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Privacy Policy


Effective date: XX June 2026

Writers’ Bloc collects some Personal Data from its Users.

This Privacy Policy explains how Writers’ Bloc Media Limited (“Writers’ Bloc”, “we”, “us”, “our”) collects, uses, and shares personal data when you visit our websites, subscribe to our newsletters, or use the Writers’ Bloc platform (the “Service”).

01

Information we collect

The platform may process data connected to:

  • account creation;
  • domain or publication verification;
  • article fingerprinting;
  • blockchain logging;
  • web and AI monitoring;
  • incident reports and dossiers;
  • payment-request workflows;
  • wallet-related reporting;
  • x402-related payment flows;
  • payment processor integrations;
  • crypto off-ramp providers & integrations;
  • support, security, analytics, and product improvement.

We may collect and process the following categories of personal data.

Account data

This may include:

  • name;
  • email address;
  • password or authentication data;
  • organisation name;
  • role or job title;
  • billing details;
  • subscription details;
  • account settings;
  • login and access records.

Professional and publication data

This may include:

  • publication name;
  • website or domain;
  • author names;
  • editor names;
  • contributor names;
  • public profile information;
  • URLs;
  • article titles;
  • publication metadata;
  • CMS or platform connection data;
  • API integration data.

Content-related technical data

We may process, as part of its standard fingerprinting workflow:

  • article excerpts;
  • snippets;
  • titles;
  • URLs;
  • metadata;
  • fingerprints;
  • hashes;
  • embeddings;
  • screenshots;
  • comparison snippets;
  • search-result data;
  • AI-output data;
  • similarity scores;
  • risk scores;
  • incident data;
  • dossiers;
  • exports.

Some of this data may contain personal data, for example where an author name, contact detail, article text, screenshot, or webpage includes identifiable information.

Wallet and blockchain-related data

We may process:

  • wallet addresses;
  • blockchain transaction references;
  • blockchain timestamps;
  • transaction status;
  • token type;
  • transaction metadata;
  • gas-fee records;
  • wallet balance information where available;
  • Web3Auth-related identifiers;
  • MoonPay transaction-status data;
  • x402-related payment data.

Blockchain records may be public, persistent, immutable, and difficult or impossible to delete.

Payment and billing data

We may process:

  • subscription plan;
  • invoice data;
  • payment status;
  • billing contact details;
  • refund records;
  • transaction status;
  • Stripe-related payment data;
  • MoonPay-related off-ramp status data;
  • payment-request records.

We do not store complete card details where payments are handled by third-party processors.

Support and communications data

This may include:

  • messages you send us;
  • support requests;
  • feedback;
  • bug reports;
  • survey responses;
  • call notes;
  • email correspondence;
  • attachments or screenshots you provide.

Website and usage data

This may include:

  • IP address;
  • device type;
  • browser type;
  • operating system;
  • pages viewed;
  • referral source;
  • time spent on pages;
  • actions taken;
  • login events;
  • feature usage;
  • approximate location;
  • cookies and similar technologies.

Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by Writers’ Bloc is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for Writers’ Bloc to provide its services. In cases where Writers’ Bloc specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.

Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact Writers’ Bloc directly.

02

How we collect data

We collect data:

  • directly from you;
  • from your account activity;
  • from connected domains, publications, CMS tools, APIs, or publishing platforms;
  • from blockchain networks;
  • from payment and wallet providers;
  • from search and monitoring providers;
  • from AI and model providers;
  • from analytics, hosting, security, and support tools;
  • from public web sources where needed for monitoring and reporting.
03

Why we use personal data

We use personal data to:

  • create and manage accounts;
  • provide the platform;
  • verify domains, publications, and integrations;
  • generate fingerprints, hashes, embeddings, and technical records;
  • log supported records to blockchain;
  • monitor the web and AI outputs;
  • generate alerts, scores, reports, dossiers, and exports;
  • operate payment-request workflows;
  • support wallet, x402, Stripe, MoonPay, and other integrations;
  • process subscriptions, billing, cancellations, and refunds;
  • provide support;
  • communicate with users;
  • improve, test, secure, and debug the platform;
  • train, tune, benchmark, and improve WB’s scoring systems, classifiers, detection methods, and analytics;
  • create aggregated, anonymised, or de-identified insights;
  • detect fraud, misuse, security risks, and abuse;
  • comply with legal obligations;
  • enforce our terms and policies;
  • protect WB, users, and third parties.
04

Sharing your data

We share personal data only as necessary with:

  • hosting, infrastructure, logging, and analytics providers;
  • third-party financial service-providers, and similar providers to support wallet, payment, and off-ramp features;
  • AI and search providers for detection and analysis tasks; and
  • professional advisers (e.g. legal and accounting), where needed.

These providers act as processors or independent controllers depending on their role. We ensure appropriate contracts and safeguards are in place.

We do not sell personal data.

05

Legal bases

Where GDPR applies, we rely on one or more of the following legal bases:

Contract: to provide the platform and services you request.

Legitimate interests: to operate, secure, improve, analyse, and protect the platform and business.

Consent: where we ask for consent, such as certain cookies or optional marketing.

Legal obligation: where we need to comply with law, court orders, regulatory duties, tax obligations, or lawful requests.

Claims and legal protection: where processing is needed to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

Some providers may process personal data outside the European Economic Area. Where this occurs, we rely on appropriate transfer mechanisms, such as adequacy decisions or standard contractual clauses, as required by GDPR.

06

AI, monitoring, and product improvement

WB may use AI systems, LLMs, search APIs, embeddings, classifiers, and automated analysis as part of its monitoring and detection workflows.

This may involve processing excerpts, snippets, URLs, metadata, embeddings, screenshots, comparison data, and AI-output data.

We may also use platform data to improve detection systems, scoring systems, classifiers, benchmarks, and product features.

Where possible, we use aggregated, anonymised, or de-identified data for product improvement and analytics.

07

Blockchain data

Some fingerprint-related records may be written to a supported blockchain.

Blockchain records may be public, permanent, persistent, immutable, and difficult or impossible to delete.

Do not submit personal data, confidential information, or sensitive information for blockchain logging unless the feature clearly supports that use and you understand the risk.

Where data is written to a public blockchain, WB may not be able to delete, modify, or remove it.

08

Third-party providers

We may share data with third-party providers that help us operate the platform.

These may include:

  • hosting providers;
  • analytics providers;
  • security providers;
  • customer support tools;
  • payment processors;
  • wallet providers;
  • blockchain networks and infrastructure providers, including blockchain-related infrastructure;
  • off-ramp providers;
  • web search providers;
  • AI providers;
  • email providers;
  • publishing platforms, CMS tools, newsletter platforms, and API providers.

Third-party providers may process data under their own terms and privacy policies where they act as independent controllers, especially for payment, wallet, KYC, AML, compliance, and off-ramp functions.

09

Retention

We retain personal data for as long as necessary to:

  • provide the platform;
  • maintain your account;
  • comply with legal, tax, accounting, and regulatory obligations;
  • resolve disputes;
  • enforce our terms;
  • prevent fraud and misuse;
  • maintain security;
  • support audits and records;
  • improve the platform;
  • maintain backups.

We may retain certain technical logs and blockchain-related metadata for longer where they are embedded in immutable ledgers or needed for security, audit, or dispute resolution.

Some records, such as blockchain records, may not be deletable.

10

Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal data.

No internet-based, cloud-based, API-based, wallet-based, or blockchain-based service is completely secure.

You are responsible for keeping your account credentials, authentication methods, API keys, publishing-platform access, and wallet access secure.

11

Your rights

Under GDPR (subject to conditions and exceptions), you have rights to:

  • access your personal data;
  • correct inaccurate data;
  • delete personal data;
  • restrict processing;
  • object to processing;
  • receive a copy of your data;
  • withdraw consent;
  • complain to a supervisory authority.

These rights may be limited in certain cases, including where we need to retain data for legal, security, fraud-prevention, contractual, dispute, accounting, or compliance reasons.

If data has been written to a public blockchain, we may not be able to delete, modify, or remove it.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority or the Irish Data Protection Commission.

To exercise your rights, contact us at:

[email protected]

We may need to verify your identity.

12

Cookies and similar technologies

We may use cookies and similar technologies on our websites and platform for essential functionality, analytics, and (where applicable) preferences or limited marketing.

Where required, we will ask for consent before using non-essential cookies.

You can manage cookies through your browser settings or any cookie tools we provide.

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Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the Service, law, or our processing practices. The “Effective date” indicates when it was last updated.

Where changes are material, we may take additional steps to notify users.

It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the Effective date of the last modification listed at the top.