Introduction

Welcome to the Hedgie website located at https://www.hedgie.io Protecting your personal information and respecting your privacy is very important to Hedgie Inc.

Hedgie Inc. (“We”, “Us” and/or “Our”), owns and operates the https://www.hedgie.io website (the “Site”). We have adopted this Privacy Policy to inform users of the Site how we collect, store and use Personal Information submitted by users. We have developed this policy to comply and be consistent with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”), and other relevant privacy laws.

Consent

BY USING THE SITE, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO OUR COLLECTION, USE, TRANSFER AND STORAGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY OF ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION OR OTHER INFORMATION RECEIVED BY US A RESULT OF SUCH USE.

Minors

Consistent with our Terms of Use, minors must have parental consent to use the service/register and provide us with your personal information. We reserve the right to request proof of parental consent. Please do not send any personal information about yourself to us without prior consent from your parent or guardian, and please do not send any personal information other than what we request from you in connection with this Site.

If we learn we have collected personal information from a minor without parental consent being obtained, or if we learn a minor has provided us personal information beyond what we request from him or her, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.

If you are under 13 years of age, pursuant to our Terms of Use, you are restricted from using this Site or sending us any information whatsoever. If we learn we have collected personal information from a child under 13 years of age, then we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that a user under 13 years of age may have provided us with personal information in violation of this section, please contact us via email:hedgie@hedgie.io.

Information We Collect

a. Personal Information; EMAIL, METAMASK LOGIN

Personal information is any information recorded in any form that identifies or can identify you as an individual and includes any information provided to us by you in using the Site and services (“Personal Information”). This may include certain registration information and user profile information that you provide to us in creating your account to use the Site and services, such as your name, email address, current IP address and / or geographical location, and public key of your Metamask wallet.

To use the Hedgie Site, you must first create an account by providing your email and password, and agreeing to terms of use. You can then interact with all website functionality with the exception of syncing your purchased Hedgie(s) to Blockchain, or purchasing a Hedgie with ETH crypto currency. In order to purchase a Hedgie with ETH, and/or sync your purchased Hedgie(s) with Ethereum Blockchain, you first must install the Google Chrome web browser. Once you have installed Chrome, you will need to install a browser extension called MetaMask. At that point your site account will be connected with your MetaMask, and will unlock full Blockchain-related features of the website.

This Privacy Policy applies to information collected by Hedgie through your login to the Site and connecting your Metamask, however, your sharing of any content from the Site through any third party social media websites or services, is covered by the privacy policies and terms of use of those websites or services, as applicable.

b. Non-Personally Identifiable Information

Personal Information does not include information that is aggregated in such a manner that it cannot be connected to you (“Non-Personally Identifiable Information”). The Site uses certain technologies that are designed to monitor the performance of the Site and to enhance the usability of our Site for each user. Each time you visit the Site, we may collect information specifically related to that session. For example, we may collect information such as the length of time you visited the site, the pages you visited, the type of browser used to access our site as well as to track the number of visitors to the site. None of the foregoing by itself or together can be tracked to aspecific individual's personally identifiable information.

Other information passively collected by us is in the form of logs - files that record Site activity and gather statistics about webusers' browsing habits. These entries are generated anonymously, and help us determine (among other things) how many and how often users have visited our Site, which pages they have visited, and other similar data. We may use the log file entries for our internal traffic and demographic studies, so we can constantly improve the online services we provide you. Log files are used internally only, and are not associated with any particular user, computer, or browser.

Our Site webpages contain electronic images known as Web beacons (sometimes also called pixels, pixel tags, web beacons, or web bugs) and are used along with cookies to compile aggregated statistics to analyze how our site is used and may be used in some of our emails to let us know which emails and links have been opened by recipients. This allows us to gauge the effectiveness of our communications and promotional campaigns. We do not combine information gathered through clear GIFs with your personal information.

We use Google Analytics which uses cookies to track non-personally identifiable information about traffic and visitors to our Site in the aggregate to compile statistical reports about the activity on the Site as well as to benchmark this Site to other third parties who also use Google Analytics. This information is used by us to improve the Site and its functionality.

Why do We collect, use and disclose your Personal Information?

We collect Personal Information for the following purposes:

• to provide services through our Site and to our users;
• to establish, administer and maintain responsible commercial relations and to communicate with our users in order to provide service.
• to lenders, financers, investors, collection agents, counterparties to agreements and others having or potentially engaging in business relations with us;
• to respond to any correspondence you may direct to us;
• to understand our users’ needs and preferences;
• to direct advertisements to you about goods and services of interest to you;
• to establish your identification;
• to verify some of the information You give Us;
• to manage and administer accounts;
• to protect you and us from error and fraud;
• to meet the requirements of applicable law, governmental or regulatory authority or other law enforcement purposes; and
• for any other reasonable purposes for which You may have provided your express consent or in which your consent can be reasonably implied.

How do We use Non-Personally Identifiable Information?

The Non-Personally Identifiable Information collected through your use of the Site may be used to provide relevant content; monitor website traffic; collect statistical data; determine the effectiveness of advertisements and content; and collect data across multiple websites to categorize likely consumer interest segments for use in improving Site user experience.

Consent

We respect your privacy and, unless otherwise required by law, we will not collect, use or disclose your Personal Information without your prior consent. Your consent may be expressed or implied. You may expressly give your consent in writing, verbally or through any electronic means. In certain circumstances, your consent may be implied by your actions. For example, providing us Personal Information to register for our services is implied consent to use such information to provide you the associated services.

Where appropriate, we will generally seek consent for the use or disclosure of the information at the time of collection. In certain circumstances, consent with respect to use or disclosure may be sought after the information has been collected but before use (for example, when we want to use information for a purpose other than those identified above). In obtaining consent, we will use reasonable efforts to ensure that a user is advised of the identified purposes for which

Personal Information collected will be used or disclosed.

You may withdraw consent at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice. In order to withdraw consent, you must provide notice to us in writing.

How and when do we use and disclose your Personal Information?

We may use or disclose your Personal Information:

• for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy; or
• for any additional purposes for which we have obtained your consent to the use or disclosure of your Personal Information.

We may use or disclose your personal information without your knowledge or consent where we are permitted or required by applicable law or regulatory body.

In addition:

Agents, Contractors, Suppliers and Affiliated Companies (“Affiliates”):

• We may sometimes engage third party suppliers, contractors and agents and other parties who require such information to assist us with establishing, maintaining and managing our relationship with you. For instance, we use a third party service to help us email you important information: Send Grid.
• Such third parties will only use your Personal Information for the purposes identified in this Privacy Policy.
• We may also share your Personal Information with our subsidiaries and/or affiliates for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.
• Only we and our Affiliates’ employees and/or contractors with a business need to know, or whose duties reasonably so require, are granted access to Personal Information. All such persons will be required as a condition of employment to contractually respect the confidentiality of the Personal Information

Business Transactions:

• In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar event, we may transfer your Personal Information to a successor or acquirer of Hedgie Inc. (or its assets).
• We may also share your Personal Information to lenders, financers, investors, collection agents, counterparties to agreements and others having or potentially engaging in business relations with us.
• In the event your Personal Information is disclosed to a third party pursuant to the above paragraphs, we will ensure that the third party has entered into an agreement under which the collection, use and disclosure of the information is related to those purposes that relate to the transaction and in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Retention; Editing Your Personal Information

We will retain Personal Information for only as long as required to fulfill the identified purposes or as required by law. Personal information that is no longer required to fulfill the identified purposes will be destroyed, erased or made anonymous according to the guidelines and procedures established by us.

If you wish to request that we edit or no longer use your information, please contact us via email hedgie@hedgie.io.

How can I Access my Personal Information?

Upon request, we will provide information to you regarding the existence, use and disclosure of your Personal Information and you shall be given access to that information. You may challenge the accuracy and completeness of the information and request to have it amended as appropriate.

NOTE: In certain circumstances, we may not be able to provide access to all of your Personal Information. Exceptions may include information that is prohibitively costly to provide, information that contains references to other individuals, information that cannot be disclosed for legal, security or commercial proprietary reasons, or information that is subject to solicitor-client or litigation privilege. We will provide the reasons for denying access upon request.

Data May Be Stored in USA

Currently personal information you submit is stored only in Canada. However, it may be transferred to, processed on, and stored on, our servers, which may be located in the USA. By submitting your personal information, you agree that as a result, US governments, courts, law enforcement or regulatory agencies may be able to obtain disclosure of your information in compliance with USA laws, regulations or court orders.

Safeguards

We have taken steps to assure that all information collected will remain secure and in its original form, i.e., free from any alteration. As such, access to all Personal Information is strictly controlled. We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures in an effort to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online.

Release

You acknowledge that we cannot ensure the security or privacy of information and/or content you provide through the Internet, and you release us from any and all liability in connection with the use of such content by other parties, including, without limitation, the use or disclosure of any information by or to third parties by credit reporting agencies or credit bureaus.

Third Party Links

Third party products or services included or offered via our Site have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content or activities of these linked sites.

How to Contact Us; PIPEDA

In compliance with Canadian law, if you have any questions, comments or complaints about how we use your information, please contact Our Privacy Officer.

Contact: Privacy Officer

Via mail: Hedgie Inc., Attention: Privacy Officer, 813 – 66 Broadway Ave., Toronto, ON, M4P 1T6

Email: hedgie@hedgie.io

Anti-Spam Policy

We maintain a strict no-spam policy. If you receive unsolicited email from us, our vendors, or agents, please notify us via email hedgie@hedgie.io. Include the offending email with all the headers intact. Please be aware that it is not uncommon for spammers tohide behind someone else's email account, as well as use mail servers that they do not own.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on the Site, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on the Site (e.g. on the home page).

All such changes are effective as of the date of posting.