Privacy Policy

‍You accept the terms of this Privacy Policy when you sign up for, access, or use any product, service, content, features, technologies or functions offered on the Wallex Online System, website, mobile sites, applications and all related sites.

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By using our Services, interacting with us, submitting information to us and/or registering for an Wallex Account, you are also consenting to our collection, use, disclosure and retention of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy and in our Terms and Conditions.

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You may withdraw your consent to any use of your Personal Information as set out in this Privacy Policy by contacting us at [email protected]. However, please note that we may have to limit your Wallex Account or decline to offer you certain Services if you withdraw your consent.

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In this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” means any information that can be associated with a specific person and which can be used to identify that specific person (whether from that data alone or from that data in combination with other information that Wallex has access to). We do not consider Personal Information to include information that has been made anonymous or aggregated so that it can no longer be used, whether in combination with other information or otherwise, to identify a specific person.

We collect Personal Information from you and the devices (including mobile devices) you use to access or use our Services. You should ensure that all Personal Information submitted to us is complete, accurate, true and correct. If you fail to do so, we may be unable to provide you with the products and services you have requested.

The Personal Information we collect includes, but is not limited to, information of the kinds described below:

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2.1 Information that we collect automatically

We collect information about your interaction with our sites and Services, advertising, mobile notifications or e-mail communications. This is typically information we receive from your computer or other devices, including your mobile devices, and includes:

• Device ID or unique identifier, device type, unique device token
• Geo-location information, including location information from your mobile device (However, do keep in mind that most devices allow you to control or disable the use of location services in the device’s settings menu.)
• Computer and connection information and
• Statistics on page views, traffic to and from the sites, referral URL, IP address and web log information.

You may also be presented with an additional notice when using our Services explaining any additional information, we may collect from you that is not listed in this Privacy Policy.

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2.2 Information that we collect automatically

Such types of information include:

• Identity-related information that you provide us when you register an Wallex Account, including your name, physical address, email address, telephone and/or mobile phone number, business seller information, and unique identification number (e.g., NRIC or passport number), and identity-related information of the directors and executive officers of your corporate body authorised to operate your Wallex Account
• Financial information such as your bank account information, beneficiary details etc
• Transactional information based on your activities conducted on our sites and through our Services (such as information on your outbound payments and collections activity and other content you generate or that relates to your Account)
• Information provided through chats, dispute resolution, referral services, or added to a web form or when adding/updating your Account information, or provided when you correspond through our sites and Services, or where you correspond with our customer service team and
• Any additional information that Wallex may ask you to provide in order to verify your Account or listings.


2.3 Information from cookies and similar technologies

When you sign up for, access, or use any product, service, content, features, technologies or functions offered on the Wallex website and all related sites, we or our authorised service providers may use cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies for storing information to help us provide you with a better, faster, and safer experience. Service providers are companies that help us with various aspects of our business, such as site operations, customer support, services, applications and tools.

Accordingly:

• We and/or our authorised service providers may employ cookies in order for our server to recognise a return visitor as a unique User including, and not limited to, monitoring information relating to how a visitor arrives at the website, what kind of browser a visitor is on, what operating system a visitor is using, a visitor’s IP address, and a visitor’s click stream information and time stamp (for example, which pages they have viewed, the time the pages were accessed and the time spent per web page).
• The cookies are also used to link your device to your Wallex Account so that you do not have to re-enter your password.
• Should you wish to disable the cookies associated with these technologies, you may do so by changing the setting on your browser or device settings. However, you may be required to re-enter your password more frequently during your use of our Services, or may not be able to enter certain part(s) of our website.
• Where possible, security measures are set in place to prevent unauthorised access to our cookies and similar technologies. A unique identifier ensures that only we and/or our authorised service providers have access to cookie data.


2.4 Information from other sources

We may combine information you give us with information we collect from other sources and use it for the purposes disclosed in this Privacy Policy.

We may also obtain information about you from third parties. This may include but not limited to:

• Publicly available demographic information
• Additional contact information, User information or account information (including third-party account information) and other information required to verify you or your business’s identity or User information to assess fraud
• MyInfo or credit check information
• Information from credit bureaus and financial institutions and
• Analytics data from your usage of our Services.

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We use the Personal Information we collect to operate, improve and personalise our Services to contact you and provide you customer service to detect, prevent and mitigate fraudulent or illegal activities. You agree that we may use your Personal Information as follows:


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3.1 Operate, improve, and personalise our Services

• Provide you use of and access to our Services
• Process your application for Wallex products and services
• Process transactions and send notices about your transactions
• Verify your identity, including during Account creation and password reset processes
• Responding to your queries, feedback, complaints and requests, and to resolve disputes, collect fees, and troubleshoot problems
• Give you access to your purchase and sales history, payment transaction history, internal email and other features and functionalities
• Customise, measure and improve our Services
• Provide other services requested by you as described when we collect the information.


3.2 Contact you and provide you customer service

• Provide you with customer support in relation to the use of our Services
• Contact you via postal mail, email, or phone (including using auto-dialled or pre-recorded messages and text messages) in order to provide you with information regarding your payment transactions, poll your opinions, and for such other purposes as authorised by law and is consistent with this Privacy Policy.


3.3 Detect, prevent and mitigate fraudulent or illegal activities

• Prevent, detect, investigate and report fraud, security breaches, potentially prohibited or illegal activities
• Protect the security and integrity of our sites and Services
• Compare the Personal Information you provide for accuracy, and verify it with information provided by third parties where necessary.


3.4 Assess your suitability as a candidate for employment

• Conducting interviews
• Processing your application (including but not limited to pre-recruitment checks involving your qualifications and facilitating interviews)
• Obtaining employee references and for background screening
• Assessing your suitability for the position applied for
• Facilities management, including but not limited to maintaining the security of our premises and recording entries and exists and/or
• Such other purposes which are reasonably related to the aforesaid.


3.5 Others

• Detect, prevent, remediate breaches or attempted breaches of or otherwise enforce our policies, applicable law, or any agreement that we may have with you
• Provide targeted marketing and advertising, provide service update notices, and deliver promotional offers based on your communication preferences
• For accounting, audit, litigation or regulatory purposes.

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The protection of your Personal Information is very important to Wallex. We will share selected Personal Information with other Wallex Users in Wallex order to facilitate your transactions and to help resolve a dispute between you and another Wallex User.


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Our policies and Terms and Conditions expressly prohibits a receiving party from using any Personal Information that we may share with them for unrelated purposes, such as to directly market to you, unless you have agreed to it. Contacting Users with unwanted or threatening messages is also against our policies and constitutes a violation of our Terms and Conditions.

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Subject to any applicable law, we may also share your Personal Information with the following third parties for the purposes listed below:


• Members of the Wallex corporate family, to provide joint content, products, and services (such as registration, transactions and customer support), to help detect and prevent potentially illegal acts and violations of Wallex policies, and to guide decisions about their products, services, and communications. Members of our corporate family will use this information to send you marketing communications if you have requested their services.
• Banking partners (a) to comply with the requirements of credit card association rules for inclusion on their list of terminated merchants (in the event that you meet their criteria which includes having Wallex close your Wallex Account due to your breach of our Terms and Conditions) (b) to comply with their anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism requirements or (c) if we believe that disclosing your information is necessary to help us or our banking partners prevent fraud or assess and manage operational or financial risk.
• Third party payment service providers to facilitate their provision of services to you through our platform.
• Companies that we plan to merge with or acquire or are acquired by. (Should such a combination occur, we will require that the new combined entity follow this Privacy Policy with respect to your Personal Information. If your Personal Information could be used contrary to this policy, you will receive prior notice.)
• Law enforcement, regulators, government officials, or other third parties pursuant to a subpoena, court order, regulatory notices and guidelines, or other legal process or requirement applicable to us or one of our affiliates when we need to do so to comply with the law or credit card rules or when we believe, at our sole discretion, that the disclosure of Personal Information is necessary to prevent physical harm or financial loss, to report suspected illegal activity or to investigate violations of our Terms and Conditions.
• Other third parties to whom you explicitly ask us to send your information (or about whom you are otherwise notified and consent to when using a specific service).
• Other unaffiliated third parties, for the following purposes:
• Fraud Prevention and Risk Management: to help them prevent fraud or assess and manage risk. As part of our fraud prevention and risk management efforts, we also may share necessary account information with third parties in cases where we have placed a hold or other restriction on your Account based on disputes, claims, chargebacks or other scenarios regarding the sale or purchase of goods.
• Customer Service: for customer service purposes, including to help service your Accounts or resolve disputes (e.g., billing or transactional).
• Shipping: in connection with shipping and related services for purchases made using our Services.
• Legal Compliance: to help them comply with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing requirements.
• Service Providers: to enable service providers under contract with us to support our business operations, such as fraud prevention, bill collection, marketing, customer service and technology services. Our contracts dictate that these service providers only use your information in connection with the services they perform for us and not for their own benefit.


Please note that some of these third parties may be based in other countries where the laws on the processing and protection of Personal Information are less stringent than the laws in your country.

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We take steps to ensure the Personal Information we collect from you is accurate and up to date, and that you have the ability to access or update/correct it.

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6.1 Accessing your Personal Information

• At any time, you may access your Personal Information by logging in to your Wallex User panel and clicking on “Settings”.

6.2 Updating/Correcting your Personal Information

It is your responsibility to ensure all Personal Information that you submit to us is complete, accurate, true and correct.

• Please update your personal data immediately if it changes or is inaccurate.
• If you wish to update/correct your Personal Information, please contact us at [email protected].
• We reserve the right to reject your update/correction request if we have reasonable grounds to believe that such an update/correction should not be made.

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7.1 Storage and Security

We store and process your Personal Information in our secure servers. We protect your information using physical, technical, and administrative security measures to reduce the risks of loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure and alteration. Some of the safeguards we use are firewalls and data encryption, physical access controls to our data centers, and information access authorisation controls.

Despite our security precautions, we cannot fully guarantee the security of your Personal Information because of the inherent risks of data transmission over the internet. At all times, you assume the risks associated with the transmission of your Personal Information over the internet and the possibility of malware present on your device used for our Services. Therefore, you should ensure that you only enter or upload your Personal Information on a secure device within a secure environment.


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7.2 Retention

We retain your Personal Information for as long as you continue to have an Wallex Account.

• If your Wallex Account is terminated (either by your request or by us), we will retain your Personal Information for at least 5 years after Account termination in order to comply with the regulatory requirements under the laws and regulations applicable to our Services.
• Under certain circumstances we may retain Personal Information from closed Accounts to prevent fraud, collect any fees owed, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigation, enforce our Terms and Conditions, comply with applicable legal data retention obligations and take other actions permitted by law.
• After it is no longer necessary for us to retain your Personal Information, we will dispose of it in a secure manner according to our data retention and deletion policies.

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If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us via email at [email protected]

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