Privacy Policy

Last modified: August 2025

Welcome! [Forte Foundation] and its affiliates (“Forte Foundation,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) maintains and operates www.fortefoundation.io to provide news, information, and updates about the Forte protocol.

This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) explains why and how we collect, use, and share information from visitors to our website, www.fortefoundation.io, and any other websites or pages that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Site”).

Forte Foundation is a data processor when providing our Site.

Please review this Privacy Policy carefully. Please also review our Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”), which also apply when you use the Site.

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Information You Provide to Us

We collect certain information when you contact us directly by completing an online form to learn more about the Company, requesting access to materials provided on our Site, submitting questions to our support team, or communicating with us for any other purpose. At times, the information we collect will include your email address and digital asset wallet (a “Wallet”).

Information We Collect Through Our Site

We may receive and store information about you, your wallet and your device(s) automatically when you navigate the Site, which may include:

Information related to the device and software you use to access the Site, such as your internet protocol (“IP”) address, mobile device identification, web browser type, operating system version, and other similar information; and

Information about your interactions with the Site, such as the specific pages you visit, content you view, date and time of your visits, and, as applicable, the website you visited before you came to the Site.

Information We May Receive From Third-Party Sources

We also may receive information about you, your Wallet, other service providers, and/or your device from third-party sources, including:

  • Providers of third party cryptocurrency wallets, including your Wallet identification number.

  • Public or Layer 1 blockchain data.

  • Analytics providers that track usage of our Site.

We also may host, or engage third parties to host, information about you, or manage servers in which your information is stored, on behalf of select third-party partners and service providers in order to allow you to engage in our services. Information we collect through our service providers and business partners may include your name and email address.

Information From Cookies and Similar Technologies

We and our third-party partners may collect information about you and/or your device(s) using cookies, pixel tags, or similar technologies. Our third-party partners, such as analytics and advertising partners, may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across different services. Cookies are small text files containing a string of alphanumeric characters. We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A session cookie disappears after you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to our Site.

Please review your web browser’s “Help” file to learn the proper way to modify your cookie settings. Please note that if you delete or choose not to accept cookies from the Site, you may not be able to utilize the features of the Site to their fullest potential.

There are also online tools available for clearing all cookies left behind by the websites you have visited, such as www.allaboutcookies.org; and for users in the EEA & UK, https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/.

Most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of Interest Based Advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.

2. HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We may use the information we collect or receive about you to:

  1. Communicate with you, provide you with updates and other information about our product and services, provide information you request, respond to questions, and otherwise provide customer support;

  2. Provide, maintain, improve, and develop both our Site and new products, services, features, and functionalities;

  3. Engage in marketing and advertising which you have previously agreed to and would have the ability to opt out of at your discretion, such as developing and providing promotional and advertising materials that may be relevant, valuable, or otherwise of interest to you;

  4. Understand and analyze how you use the Site;

  5. Manage and secure our Site, network systems, APIs and other assets;

  6. Find and prevent fraud, and respond to trust and safety issues that may arise;

  7. Comply with our legal and regulatory obligations in all relevant jurisdictions; and

  8. Manage our everyday business needs, including auditing, enforcing our Terms of Use or other legal rights, or as may be required by applicable laws and regulations or requested by any judicial process or governmental agency.

We also may use your information for any other purpose(s) disclosed to you at the time we collect or receive the information.

We may use the information we collect or receive about you to:

  1. Communicate with you, provide you with updates and other information about our product and services, provide information you request, respond to questions, and otherwise provide customer support;

  2. Provide, maintain, improve, and develop both our Site and new products, services, features, and functionalities;

  3. Engage in marketing and advertising which you have previously agreed to and would have the ability to opt out of at your discretion, such as developing and providing promotional and advertising materials that may be relevant, valuable, or otherwise of interest to you;

  4. Understand and analyze how you use the Site;

  5. Manage and secure our Site, network systems, APIs and other assets;

  6. Find and prevent fraud, and respond to trust and safety issues that may arise;

  7. Comply with our legal and regulatory obligations in all relevant jurisdictions; and

  8. Manage our everyday business needs, including auditing, enforcing our Terms of Use or other legal rights, or as may be required by applicable laws and regulations or requested by any judicial process or governmental agency.

We also may use your information for any other purpose(s) disclosed to you at the time we collect or receive the information.

2. HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We may use the information we collect or receive about you to:

  1. Communicate with you, provide you with updates and other information about our product and services, provide information you request, respond to questions, and otherwise provide customer support;

  2. Provide, maintain, improve, and develop both our Site and new products, services, features, and functionalities;

  3. Engage in marketing and advertising which you have previously agreed to and would have the ability to opt out of at your discretion, such as developing and providing promotional and advertising materials that may be relevant, valuable, or otherwise of interest to you;

  4. Understand and analyze how you use the Site;

  5. Manage and secure our Site, network systems, APIs and other assets;

  6. Find and prevent fraud, and respond to trust and safety issues that may arise;

  7. Comply with our legal and regulatory obligations in all relevant jurisdictions; and

  8. Manage our everyday business needs, including auditing, enforcing our Terms of Use or other legal rights, or as may be required by applicable laws and regulations or requested by any judicial process or governmental agency.

We also may use your information for any other purpose(s) disclosed to you at the time we collect or receive the information.

3. HOW WE SHARE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We may share the information we collect about you with the following categories of third parties:

  1. Affiliates. We may share any information we receive with our affiliates for any of the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

  2. Vendors, Contractors and Service Providers. We may share any information we receive with vendors, contractors, payment processors and service providers we use to support our business or provide the Site, such as companies that provide web hosting, information technology, payment processing, customer service, and other similar administration and support services. In such cases, Forte Foundation will enter into appropriate contracts which require these vendors and service providers to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures.

  3. Analytics Partners. We use analytics services such as Google Analytics and others to collect and process certain analytics data. These services also may collect information about your use of other websites, apps, and online resources. You can learn more about Google’s practices by visiting Google’s website. To help us understand how you use the Site and to help us improve them, we automatically receive information about your interactions with the Site, like the pages or content you view and the dates and times of your visits.

  4. As Required by Law and Similar Disclosures. We may access, preserve, and disclose your information if we believe doing so is required or appropriate to: (a) comply with law enforcement requests from any applicable jurisdiction and legal process, such as a regulator request, court order, civil discovery request, warrants or subpoena; (b) respond to your requests; or (c) protect your, our, or others’ rights, property, or safety.

  5. Merger, Sale, or Other Asset Transfers. We may transfer your information to service providers, advisors, potential transactional partners, or other third parties in connection with the consideration, negotiation, or completion of a corporate transaction in which we are acquired by or merged with another company or we sell, liquidate, or transfer all or a portion of our assets. The use of your information following any of these events will be governed by the provisions of this Privacy Policy in effect at the time the applicable information was collected.

We may share the information we collect about you with the following categories of third parties:

  1. Affiliates. We may share any information we receive with our affiliates for any of the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

  2. Vendors, Contractors and Service Providers. We may share any information we receive with vendors, contractors, payment processors and service providers we use to support our business or provide the Site, such as companies that provide web hosting, information technology, payment processing, customer service, and other similar administration and support services. In such cases, Forte Foundation will enter into appropriate contracts which require these vendors and service providers to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures.

  3. Analytics Partners. We use analytics services such as Google Analytics and others to collect and process certain analytics data. These services also may collect information about your use of other websites, apps, and online resources. You can learn more about Google’s practices by visiting Google’s website. To help us understand how you use the Site and to help us improve them, we automatically receive information about your interactions with the Site, like the pages or content you view and the dates and times of your visits.

  4. As Required by Law and Similar Disclosures. We may access, preserve, and disclose your information if we believe doing so is required or appropriate to: (a) comply with law enforcement requests from any applicable jurisdiction and legal process, such as a regulator request, court order, civil discovery request, warrants or subpoena; (b) respond to your requests; or (c) protect your, our, or others’ rights, property, or safety.

  5. Merger, Sale, or Other Asset Transfers. We may transfer your information to service providers, advisors, potential transactional partners, or other third parties in connection with the consideration, negotiation, or completion of a corporate transaction in which we are acquired by or merged with another company or we sell, liquidate, or transfer all or a portion of our assets. The use of your information following any of these events will be governed by the provisions of this Privacy Policy in effect at the time the applicable information was collected.

We may share the information we collect about you with the following categories of third parties:

  1. Affiliates. We may share any information we receive with our affiliates for any of the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

  2. Vendors, Contractors and Service Providers. We may share any information we receive with vendors, contractors, payment processors and service providers we use to support our business or provide the Site, such as companies that provide web hosting, information technology, payment processing, customer service, and other similar administration and support services. In such cases, Forte Foundation will enter into appropriate contracts which require these vendors and service providers to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures.

  3. Analytics Partners. We use analytics services such as Google Analytics and others to collect and process certain analytics data. These services also may collect information about your use of other websites, apps, and online resources. You can learn more about Google’s practices by visiting Google’s website. To help us understand how you use the Site and to help us improve them, we automatically receive information about your interactions with the Site, like the pages or content you view and the dates and times of your visits.

  4. As Required by Law and Similar Disclosures. We may access, preserve, and disclose your information if we believe doing so is required or appropriate to: (a) comply with law enforcement requests from any applicable jurisdiction and legal process, such as a regulator request, court order, civil discovery request, warrants or subpoena; (b) respond to your requests; or (c) protect your, our, or others’ rights, property, or safety.

  5. Merger, Sale, or Other Asset Transfers. We may transfer your information to service providers, advisors, potential transactional partners, or other third parties in connection with the consideration, negotiation, or completion of a corporate transaction in which we are acquired by or merged with another company or we sell, liquidate, or transfer all or a portion of our assets. The use of your information following any of these events will be governed by the provisions of this Privacy Policy in effect at the time the applicable information was collected.

4. LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

To the extent required by applicable law, we rely on the following legal bases for processing your personal information:

  • With your consent.

  • To perform any contracts with and provide services to you.

  • For the legitimate interests of Forte Foundation, such as in connection with security or improvements.

  • To comply with legal obligations, including all applicable laws, rules or regulations.

What does each legal base mean?

Consent: You have given clear consent to process your personal data for a specific purpose. You can choose to withdraw your consent using specific features provided to enable you to withdraw consent, like an email unsubscribe link.

Contract: Processing your data is necessary for a contract you have with us, or because we have asked you to take specific steps before entering into that contract.

Legitimate interests: Processing your data is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, provided your rights and interests do not outweigh those interests. These legitimate interests are:

  • gaining insights from your behavior on our Site

  • delivering, developing, and improving the Site

  • determining whether marketing campaigns are effective

  • enhancing data security

In each case, these legitimate interests are only valid if they are not outweighed by your rights and interests.

6. CHOICES REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION

You have certain choices with respect to the information we collect about you.

You can turn off cookies in your browser by changing its settings: As described in the Cookies and Similar Technologies section above, you can block cookies by activating a setting on your browser allowing you to refuse cookies, and you can also delete cookies through your browser settings.

You can ask us not to use your data for marketing: We will inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for marketing and if third parties are involved. You can opt out from marketing communications and promotional email through the Unsubscribe link provided in the email, or by emailing us at support@fortefoundation.io.

7. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES AND SERVICES

The Site may contain links to other websites, products, or services that we do not own or operate. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties who themselves would act as controllers for information that is provided in those contexts. Please be aware that this Privacy Policy does not apply to your activities on these third-party services or any information you disclose to these third parties. We encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing any information to them.

8. SECURITY & RETENTION

8. SECURITY & RETENTION

8. SECURITY & RETENTION

We make reasonable efforts to protect your information by implementing and maintaining appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard the information we maintain.

We will retain your personal information until the sooner of (i) the information is no longer necessary to accomplish the purpose for which it was provided, (ii) there is no ongoing business reason to keep the information, or (iii) until you request that your account be deleted.

We may retain your information for longer periods for specific purposes to the extent that we are obliged to do so in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and/or as necessary to protect our legal rights or for certain business requirements.

9. INTERNATIONAL VISITORS & DATA TRANSFERS

9. INTERNATIONAL VISITORS & DATA TRANSFERS

9. INTERNATIONAL VISITORS & DATA TRANSFERS

Our Site is hosted in the Cayman Islands. If you choose to use the Site from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or other regions of the world with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from United States law, then please note that you are transferring your personal information outside of those regions to the United States for storage and processing. Also, we may transfer your data from the United States to other countries or regions in connection with storage and processing of data, fulfilling your requests, and operating the Site.

10. EEA AND UK DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS

10. EEA AND UK DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS

10. EEA AND UK DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS

You can exercise your rights by sending us an email at support@fortefoundation.io. You are not required to pay a fee for exercising your rights, and if you make a request, we have 30 days to respond to you. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may charge a ’reasonable fee’ for the administrative costs of complying with a request if it is manifestly unfounded or excessive, or if an individual requests further copies of their data. Also, the time period may be extended by an additional two months if the request is complex or if we receive a number of requests from the same individual. Please note that we may verify your identity before we are able to process any of the requests described in this Section, and in our discretion, deny your request if we are unable to verify your identity.

Under data protection laws, your rights generally include:

  • The Right of Access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

  • The Right to Data Portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the information you gave us to another organization, or to you, in certain circumstances.

  • The Right to Rectification/Correction – You have the right to ask us to correct information you think is inaccurate, and to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

  • The Right to Erasure/Deletion – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

  • The Right to Restrict Processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your information in certain circumstances.

  • The Right to Object to Processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

  • The Right to Lodge a Complaint – You can file a complaint regarding our use of your data directly with Forte Foundation by emailing us at support@fortefoundation.io, or by contacting our UK and EU representatives.

If your request or concern is not satisfactorily resolved by us, you may approach your local EU data protection authority: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.html.

If you are located in the UK, you can approach the ICO:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF7

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk

You can exercise your rights by sending us an email at support@fortefoundation.io. You are not required to pay a fee for exercising your rights, and if you make a request, we have 30 days to respond to you. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may charge a ’reasonable fee’ for the administrative costs of complying with a request if it is manifestly unfounded or excessive, or if an individual requests further copies of their data. Also, the time period may be extended by an additional two months if the request is complex or if we receive a number of requests from the same individual. Please note that we may verify your identity before we are able to process any of the requests described in this Section, and in our discretion, deny your request if we are unable to verify your identity.

Under data protection laws, your rights generally include:

  • The Right of Access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

  • The Right to Data Portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the information you gave us to another organization, or to you, in certain circumstances.

  • The Right to Rectification/Correction – You have the right to ask us to correct information you think is inaccurate, and to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

  • The Right to Erasure/Deletion – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

  • The Right to Restrict Processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your information in certain circumstances.

  • The Right to Object to Processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

  • The Right to Lodge a Complaint – You can file a complaint regarding our use of your data directly with Forte Foundation by emailing us at support@fortefoundation.io, or by contacting our UK and EU representatives.

If your request or concern is not satisfactorily resolved by us, you may approach your local EU data protection authority: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.html.

If you are located in the UK, you can approach the ICO:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF7

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk

You can exercise your rights by sending us an email at support@fortefoundation.io. You are not required to pay a fee for exercising your rights, and if you make a request, we have 30 days to respond to you. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may charge a ’reasonable fee’ for the administrative costs of complying with a request if it is manifestly unfounded or excessive, or if an individual requests further copies of their data. Also, the time period may be extended by an additional two months if the request is complex or if we receive a number of requests from the same individual. Please note that we may verify your identity before we are able to process any of the requests described in this Section, and in our discretion, deny your request if we are unable to verify your identity.

Under data protection laws, your rights generally include:

  • The Right of Access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

  • The Right to Data Portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the information you gave us to another organization, or to you, in certain circumstances.

  • The Right to Rectification/Correction – You have the right to ask us to correct information you think is inaccurate, and to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

  • The Right to Erasure/Deletion – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

  • The Right to Restrict Processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your information in certain circumstances.

  • The Right to Object to Processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

  • The Right to Lodge a Complaint – You can file a complaint regarding our use of your data directly with Forte Foundation by emailing us at support@fortefoundation.io, or by contacting our UK and EU representatives.

If your request or concern is not satisfactorily resolved by us, you may approach your local EU data protection authority: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.html.

If you are located in the UK, you can approach the ICO:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF7

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk

11. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

11. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

11. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use personal information from children under 13 years of age, and no part of our Site is directed to children. If you learn that a child has provided us with personal information in violation of this Privacy Policy, then you may alert us at support@fortefoundation.io.

12. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

12. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

12. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We will post any adjustments to the Privacy Policy on this page, and the revised version will be effective when it is posted. Please check the “Last Updated” legend at the top of this page to see when this Privacy Policy was last revised. If we materially change the ways in which we use or share information previously collected from you through the Site, we will notify you by email or other communication.

13. CONTACT US

13. CONTACT US

13. CONTACT US

If you have questions, comments, or concerns about your privacy on the Site or this Privacy Policy, please contact us at support@fortefoundation.io.