
DIGITIZED SERVICE PAYMENT
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Privacy Policy
This document is effective from 7/8/2024
This privacy policy (this ‘Privacy Policy’) explains how personal information is collected, used, stored and disclosed by Digitizedpay Limited.
This Privacy Policy forms a part of our Terms of Use. It should therefore not be read in isolation.
We respect the privacy of our users and customers (individually referred to as ‘you’ and collectively as ‘Users’) and as such we will take reasonable steps to protect your information.
Application and Scope
This Privacy Policy applies to information Digitizedpay Limited collects when you use our product, website, applications, online pages, online accounts, online handles, platforms, terminals and other services (collectively, our ‘Services/touch points’).
Updates
We may change this Privacy Policy periodically. We will inform you when this happens, however, please ensure you review this Privacy Policy regularly.
This Privacy Policy supersedes all previous notices, statements and policies regarding our privacy practices. If you do not agree to every provision of this Privacy Policy, please do not use our website or access our services.
Age Restriction
Our Services are not directed to children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 18.
If as a parent or guardian, you become aware that your child or ward (who is a child) has provided us with any information without your consent, please contact us and we will erase such data.
If we discover that any child has provided us with any information without parental consent, we shall unilaterally delete such information. We respect privacy laws and the privacy of children under the age of 18.
What We Collect
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When you use our Services or interact with our touch points, we collect Personal Information which you voluntarily provide us. Personal Information refers to the personal information you submit/give us through any of touch points.
It also includes any information that can be used to identify or contact you. These include but are not limited to: names, email addresses, passwords, telephone numbers, business/company names, logos, signatures, payment card details and social media details.
Information about your computer hardware and software may also be collected by Digitizedpay Limited.
This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses.
We use your personal information to:
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Deliver our services to you;
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Respond to your questions and/or requests;
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Improve our operations;
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Address inappropriate use of our facilities and assets;
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Prevent, detect and manage risk against fraud and illegal activities;
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Target advertisements, newsletters and service updates;
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Verify the information that you provide with third parties;
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Update our database, improve content, product and service offerings; as well as
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Resolve any dispute that may arise.
We may collect additional Personal Information about you from third parties and other identification/verification services such as financial institutions, payment processor and verification services.
With your consent, we may also collect additional Personal Information in other ways including emails, surveys, and other forms of communication.
Once you begin using our services, we will keep records of your transactions and collect information of your other activities related to our services.
We will not share or disclose your Personal Information with a third party without your consent, except as mandated by law.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks for permission to be on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies provide information regarding the computer used by a visitor. Cookies allow applications or websites respond to you.
This allows the website or applications tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use cookies on our web platforms to identify you as a user and make your user experience easier, customize our services, content and advertising; help you ensure that your account security is not compromised, mitigate risk and prevent fraud; and to promote trust and safety on our website. Cookies allow our servers to remember your account information, your account log-in information when you visit our website, IP addresses, date and time of visits, monitor web traffic and prevent fraudulent activities.
If your browser or browser add-on permits, you have the choice to disable cookies on our website, however, this may limit your ability to use our website. The cookies we use include but are not limited to session cookies, persistent cookies and third-party cookies.
Opt-out Rights
If you do not wish to receive offers or other notices from use in the future, you can ‘opt-out’ by contacting us as indicated at the end of this Privacy Policy or by following the ‘unsubscribe’ instructions in any communication you receive from us.
Please be aware that you are not able to opt-out of receiving communications about your use of our services or related transactions with us.
How We Share the Personal Information You Provide
To enable us render our services to you on our respective platforms, we may share your information with trusted third parties, such third parties include financial institutions, payments processors, verification services, regulatory agencies, as well as any third parties that you have directly authorized to receive your Personal Information.
Your Personal Information may be stored in locations outside the direct control of Digitizedpay Limited, for instance, on servers or databases co-located with hosting providers.
We may disclose your Personal Information in compliance with applicable law or a legal obligation to which we are bound. We may share or disclose your Personal Information to protect our rights, property, or safety or the rights, property, or safety of our users or others or to enforce our Terms of Use or other agreements.
We may also share your information as a part of a purchase, transfer or sale of services, products or assets (e.g. in the event that substantially all of our assets are acquired by another party, your Personal Information may be one of the transferred assets).
When you are no longer a user, we will continue to share your information as described in this Privacy Policy. Please note that other users and third parties you contract with have their own privacy policies. Digitizedpay Limited is not responsible for their actions, including their information protection practices.
The use of your information by such third party will be subject to their applicable privacy policy, which you should carefully review. We may disclose Analytics with third parties as described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy and for our commercial purposes. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you authorize us to collect, store, share, and otherwise use your information in conjunction with:
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Google Analytics
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Facebook
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Instagram
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Amazon Web Service
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Baremetrics
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Stripe
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Campaign Monitor
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Twitter
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LinkedIn
Security
We have, and require our third-party service providers that receive Personal Information from us to have, a comprehensive written information security program that contains administrative, technical, and physical safeguards for our respective computer systems, databases, and communications networks that are reasonably designed to protect information contained within such systems from loss, misuse, or alteration. We use standard, industry-wide security practices such as encryption, firewalls and SSL (Secure Socket Layers) for protecting your information.
However, please note that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security of your Personal Information. You also play a role in protecting your Personal Information.
Please safeguard your personal information and do not share them with others. If we receive instructions using your personal information, we will consider that you have authorized the instructions. You agree to notify us immediately of any other breach of security.
Change of Information
In the event that you change any information provided to us at registration including your business name, address, financial institution, mode of payments or the products and services that you offer, or where a corporate restructuring occurs you agree to notify us within 14 days of such change. We may be unable to respond to you if you contact us from an address, telephone number or email account that is not registered with us.
What We Retain
We will retain your information for as long as you are an active customer or as needed to provide you with our services, comply with our legal and statutory obligations or verify your information with a financial institution.
Contact Details
If you have any questions, queries, comments, feedback or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contacts us at service@digitizedpay.com
Last Updated: 7/8/2024.