Privacy Policy

1. Introduction & Regulatory Scope

Silenus Ventures Pty Ltd (ACN: 676 724 584) ("Silenus Ventures", "we", "our", or "us") is an Australian proprietary company registered in New South Wales. We are committed to upholding the highest standards of data privacy, client confidentiality, and informational self-determination.

This Privacy Policy details our practices in compliance with:

• The Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the 13 Australian Privacy Principles (APPs);
• The statutory principles of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW) (PPIP Act);
• The Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 (NSW) (HRIP Act) where health or psychological instruments are accessed;
• The Part IIIC Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme under Commonwealth law; and
• Applicable platform partner policies, including the Google API Services User Data Policy.

2. Kinds of Information We Collect

We collect information strictly necessary to develop, execute, authenticate, and maintain our platforms. The categories of data collected depend on the specific Silenus service you interact with:

3. Platform-Specific Privacy Frameworks

Because Silenus Ventures engineers specialized cryptographic, AI, and distributed platforms, privacy controls are customized per product:

4. How We Use & Disclose Information

We collect and process personal and technical information strictly for reasonable, legitimate business purposes:

• To provide, operate, maintain, and upgrade our software platforms and protocols;
• To calculate and settle non-exclusive distribution royalties and revenue shares in accordance with agreements;
• To verify identity, validate transactions, and safeguard our services against malicious activity or unauthorized access;
• To fulfill statutory, taxation, corporate reporting, and legal compliance obligations under New South Wales and Australian law;
• To respond to direct queries, technical support tickets, and legal notices.

We do not sell, rent, monetize, or trade your personal information or contact details to third-party data brokers or marketing aggregators under any circumstances.

5. Decentralized Storage & Ledger Transparency

Certain Silenus Ventures platforms utilize public blockchain infrastructure (including the Arbitrum One Layer-2 network) and distributed peer-to-peer storage networks (including the InterPlanetary File System — IPFS).

6. Google API User Data & Limited Use Disclosure

Respondable utilizes Google API Services (specifically Google Drive for content indexing and YouTube Data API for video backup, channel management, and comment interactions).

Silenus Ventures strictly complies with the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements:

• Purpose Specification: Information obtained via Google APIs is used solely to provide and improve user-facing features within Respondable (drafting tone-aware responses, indexing creator content, and backing up creator archives).
• No Data Transfers for Advertising: We never transfer, disclose, or sell Google user data to third-party advertising networks, data brokers, or information resellers.
• No Human Inspection: Silenus personnel do not read or inspect user Google data unless you have given express written consent for a specific technical support issue, or where required by law.
• No Unauthorized AI Model Training: Google user data accessed via Respondable is never used to train generalized or third-party artificial intelligence models.

7. Health & Cognitive Screening Records (NSW HRIP Act)

The Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 (NSW) (HRIP Act) governs the collection and handling of health information in New South Wales. In connection with the Frankl platform:

8. Data Security & Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB)

We implement comprehensive physical, organizational, and technological safeguards to protect personal information against loss, unauthorized access, misuse, modification, or disclosure.

Under Part IIIC of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), Silenus Ventures maintains an active Notifiable Data Breaches response plan. In the event of an eligible data breach involving personal information likely to result in serious harm, we will expeditiously notify affected individuals and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), alongside the NSW Privacy Commissioner where appropriate.

9. Cross-Border Data Disclosures

Silenus Ventures utilizes enterprise cloud infrastructure (including Google Cloud Platform and Firebase) with primary points of presence in Australia (Sydney region) and secondary infrastructure in the United States and global edge CDN nodes. By utilizing our services, you acknowledge that technical telemetry and encrypted assets may be transmitted through secure global networks compliant with APP 8.

10. Your Rights: Access, Correction & Deletion

Under the Australian Privacy Principles, you possess specific legal rights concerning your personal information:

• Access: You may request access to any personal information we hold about you.
• Correction: You may request correction of inaccurate, out-of-date, or incomplete records.
• Account Deletion: You may request deletion of your account and associated centralized records.

*(Note: Immutable blockchain transactions and decentralized IPFS hashes pinned by independent network peers cannot be modified or erased due to underlying cryptographic protocol constraints).*

11. Inquiries, Complaints & Regulatory Escalation

If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints regarding our privacy practices, please contact our Privacy Officer:

If you are unsatisfied with our response to a complaint, you have the right to escalate the matter to: