Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 9, 2022

Introduction


BAYANI PAY, INC. (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates www.bayanipay.com (hereinafter referred to as “Service”).

Our Privacy Policy governs your visit to www.bayanipay.com, and explains how we collect, safeguard, and disclose information that results from your use of our Service.  

We use your data to provide and improve our Service. By using our Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms of Service.

Our Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern all use of our Service and together with the Privacy Policy constitutes your agreement with us (“Agreement”).


Definitions

  1. “Service” means the www.bayanipay.com website operated by BAYANI PAY, INC.
  2. “Personal Data” means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).
  3. “Usage Data” are data collected automatically either generated by the use of Service or from Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  4. “Cookies” are small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device).
  5. “Data Controller” means a natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal data are, or are to be, processed. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your data.
  6. “Data Processors” (or “Service Providers”) means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.
  7. “Data Subject” is any living individual who is the subject of Personal Data.
  8. “The User” is the individual using our Service. The User corresponds to the Data Subject, who is the subject of Personal Data.

Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.


Types of Data Collected


Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • ID Number and ID Type
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City

We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link in the website or in our emails.


Third-Party Personal Data

We also collect information about the beneficiary of your fund which contains personally identifiable information that can be used to connect or identify your beneficiary (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Phone number
  • First name and last name
  • Address
  • Receiving bank account information


Usage Data

We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service or when you access Service by or through a mobile device (“Usage Data”).


This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.


When you access our Service with a mobile device, this Usage Data may include information such as the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.


Location Data

We may use and store information about your location if you give us permission to do so (“Location Data”). We use this data to provide features of our Service, to improve and customize our Service.


You can enable or disable location services when you use our Service at any time by way of your device settings.


Tracking Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and we hold certain information.


Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.


You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.


Examples of Cookies we use:

  • Session Cookies: We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
  • Preference Cookies: We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
  • Security Cookies: We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
  • Advertising Cookies: Advertising Cookies are used to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests.


Other Data

While using our Service, we may also collect the following information: sex, age, date of birth, passport details, citizenship, registration at place of residence and actual address, telephone number (work, mobile), taxpayer identification number, and cookies and usage data.


Use of Data

BAYANI PAY, INC. uses the collected data for various purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service;
  • To notify you about changes to our Service;
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so;
  • To process your transactions in compliance with regulatory requirements in the United States and in the Philippines;
  • To provide customer support;
  • To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service;
  • To monitor the usage of our Service;
  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues;
  • To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it;
  • To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection;
  • To provide you with notices about your account and/or subscription, including expiration and renewal notices, email-instructions, etc.;
  • To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information;
  • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information; and
  • For any other purpose with your consent.


Retention of Data

We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.


Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to—and maintained on—computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United States and process it there.


Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.


BAYANI PAY, INC. will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.


Disclosure of Data

We may disclose personal information that we collect, or you provide:

  • Disclosure for Law Enforcement. Under certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
  • Business Transaction. If we or our subsidiaries are involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred.
  • Other cases. We may disclose your information also: To our subsidiaries and affiliates; To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it; For the purpose of including your company’s logo on our website; and With your consent in any other cases.


Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Your Data Protection Rights under the California Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)

CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require a person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting personally identifiable information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals with whom it is being shared, and to comply with this policy.

See more HERE.


According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:

  • Users can visit our site anonymously;
  • Our Privacy Policy link includes the word “Privacy”, and can easily be found on the page specified above on the home page of our website;
  • Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes on our Privacy Policy Page; and
  • Users are able to change their personal information by emailing us at support@bayanipay.com.


Our Policy on “Do Not Track” Signals

We honor Do Not Track signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track browser mechanism is in place. Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. 


You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.

Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), provide Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services or assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.


These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

 

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

 

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.


For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en


We also encourage you to review Google's policy for safeguarding your data: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

 

Cloudflare Analytics

Cloudflare analytics is a web analytics service operated by Cloudflare Inc. Read the Privacy Policy here: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy 

 

Mixpanel

Mixpanel is provided by Mixpanel Inc.

You can prevent Mixpanel from using your information for analytics purposes by opting out. To opt out of Mixpanel service, please visit this page: https://mixpanel.com/optout/

For more information on what type of information Mixpanel collects, please visit the Terms of Use page of Mixpanel: https://mixpanel.com/terms/

 

Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) tools

We may use third-party Service Providers to automate the development process of our Service. 

 

GitLab CI/CD

GitLab CI/CD is provided by GitLab, Inc.

GitLab CI (Continuous Integration) service is a part of GitLab that builds and tests the software whenever the developer pushes code to the application. 


GitLab CD (Continuous Deployment) is a software service that places the changes of every code in the production which results in every day deployment of production. 


For more information on what data GitLab CI/CD collects for what purpose and how the protection of the data is ensured, please visit GitLab CI/CD Privacy Policy page.

 

Behavioral Remarketing

BAYANI PAY, INC. uses remarketing services to advertise on third party websites to you after you visited our Service. We and our third-party vendors use cookies to inform, optimise and serve ads based on your past visits to our Service.

 


Google Ads (AdWords)

Google Ads (AdWords) remarketing service is provided by Google Inc.

You can opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page.

Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your web browser. The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provides visitors with the ability to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page.

 

Twitter

Twitter remarketing service is provided by Twitter Inc.

You can opt out from Twitter's interest-based ads by following their instructions HERE.

You can learn more about the privacy practices and policies of Twitter by visiting their Privacy Policy page.

 

Facebook

Facebook remarketing service is provided by Facebook Inc.

You can learn more about interest-based advertising from Facebook by visiting this page

To opt out from Facebook's interest-based ads, click on the link to follow these instructions from Facebook.

Facebook adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising established by the Digital Advertising Alliance. You can also opt out from Facebook and other participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance in the United States, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe, or opt out using your mobile device settings.

For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook's Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation

Mixpanel‍

Mixpanel is a web and mobile-based analytics service provided by Mixpanel Inc. Mixpanel collects and analyzes website traffic data to measure how the Service is used and how to improve the Platform’s user retention. You can find out more about which types of data Mixpanel collects in its Terms of Use. In addition, Mixpanel also has policies in place for users that enable “Do Not Track” settings, which you can read about in this page.

Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services within our Service. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g., payment processors).

We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.

The payment processors we work with are:

Dwolla:

Their Privacy Policy can be viewed here

Plaid:

Plaid’s Privacy Policy can be viewed here

Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party sites or services.

 

Children's Privacy

Our Services are not intended for use by children under the age of 18 (“Child” or “Children”). 

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from Children under 18. If you become aware that a Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from Children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

 

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

 

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

By email: privacy@bayanipay.com 

By visiting this page on our website.

By phone number: Tel #: +1-888-599-7280

By mail: 222 N Pacific Coast Hwy, 10th. Floor, El Segundo, CA 90245

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