Privacy Policy

Last Modified: January 9, 2023

This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) is published by Parcel Technologies, Inc. (referred to in this Privacy Policy as “Parcel,” “we” “us” or “our”) to explain our privacy practices for any information received through the website https://parcel.so/, which provides access to the Parcel Marketplace (the “Marketplace”), the Parcel Creatorverse (the “Creatorverse”), and Parcel Learn (“Learn”) (each, a “Service,” and collectively, the “Services”).

By using the Services you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, including having your Personal Information (as defined below) used in any of the ways described in this Privacy Policy, do not provide us with your information. Please note, however, that if you don’t provide us with your information, you may not be able to use certain parts or features of the Services.

1. Changes and Updates to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to revise or update this Privacy Policy at any time, and you agree to be bound by those revisions or updates. We will notify you of any changes to the Privacy Policy by posting the revised or updated Privacy Policy and its “Last Modified” on this website. Your use of the Services thereafter constitutes your agreement to and acceptance of the Privacy Policy and its revisions or updates. You should periodically read the Privacy Policy to learn of any revisions or updates.

2. Collection and Use of Your Personal Information

2.1 Collection Sources. Our Services may permit you the opportunity to provide us with Personal Information. As used in this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” means any information that may be used, either alone or in combination with other information, to personally identify an individual as defined by applicable laws. We may collect certain information, including Personal Information, from and about our users in various ways:

directly from you;
automatically when you use Our Services;
third parties.

2.2 Processing Purposes. Parcel processes the following types of Personal Information for the following lawful purposes and based upon the legal justification set forth in the parenthetical:

Your submission of profile information (CONSENT)
Processing Personal Information in order to fulfill an order or provide Services (CONSENT, CONTRACT, LEGITIMATE INTEREST)
Your submission of Personal Information when contacting us for customer service, to provide feedback or for other purposes not otherwise described here (CONSENT, LEGITIMATE INTEREST)
Your submission of Personal Information to our third party vendors for Services (CONSENT, CONTRACT, LEGITIMATE INTEREST)
Collection of Personal Information through the Services (CONSENT, LEGITIMATE INTEREST)
Payment (CONTRACT, LEGITIMATE INTEREST)
Other information you voluntarily provide (CONSENT)

2.3 Legal Basis. We process your Personal Information with your consent, for a legitimate interest, or subject to the performance of a contract to which you are a party or, alternatively, in order to take steps at your request to enter into an agreement. You have the right to withdrawal your consent at any time.

3. Information Collected Directly from You

Display Name.
Email address.
Social Media handles.
Other personal information you may voluntarily provide to us, for example information you share with us in the “about” section of your Creatorverse profile.

4. Information Automatically Collected When You Use Our Services

We may automatically collect data about you when you use our Services including the website. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics so that we can improve our Services. This information may include:

device and usage information, such as your IP address
browser and device characteristics
operating system
language preferences
referring URLs
device name
country or location
information, including preferences or characteristics, about how and when you use our Services
Internal automations/system settings
“cookies” and other tracking technologies like pixel tags and web beacons, often called “smart cookies.” Please see our Cookie Policy below for more information.

5. Information collected from third parties

We may receive Personal Information and/or anonymous data about you from companies that offer their products and/or services for use in conjunction with our Services or whose products and/or services may be linked from our Services. For example, third-party wallet providers provide us with your blockchain address and certain other information you choose to share with those wallet providers. We may add this to the data we have already collected from or about you through our Services.

6. How We Use the Information Collected

We use the Personal Information we collect above to:

provide access to the Services you have requested, such as our newsletter, Marketplace, and Creatorverse.
respond to your questions and support you regarding the use of our Services
communicate with you about our Services
comply with applicable law and legal requirements, including valid court orders
design, improve, and administer our Services
analyze trends and statistics regarding use of our Services and future Service models
to market our Services to you
protect against and prevent fraud, unauthorized transactions, claims, and other liabilities for any other purpose if we anonymize the data such that it no longer reasonably identifies you or your household

7. How We Disclose the Information We Collect

We share some information with service providers and partners who assist us in operating the services and, in some cases, legal authorities.

With our service providers and partners
- We use third parties and vendors to help us operate and improve our services. These third parties assist us with various tasks, including website support, analytics, and marketing or promotional assistance. We do not allow these parties to use your information for any purpose other than to perform those services.
Remarketing
- Parcel uses remarketing programs allowing us to reach people who previously visited the parcel.so website and match those people with the appropriate message. For more information see our Advertising section below.
Other Situations. We may use and disclose information outside of our day-to-day business practices and in ways unrelated to our Services.
- In the Event of Merger, Sale, Divestitures or Change of Control. We may transfer or assign Personal Information to an entity that acquires or is merged with us as part of a merger, acquisition, sale of ownership or assets, or other change of control.
- Other Disclosures. We may disclose Personal Information about you if we have a good faith belief that disclosure of such information is helpful or reasonably necessary to: (i) comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; (ii) enforce our Terms of Service, including investigations of potential violations thereof; (iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud or security issues; or (iv) protect against harm to our, your, or third parties’ rights, property, or safety.

We do not sell your Personal Information for monetary or other valuable consideration.

8. Your Choices About Your Information

You have choices about how we use your information. Please understand that if you choose not to disclose information to us, it may affect your ability to use some features of our Services or products.

8.1 Marketing. If you have supplied your email address or phone number in relation to our membership, We may further send you emails and text messages to provide you with information, to inform you of new events or content, to solicit your feedback, or to keep you up to date on us. You can opt out of our marketing and promotional communications at any time by following the opt out prompts on these communications. You also may ask us not to send you other marketing communications by contacting us as specified in the "Contact Us" section below, and we will honor your request. Please note that even after you are removed from our marketing lists, we may still send you non-promotional communications, such as responding to service requests.

8.2 Advertisements. We use providers such as Google Ads, LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, and Youtube for advertisements and remarketing. Advertisements appearing on any of our Services may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Us and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

8.2.1 Advertisements. We and our service providers may use information about your interactions with our Services to predict your interests and select the ads you see on and off our Services. This is known as interest-based advertising. In providing interest-based ads, we follow the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising developed by the Digital Advertising Alliance ("DAA"). For more information about interest-based advertising and how you can opt out, visit:
- Digital Advertising Alliance: http://www.aboutads.info/choices/
- Network Advertising Initiative: http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/

9. Third Party Links.

Our website may link to third-party websites, online Services, or mobile applications and/or contain advertisements from third parties that are not affiliated with us—and which may link to other websites, Services, or applications. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy or practices of other websites or third parties. We do not make any guarantee regarding those third-party websites, services, or applications, and we are not liable for any loss or damage caused by the use of such sites. Any data collected by third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy. You should review the policies of the third parties and contact them directly if you have any questions about their services or practices.

10. Third-Party Wallets.

To use our Services, you must use a third-party wallet which allows you to engage in transactions on public blockchains. Your interactions with any third-party wallet provider are governed by the applicable terms of service and privacy policy of that third party.

11. Correcting and Updating Your Information.

You may correct and update your information by editing your profile or by contacting us as directed in the Contact Us section below.

12. Confidentiality & Security.

Parcel values your privacy and is committed to protecting your information. We have appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards in place to ensure the integrity and security of your information. We undertake commercially reasonable efforts to guard against unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of Personal Information, which efforts you agree are sufficient, adequate, and complete.

13. Your Role in Your Privacy.

In some cases, we cannot control, and are not responsible for, information that is shared about you. For example:

Information You Share. Some of our Services may let you share information with others, such as via messaging and posts. Remember that when you share information publicly, it may be indexable by search engines or otherwise further disclosed.
Social Media Accounts. We maintain various social network accounts such as Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn. Please note that comments and information that you leave in such settings are likely to be broadly visible and may not be controlled by us. We are therefore not responsible for any information or messages you leave in such settings or for how such information may be used by others. Please review the terms of use and privacy policies of any social network platforms you use, as they will control your rights and responsibilities, and your use of those platforms is not covered by this Privacy Policy.

14. Information Retention.

We keep your Personal Information only as long as necessary to provide you with the our Services and for legitimate and essential business purposes, such as maintaining the performance of our Services, making data-driven business decisions about new features and offerings, complying with our legal obligations, and resolving disputes. We keep some of your personal information for as long as you have a profile for our Services.

15. Children.

We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children under the age of 16. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 16 years old. If you are under 16, please do not attempt to register for an Account or send any Personal Information about yourself to us. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received or collected Personal Information from a user of the Services who is under the age of 16, we will attempt to immediately delete that information from our files and records. Furthermore, we encourage users of the Services that are minors that are 16 years of age or older to ask their parents or guardians for permission before sending any information about themselves over the Internet. If you believe a child who is under the age of 16 has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us at the address listed above.

16. European Union & GDPR.

This Privacy Policy also applies to the processing of Personal Information of individuals located in the European Union. If you are located in the European Union, if the processing of your data is subject to the laws of a member state of the European Union by virtue of public international law, if your information is otherwise governed by European Union Law, or the processing activities are related to the offering of goods or services to data subjects in the European Union or the monitoring of individuals’ behavior that takes place within the European Union, please review carefully our General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Policy for more information regarding your rights and our activities relating to your Personal Information. If the GDPR section is applicable to your information, then other sections in this Privacy Policy still may apply to you but are subject to (and considered modified by) the GDPR section.

17. Contact Us.

If you have any specific questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us via [email protected].

Cookie Policy

Last Modified: January 9, 2023

Parcel uses cookies and similar technologies to deliver and improve our Services, including to create a more personalized experience, keep track of the products and services you request, assist with downloading or uploading content, perform site traffic analysis, and provide customized marketing.

This Cookie Policy is part of the Privacy Policy and explains these technologies, including first and third party cookies, pixels, web beacons, and flash cookies, and how you can control them. Our Services may include services provided by third parties, and the types of cookies and external sites listed in this Cookie Policy are intended to provide timely information. Nevertheless, the internet is a rapidly changing medium, and our Services and technologies may change from time to time. the You should check back periodically to review updates to this Cookie Policy, including changes to our Services, technologies, or partners.

1. What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work in a better, more efficient way. For example, they can recognize you and remember important information that will make your use of a website more convenient (e.g., by remembering your user preferences).

2. What cookies do we use?

Below are the different types of cookies we use to provide you with our best Services.

Strictly Necessary Cookies. These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but that will cause some parts of the site to not work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
Functionality Cookies. Functionality cookies allow us to remember the choices you make while browsing the Services and to provide enhanced and more personalized content and features, such as customizing a certain webpage, remembering if we have asked you to participate in a promotion, and for other services you request such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. In order to permit your connection to the Services, our servers receive and record information about your computer, device, and browser, potentially including your IP address, browser type, and other software or hardware information. If you access the Services from a mobile or other device, we may collect a unique device identifier assigned to that device (“UDID”), geolocation data, or other transactional information for that device. All of these features help us to improve your visit to the Services.
Analytics Cookies. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance.
- Google Analytics. We use third-party cookies such as Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”), to track your behavior online and gain statistical information in order to track the number of visits to the website, where each visitor came from (i.e. the website you visited prior to coming to the website) and where each visitor goes to from the website (i.e. the website you visit after leaving ours). A cookie is stored on your device (until your clear it) which is linked to your IP address. This allows us to track whether you return to the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage. To view an overview of the privacy of your Google Analytics cookies please go here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245. You may install a Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on by going here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.
- MixPanel. Mixpanel gathers information about what events, actions and activities users take on the website allowing us to understand interactions with our websites and ultimately improve the product experience and design for everyone. For more information about Mixpanel's cookies, please read their cookie policy: https://mixpanel.com/legal/privacy-policy/.
- Targeting Cookies. These cookies are used to record your visit to our website, the pages that you visit and links that you follow. The information collected by these cookies is used to show you ads for ideas you can start when you are browsing other sites that show ads, such as LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, Youtube, and Facebook.
- Social Media Cookies. Our website uses social media plugins (“Plugins”) from the social networks Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram to enable you to easily share information with others. You can identify a Plugin by the respective logo of the social network. When you visit our website, the operators of the social media plug-ins on our Website place cookies on your computer that enable them to recognize you on websites belonging to them and their affiliates and partners after you have visited our Website, or that enable them to add the information collected from your visit to our Website with your prior activity on their websites. The social media plug-ins collect this information about you whether or not you specifically interact with the plug-in, and this may enable social media companies to share information about your web-browsing navigational information with some of their other users. We do not control what information is collected by the Plugin operator or the information practices adopted by those social media companies. You can find information about the purpose and extent of information acquisition as well as how the information is processed further and used by the social networks, together with your rights and optional settings, in the privacy notices of the social networks. We may use information collected from the Plugins to learn about your interests and to help us better understand how to serve you. This information may include your preferences about how to contact you or further develop a business or professional relationship with you as well as demographic data.

3. How Can You Control Cookies?

Consent Tool. Our Cookie Consent tool can be utilized to customize your cookie preferences, and you can change it at any time by following the directives on the Cookie Consent tool. The tool will record when you have consented to our cookie policy and will ask for consent once a year to ensure users stay up to date with changes to our cookie and privacy policies. While strictly necessary cookies, cannot be disabled, you can use the Consent Tool to make choices about the use of marketing and performance cookies from our primary public website (parcel.so). Please note that the Consent Tool is unable to block cookies used on third party websites that are linked from our website.

Using Your Browser. Many of the cookies used on our website and through emails can be enabled or disabled through our Consent Tool or by disabling the cookies through your browser. To disable cookies through your browser, follow the instructions usually located within the “Help,” “Tools” or “Edit” menus in your browser. Please note that disabling a cookie or category of cookies does not delete the cookie from your browser unless manually completed through your browser function. Please note that by disabling or blocking any or all cookies, some features of the Services may not operate as intended, or you may not have access to features or personalization available through the Services.

Cookies Set in the Past. Collection of your data from our non-essential cookies can be deleted. If cookies are deleted, the information collected prior to the preference change may still be used. However, we will stop using the disabled cookie to collect any further information from your user experience.

4. How Do We Respond to DNT (“Do Not Track”) Browser Signals?

Some web browsers include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) setting that signals your preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected, including via the use of cookies. Because there is currently no uniform standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals, Parcel does not monitor or respond to DNT browser requests. However, you may still manage our use of specific types of cookies as set forth above.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Policy

In the event that we collect Personal Information (as defined in the GDPR) that is subject to the GDPR, this section will apply. Terms in this section are to be understood in a manner consistent with GDPR including the definitions of such terms in the GDPR. Such terms may have a different definition or meaning in other portions of this Privacy Policy because GDPR may not apply to those sections.

1. Identification of Data Controller: The Data Controller is Parcel. You may contact Parcel as set forth in the Contact Us Section below.

2. Identification of Primary Member State Supervisory/Data Protection Authority You have the right to lodge a complaint with us regarding the processing of your Personal Information. You also may lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authorities in the Member State where you habitually reside, work, or where an infringement occurred.

3. Processing Purposes and Legal Bases: Parcel processes your Personal Information for the lawful purposes, and under the legal bases, set forth in the Parcel Privacy Policy’s section regarding “Collection and Use of Your Personal Information.”

4. Onward Transfer: Parcel will not disclose Personal Information to a third party except as stated below:

We may disclose Personal Information to subcontractors and third-party agents. Before disclosing Personal Information to a subcontractor or third-party agent, we will obtain assurances by contractual agreement from the recipient that it will: (i) transfer such data only for limited and specified purposes; (ii) ascertain that the subcontractor or third-party agent is obligated to provide at least the same level of privacy protection as is required by the GDPR; (iii) take reasonable and appropriate steps to ensure that subcontractors and third-party agents effectively process the personal information transferred in a manner consistent with the organization's obligations under the GDPR; (iv) require subcontractors and third-party agents to notify the organization if it makes a determination that it can no longer meet its obligation to provide the same level of protection as is required by the GDPR; (v) upon notice, including under (iv), take reasonable and appropriate steps to stop and remediate unauthorized processing; and (vi) provide a summary or a representative copy of the relevant privacy provisions of its contract with subcontractors and third-party agents to the Supervisory Authorities upon request.

Parcel also may be required to disclose, and may disclose, Personal Information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including for the purpose of meeting national security or law enforcement requirements, or in the event of a merger or acquisition.

5. Retention of Personal Information:

Personal Information obtained by Parcel is adequate, relevant, and not excessive in relation to the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. The Personal Information is processed for purposes specified herein and will only be processed consistent with the purposes described herein. We will request only the minimum amount of information required to perform the applicable Services and will retain such information only for as long as necessary to provide the Services or for compatible purposes, such as to provide additional Services, to comply with legal requirements, or to preserve or defend our legal rights.

6. Data Subject Rights in the EU and UK

If you are a resident of the EEA, United Kingdom, or Switzerland you have the following data protection rights. You can exercise the rights listed below by emailing [email protected].

The right to access, correct, update, or request deletion of your Personal Information;
The right to object to the processing of your Personal Information by asking us to restrict processing of your Personal Information or request portability of your Personal Information; and
The right to withdraw your content at any time if we collected and processed your Personal Information with your consent
Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your Personal Information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent

7. Security:

See Parcel Privacy Policy’s section regarding “Confidentiality and Security” for more information about our security practices.

8. Transfers to the United States from the European Union

In using the Services, your Personal Information will be transferred to the United States, which is not recognized as a country having adequate safeguards for the protection of Personal Information. Parcel relies on Article 49 of the GDPR for transfers of data collected from Data Subjects in the EU and EEA. Transfers are made to Parcel only if the Data Subject has explicitly consented to the proposed transfer after having been informed of the possible risks of such transfers. Additionally, we transfer data as necessary for the performance of a contract between you as the Data Subject and Parcel as the Controller, to data processors who have an agreement with us that includes protecting your privacy and the security of your data, and in cases where your Personal Information is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures taken in accordance with your requests.

9. Contact Us.

If you have any specific questions about this Cookie Policy, you may contact us via [email protected].