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Privacy Policy

PAYzz, Inc., a Delaware corporation, is serious about protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy ("Policy") covers how PAYzz collects and uses the personal information you provide on our website and in conjunction with any of the services hosted at www.PAYzz.com ("Service" and "Website"), including money transfer services accessed by internet enabled devices. It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information.

 

This Policy explains what personal information we collect about you, with whom we share it, and how you can elect in certain situations to not share information with third parties. "Personal Information" refers to information such as name and email that can be used to identify you individually.

 

We may amend this Policy at any time, and whenever we do so we will notify you by posting a revised version on the Website. If, however, we plan to make a material change in the way we collect, use, or store your personal information, we will provide prior notice on our website, and by email.

 

You will then have the chance to decide whether or not we will use or disclose your information in that new manner, whether through an "opt-out" procedure or by ending your relationship with us. Such changes will become effective, at the earliest, 30 days after the date of the email notifications.

 

We ask that minors refrain from using our Service or submitting any personal information to us.

Minors (those under the age of 18 years) are not eligible to use our Service.

 

If you have questions or concerns regarding this Policy, you should contact us.

 

Information We Collect

 

We will collect the following information about you, which may include non-public personal information:

 

  1. Personal and financial Information you give us as a result of using the Service, such as your address, e-mail address, date of birth, telephone number, all or part of your Social Security number, bank account online login information, bank account number, and credit/debit card number. Under certain circumstances we will also collect and save information obtained from (i) copies of official identification documents, including your Passport or Drivers' License, and (ii) your picture, video/audio recording, or other evidence of yourself with your identification documentation.
     
  2. Third party personal information you provide in order for us to facilitate funds transfers, such as your recipient's full name, physical address, email address, and phone number. However, we will not contact your recipients except as instructed by you or as required to complete a transaction. This information is only used for the sole purpose of completing your request or for whatever reason it may have been provided.

 

  1. Information about your usage of the Service, including your transaction history, and how and to whom you use the Service to send or receive money;
     
  2. Information that we lawfully obtain from third parties, such as identity verification services, electronic database services, and credit reporting agencies;
     
  3. Information that we indirectly obtain from you, such as information about the hardware and software you use when accessing the Service, your IP address, and the pages you access on this website, and other websites that you visit prior to accessing the Service.
     

Technologies such as: cookies, beacons, tags and scripts are used by PAYzz, Inc. and our marketing, analytics and risk partners or affiliates. These technologies are used in analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies on an individual as well as aggregated basis.

We use cookies for site functionality, remembering user's settings (e.g. source & destination country), and for authentication. Users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. If you reject cookies some features or areas of our site will be limited.
 

As is true of most web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files.

This information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data.
 

We may combine this automatically collected log information with other information we collect about you. We do this to improve services we offer you.
 

We use Local Storage Objects (LSOs) such as HTML5 to store content information and preferences.

Third parties with whom we partner to provide certain features on our site or to display advertising based upon your Web browsing activity use LSOs such as HTML 5 or Flash to collect and store information.
 

Various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing HTML5 LSOs. To manage Flash LSOs please click here.
 

We partner with a third party to manage our advertising on other sites. Our third-party partner may use technologies such as cookies to gather information about your activities on this site and other sites in order to provide you advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you interest-based ads, you may opt-out by clicking here. Please note this does not opt you out of being served ads. You will continue to receive generic ads.
 

You can log in to our site using sign-in services such as Facebook Connect or an Open ID provider. These services will authenticate your identity and provide you the option to share certain personal information with us such as your name and email address to pre-populate our sign-up form. Services like Facebook Connect give you the option to post information about your activities on this Web site to your profile page to share with others within your network.

 

Why We Collect Information

 

We collect Personal and Non-Personal information for the following purposes:

 

  1. To process your transactions.
  2. To verify your identity.
  3. To collect payment for your use of the Service.
  4. To track, improve and personalize our Services, content and advertising
  5. To troubleshoot problems with the Service.
  6. To comply with applicable laws and regulations, such as those relating to "know-your-customer," and anti-money laundering requirements.
  7. To detect and prevent fraud and other illegal uses of the Service.
  8. To create an account connection between your PAYzz account and a third-party account or platform (such as your online bank account);
  9. To send you marketing notices, service updates, and promotional offers
  10. To collect survey information that will be used to monitor or improve the use of our Service and overall customer satisfaction.

 

We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you Service. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

 

PEP and sanction screening PAYzz

Conduct ongoing monitoring

At PAYzz we would automate ongoing monitoring of individuals and entities against up-to-date PEPs and sanctions lists to monitor your customers daily and alert you immediately of any changes to a customer’s circumstance or status, helping to ensure ongoing compliance with AML regulations.

 

How We Share Information with Others

We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy policy. We do not sell or rent the information we collect to third parties for their promotional purposes. These companies are authorized to use your personally identifiable information only as necessary to provide these services to us.

Nevertheless, we may share information about you (including nonpublic, personal information) with:

 

  1. Third-party service providers under contract with PAYzz that help us with our business operations, such as transaction processing, fraud prevention, marketing, market research, and validation of information provided. These third parties are prohibited from using your information for their own separate business purposes.
  2. In the event of the sale, acquisition or merger of some or all of our assets, your personal information might be a part of the transferred assets. We shall notify you in the event of such an occurrence, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information, by placing a notice on our website.
  3. Law enforcement, government officials or other third parties, but only
    • in connection with a formal request, subpoena, court order, or similar legal procedure; and,
    • when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to comply with the law, prevent physical harm or financial loss, report suspected illegal activity, or to investigate violations of our User Agreement.
  4. Other third parties that you consent or direct, which may include you authorizing an account linking for a third party service, account and/or platform.
    • For the purposes of this privacy policy, an "account linking" with such a third party is a connection you authorize or enable between your PAYzz account and a non-PAYzz account, payment instrument, or platform that you lawfully control or own. When you authorize such a connection, PAYzz and the third-party will exchange your personal information and other information directly. Examples of account connections include: connecting your PAYzz account to a third-party data aggregation or financial services company, if you provide such company with your account log-in credentials;
    • If you connect your PAYzz account to other banking or similar accounts, directly or through a third-party service provider, we may have access to your account balance and account and transactional information, such as purchases and funds transfers. If you choose to create an account linkage, we may receive information from the third-party about you and your use of the third-party’s service. We will use all such information that we receive from a third-party via an account connection in a manner consistent with this privacy policy.
    • Information that we share with a third-party based on an account connection will be used and disclosed in accordance with the third-party’s privacy practices. Before authorizing an account connection, you should review the privacy notice of any third-party that will gain access to your personal information as part of the account connection.

 

Access To Your Information

 

You can access, modify, delete or update your personal information submitted on our website by logging into your account and changing your preferences, by emailing our Customer Support at support@payzz.com, or by contacting us by telephone at the contact information listed below. We will respond to your request to access within a reasonable timeframe.

 

Research Participants

 

Personal information we collect: If you participate in any research projects for us (by phone, in-person, electronic survey or otherwise), we will hold your name, contact details and any other personal information you choose to give us when taking part in our research projects.


Using your personal information: We will use this information for our legitimate interests namely to conduct our research projects which may also help us to improve and/or develop our products and services.
Sharing your personal information: We will share this information with:

  • our staff (but their use shall be limited to the performance of their duties and in line with the reason for processing);
  • our platform, database, and website hosting suppliers to enable them to maintain, protect, support and host those solutions which are used to store our research;
  • various third parties who provide software and tools which are used to operate our business (including email, instant messaging, document/contract management and file-sharing);
  • third parties in the event of the sale, acquisition or merger of some or all of our assets if your personal information is part of the transferred assets (we shall notify you in the event of such an occurrence, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information, by placing a notice on our Site).

 

Retaining your personal information: We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider (amongst other things):

  • obligations and/or retention periods imposed on us by applicable laws and/or our regulators
  • the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information
  • the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, and
  • the purposes for which we process your personal information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means.
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Notice to Customers who reside in California

 

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) exempts certain nonpublic personal information which is covered by the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA), a federal privacy law that applies to financial institutions, like PAYzz. What this means is that your nonpublic personal information that you provide to us to obtain our Service, that results from any transaction you make using our Service, or that we otherwise obtain about you in connection with us providing our Service to you (GLBA Personal Information), is not subject to the various requirements set out in the CCPA. We do not collect nonpublic personal information about you that is outside a Transaction or the provision of our Services.

 

Please be assured that we take the privacy of your GLBA Personal Information very seriously. Your GLBA Personal Information is protected under the GLBA which places certain obligations on us, and affords you certain rights, all of which are set out in this Policy.


The rights you have in the event that your non-encrypted or non-redacted GLBA Personal Information is subject to unauthorized access and exfiltration, theft, or disclosure as a result of our failure to implement and maintain reasonable and appropriate security procedures and practices remain.

 

Security

We employ industry accepted standards in protecting the information you submit to us on our website.

We have put in place SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption technology to protect your sensitive information such as bank account number, credit card number, date of birth and Social Security Number, transmitted through our website. We also require a username and password from each user who wants to access their information on our website. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

 

If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can contact us at support@payzz.com.

 

Choices You Can Make About Our Use of Your Information
 

Federal and state laws allow you to restrict the sharing of your personal information in certain instances. However, these laws also state that you cannot restrict all types of sharing. Because we have chosen to refrain from certain types of data sharing, the only type of sharing of your personal information that you may restrict is as follows:

  1. You may opt-out from promotional emails to you by selecting the "Unsubscribe" function present in each email we send you.
     

Links to 3rd Party Sites

Our Site includes links to other web sites whose privacy practices may differ from those of PAYzz, Inc. If you submit personal information to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy policies. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any web site you visit.
 

Google Maps

Parts of the PAYzz Service use Google Maps services, including the Google Maps API(s). Use of these features is subject to Google Maps Additional Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy.
 

Chat

We use a chat feature to answer questions about our service and assist you with our website's functionality. If our chat feature is offline we will collect your name and email address so that we may reply to your request.
 

Social Media Widgets

Our web site includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button and Widgets, such as the Share this button or interactive mini-programs that run on our site. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
 

Import Contacts

You can import contacts from your Gmail and Yahoo Mail to invite them to become members of our site. We do not collect the username and password for the email account you wish to import your contacts from as you provide it directly to Gmail and Yahoo and after your approval, they send us your email contacts. At your instruction we will send an email invite and at most one reminder email in addition to the original invite.
 

Referrals

If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about our site, we will ask you for your friend's name and email address. We will automatically send your friend an email and at most one reminder email inviting him or her to visit the site. PAYzz, Inc. stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this email and tracking the success of your referral.
 

Complaints

If you have a complaint, contact PAYzz Customer Service, online; by phone (617) 877-4464; or by email at support@payzz.com.

 

Security Measures:

 

Transaction and Account Security

Account security is important to us and we've taken several steps to protect your PAYzz account-related information. You too can-do certain things that will help protect your account and personal information.

 

Account Verification Processes

Your PAYzz account is subject to verification procedures to maintain high levels of security, trust, and protection.

 

If you are a new PAYzz customer and you create a new PAYzz account using the PAYzz website, you must provide certain personal information and complete the e-mail verification process.

 

Once your account is up and running, we deploy a variety of manual and automated risk management procedures that allow us to highlight suspicious account activity. The goal is to identify any characteristics that seem unusual or inconsistent with your past usage. As part of this process, we contract with industry leading service providers to verify personal and financial information. These services will never contact you directly or use your information for anything but the successful completion of your intended transaction.

 

Password Security

When you log in to your account, we do certain things to protect your account. First, whenever you log in to your PAYzz account, you log in using a secure server connection (https://). We use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) with 256-bit encryption, the industry standard in secure server protection.

 

Your account is also protected by a unique password that you create. You should not use common words or phrases as your password. Instead, your password should be at least eight characters including both numbers and letters using upper and lower cases. You should keep this password confidential. Sharing your password will lessen the security of your PAYzz account.

 

Be Wary of Internet Scams

DO NOT make a payment to claim lottery or prize winnings, or on a promise of receiving a large amount of money.

DO NOT make a payment because you are "guaranteed" a credit card or loan.

DO NOT respond to an Internet or phone offer that you aren't sure is honest.

DO NOT make a payment to someone you don't know or whose identity you can't verify.

When in doubt, ask the intended recipient for more information about the purpose and safety of the requested payment. Do not send the payment until you are comfortable with the transaction.

 

Identifying Phishing or Spoofed E-mails

You may at some time receive an e-mail that looks like it came from PAYzz, but is in fact not genuine. Such an e-mail may direct you to a website that looks similar to the PAYzz website. You might even be asked to provide account information such as your e-mail address and password.

 

These false websites can steal your sensitive account and payment information in order to commit fraud. These false e-mails may contain potential viruses or malware that can detect passwords or sensitive data. We therefore recommend that you install an anti-virus program and keep it updated at all times.

 

Here are some key points to keep in mind as part of a defense against fraudulent e-mails:

 

  • Know what PAYzz won't ask for by e-mail
  • Your full social security number or date of birth
  • Your credit card number, PIN, or credit card security code (including "updates" to any of the above)
  • Be wary of attachments in suspicious e-mails
  • We recommend that you not open any e-mail attachments from suspicious or unknown sources. E-mail attachments can contain viruses that infect your computer when the attachment is opened. If you receive a suspicious e-mail purportedly sent from PAYzz that contains an attachment we recommend that you delete the e-mail, without opening the attachment.

 

Look for grammatical or typographical errors

Look for poor grammar or typographical errors. Some phishing e-mails are translated from other languages or are sent without being proofread, and as a result, contain bad grammar or typographical errors.

 

Check the return address

Is the e-mail from PAYzz? While phishers can send a forged e-mail to make it look like it came from PAYzz, you can sometimes determine whether it's authentic by checking the return address. If the "from" line of the e-mail looks like "remitly-security@hotmail.com" or "remitly-fraud@msn.com", or contains the name of another Internet service provider, you can be sure it’s not genuine.

 

Check the website address

Genuine PAYzz websites are always hosted on the following domain: https://www.PAYzz.com

 

Sometimes the link included in spoofed e-mails looks like a genuine PAYzz address. You can check where it actually points to by hovering your mouse over the link--the actual website where it points to will be shown in the status bar at the bottom of your browser window or as a pop-up.

 

Also, sometimes the spoofed e-mail is set up such that if you click anywhere on the text you are taken to the fraudulent website. PAYzz will never send an e-mail that does this. If you accidentally click on such an e-mail and go to a spoofed website, do not enter any information; instead, just close that browser window.

 

If an e-mail looks suspicious, go directly to the PAYzz website

When in doubt, do not click the link included in an e-mail. Go directly to https://www.PAYzz.com and click Your Account in the top right menu to view recent purchases, or review your account information. If you cannot access your account, or if you see anything suspicious, let us know right away.

 

Protect your account information

If you did click through from a spoofed or suspicious e-mail and you entered your PAYzz account information, you should immediately update your password. You can do this by going directly to https://www.PAYzz/ and clicking Account Settings. On the next page, click the Change your personal information, e-mail address, or password.

 

If you submitted your credit card number to the site linked to from the forged e-mail message, we advise that you take steps to protect your information. You might want to contact your credit card company, for example, to notify them of this matter. Finally, you should delete that credit card from your PAYzz account to prevent anyone from improperly regaining access to your account.

 

Reporting Phishing E-mail

If you have received an e-mail, you know is a forgery, or if you think you have been a victim of a phishing attack and you are concerned about your PAYzz account, please let us know right away by reporting a phishing or spoofed e-mail. (support@PAYzz.com)


 

Contact

You can contact us with any questions or concerns at: PAYzz, Inc., 1111 3rd Ave, Suite 2100, Seattle, WA 98101

Email: Customer Service

Toll-Free Phone: (617) 877-4464