Community Terms And Conditions

1. Introduction

1.1. Welcome to Datacy! These Terms and Conditions outline the rules for using Datacy’s services, including our browser extension, website, and any related apps and/or services. By accessing Datacy, you agree to these terms. If you disagree with any part of the terms, please do not use our services.

2. About Datacy

2.1. Purpose: Datacy empowers you to collect, share, and monetize your own anonymized online behavior data.

2.2. Privacy and Data Protection: Your privacy and data protection are paramount to us. You control what data is collected and how it’s shared. You can pause data collection, restrict it on any website, or delete your data collected at any time. You can also control how your data is shared with our brand partners. For more details, please refer to our Privacy and Data Policy.

3. Access and Use

3.1. Eligibility: Datacy services are available exclusively to residents of the United States and the United Kingdom. If you access Datacy from outside these regions using technological means, such as a VPN, we may terminate your access at our discretion. Furthermore, you will not be eligible for any data rewards. Should any rewards be erroneously credited to your account due to an incorrect assessment of your location, we reserve the right to reclaim these rewards.

3.2. Waitlist for International Users: If you reside outside the United States and the United Kingdom and are interested in joining Datacy, you can sign up our waitlist. We will notify you when our services become available in your region.

3.3. Device Compatibility: Currently, the Datacy Chrome extension is optimized for desktops and laptops using the Chrome browser. Although mobile compatibility is limited, you can connect specific apps like YouTube and Reddit to Datacy through your Datacy Extension or Your Dashboard. Once connected, you can collect all your data from these platforms, regardless of the device you are using. Connecting these apps increases your earning potential by improving your behavior profile for more accurate community matching.

4. Earning with Datacy

4.1. How it works

4.1.1. Your role: Datacy is transforming how you can earn money from your online behavior by creating a truly passive income stream. Unlike other monetization options that require active involvement, such as completing surveys, Datacy makes it effortless. Simply download the Datacy extension, connect your apps, adjust your privacy settings, and let it operate in the background. There’s no need to change your online habits—you continue browsing, using apps, and making purchases as usual. We manage all the details, enabling you to seamlessly earn money from your regular online activities without any extra effort.

4.1.2. Data Anonymization and Protection: At Datacy, your privacy is our top priority. We anonymize all behavioral data you share, removing personal identifiers to ensure anonymity. Your data is shared solely as insights and recommendations, derived from aggregating anonymized data from users with similar behaviors. This collective approach protects your privacy while enabling meaningful analysis and recommendations for our brand partners.

4.1.3. Datacy’s Brand Partnerships: Datacy is committed to empowering you to own and monetize your data. We collaborate with brands to create consumer communities based on the specific behaviors, habits, and preferences that our brand partners value. By aggregating your anonymized data with that of others in your community, we generate powerful insights and strategic recommendations. These insights help brands address their strategic and business challenges, enabling them to enhance their products, optimize their market positioning, and drive innovation in ways that better connect with consumers. By participating in Datacy, you benefit from monetization opportunities while making a significant impact on the strategic decisions these brands make.

4.1.4. Data Sharing: We ensure that your data is only shared with brands when there is a precise match between their needs and your profile. You will be notified within your apps when you have been matched and when data sharing commences. Until you are matched, your data remains unused and unshared, ensuring that your information is protected and only utilized with your explicit consent and awareness.

4.1.5. Matching Your Behavior: As you accumulate more data, your behavior profile becomes clearer and more detailed, increasing the likelihood of being matched to a community aligned with your interests and activities. Your primary earning potential is directly tied to your assignment to a community, where your contributions play a pivotal role in driving insights and recommendations for brands.

4.1.6. Additional Earnings: In certain circumstances, you can earn additional funds through referral programs or by being a loyal customer.

4.2. Community Assignment:

4.2.1. Assignment Criteria: You will be matched to communities based on relevant behaviors detected in your data that our brand partners are keen to understand. These behaviors include actions such as purchasing related products, searching for pertinent topics, or interacting with relevant online content. For instance, if you are matched with a community organized for a hair care brand, relevant behaviors would include activities like buying hair care products, searching for hair care tips, or reading reviews on hair care products.

4.2.2. Multiple Community Participation: Based on your online behavior, you may be matched to multiple communities, each potentially increasing your total earnings from Datacy.

4.3. Community Dynamics

4.3.1. Community Duration: The duration and existence of the communities Datacy manages depend on the needs of the brands we partner with. Some communities are ongoing, while others are project-based and will end when the project concludes. When a community closes due to a project's end or a brand's changing needs, any associated earnings will also stop.   

4.3.2. Community Monitoring: You will remain assigned to a community for the duration of our contract with the brand, provided your online activities and behavior align with the brand's needs. If your activities and behavior no longer align with the brand's needs, you will be removed from that community. For example, if you are in a hair care product community but do not engage in related activities, such as purchasing or researching hair care products over an extended period, we may determine that the topic no longer interests you. Consequently, you will be removed from that community to make room for another user who better aligns with the brand's interests. If this occurs, we will attempt to find you a new community that matches your current interests as soon as possible.

4.4. Reward Eligibility

4.4.1. Reward Activation: Your assignment to a community does not automatically trigger rewards. We assign you to a community based on your past behavior or our algorithm's assessment of your potential match. However, you begin earning rewards only upon demonstrating relevant activity within your assigned community. Rewards are contingent on consistently showcasing online behavior aligned with the community's focus.

4.4.2. Reward Calculation: At Datacy, your rewards are directly tied to the revenue we receive from our brand partners through annual recurring contracts and specific project-based agreements. We allocate a percentage of this revenue to the community, ensuring this allocation is carefully calculated after considering our operational costs and expenditures necessary to fulfill the brand's requirements.

4.4.3. Reward Adjustments: In the event of miscalculations in rewards due to algorithmic errors on our end, Datacy reserves the right to adjust the rewards accordingly, while making every effort to minimize such occurrences to the best of our ability. You acknowledge that such errors may occur and agree not to hold Datacy responsible for them.

5. Payments

5.1. Payment Threshold: You need to hit a minimum of $30 in earnings in order to withdraw.

5.2. Withdrawl Condition: You must be matched with a community before you can withdraw your earnings.

5.3. Payment Methods: Datacy uses third-party payment providers such as PayPal and Stripe. These companies have their own processing times, and you acknowledge that Datacy cannot be held responsible for any delays associated with these third parties.

5.4. Payment Processing Time: Processing times for payments vary depending on the chosen payment method. Stripe and PayPal payments may take 14-21 business days to reach your bank account.

5.5. Delays and Tech Issues: You acknowledge that, at certain points, delays in payments and withdrawals may occur due to technical issues. In such cases, you agree to be patient and cooperate with us to resolve these issues promptly.

6. Onboarding Process

6.1. Account Setup:

6.1.1. Demographic Information: You must provide essential demographic information (e.g., income, age, gender) as part of the account setup process. You acknowledge that Datacy cannot match you to any community unless you provide this information.  

6.1.2. Psychographic Information: To enhance your chances of being matched with communities, and to maximize your earning potential,  you need to provide additional psychographic details. The more detailed and accurate this information, the better we can tailor community matches to your profile.

6.1.3. Accuracy and Truthfulness:By agreeing to these terms, you affirm your commitment to providing accurate and truthful information during the onboarding process for effective community matching. You also expressly agree not to engage in deceptive practices, including but not limited to:

• Using temporary or disposable email addresses to create accounts.
• Operating multiple Datacy accounts from the same or different users.
• Linking multiple Stripe or PayPal accounts to the same bank account or credit card to manipulate earnings.
• Engaging in any form of fraudulent activity, such as using bots, creating fake accounts, or maintaining multiple accounts to exploit our system.

Datacy prioritizes genuine user engagement and employs robust measures to detect and prevent fraudulent activity. Any falsification of provided information or manipulation of the system grants us the right to remove you from the community, impacting your earnings and potentially resulting in the blocking and removal of your account. Persistent provision of false information and/or manipulation will result in immediate account termination with all earnings forfeited. Datacy and affiliated brand partners shall not be liable for any compensation in such instances.

For users who are clearly gaming the system, Datacy reserves the right to terminate accounts without a prior warning period. If we detect behavior that violates our terms, we may inform you that we have detected such behavior and are shutting down your account. This action is to maintain the integrity and fairness of our platform for all users.

7. Communication

7.1. By entering into these Terms and Conditions or by using Datacy, you agree to receive communications from us via e-mail, the Datacy Chrome Extension or Dashboard, and any push notifications. Communications from us may include but are not limited to:

7.1.1. Operational communications concerning your Datacy Account, payments, rewards, or the use of the Datacy Chrome Extension or Dashboard or our services.

7.1.2. Updates concerning new and existing features on the Datacy Chrome Extension or Dashboard and/or Services.

7.1.3. Communications you may wish to opt out of can include but are not limited to:

7.1.3.1. Promotions run by us.

7.1.3.2. Datacy News.

7.1.3.3. Industry developments.

7.1.3.4. If you wish to opt out of our promotional emails, you can unsubscribe from our promotional email list by following the unsubscribe options in the promotional email itself.

8. Account Deletion

8.1. You can request to have your account deleted at any time by emailing us at [email protected]. Following your request, your account will be deleted, and no new data will be collected. However, the use of existing data will continue for purposes covered by legal obligations or legitimate interests.

9. Data Retention and Usage

9.1. Use of Anonymized Data: By signing up to Datacy, you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid-up license and right to use, host, store, copy, adapt, modify, and create derivative works from any data collected through our applications and platforms. This data will be used solely for system enhancements, product improvements, and increasing customer satisfaction, aligning with the explicit purposes you consent to upon signing up to Datacy.

9.2. Consent and Retention of Anonymized Data: Upon account deletion, Datacy will continue to utilize pre-existing anonymized data within the scope of agreed terms, which includes fulfilling existing customer contracts and purposes disclosed in our terms. This usage is essential for maintaining service quality, integrity, and fulfilling ongoing commitments to our brand partners. Your explicit consent for the retention of this data is granted upon agreeing to our terms and conditions, acknowledging its use for ongoing legitimate business purposes.

10. Amendments

10.1. Datacy reserves the right to amend these Terms and Conditions at any time without prior notice. You are encouraged to review these terms regularly for updates.

11. Conclusion

11.1. By using Datacy, you acknowledge and agree to these Terms and Conditions. If you have any questions or concerns regarding these terms, please contact us at [email protected].