your personal information may be shared or transferred in connection with or during negotiations of any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
* With Affiliates: Your information may be shared with our affiliates, and we will require them to adhere to this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or companies under common control with us.
* With business partners: Your information may be shared with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
* With other users: When you share personal information or interact with other users in public areas, such information may be viewed by all users and publicly distributed outside the Service.
* With your consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data The Company will retain your Personal Data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent required to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce legal agreements and policies. Usage Data may be retained for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when used to enhance security or improve the functionality of our Service or when we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data Your information, including Personal Data, may be processed at the Company's operating offices and in other places where the processing parties are located. This means that this information may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction, where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. By consenting to this Privacy Policy and submitting such information, you agree to the transfer of your data as described above. The Company will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. No transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or country without adequate controls, including data and personal information security measures, unless the Company has appropriate safeguards in place.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data Business Transactions If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before such transfer, and your Personal Data will become subject to a different Privacy Policy. Law Enforcement Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose your Personal Data if mandated by law or in response to valid requests from public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency). Other Legal Requirements The Company may disclose your Personal Data in good faith when it is necessary to:

* Comply with a legal obligation
* Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
* Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing related to the Service
* Protect the personal safety of Service users or the public
* Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data The security of your Personal Data is important to us. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security due to the inherent risks of transmitting data over the Internet or storing it electronically. We advise you to take appropriate precautions when using the Service and to use secure networks.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data The Service Providers we use may have access to your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process, and transfer information about your activity on our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies. Analytics We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze Service usage. Google Analytics Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to monitor the use of our Service and shares it with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize ads within its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about your visit activity. For more information about Google's privacy practices, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page.

Email Marketing We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you. You have the option to opt-out of receiving any or all of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting us.

GDPR Privacy Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:

* Consent: You have given your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
* Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with you and/or any pre-contractual obligations.
* Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject.
* Vital interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary to protect your vital interests or those of another natural person.
* Public interests: Processing Personal Data is related to a task carried out in the public interest or the exercise of official authority vested in the Company.
* Legitimate interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary for purposes pursued by the Company's legitimate interests. In any case, the Company is happy to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and whether providing Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or necessary to enter into a contract.

Your Rights under the GDPR The Company commits to respecting the confidentiality of your Personal Data and guaranteeing your right to exercise your rights. You have the right under this Privacy Policy and the law, if you are within the EU, to:

* Request access to your Personal Data: You have the right to access, update, or delete the information we have about you. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us for assistance. This also allows you to receive a copy of the Personal Data we hold about you.
* Request correction of your Personal Data: You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you corrected.
* Object to the processing of your Personal Data: This right exists when we rely on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for processing and there is something about your particular situation that makes you want to object to our processing of your Personal Data on this ground. You also have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
* Request erasure of your Personal Data: You have the right to ask us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for us to continue processing it.
* Request the transfer of your Personal Data: We will provide you or a third party you have chosen with your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information for which you initially provided consent or which we used to perform a contract with you.
* Withdraw your consent: You have the right to withdraw your consent for using your Personal Data. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide you with access to certain specific functionalities of the Service.

Exercising Your CCPA Data Protection Rights You can exercise your rights of access, rectification, deletion, and objection by contacting us at <flarefireofficial@gmail.com> Please be aware that we may request verification of your identity before addressing such requests. Upon receiving your request, we will make every effort to respond to you promptly.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a Data Protection Authority concerning our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, if you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact your local data protection authority in the EEA.

CCPA Privacy Notice This privacy notice section for California residents supplements the information found in our Privacy Policy and is applicable solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California.

Categories of Personal Information Collected We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular Consumer or Device. The following is a list of categories of personal information which we may collect or may have collected from California residents within the last twelve (12) months.

Please note that the categories and examples provided in the list below are defined in the CCPA. This does not imply that all examples of that category of personal information were collected by us, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have been collected. For instance, certain categories of personal information would only be collected if you provided such personal information directly to us.

Category A: Identifiers. Examples: Real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, driver's license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers. Collected: Yes.

Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)). Examples: Name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver's license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories. Collected: Yes.

Category C: Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law. Examples: Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information). Collected: No.

Category D: Commercial information. Examples: Records and history of products or services purchased or considered. Collected: Yes.

Category E: Biometric information. Examples: Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as fingerprints, faceprints, and voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data. Collected: No.

Category F: Internet or other similar network activity. Examples: Interaction with our Service or advertisement. Collected: Yes.

Category G: Geolocation data. Examples: Approximate physical location. Collected: Yes.

Category H: Sensory data. Examples: Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information. Collected: No.

Category I: Professional or employment-related information. Examples: Current or past job history or performance evaluations. Collected: No.

Category J: Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)). Examples: Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records. Collected: No.

Category K: Inferences drawn from other personal information. Examples: Profile reflecting a person's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes. Collected: No.

Under CCPA, personal information does not include: Publicly available information from government records Deidentified or aggregated consumer information Information excluded from the CCPA's scope, such as: Health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) or clinical trial data Personal Information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) or California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994

Sources of Personal Information We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following sources:

* Directly from you. For example, from the forms you complete on our Service, preferences you express or provide through our Service, or from your purchases on our Service.
* Indirectly from you. For example, from observing your activity on our Service.
* Automatically from you. For example, through cookies we or our Service Providers set on your Device as you navigate through our Service.
* From Service Providers. For example, third-party vendors to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, third-party vendors for payment processing, or other third-party vendors that we use to provide the Service to you.

Use of Personal Information for Business Purposes or Commercial Purposes We may use or disclose the personal information we collect for "business purposes" or "commercial purposes" (as defined under the CCPA), which may include the following examples:

To operate our Service and provide you with our Service. To provide you with support and respond to your inquiries, including investigating and addressing your concerns and monitoring and improving our Service. To fulfill or meet the reason you provided the information. For example, if you share your contact information to ask a question about our Service, we will use that personal information to respond to your inquiry. If you provide your personal information to purchase a product or service, we will use that information to process your payment and facilitate delivery. To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations. As described to you when collecting your personal information or as otherwise set forth in the CCPA. For internal administrative and auditing purposes. To detect security incidents and protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, including, when necessary, to prosecute those responsible for such activities.

Please note that the examples provided above are illustrative and not intended to be exhaustive. For more details on how we use this information, please refer to the "Use of Your Personal Data" section.

If we decide to collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information we collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes, we will update this Privacy Policy.

Disclosure of Personal Information for Business Purposes or Commercial Purposes We may use or disclose and may have used or disclosed in the last twelve (12) months the following categories of personal information for business or commercial purposes:

Category A: Identifiers Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)) Category D: Commercial information Category F: Internet or other similar network activity

Please note that the categories listed above are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal information were in fact disclosed, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have been disclosed.

When we disclose personal information for a business purpose or a commercial purpose, we enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to both keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract.

Share of Personal Information We may share your personal information identified in the above categories with the following categories of third parties:

* Service Providers
* Payment processors
* Our affiliates
* Our business partners
* Third-party vendors to whom you or your agents authorize us to disclose your personal information in connection with products or services we provide to you

Your Rights under the CCPA The CCPA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. If you are a resident of California, you have the following rights:

The right to notice. You have the right to be notified which categories of Personal Data are being collected and the purposes for which the Personal Data is being used. The right to request. Under CCPA, you have the right to request that we disclose information to you about our collection, use, sale, disclosure for business purposes and share of personal information. Once we receive and confirm your request, we will disclose to you: The categories of personal information we collected about you The categories of sources for the personal information we collected about you Our business or commercial purpose for collecting that personal information The categories of third parties with whom we share that personal information The specific pieces of personal information we collected about you The right to delete Personal Data. You have the right to request the deletion of your Personal Data, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your request, we will delete (and direct our Service Providers to delete) your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies. We may deny your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our Service Providers to: Complete the transaction for which we collected the personal information, provide a good or service that you requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform our contract with you. Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities. Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality. Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law. Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.). Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information's deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research's achievement, if you previously provided informed consent. Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us. Comply with a legal obligation. Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which you provided it.

The right not to be discriminated against. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of your consumer's rights, including by: Denying goods or services to you Charging different prices or rates for goods or services, including the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties Providing a different level or quality of goods or services to you Suggesting that you will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services

Exercising Your CCPA Data Protection Rights To exercise any of your rights under the CCPA, and if you are a California resident, you can contact us at <flarefireofficial@gmail.com>

Only you, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable request related to your personal information.

Your request to us must: Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it

We cannot respond to your request or provide you with the required information if we cannot: Verify your identity or authority to make the request And confirm that the personal information relates to you

We will disclose and deliver the required information free of charge within 45 days of receiving your verifiable request. The time period to provide the required information may be extended once by an additional 45 days when reasonably necessary and with prior notice.

Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the verifiable request's receipt.

For data portability requests, we will select a format to provide your personal information that is readily useable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.

"Do Not Track" Policy as Required by California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA) Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals.

However, some third-party websites do keep track of your browsing activities. If you are visiting such websites, you can set your preferences in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable DNT by visiting the preferences or settings page of your web browser.

Children's Privacy Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

**Your California Privacy Rights (California's Shine the Light law)**

Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (California's Shine the Light law), California residents with an established business relationship with us can request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes.

If you'd like to request more information under the California Shine the Light law, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below.

**California Privacy Rights for Minor Users (California Business and Professions Code Section 22581)**

California Business and Professions Code section 22581 allow California residents under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites, services or applications to request and obtain removal of content or information they have publicly posted.

To request removal of such data, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with Your account.

Be aware that Your request does not guarantee complete or comprehensive removal of content or information posted online and that the law may not permit or require removal in certain circumstances.

**Links to Other Websites**

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

**Changes to this Privacy Policy**

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

**Contact Us**

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us: <admin@sparklesnft.com>

If you have any queries or complaints about our collection, use or storage of your Personal Data, or if you wish to exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal information, please contact our Data Protection Officer (“DPO”) at <admin@sparklesnft.com>. We will investigate and attempt to resolve any such complaint or dispute regarding the use or disclosure of your Personal Data.
