Last updated: October 17, 2026
At Ravel, we believe transparency matters, both in our journalism and in how we handle personal information.
This Privacy Policy explains how Ravel (“we,” “our,” or “us”) collects, uses, stores, and protects information when you visit our website, ravelalpha.com, interact with our content, subscribe to updates, or contact our editorial team.
1. Who We Are
Ravel is an independent, research-driven crypto publication focused on original reporting, on-chain investigation, and evidence-based analysis.
Our website is https://ravelalpha.com.
For privacy-related inquiries, please contact ravelalpha@protonmail.com.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect information in the following circumstances.
Information You Provide Voluntarily
When you contact Ravel, submit a story tip, provide research material, or subscribe to our newsletter, we may receive information such as your name, email address, message content, and any documents or supporting materials you choose to share.
Technical and Usage Information
When you access our website, our hosting, security, and other enabled website services may process technical information, including your IP address, browser type, device information, referring pages, access timestamps, and interactions with the website.
Publicly Available Blockchain Information
As part of our editorial research, Ravel may examine publicly accessible blockchain records, including wallet addresses, transactions, smart contracts, and protocol activity.
Blockchain records are generally publicly accessible and may be permanent. Where information can be associated with an identifiable individual, we consider relevant privacy and editorial responsibilities when handling it.
3. How We Use Information
We process information for legitimate website operations and editorial purposes, including:
- Operating, maintaining, and securing the website.
- Responding to editorial inquiries, research submissions, and feedback.
- Reviewing story tips and investigating matters of public interest.
- Sending newsletters or publication updates to subscribers who have opted in.
- Understanding website performance and improving the reader experience where analytics services are enabled.
- Preventing spam, abuse, fraud, and unauthorized access.
- Complying with applicable legal obligations.
Depending on the activity and applicable law, processing may rely on your consent, our legitimate interests in operating and protecting the publication, or compliance with legal obligations.
4. Newsletter Subscriptions
Ravel may offer email newsletters, including Ravel Signal, to readers who voluntarily subscribe.
When you subscribe, we may process your email address and subscription preferences to administer your subscription and deliver relevant editorial updates.
Newsletter subscriptions are voluntary. You can request to unsubscribe at any time by contacting ravelalpha@protonmail.com or using an unsubscribe option provided in our emails.
Where an external email delivery service is used, that provider may process the information necessary to deliver the newsletter on our behalf.
5. Editorial Tips and Source Communications
Ravel welcomes story leads, research findings, corrections, and information relevant to our journalism.
Information submitted to our editorial team may be reviewed, retained, and used to evaluate potential reporting.
We recognize the importance of responsible handling of source information. Access to unpublished submissions should be limited to people involved in relevant editorial or operational work.
Standard email is not guaranteed to be a fully secure communication channel. Please do not send wallet private keys, passwords, seed phrases, or other sensitive credentials.
If you wish to discuss a particularly sensitive submission, you may contact our editorial team first to discuss appropriate communication arrangements.
6. Comments and Public Contributions
If commenting is enabled on our website, visitors may be asked to provide information such as a name, email address, and comment content.
Our website may also process IP addresses and browser information for security, moderation, and spam prevention.
Approved comments may be publicly visible. Email addresses submitted through comment forms are not ordinarily displayed as part of the public comment.
If Gravatar integration is enabled, a hash derived from your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to retrieve a profile image.
7. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to support essential functionality, remember certain preferences, maintain authorized login sessions, and protect website security.
Some optional services, including analytics or third-party embedded content, may also use cookies or similar technologies.
You can manage or restrict cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.
Where applicable law requires consent for non-essential cookies or tracking technologies, such technologies must be subject to the required consent controls.
8. Analytics and Website Performance
Ravel may use website analytics tools to understand how visitors discover and interact with our content.
When enabled, these services may process information such as page visits, referring websites, device characteristics, and general interaction patterns.
We use website performance information to improve accessibility, usability, content organization, and the overall reader experience.
Any analytics provider’s data practices and applicable consent requirements should be assessed before the service is activated.
9. Embedded Content and External Websites
Ravel articles may contain embedded content from external websites, including social media posts, videos, charts, or other media.
Embedded content may behave as though you visited the original provider’s website directly.
Those providers may collect technical information, place cookies, or monitor interactions according to their own privacy policies.
Our website may also link to external sources. Ravel does not control the privacy practices of independently operated third-party websites.
We encourage readers to review the privacy policies of those services.
10. Sharing and Processing of Information
Personal information may be accessible to authorized members of the Ravel team and service providers supporting website hosting, security, communications, newsletter delivery, or other enabled website operations.
Information may also be disclosed when required by applicable law, a valid legal process, or where necessary to protect the security and integrity of our services.
We seek to limit access to personal information to what is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.
Third-party providers may operate infrastructure in different countries. Where personal information is transferred internationally, applicable data protection requirements must be considered.
11. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, subject to applicable legal and operational requirements.
Editorial correspondence and research submissions may be retained where relevant to ongoing reporting, verification, corrections, or legitimate recordkeeping needs.
Newsletter subscription information may be retained while a subscription remains active, with limited records retained afterward where necessary to document preferences or comply with applicable law.
Website security logs and technical information are retained according to relevant operational requirements and service configurations.
Where comments are enabled, published comments and associated metadata may remain available while the relevant content is maintained, subject to applicable rights and moderation decisions.
12. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and applicable data protection laws, you may have the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you.
- Seek correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Request deletion of your personal information.
- Object to or restrict certain processing activities.
- Request data portability where applicable.
- Withdraw consent if processing relies on consent.
- Lodge a complaint with an appropriate data protection authority.
To submit a privacy-related request, contact ravelalpha@protonmail.com.
We will review requests in accordance with applicable law and may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.
13. Data Security
We recognize the importance of safeguarding personal information.
We aim to use appropriate technical and organizational measures to reduce the risk of unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or loss.
However, no internet-based service or electronic communication method can guarantee absolute security.
14. Children’s Privacy
Ravel provides journalism and research intended for a general audience and is not specifically directed toward children.
If you believe a child has submitted personal information to us in circumstances requiring parental authorization, please contact us so we can review the matter and take appropriate action.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as our publication develops, our website features change, or applicable legal requirements evolve.
When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.
Material changes will be communicated through appropriate means where required by applicable law.
16. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our data practices, or a request concerning your personal information, please contact:
Ravel — Privacy Inquiries
Email: ravelalpha@protonmail.com
Website: https://ravelalpha.com
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