Last Updated: February 13, 2025
This Privacy Policy (the "Policy") is designed to help you understand how Jito Labs, Inc. ("Jito Labs", "we", "us," or "our") may collect, use, process, and disclose information in connection with your access and/or use of the website available at www.jito.wtf (the "Site"). Your use of the Site is subject to this Policy. Please read this Policy carefully to ensure you understand them.
This Policy does not apply to any products, services, websites, or content offered or provided by third parties and we are not responsible in any way for those third party offerings; please review any separate privacy policies or terms made available by those third parties.
We may update this Policy from time to time. If we make any changes, we will change the Last Updated date above. We encourage you to periodically review the Policy for the latest information on our privacy practices.
Any modifications to this Policy will be effective upon our posting of the updated Policy. In all cases, your continued use of the Site following the posting of any updated Policy indicates your acceptance of the updated Policy.
Information We Collect.
Information You Give Us
When you access the Site, we may collect the following information:
When you opt in to various programs, sign up to receive marketing information, request information about the Site, send in support requests/provide feedback or otherwise voluntarily interact with the Site:
Contact information, such as name, email address, profile picture, user name or social media information.
Your preferences for receiving marketing information and communication from us.
We may collect personal information from individuals when we attend or host conferences, trade shows, and other events.
We may collect personal information from individuals and third parties to assess and pursue potential business opportunities.
We may post job openings and opportunities on our Site. If you respond to one of these postings, we may collect your personal information, such as your application, CV, cover letter, and/or any other information you provide to us.
Information Collected Automatically
We may collect automatically certain limited information when you access, use, or interact with the Site, such as:
Device type, browser type and version
Operating system and version
IP address and other location information
Internet service provider
Publicly available blockchain data
Blockchain account information or wallet addresses
Analytics about aggregate numbers of users and usage types (e.g., number of page views, event counts, and aggregate acquisition metrics), and information such as how many users in the aggregate are using certain features; and aggregate location data across users including countries and regions from which users access the Site
For information about how we use tracking technology, please see our Cookie Policy.
Information From Third Parties
How We Use Information.
We use your information for various business and administrative purposes, such as:
Provide, maintain, support and improve the Site, respond to inquiries regarding the Site and respond to your feedback about the Site;
Detect, investigate and prevent fraudulent, abusive or harmful activities, including detecting potential security incidents;
Analyze usage trends to permit access to the Site;
Ensure internal quality control and safety;
Enforce this Policy and/or other policies;
Take certain actions that you have asked us to and provided consent for us to take;
Communicate with you about the Site, your activities on the Site and policy changes;
Processing applications if you apply for a job we post on our Site;
Comply with any legal or regulation obligations, including in the event we have a legal obligation to collect, use or retain information about you or comply with legal requests from government authorities or in private suits.
You agree and acknowledge that we may use information that does not identify you (including information that has been aggregated or de-identified) for any purpose except as prohibited by applicable law.
We may use personal information for other purposes that are clearly disclosed to you at the time you provide personal information or with your consent.
We may use personal information to create de-identified and/or aggregated information, such as demographic information, information about the device from which you access our Site, or other analyses we create.
How We Share Information.
We disclose your personal information to third parties for a variety of business purposes, including to provide our Site, to protect us or others, or in the event of a major business transaction such as a merger, sale, or asset transfer, as described below:
As described above in "Information We Collect," our Site may allow you to share personal information or interact with third parties (including individuals and third parties who do not use our Site and the general public), including those third-party service providers and vendors that assist us with the provision of our Site. This includes service providers and vendors that provide us with IT support, hosting, payment processing, customer service, and related services.
We may share your personal information with business partners if we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, purchase or sale of assets, or transition of service to another provider.
We may use third-party application program interfaces (“APIs”) and software development kits (“SDKs”) as part of the functionality of our Site. SDKs typically collect your mobile device identifier and information related to your use of the Site. SDKs may allow third parties including analytics and advertising partners to collect your information for various purposes including to provide analytics services and personalized advertising. For more information about our use of APIs and SDKs, please contact us as set forth in "Contact Us" below.
We may share information about you when we believe providing such information is necessary to comply with law, and other agreements with you, or protect the rights, property, or security of the Company, our agents and employees or users. This includes sharing information with other organizations for fraud prevention and detection purposes.
Location of Information.
Please be aware that information collected through the Site may be processed, stored, and used in the United States as well as other jurisdictions. Data protection laws in the United States may be different from those of your country of residence. Your use of the Site or provision of any information therefore constitutes your consent to the transfer to and from, processing, usage, sharing, and storage of information about you in the United States and other jurisdictions as set out in this Policy.
Access, Deletion, Choice.
If you need to update or delete certain information about you or your interactions with the Site, you can contact us for assistance at privacy@jito.wtf.
You may have choices about the collection and use of information about you. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to use the Site.
If you do not want to receive messages from us about the Site or other matters related to the Company and its technology, please adjust your communication preferences.
The help feature on most browsers and devices will tell you how to prevent your browser or device from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Please see our Cookie Policy for more information.
In accordance with applicable law, you may have the right to:
Confirm whether we are processing your personal information;
Access and port your personal information, including: (i) obtaining access to or a copy of your personal information; and (ii) receiving an electronic copy of personal information that you have provided to us, or asking us to send that information to another company in a structured, commonly used, and machine readable format (also known as the "right of data portability");
Request:
Correction of your personal information where it is inaccurate or incomplete;
Deletion of your personal information;
To opt-out of certain processing activities, including, as applicable, if we process your personal information for "targeted advertising" (as "targeted advertising" is defined by applicable privacy laws), if we "sell" your personal information (as "sell" is defined by applicable privacy laws), or if we engage in "profiling" in furtherance of certain "decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects" concerning you (as such terms are defined by applicable privacy laws);
Restriction of or object to our processing of your personal information;
Withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information. Please note that your withdrawal will only take effect for future processing, and will not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal; and
Appeal any decision to decline to process your request.
For additional information related to choices on data privacy in certain jurisdictions, please see Section 9 below.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us as set forth in "Contact Us" below. We will process such requests in accordance with applicable laws.
Children's Information.
The Site is intended for general users who are 18 years of age or older, and are in no way directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe such information has been collected in error, please email privacy@jito.wtf to notify us of this.
Retention of Information.
We store the personal information we collect as described in this Privacy Policy for as long as you use our Site, or as necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for which it was collected, provide our Site, resolve disputes, establish legal defenses, conduct audits, pursue legitimate business purposes, enforce our agreements, and comply with applicable laws.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we may consider applicable legal requirements, the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, certain risk factors, the purposes for which we process your personal information, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means.
Notices.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please Contact Us at privacy@jito.wtf.
If you interact with the Site on behalf of or through your organization, then your information may also be subject to your organization's privacy practices and you should direct privacy inquiries to your organization.
Additional Information for Certain Jurisdictions.
California
If you are a California resident, you have certain additional rights with respect to personal information about you under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA").
We are required to inform you of:
What categories of information we may collect about you, including during the preceding 12 months;
The purposes for which we may use your personal information, including during the preceding 12 months;
The purposes of which we may share your personal information, including during the preceding 12 months;
In the preceding 12 months, we have not sold any personal information of consumers.
You have the right to request to know: (i) the categories of personal information we have collected about you in the last 12 months; (ii) the specific pieces of personal information we have about you; (iii) the categories of sources from which that personal information was collected; (iv) the categories of your personal information that we sold or disclosed in the last 12 months, if applicable; (v) the categories of third parties to whom your personal information was sold or disclosed in the last 12 months; and (vi) the purpose for collecting and selling your personal information, if applicable. These rights are subject to limitations as described in the relevant law. We may deny your request if we need to do so to comply with our legal rights or obligations.
We will not discriminate against any user for exercising their CCPA rights.
You may exercise these rights yourself or you may designate an authorized agent to make these requests on your behalf. To protect your information, we may need to verify your identity before processing your request, including by collecting additional information to verify your identity, such as government issued identification documents. We will not fulfill your request unless you have provided sufficient information for us to reasonably verify you are the individual about whom we collected personal information. We will only use the personal information provided in the verification process to verify your identity or authority to make a request and to track and document request responses, unless you initially provided the information for another purpose. When we verify your agent's request, we may verify your identity and request a signed document from your agent that authorizes your agent to make the request on your behalf. To protect your personal information, we reserve the right to deny a request from an agent who does not submit proof that they have been authorized by you to act on their behalf.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@jito.wtf.
European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland
If you are a data subject in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you have certain rights with respect to your personal data pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union ("GDPR") and similar laws. This section applies to you.
References to "personal information" in this Policy are equivalent to "personal data" as defined under GDPR.
We process your personal data as necessary and in reliance on the legal bases below, in order to:
Provide access to and improve the Site;
Comply with applicable laws and our legal obligations, and prevent fraud;
Ensure safety and security of your data, the Site and the Company;
Send communications, or for research or analytics; and
Comply with your consent, which may be withdrawn at any time by communicating your withdrawal to us.
You may: (i) ask whether we have any personal data about you and request a copy of such personal data; (ii) request that we update or correct inaccuracies in your personal data; (iii) request that we delete your personal data; (iv) request a portable copy of your personal data; (v) request that we restrict the processing of your personal data if such processing is inappropriate; and (vi) object to our processing of your personal data. These rights are subject to applicable law.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us. To protect your information, we may need to verify your identity before processing your request, including by collecting additional information about your identity, such as government issued identification documents.
If your personal information is subject to the applicable data protection laws of the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority or attorney general if you believe our processing of your personal information violates applicable law.
All information processed by us may be transferred, processed, and stored anywhere in the world, including, but not limited to, the United States or other countries, which may have data protection laws that are different from the laws where you live. We endeavor to safeguard your information consistent with the requirements of applicable laws. To the extent that we transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, as applicable, we will do so in accordance with the terms of this Policy and applicable data protection law.