Introduction
At Busha, we take your privacy seriously regardless of the capacity in which you are engaging with us.
We collect and process different types of personal data depending on the nature of our relationship with you which may fall into any of the following categories;
We collect and process different types of personal data depending on the nature of our relationship with you which may fall into any of the following categories;
- merchants using Busha Commerce to accept crypto asset payments from customers;
- individuals using our website, platform, wallet and yield products; or
- potential employees and job applicants using our recruitment portal, we ensure that we manage your personal data in a manner that is compliant with applicable laws and regulations.
The hyperlinked privacy notices sets out how we collect your data, the types of data we collect, why we collect your data, your rights as a data subject and other important information relating to your personal data.
At certain intervals, we may make some changes to these notices to meet changing circumstances, law or any other triggering factor. Where any significant changes are made, we will notify you of such changes. Otherwise, you may track the changes we make from the headers of the notices which discloses the version of the notice and the recent updates.
If you have any questions or concerns about the privacy notice or how we collect, process or manage your personal data at Busha, you may contact us at compliance@busha.co.
At certain intervals, we may make some changes to these notices to meet changing circumstances, law or any other triggering factor. Where any significant changes are made, we will notify you of such changes. Otherwise, you may track the changes we make from the headers of the notices which discloses the version of the notice and the recent updates.
If you have any questions or concerns about the privacy notice or how we collect, process or manage your personal data at Busha, you may contact us at compliance@busha.co.
Types of personal data and other information collected
We collect different types of Personal Data and other Information from the visitors to our website voluntarily. The collection of the Personal Data and other Information is to provide and improve ourService to you, and such Personal Data and other Information includes but is not limited to:
- Personal Identification Data: While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that we can use to contact or identify you. These include but is not limited to the full name, date of birth, nationality, cellphone or mobile number, email address, place of residence (and/or proof of residence), employment status, the industry of employment and/or national identification number (“Personal Identification Data”).
- Usage Data: We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. 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.
- Tracking & Cookies Data: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data including a unique anonymous identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and improve and analyse our Service. You can instruct your browser to accept or refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not experience and use some portions of our Service. Examples of Cookies we use:
- Tracking & Cookies Data: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data including a unique anonymous identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and improve and analyse our Service. You can instruct your browser to accept or refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not experience and 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.
For more details on how we use cookies on our platform and the types of cookies we use, please see our Cookie Notice.
- Information for purposes of biometric identification, such as the selfie you provide to us when creating your Busha account;
- National identity documentation such as a copy of your national identity card, drivers’ license or passport and/or any other information deemed necessary to comply with our legal obligations under financial or anti-money laundering laws;
- Transaction information such as your transaction data on your Busha account and information on the recipient of any transaction(s);
- Correspondence such as information provided to us when engaging with our customer support and/or responses to our surveys;
- Device and location information such as, geolocation information, browser name and version information, IP address information, device fingerprint data, authentication data and/or clickstream data.
How we collect your data
We collect your Personal Data and other Information from public and non-public sources through;
- your direct disclosures to us when you onboard on our platform, use our Services or access our platform;
- your communication to us through our customers support channels, email, chat, telephone, or any other means;
- your reading of our emails or notices, online research on social media and websites which may not be publicly available;
- investigations on publicly available databases in furtherance of our compliance obligations;
- your participation in surveys which we make available to you, competitions and promotions;
- your usage of the Busha platform (we collect Information on your transactions and usage of your Busha account); and
- third parties such as identity verification services, credit reference agencies, regulatory and enforcement agencies, and public sources.
The Personal Data and other Information collected is internally reviewed, used to improve the content of our website, notify our visitors of updates, and respond to visitor inquiries. Once your Personal Data and other Information is reviewed, it is discarded or stored in our files for the period it is reasonably needed.
If we make material changes in collecting Personal Data or other Information highlighted above, we will inform you by placing a notice on our website or application. Personal Data received from any visitor will be used only for internal purposes and will not be sold or provided to third parties (except necessary under an Agreement between Busha and a Service Provider).
If we make material changes in collecting Personal Data or other Information highlighted above, we will inform you by placing a notice on our website or application. Personal Data received from any visitor will be used only for internal purposes and will not be sold or provided to third parties (except necessary under an Agreement between Busha and a Service Provider).
Use/Processing of Personal Data
We will only process your Personal Data to carry out our lawful business activities. In doing so, we rely on one or more of the following lawful grounds for processing your Personal Data:
Contractual necessity: We may process your Personal Data where it is necessary for us to provide our products and services to you or to otherwise comply with our obligations under Busha’s Terms of use.
Consent: In some cases, we will only process your personal data where you provide us with your express consent for such processing.
Legal obligation: In some cases, we may need to process your Personal Data to comply with an obligation imposed by law.
More specifically, we may process your personal data for one or more of the following purposes.
Contractual necessity: We may process your Personal Data where it is necessary for us to provide our products and services to you or to otherwise comply with our obligations under Busha’s Terms of use.
Consent: In some cases, we will only process your personal data where you provide us with your express consent for such processing.
Legal obligation: In some cases, we may need to process your Personal Data to comply with an obligation imposed by law.
More specifically, we may process your personal data for one or more of the following purposes.
- to verify your identity, following Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering, Combating the Financing of-Terrorism (AML/CFT/CPF) requirements;
- to manage and maintain your account with us;
- to detect and prevent fraudulent or unauthorised use of our products and services;
- to better manage our business and your relationship with us, including for purposes of quality control and staff training to make sure we continue to provide you with accurate information, products and services;
- to improve our products and services, and to develop new products and services;
- to notify you about benefits and changes to the features of our products and services;
- to provide you with personalised advertising and marketing;
- to respond to your enquiries and to resolve disputes; and
- concerning legal claims, compliance, audit, risk management, law enforcement processes and regulatory functions; in connection with the acquisition, merger or sale of a business.
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 from your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Notice and your submission of such Information represents your agreement to that transfer. BDL will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your Information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Notice. Any Personal Data you provide to us, including and similar to your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address, will not be released, sold, or rented to any entities or individuals except in accordance with this Privacy Notice, our privacy policy and applicable law.
Your consent to this Privacy Notice and your submission of such Information represents your agreement to that transfer. BDL will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your Information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Notice. Any Personal Data you provide to us, including and similar to your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address, will not be released, sold, or rented to any entities or individuals except in accordance with this Privacy Notice, our privacy policy and applicable law.
Your rights over your data
You have certain rights/control over the Personal Data or other Information you submit to us and those that we collect from third-party sources. This includes the right:
- to access and confirm your Personal Data held by Busha;
- to withdraw consent from or object to the processing of your Personal Data (this does not affect already processed Information);
- to rectify or update any inaccurate or outdated Personal Data;
- to know the purpose for processing your Personal Data;
- to restrict the processing of your Personal Data;
- to request for erasure of any Personal Data Busha holds about you, if any, subject to the provisions of applicable law;
- to request a copy of the Personal Data Busha keeps about you;
- to object/refuse access to your Personal Data for direct marketing; and
- to contest the accuracy of your Personal Data or other Information. Where this is done, Busha shall have the right to a specified period to verify the accuracy of the Personal Data or other Information.
At your request, Busha will provide your Personal Data or other Information, in a structured manner, commonly used and machine-readable format to you. To carry out this request, please refer to our Data Subject Access Request page or send the request via email to compliance@busha.co.
We will not hinder you from transmitting your Personal Data or other Information in our database to another company where the processing is based on consent, on a contract, and processing is carried out by automated means in compliance with applicable laws.
We will execute your requests on the transmission of your Personal Data or other Information to another company, where technically feasible.
We will not hinder you from transmitting your Personal Data or other Information in our database to another company where the processing is based on consent, on a contract, and processing is carried out by automated means in compliance with applicable laws.
We will execute your requests on the transmission of your Personal Data or other Information to another company, where technically feasible.
How to exercise your rights
When you make a request to exercise any of the above rights, we will provide you with your Personal Data and other necessary Information you request. However, we reserve the right to charge you or refuse your request where we notice that the request is repetitive or excessive. For the purpose of this notice, four consecutive requests would be deemed repetitive and excessive.
Your right to the erasure of your Personal Data does not apply to legal necessaries like invoices, audit logs, subscription information, and the Personal Data archived on Busha’s backup systems which we shall securely isolate and protect from any further processing to the extent required by applicable law.
Where any of your rights as provided for under this Privacy Notice is breached, resolution shall be in accordance with the provision of our Terms of Service, provided that you can only apply for a remedy within a period of 2 years within which the breach occurred.
Your right to the erasure of your Personal Data does not apply to legal necessaries like invoices, audit logs, subscription information, and the Personal Data archived on Busha’s backup systems which we shall securely isolate and protect from any further processing to the extent required by applicable law.
Where any of your rights as provided for under this Privacy Notice is breached, resolution shall be in accordance with the provision of our Terms of Service, provided that you can only apply for a remedy within a period of 2 years within which the breach occurred.
Security of personal data
We take the security of the Personal Data we collect very seriously. We take reasonable security measures to protect your Personal Data and reduce the risk of accidental destruction, loss, or unauthorised access to such Personal Data However, please note that no system involving the transmission of Information via electronic storage systems or the internet is entirely secure.
Disclosure of Personal Data
We may share your personal data with:
- Any person that works for Busha;
- Financial and other institutions we partner with to provide our products and services;
- Companies and organisations that provide third-party services to us, including technical infrastructure, marketing and analytics, and web and app development;
- Companies and organisations that assist us with identity verification, background screening and due diligence.
- Our professional advisers, consultants and other similar services.
We will otherwise treat your personal data as private and confidential and will not share it with other parties except:
- Where you have permitted us to do so;
- Where we believe it is reasonably necessary to comply with any law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, to enforce our Terms of use or other agreements, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our customers or others;
- Where we may transfer rights and obligations according to our agreement with you.
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 analysing 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.
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.
External sites
Our Service may contain links to other sites not operated by us. If you click on 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.
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 policy
Our Service does not address anyone under 18 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from anyone under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and know that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us via Compliance@busha.co. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we remove that information from our servers.
Changes to privacy policy
We may update our Privacy Notice from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Notice on this page. We will notify you via email and/or by a notice on our Service before the change becomes effective and update the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Notice. You are advised to review this Privacy Notice periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Notice are effective when posted on this page.
Client's liability
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 do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to us. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any passwords or other account information, and we will not be liable if such information is leaked or disclosed by reason of your negligence. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this notice.
While we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to us. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any passwords or other account information, and we will not be liable if such information is leaked or disclosed by reason of your negligence. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this notice.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, please contact our Data Protection Officer via compliance@busha.co