4. INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE

We may share information about you to provide the Services, for legal and investigative purposes, in connection with sweepstakes and promotions, or if we are part of a merger or acquisition. We may also share non-identifying information with third parties. You have choices as to whether we share your personal information with third parties for their marketing purposes.

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We may share aggregated Non-Identifying Information and we may otherwise disclose Non-Identifying Information (including, without limitation, Hashed Information) to third parties. We do not share your Personal Information with third parties for those third parties’ marketing purposes unless we first provide you with the opportunity to opt-in to or opt-out of such sharing. We may also share the information we have collected about you, including Personal Information, as disclosed at the time you provide your information, with your consent, as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy, or the following circumstances:

• Cryptocurrency Transaction Disclosure: Transactions that occur using cryptocurrencies create a publicly viewable record on the blockchain. No personally identifiable information is stored on the blockchain however wallet addresses and their transaction history are public and can be accessed by anyone.

• Information about Freelancers Shared with Clients, Agencies, PIXUL Payroll Vendors, and Partners of The PIXUL Foundation Initiative: We share information regarding Freelancers who have entered into a contract with a Client or who have elected to participate in PIXUL Payroll, including information work history, with Clients, Agencies and PIXUL Payroll vendors. Note that if a Freelancer is suspended from the PIXUL Service, we may share that information with Clients for whom that Freelancer has worked or submitted proposals for work. We may also share information with Agencies with whom Freelancers are associated for a particular work project. If you choose to view a job post or submit a proposal for work as a Freelancer via the Service, we may share relevant information with the applicable Client(s), including, but not limited to, the information contained in your Freelancer Profile. If you choose to participate in The PIXUL Foundation Initiative as a Freelancer, we may share information relevant to your participation in the program with partners of PIXUL who provide support to Freelancers through that program.

• Information about Clients and Agencies Shared with Freelancers: If you have entered into a service contract or agreed to use PIXUL Payroll with another user, we may provide him/her with your name, company address, billing address, or tax ID or VAT number to complete the transaction or to facilitate the resolution of a claim or dispute. The user receiving your information is not allowed to use it for purposes unrelated to the transaction, such as to contact you for marketing purposes, unless you have expressly consented to it.

• Service Providers: We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service, to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services (e.g., without limitation, maintenance services, database management, web analytics and online advertising, payment processing, fraud detection and improvement of PIXUL’s features) or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties may have access to your Personal Information to perform these tasks on our behalf.

• What Happens If You Agree to Receive Information from Third Parties or Request That We Share Your Information: You may be presented with an opportunity to receive information and/or marketing offers from one or more third parties. If you agree at that time to have your Personal Information shared, your Personal Information will be disclosed to that third party (or parties) and will be subject to the privacy policy and practices of that third party. We are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of third parties, and, if you later decide that you no longer want to receive communications from a third party, you will need to contact that third party directly. You also may request, sometimes through your use of an SNS or similar interactive feature or third-party application, that we share information about you with a third party and we will typically do so under those circumstances.

• Legal and Investigative Purposes: PIXUL will share information with government agencies as required by law in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements and, including without limitation, in connection with reporting earnings. We cooperate with government and law enforcement officials and private parties to enforce and comply with the law. We will disclose information about you to the government or law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to claims and legal process (including but not limited to subpoenas), or, at the request of governmental authorities or other third parties conducting an investigation where we determine in our sole discretion the disclosure is necessary to (a) protect the property and rights of PIXUL or a third party, (b) protect the safety of the public or any person, or (c) prevent or stop activity we may consider to be, or pose a risk of being, illegal, fraudulent, unethical or legally actionable activity.

• Internal and Business Transfers: PIXUL may share information, including Personal Information, with its parent company The Collective Crypto LLC., and any current or future subsidiaries or affiliates, primarily for business and operational purposes, including activities such as IT management, for them to provide services to you, or support and supplement the Services we provide. We may sell, transfer, or otherwise share some or all of our assets, including your Personal Information, in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets (including, in each case, as part of the due-diligence process with any potential acquiring entity) or in the event of bankruptcy.

• Sweepstakes, Contests, and Promotions: We may offer sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions (any, a “Promotion”) that may require registration. By participating in a Promotion, you are agreeing to the official rules that govern that Promotion, which may contain specific requirements of you, including, except where prohibited by law, allowing the sponsor(s) of the Promotion to use your name, voice, likeness, or other indicia of persona in advertising or marketing associated with the Promotion. If you choose to enter a Promotion, your Personal Information may be disclosed to third parties or the public in connection with the administration of such Promotion, including, without limitation, in connection with winner selection, prize fulfillment, and as required by law or permitted by the Promotion’s official rules, such as on a winner’s list.

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5. THIRD PARTY ANALYTICS PROVIDERS, AD SERVERS, AND SIMILAR THIRD PARTIES

We may work with advertising agencies and vendors who use technology to help us understand how people use our Site. These vendors may use technologies to serve you advertisements that may interest you. You can choose to opt-out of receiving interest-based advertising.

PIXUL works with (or may in the future work with) network advertisers, ad agencies, analytics service providers, and other vendors to provide us with information regarding traffic on the Service, including pages viewed and the actions taken when visiting the Service; to serve our advertisements on other websites, within mobile apps and elsewhere online; and to provide us with information regarding the use of the Service and the effectiveness of our advertisements. Our service providers may collect certain information about your visits to and activity on the Service as well as other websites or services, they may set and access their tracking technologies on your device (including cookies and web beacons) and may use that information to show you targeted advertisements. Some of these parties may collect Personal Information when you visit the Service or other online websites and services. We may also share certain Non-Identifying Information with these parties, including Hashed Information, in connection with the services they provide to us. If you wish to opt-out of interest-based advertising, click here (or if located in the European Union, click here). If you choose to opt-out, please note you will continue to receive generic ads.

While we may use a variety of service providers to perform advertising services, some of these companies are members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) or the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising. You may want to visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp, which provides information regarding targeted advertising and the “opt-out” procedures of NAI members. You may also want to visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, which provides information regarding targeted advertising and offers an “opt-out” by participating companies in the DAA Self-Regulatory Program.

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6. YOUR CHOICES AND RIGHTS

According to applicable law, you may have certain choices and rights associated with your personal information.

Communication Preferences.

• Registered PIXUL Users may update their choices regarding the types of communications they receive from us through your online account.

• You may opt out of receiving marketing emails from us by following the opt-out instructions provided in those emails. Please note that we reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to your account or use of the Service (for example, administrative and service announcements) via email and other means and these transactional account messages may be unaffected if you opt-out from receiving marketing communications.

• You may opt out of receiving text messages by replying “STOP” to any text message received.

• Registered PIXUL Users who access the Service by using a PIXUL mobile application may, with permission, receive push notifications. Similarly, registered PIXUL Users who access the Service by using certain desktop browsers may, with permission, receive push notifications. Notification preferences can be modified in the settings menu for the mobile application or the applicable browser.

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Data Subject Rights.

In accordance with applicable law, you may have the right to:

• Access Personal Information about you, including: (i) confirming whether we are processing your personal information; (ii) obtaining access to or a copy of your personal information.

• Request Correction of your personal information where it is inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated. In some cases, you can update your personal information by contacting us here info@pixul.io

• Request Deletion, Anonymization, or Blocking of your personal information when processing is based on your consent or when processing is unnecessary, excessive, or noncompliant. Note that if your information is deleted, then your account may become deactivated. If your account is deactivated or you ask to close your account, you will no longer be able to use the Service. If you would like to close your account in our system, you can do so through the PIXUL Service.

• Request Restriction of or Object to our processing of your personal information when processing is noncompliant.

• Withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information. If you refrain from providing personal information or withdraw your consent to the processing, some features of our Service may not be available.

• Request data portability and receive an electronic copy of the personal information that you have provided to us.

• Be informed about third parties with which your personal information has been shared.

• Request the review of decisions taken exclusively based on automated processing if that could affect data subject rights.

Please see our Privacy Center for more information or to submit a request to us regarding your Personal Information. PIXUL uses automated means to calculate the Job Success Score of Freelancers. If you believe that our services have miscalculated your Job Success Score or you would like to exercise any other rights with regard to your Personal Information, please email us at info@pixul.io for assistance. We may be able to assist you by conducting a manual review of your Job Success Score, such as by assessing whether the information you’ve provided us is accurate. While we strongly encourage you to first raise any questions or concerns about your Personal Information directly with us, you have a right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority and to seek judicial remedy.

We will use commercially reasonable efforts to honor your deletion requests; however, certain information will actively persist on the Service even if you close your account, including information in your Work Diaries and messages you posted to the Service. In addition, the rights described above may be limited, for example, if fulfilling your request would reveal personal information about another person, or if you ask us to delete the information we are required by law to keep or have compelling legitimate interests in keeping (such as for fraud prevention purposes). Your Personal Information may remain in our archives and information you update or delete, or information within a closed account may persist internally for our administrative purposes, to the extent permitted by law. In addition, we typically will not remove information you posted publicly through or on the Service. Bear in mind that neither you nor PIXUL can delete all copies of information that has been previously shared with others on the Service.

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7. SECURITY

We take several steps to protect your data, but no security is guaranteed.

PIXUL takes commercially reasonable steps to help protect and secure the information it collects and stores about PIXUL Users. All-access to the Site is encrypted using industry-standard transport layer security technology (“TLS”). When you enter sensitive information (such as tax identification number), we encrypt the transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology (“SSL”). We also use HTTP strict transport security to add an additional layer of protection for our PIXUL Users. But remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Thus, while we strive to protect your Personal Information, PIXUL cannot ensure and does not warrant the security of any information you transmit to us.

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8. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Because we are a U.S. company, we process and store your information in the United States and our service providers may process and store it elsewhere.

PIXUL is a U.S. company. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, PIXUL transfers Personal Information to the United States for processing, and our service providers may process Personal Information in the United States and elsewhere. These countries may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information. When we transfer your information to the United States, we will protect it as described in this Privacy Policy.

When we transfer Personal Information from territories in the EEA or with similar laws to our affiliates or service providers in the United States and elsewhere outside the EEA, we rely on approved data transfer mechanisms, which may include standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission and the Privacy Shield, as described below. You may request a copy of the standard contractual clauses relevant to your Personal Information, if any, using the contact information below.

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9. PRIVACY SHIELD NOTICE

PIXUL has certified that their U.S. operations adhere to the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks (“Privacy Shield”) with respect to the Personal Information that they receive in reliance on the Privacy Shield. Our Privacy Shield certification is available at https://www.privacyshield.gov/list. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, please visit https://www.privacyshield.gov.

When PIXUL or one of its affiliates receives Personal Information under the Privacy Shield and then transfers it to a third-party service provider acting as an agent on their behalf, PIXUL or its affiliate may have certain responsibility under the Privacy Shield if both (i) the agent processes the information in a manner inconsistent with the Privacy Shield and (ii) PIXUL or its affiliate is responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.

Covered European residents should contact PIXUL at the contact information below regarding PIXUL’s or its affiliates' compliance with the Privacy Shield. PIXUL will attempt to answer your questions and satisfy your concerns in a timely and complete manner as soon as possible. If, after discussing the matter with PIXUL, your issue or complaint is not resolved, PIXUL and the above-named affiliates have agreed to participate in the Privacy Shield independent dispute resolution mechanisms listed below, free of charge to you. PLEASE CONTACT PIXUL FIRST.

For other Personal Information, PIXUL or its affiliates receive under the Privacy Shield, PIXUL and its affiliates have committed to refer unresolved privacy complaints under the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Principles to an independent dispute resolution mechanism, JAMS Privacy Shield Dispute Resolution, operated by JAMS. If you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your complaint, or if your complaint is not satisfactorily addressed, please visit https://www.jamsadr.com/eu-us-privacy-shield for more information and to file a complaint.

If your complaint still is not resolved through these channels, under limited circumstances, an additional binding arbitration option may be available before a Privacy Shield panel, as described at https://www.privacyshield.gov. Every individual also has a right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.

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10. LINKS TO OTHER SITES

Our Service contains links to other websites. If you choose to click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s website. The fact that we link to a website is not an endorsement, authorization, or representation of our affiliation with that third party, nor is it an endorsement of their privacy or information security policies or practices. We do not exercise control over third-party websites. These other websites may place their cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit Personal Information from you. We encourage you to read the privacy policies or statements of the other websites you visit.

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11. PUBLIC PROFILE

The profile you create on our Site will be publicly accessible unless otherwise indicated. You may change the privacy settings of your profile through your account portal.

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12. PHISHING

Phishing websites imitate legitimate websites to obtain personal or financial information. Identity theft and the practice currently known as “phishing” are of great concern to PIXUL. For more information about phishing, visit the website of the Federal Trade Commission at http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0003-phishing. In addition, if you believe you have received an email or had a similar interaction with a third party pretending to be PIXUL, please report it at info@pixul.io.

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13. CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA RESIDENTS – YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

NOTICE FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

Please see the Supplemental Notice for California Residents below for additional details on rights available to California residents, and how to exercise such rights.

NOTICE FOR NEVADA RESIDENTS

Under Nevada law, certain Nevada residents may opt-out of the sale of “personally identifiable information” for monetary consideration to a person for that person to license or sell such information to additional persons. “Personally identifiable information” includes first and last name, address, email address, phone number, Social Security Number, or an identifier that allows a specific person to be contacted either physically or online.

We do not engage in such activity; however, if you are a Nevada resident who has purchased or leased goods or services from us, you may submit a request to opt-out of any potential future sales under Nevada law by emailing info@pixul.io. Please note we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity and the authenticity of the request. Once verified, we will maintain your request in the event our practices change.

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14. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We may change this Privacy Policy. If we make substantial changes, we will provide notice.

PIXUL may update this Privacy Policy at any time and any changes will be effective upon posting. In the event that there are substantial changes to the way we treat your Personal Information, we will display a notice through the Services prior to the change becoming effective. We may also notify you by email, at our discretion. However, we will use your Personal Information in a manner consistent with the Privacy Policy in effect at the time you submitted the information unless you consent to the new or revised policy.

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15. CONTACTING US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@pixul.io.

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16. SUPPLEMENTAL PRIVACY NOTICE FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

This Supplemental Privacy Notice for California Residents supplements the information in our Privacy Policy above, and except as provided herein, applies solely to California residents. It applies to the personal information we collect on or through the Service and other means (such as information collected offline, in person, and over the telephone). It does not apply to the personal information we collect from our employees or job applicants in their capacity as employees and job applicants. It also does not apply to information we collect about businesses that use our Service -- including any employees, owners, directors, officers, or contractors of those businesses -- in the course of our provision or receipt of business-related services.

Summary of Information We Collect

California law requires us to disclose information regarding the categories of personal information that we have collected about California consumers (as that term is defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA")), the categories of sources from which the information was collected, the business or commercial purposes (as those terms are defined by applicable law) for which the information was collected, and the categories of parties with whom we share personal information.

We or our service providers may collect the below categories of information for the following business or commercial purposes (as those terms are defined in applicable law):

• Providing the Service (e.g., account servicing and maintenance, matching freelancer talent with client needs, customer service, advertising and marketing, analytics, and communication about the Service);

• Our or our service providers' operational purposes;

• Auditing consumer interactions on our site (e.g., measuring ad impressions);

• Detecting, protecting against, and prosecuting privacy and security incidents and fraudulent or illegal activity;

• Bug detection, error reporting, and activities to maintain the quality or safety of our Service;

• Investigating compliance with, enforcing, and/or complying with the law;

• Short-term, transient use, such as customizing content that we or our service providers display on the Service;

• Improving our existing Service and developing new services (e.g., by conducting research to develop new products or features);

• Other uses that advance our commercial or economic interests, such as third party advertising and communicating with you about relevant offers from us or third-party partners;

• Other uses about which we notify you.

Examples of these types of uses are identified below. We may also use the below categories of personal information for compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and we may combine the information we collect (“aggregate”) or remove pieces of information (“de-identify”) to limit or prevent identification of any particular user or device.

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Categories of Personal Information We Collect

Categories of Sources

Examples of Uses

Categories of Third Parties With Which We May Share That Information

Identifiers (such as account information, name, email address, address, phone number, social network account and profile data, biometric identifiers or information such as a facial photograph, selfie, government-issued identification, or Service interaction data)

You

Your use of the Service/automatically collected from you

Affiliates

Third Parties (such as agents/service providers and other users)

Providing the Service, including processing your transactions, addressing your inquiries, providing assistance to you in using the Service, and in connection with PIXUL’s Enterprise Compliance and other premium offerings

Fixing and improving the Service

Personalizing content

Marketing and advertising

Administering promotional activities

Communicating with you

Preventing, detecting, investigating, and responding to possible fraud, unauthorized access/use of the Service, breaches of terms and policies

Legal and investigative purposes, such as responding to lawful subpoenas or other requests for information, to investigate compliance with, enforce and/or comply with the law

Third parties, such as service providers, Clients (e.g. where a Freelancer makes his/her information available to a Client), Agencies, PIXUL Payroll vendors, and government agencies

Affiliates

Commercial information (such as transaction data)

Your use of the Service/automatically collected from you

Affiliates

Financial data (such as payment information)

Internet or other network or device activity (such as IP address, unique device and app identifiers, browsing history, or other usage data)

General Location information

Sensory information (such as audio recordings if you call our customer service, video recording (if you provide permission), or screenshots from Work Diaries)

You

Your use of the Service/automatically collected from you

Affiliates

Third Parties (such as agents/service providers)

Providing the Service, including processing your transactions, addressing your inquiries, providing assistance to you in using the Service, and in connection with PIXUL’s Enterprise Compliance and other premium offerings

Fixing and improving the Service

Preventing, detecting, investigating, and responding to possible fraud, unauthorized access/use of the Service, breaches of terms and policies

Legal and investigative purposes, such as responding to lawful subpoenas or other requests for information, to investigate compliance with, enforce and/or comply with the law

Third parties, such as service providers, Clients (e.g. where a Freelancer makes his/her information available to a Client), Agencies, PIXUL Payroll vendors, and government agencies

Affiliates

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Other information that identifies or can be reasonably associated with you (such as user-generated content, e.g. community posts, feedback, and job postings, in each case, when the content can be used to identify you)

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The public if you or other users post content publicly

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Rights

If you are a California resident, you may have certain rights. California law may permit you to request that we:

• Provide you the categories of personal information we have collected or disclosed about you in the last twelve months; the categories of sources of such information; the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling your personal information; and the categories of third parties with whom we shared personal information.

• Provide access to and/or a copy of certain information we hold about you.

• Delete certain information we have about you.

You may have the right to receive information about the financial incentives that we offer to you if any. You also have the right to not be discriminated against (as provided for in applicable law) for exercising certain of your rights.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please submit a request through the Data Request Form available in our Privacy Center or email us at info@pixul.io You will be required to verify your identity before we fulfill your request. You can also designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. To do so, you must provide us with written authorization or a power of attorney, signed by you, for the agent to act on your behalf. You will still need to verify your identity directly with us.

Certain information may be exempt from such requests under applicable law. For example, we need certain types of information so that we can provide the Service to you. If you ask us to delete it, you may no longer be able to access or use the Service.

The CCPA sets forth certain obligations for businesses that “sell” personal information. Based on the definition of “sell” under the CCPA and under current regulatory guidance, we do not believe we engage in such activity and have not engaged in such activity in the past twelve months.

Accessibility

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