LAVA NETWORK TERMS OF SERVICE
Last updated: 23/07/2026
Lava Foundation. ("us", "we" or "Company") respect the privacy of our users (each, "you" or "User") and are committed to protect the privacy of Users who access, visit, use or engage with our website, available at: https://gateway.lavanet.xyz/, or any other online services we provide associated with the Lava Gateway (the "Services").
We have prepared this Privacy Policy to outline our practices with respect to collecting, using and disclosing your information when you use the Services.
We encourage you to read this Privacy Policy carefully and use it to make informed decisions. By using the Services, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and your continued use of the Services constitutes your ongoing agreement to the Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy is a part of our Lava Gateway Terms of Service, available at: www.lavanet.xyz/terms-of-service, and is incorporated therein by reference.
In this Privacy Policy you will read about, among other things:
(i) Information we collect
(ii) Cookies and other technologies
(iii) How we use information
(iv) Sharing of information
(v) International data transfers
(vi) Data retention
(vii) Your rights
(viii) Security
(ix) Advertising and marketing
(x) Minors
(xi) Contact us
Information we collect
We may collect two types of data and information from our Users.
The first type of information is un-identified and non-identifiable information pertaining to you, which may be made available or gathered via your use of the Services ("Non-personal Information"). We are not aware of the identity from which the Non-personal Information is collected. Non-personal Information which is collected may include your aggregated usage information and technical information transmitted by your device, including certain software and hardware information about your device (e.g., the device you use, the type of browser and operating system your device uses, language preference, etc.), in order to enhance the functionality of the Services. We may also collect information about your activity on the Services (e.g., mouse movements, mouse clicks, actions, online browsing, etc.).
The second type of information is individually identifiable information, namely information that identifies an individual or may with reasonable effort identify an individual ("Personal Information"). Such information may include:
(i) Account Information: When you sign-up and register to the Services, you will be asked to provide us with certain details about yourself, including your name and email address. You may also choose to register or sign in using third-party authentication services such as Google or GitHub, in which case we will receive certain information from those services in accordance with your settings and the privacy policies of such third parties.
(ii) Voluntary Information: We may collect information which you provide us voluntarily.
Further, we may collect information when you respond to communications from us, communicate with us via email or share additional information about yourself through your use of the Services. We may also collect the feedback, suggestions, complaints, bugs and reports which you send to us.
(iii) Device and Usage Information: We may collect Personal Information from your device. Such information may include geolocation data, IP address, browser type, computer logs, unique identifiers (such as MAC address or UUID) as well as other information which relates to your activity through the Services.
(iv) Payment Information: If you make a payment through the Services (including by credit card or cryptocurrency), payment-related information will be collected and processed by our third-party payment processor. We do not store full payment card details on our own servers.
Note that payments made via credit card are facilitated through Lava US Corporation, a US-based affiliate established solely to enable payment processing on our behalf via Stripe, Inc.
Lava US Corporation does not independently determine the purposes or means of processing your Personal Information and acts solely on our instructions as a service provider to Lava Foundation.
For the avoidance of doubt, if we combine Personal Information with Non-personal Information, the combined information will be treated as Personal Information as long as it remains combined.
Cookies and other technologies
We use cookies and other technologies or methods of web analysis (e.g., pixels, web beacons, HTML5 local storage and session recorders such as Hotjar or FullStory) to gather, store, and track certain information related with your access to and activity through the Services, including when you visit our website.
A "cookie" is a small piece of information that a website assigns to your device while you are viewing a website. Cookies are very helpful and may be used for various different purposes. These purposes include, among other things, allowing you to navigate between pages efficiently, enabling automatic activation of certain features, remembering your preferences and making the interaction between you and the Services quicker, easier and smoother.
We may use the following types of cookies:
(i) Session Cookies which are stored only temporarily during a browsing session in order to allow normal use of the system and are deleted from your device when the browser is closed.
(ii) Persistent Cookies which are saved on your device for a fixed period and are not deleted when the browser is closed. Such cookies are used where we need to identify who you are for repeated visits (for instance, to allow us to store your preferences for the next sign-in).
(iii) Technical and Functional Cookies which are used for the technical operation, functionality and performance of the Services.
(iv) Analytics Cookies such as cookies set by Google Analytics, which help us understand page visits, navigation paths and email engagement.
(v) Third-Party Cookies which are set by other online services that run content on the page you view on your browser.
You may remove the cookies by following the instructions of your device preferences. However, if you choose to disable cookies, some features of the Services may not operate properly and your online experience may be limited.
How we use information
We use and share Personal Information in the manners described in this Privacy Policy. In addition to the purposes listed above, the information we collect, which may include your Personal Information, is used for any of the following purposes:
(i) To communicate with you and to keep you informed of our latest updates;
(ii) To set up your account and to provide the Services;
(iii) To identify and authenticate your access to certain features of the Services;
(iv) To process payments and to provide you with the products or services you have requested;
(v) To perform research or to conduct analytics in order to improve and customize the Services to your needs and interests;
(vi) To support and troubleshoot the Services and to respond to your queries;
(vii) To analyze consumer trends on an aggregate and anonymized basis and share such trends with our partners;
(viii) To investigate and resolve disputes in connection with your use of the Services;
(ix) To detect and prevent fraudulent and illegal activity or any other type of activity that may jeopardize or negatively affect the integrity of the Services; and
(x) To investigate violations and enforce our policies, and as required by law, regulation or other governmental authority, or to comply with a subpoena or similar legal process or respond to a government request.
Sharing of information
We do not rent, sell, or share your Personal Information with third-parties except as described in this Privacy Policy.
We may share information, including Personal Information, with the following recipients: (i) third party services that you choose to connect to your account on the Services (such as Google or GitHub, where you use them to register or sign in); (ii) our subsidiaries and affiliated companies, including Lava US Corporation, a US affiliate that facilitates payment processing on our behalf; (iii) subcontractors and other third-party service providers, including our third-party payment processor, cloud hosting providers, analytics providers, and third-party developers and contributors who build and maintain the Services (including Magma Devs and other third-party builders); (iv) auditors or advisers of our business processes; and (v) any potential purchasers or investors in the Company. In the event of a corporate transaction (e.g., sale of a substantial part of our business, merger, consolidation or asset sale of an asset or transfer in the operation thereof), the acquiring company or transferee will assume the rights and obligations as described in this Privacy Policy.
In addition to the purposes listed in this Privacy Policy, we may share Personal Information with our recipients for any of the following purposes: (i) storing or processing Personal Information on our behalf (e.g., cloud computing service providers); (ii) processing such information to assist us with our business operations, including the processing of payments; (iii) performing research, technical diagnostics, personalization and analytics; and (iv) enabling third-party builders and developers to develop, build and maintain the Services.
Where we share Personal Information with third-party developers and builders for the purpose of building and maintaining the Services, such access is subject to appropriate confidentiality and data protection obligations, and is granted solely to enable them to carry out their development functions.
We may also disclose Personal Information, or any information you submitted via the Services if we have a good faith belief that disclosure of such information is helpful or reasonably necessary to: (i) comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; (ii) enforce our policies, including investigations of potential violations thereof; (iii) investigate, detect, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities or other wrongdoing, suspected fraud or security issues; (iv) to establish or exercise our rights to defend against legal claims; (v) prevent harm to the rights, property or safety of us, our affiliates, our Users, yourself or any third-party; (vi) for the purpose of collaborating with law enforcement agencies; and (vii) in case we find it necessary in order to enforce intellectual property or other legal rights.
Third-party services
Our policy only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. To the extent that you disclose your information to other parties via the Services (e.g., by connecting your account on the Services with third-party services such as Google or GitHub, or by clicking on a link to any other website or location) or via other sites throughout the Internet, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information you disclose to them.
You acknowledge that we are not responsible for the products, services, or descriptions of products or services that you receive from third-party sites or to the content or privacy practices of those sites, and that this Privacy Policy does not apply to any such third-party products and services. You are knowingly and voluntarily assuming all risks of using third-party sites to purchase products and services. You agree that we shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to such third-party sites and your usage of them.
Our servers and cloud infrastructure are hosted by third-party cloud service providers located in the United States. Such providers implement industry-standard security measures to help protect your information; however, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. Payments made through the Services (including credit card and cryptocurrency payments) are processed by a third-party payment processor in accordance with its own privacy policy and terms of service.
International data transfers
The Services are offered worldwide, and our servers and certain of our service providers are located outside of your country of residence, including in the United States. It may therefore be necessary to transfer data, including Personal Information, to countries outside the European Union, the United Kingdom or your country of residence. The data protection and other laws of these countries may not be as comprehensive as those in the European Union — in these instances we will take steps to ensure that a similar level of protection is given to Personal Information, including through adequate contractual measures. You hereby consent to the transfer of Personal Information to countries outside the European Union.
Data retention
We respect your privacy rights and therefore you may contact us at any time and request: (i) to access, delete, change or update any Personal Information relating to you (for example, if you believe that your Personal Information is incorrect, you may ask to have it corrected or deleted); or (ii) that we will cease any further use of your Personal Information (for example, you may ask that we will stop using or sharing your Personal Information with third-parties) or that we shall remove your Personal Information (subject to any other legal obligation that may require us to keep the information).
Please note that unless you instruct us otherwise we retain the information we collect for as long as needed to provide the Services and to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements. Without derogating from the foregoing, in any other case we will retain the information for a maximum period of three years. We may rectify, replenish or remove incomplete or inaccurate information, at any time and at our own discretion.
Your rights
Certain jurisdictions provide users with certain statutory rights with respect to their Personal Information.
Subject to exemptions provided by law, and with proper identification, you may have some or all of the following rights available to you:
(i) Right to verify your information (to access, delete, change or update any personal information relating to you. For example, if you believe that your personal information is incorrect, you may ask to have it corrected or deleted);
(ii) Right to see what, if any, personal information about you we have;
(iii) Right to request that we erase information about you (subject to any other legal obligation that may require us to keep the information);
(iv) Right to restrict us from processing information pertaining to you; and
(v) Right to export information in a portable format.
All requests relating to your Personal Information, including data collected in connection with payments facilitated by Lava US Corporation, should be directed to Lava Foundation. using the contact details below. Lava US Corporation does not independently process or respond to such requests.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at: support@lavanet.xyz. When handling your request, we may ask for additional information to confirm your identity (which may include personal information). However, please note that if you choose not to allow us to process your personal information, we may not be able to provide you the Services.
If you wish to raise a complaint on how we have handled your Personal Information, please contact us directly at support@lavanet.xyz. If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are collecting or processing your Personal Information not in accordance with applicable law, you can complain to your applicable data protection authority.
Security
We take great care in implementing and maintaining the security of the Services and your information. We employ technical, organizational, and physical safeguards to protect Personal Information, including account-level security features such as security codes delivered via email or SMS and the recognition of previously-used devices. Although we take reasonable steps to safeguard information, we cannot be responsible for the acts of those who gain unauthorized access or abuse the Services, and we make no warranty, express, implied or otherwise, that we will prevent such access.
If you feel that your privacy was treated not in accordance with our policy, or if any person attempted to abuse the Services or acted in an inappropriate manner, please contact us directly at support@lavanet.xyz.
Advertising and marketing
We may use your personal information, such as your full name and email address, either directly or indirectly, to send you notifications, messages and other updates about new features, offerings, events and special opportunities or any other information we think you may find valuable. We may provide such notices through any of the contact means available to us, through the Services, or through our marketing campaigns on any other sites or platforms.
Minors
The Services are not designated to individuals under the age of 13. If you are under 13 years old, you should not use the Services, nor provide any personal information to us.
We reserve the right to access and verify any personal information collected from you by us. In the event that we become aware that an individual under the age of 13 has shared any information, we will discard such information. If you have any reason to believe that a minor has shared any information with us, it will be advisable to contact us at support@lavanet.xyz.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time, in our sole discretion, and the most current version will always be posted on our website (as reflected in the "Last Revised" heading). In the event of a material change to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you through the Services or via email. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes.
Your continued use of the Services, following the notification of such amendments, constitutes your acknowledgement and consent of such amendments to the Privacy Policy and your agreement to be bound by the terms of such amendments.
Contact us
If you have any general questions regarding the Services or the information that we collect about you and how we use it, please contact us at support@lavanet.xyz.
Company details
The details of the Company are as follows:
Lava Foundation.
Elgin Court, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman Cayman Islands, KY1-1106
