Terms of Service Agreement

    Metaroids adheres to the principles of free speech and seeks to uphold freedom of the press across all corners of the globe. However, Metaroids also seeks to be an unbiased media company that strives to fight against fake news and propaganda. We aim to ensure that all data contained on the webpages hosted by Metaroids.com, including its subdomains, are factual and up to date to the best of our ability.

    This doesn’t mean that every piece of information taken from the Metaroids.com, its subdomains, affiliates, and the external websites it links to, should be taken at face value. The accuracy of content depends on multiple factors, including the date it was last published/updated, the knowledge of the author, the availability of reliable sources, etc. Individuals should strive to do their own research and consult with relevant experts before making any decision based on the contents of Metaroids and all its constituents.

    Metaroids and all its connected entities will not be liable or responsible for any manner of loss, damage, or inconvenience caused by information taken from this site.

    One should note that Metaroids.com is not a financial resource and none of its contents should be construed as financial advice.

    By using Metaroids.com, you fully agree and consent to the policies detailed in the above Terms of Service Agreement.

    Furthermore, you specifically agree to hold Metaroids, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, and third party service providers harmless from and defend them against any claims, costs, damages, losses, expenses, and any other liabilities, including attorneys’ fees and costs, arising out of or related to your exposure to Metaroids, your violation of this user agreement, and/or your violation of the rights of any third party or person.

    Privacy Policy

    Who we are

    Our website address: https://metaroids.com, is run by long-standing technology content creator Evan Ezquer, whose works have been published in various media sites like Cointelegraph, CoinMarketCap, BeInCrypto, and a whole lot more.

    Metaroids produces both evergreen and topical content at the crux of web3, AI, and the metaverse. This includes all overlapping categories like non-fungible tokens (NFTs), cryptocurrencies, AI chatbots, machine learning platforms, virtual reality, etc.

    We take an optimistic approach when it comes to discussing technology and the future while retaining a healthy dose of pragmatism.

    Metaroids is a web3 media project. As such, we subscribe to many of its ethos and core values, including individual financial sovereignty, the right to privacy, and transparency.

    Comments

    When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

    An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

    Media

    If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

    Cookies

    If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

    If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

    When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

    If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

    Embedded content from other websites

    Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

    These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

    Who we share your data with

    If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

    How long we retain your data

    If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

    For users that subscribe to our newsletter, we also store the personal information they provide indefinitely, such as their names, email addresses, and Twitter handles. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time through Mailchimp.

    What rights you have over your data

    If you have subscribed to our newsletter, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

    Where your data is sent

    Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

    Hustle

    Which modules collect personal data?

    We use Hustle’s popup module to collect personal data.

    What personal data do we collect and why?

    When visitors or users submit a form or view a module, we capture the IP Address for analyisis purposes. We also capture the email address and might capture other personal data included in the form fields, such as their names and Twitter handles.

    How long we retain your data

    When visitors or users submit a form or view a module we retain the data for an indefinite period of time.

    Where we send your data

    All collected data might be shown publicly and we send it to our workers or contractors to perform necessary actions based on the form submission.

    Third Parties

    We use ActiveCampaign to manage our subscriber lists. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://www.activecampaign.com/privacy-policy/.

    We use Aweber to manage our subscriber. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://www.aweber.com/privacy.htm.

    We use Campaign Monitor to manage our subscriber. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://www.campaignmonitor.com/policies/#privacy-policy.

    We use Constant Contact to manage our subscriber. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://www.endurance.com/privacy.

    We use ConvertKit to manage our subscriber. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://convertkit.com/privacy/.

    We use e-Newsletter to manage our subscriber. You can learn more about it here https://wpmudev.com/project/e-newsletter/.

    We use GetResponse to manage our subscriber lists. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://www.getresponse.com/legal/privacy.html?lang=en.

    We use HubSpot to manage our subscriber. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://legal.hubspot.com/legal-stuff.

    We use iContact to manage our subscriber. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://www.icontact.com/legal/privacy.

    We use Infusionsoft to manage our subscriber. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://www.infusionsoft.com/legal/privacy-policy.

    We use Mad Mimi to manage our subscriber. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://madmimi.com/legal/terms.

    We use Mailchimp to manage our subscriber list. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/.

    We use MailerLite to manage our subscriber. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://www.mailerlite.com/privacy-policy.

    We use Mautic to manage our subscriber. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://www.mautic.org/privacy-policy/.

    We use Pinterest to share media. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://policy.pinterest.com/privacy-policy/.

    We use reCAPTCHA to protect your website from fraud and abuse. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://policies.google.com/privacy.

    We use SendGrid to manage our subscriber. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://sendgrid.com/policies/privacy/.

    We use SendinBlue to manage our subscriber. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://www.sendinblue.com/legal/privacypolicy/.

    We use Sendy to manage our subscriber. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://sendy.co/privacy-policy.

    We use Zapier to manage our integration data. Their privacy policy can be found here : https://zapier.com/privacy/.

    Cookies

    By default, Hustle uses cookies to count how many times each module is visualized. Cookies might be used to handle other features such as display settings, used when a module should not be displayed for a certain time, whether the user commented before, whether the user has subscribed, among others, if their related settings are enabled.

    Google Analytics

    We use Google Analytics to collect usage data on this website. See Google’s privacy policy here.

    MailChimp

    We use MailChimp to manage data collected from users, including email addresses, names, and Twitter handles. Furthermore, Mailchimp also tracks u IP addresses. See MailChimp’s privacy policy here.

    MailChimp for WordPress

    We use the “MailChimp for WordPress” (not affiliated with Mailchimp) plugin to automatically collect user data. See its privacy policy here.