At Innovate 1 Pay Limited we are committed to safeguarding and maintaining the confidentiality of personal information of our customers collected by us during the course of our business as well as the personal information we receive from visitors to our website. The following privacy policy sets out the basis on which any of your personal information will be collected, stored and used by us. Please read this privacy policy carefully. By proceeding to use any of the Innovate 1 Pay products you confirm that you have read, understood and agree to this privacy policy in its entirety.

This Policy is provided by Innovate 1 Pay Limited (RC 1155642) and describes our use of your personal information when you use our website, any of our mobile software application platforms, bureau de change distribution centers, customer services telephone lines and when you interact with us using other channels such as social media platforms, as well as information we receive when you purchase or use Innovate 1 Pay Limited branded products and other products offered on our website. These services and products are collectively referred to in this policy as ‘Innovate 1 Pay products’. The Innovate 1 Pay products you may purchase or use are provided by Innovate 1 Pay Limited and also by our related entities.

Information we collect

We collect and process personal information in three ways:

1) Information you give us

Personal Information. When you use the Innovate 1 Pay products, we may ask for information about you. This may include your name, date of birth, home address, billing address, office address, e-mail address, the form(s) of identification you provide (e.g. passport or driver’s license) and the personal information contained within those forms of identification, mobile telephone number, landline telephone number, credit or debit card information, other payment details, such as your bank account information, as required by us in order to complete your transaction and provide your payment choices and other details. If you do not provide the information, we require to process a transaction, we may not be able to proceed with your order.

2) Information we collect from your use of our services

We may collect information about you, the Innovate 1 Pay products and how you use them. This could include:

  • Transactional information about our products and how you use them.
  • Information you share with us when you contact us for any reason either in writing, by phone or by any other means. This may be at any of our cash distribution centers, through our contact centres, online services or through social media.
  • Registration details when you set up an account with us (including your username, password and verification information).
  • Content you post on our websites, including personal descriptions, photographs and videos
  • Information when you take part in promotions, or competitions or surveys.
  • Registration information when you sign up to loyalty schemes offered by us.
  • Details of your visits to the online Services. This includes page interaction and online services site activity, including which website you came from, pages you viewed during your visit, and the page you viewed immediately after you left.
  • Data collected by cookies and corresponding technologies, together with the personal information we have collected.
  • Location informat ion, for example your IP address, registered beacons or GPS (geo-location) signal We may use your exact geo-location when you have consented to it.
  • Your marketing preferences.
  • CCTV images from equipment in place at our locations and infrastructure for the purposes prevention and detection of crime and public safety.

3) Information we receive from third parties

We may also receive information from third parties. This may include:

  • Non-personal information used to supplement existing information, such as demographics and affluence metrics (e.g. social-demographic groupings through matching postcode information).
  • Information about you from other sources with whom we work closely to provide the Innovate 1 Pay products to you, including third party payment and delivery service providers, identify verification and fraud prevention services, and other companies associated with the delivery of the Product.

How we use the information we collect

We may use your information for the following purposes:

  • Collecting payment, processing and fulfilling your order, providing order tracking facilit ies or otherwise providing you with the information, products and services you may request from us.
  • Complying with our legal and regulatory obligations (including fraud prevention, anti-money laundering and sanction screening). This may include checking the information you provide to us against information from other sources.
  • Enforcing any contract entered into between you and us for the services provided.
  • Contacting you (including by email or SMS) with marketing messages according to your preference
  • Providing you with any alerts, in App messages or other messages you have registered to receive.
  • Providing you with service messages, notifying you about changes to our products or changes to our terms , conditions and policies.
  • Improving customer experience and our quality of products.
  • Data analysis to allow us to derive insight and to help make the Innovate 1 Pay products personalised and relevant , as well as to develop our business processes, products and services.
  • Enabling us and third party websites to display relevant and targeted advertisements, based on previous behaviour, purchases, or any other relevant information.

Information we share

The only time your personal information may be shared with a third party is if:

  • We have your prior consent to do so. For example, when you consent to receiving direct marketing where the information is sensitive in nature.
  • We are processing information externally, through a trusted business partner, based on Innovate 1 Pay’s explicit instruction and in compliance with our privacy policy, confidentiality and levels of security.
  • We are using a third party to send targeted advertisements, using an identifier such as an email address or site cookies.
  • We have aggregated, non-personally identifiable information, which is to be used for segmentation, statistical modelling, general research or trend analysis.
  • We sell or buy any new business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal information to the prospective seller or buyer of such business assets.
  • We are purchased by a third party, in which case personal information held by us including you as 01 customer will be transferred. We will notify you of this through the most appropriate means.
  • We need to comply with the obligations we have to our third party product issuers or third parties providing products or services on our behalf, so that they may process your order or otherwise provide the information, products or services you have requested (please note that these third part product issuers have their own privacy policies and accordingly we cannot accept any responsibility) or liability for the handling of personal information by such third parties in accordance with such policies).
  • We are under a duty to disclose or share your personal information in order to comply with our legal obligations or in order to enforce our conditions of sale (including the Online Terms and Conditions and other agreements); or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Innovate 1 Pay, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other organisations and law enforcement agencies for the purposes of anti-money laundering obligations and sanction compliance, fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Retention of Personal Information

We only retain your personal information for as long as is necessary for us to use your information as described above or to comply with our legal obligations.

Maintenance of Accurate Information

We strive to ensure that the information we maintain about our customers is accurate, current and complete. We respond to requests from customers to correct inaccurate information in a timely manner. Please tell us if you think we hold incorrect information about you at the address below.

Accessing the Online Services

As part of using the Online Services you may be asked to set-up a user name and password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your user name and password and are responsible for all activities that are carried out when logged using your name and password.

Security and Storage

We have a number of security measures in place to protect your personal information. However, when transmitting personal information over the internet, please bear in mind that no transmission over the internet can ever be guaranteed secure. Therefore, please note that we cannot guarantee the security of any personal information that you transfer over the internet to us.

We may store your information in printed or electronic format, in our business locations or in storage and data processing facilities that are owned and operated by our service providers

International Transfers

The personal information that we collect from you and about you may be transferred to and stored at a destination outside Nigeria. It may also be processed by staff operating outside Nigeria who work for one of our suppliers (including third party product issuers). Such staff may be engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By providing your personal information, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing of your personal information outside of Nigeria. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that such personal information is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy and any legal requirements which might apply in connection with our disclosure in your jurisdiction, but please be aware that levels of data protection may differ across jurisdictions.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, phone or tablet by websites or sometimes by emails. Cookies provide us with useful information which we use to improve our Website and make it possible for Innovate 1 Pay to identify some of your preferences. When you revisit our Website, Innovate 1 Pay’s computer server will recognise the cookie, giving us information about your previous visits which help us to analyze how customers interact with our sites so we can make improvements. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify you as an individual.

We use three types of cookies on our websites

  1. Session cookies that are deleted after each visit.
  2. Persistent cookies that remain in place across multiple visits to our sites until they either expire or you delete them.
  3. Third party cookies that are used by our approved business partners.
  4. Most browsers are originally configured to accept cookies automatically; however, you may also refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser. Please note that if your browser is not configured properly or if you alter your browser to disable the acceptance of cookies, you may not be able to use the Website.

Unless you have adjusted your browser settings so that it will refuse cookies or set your preferences use of our Cookie Consent tab, our system will automatically issue cookies when you access our Website.

Please note that our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control. You should check the privacy policy of advertiser websites to find out how they manage cookies.

Links to Third Party Websites

Our Websites contain links to other sites which are controlled by third parties. You should review these other sites’ privacy policies. We do not accept any responsibility for their use of your personal information.

Access to Information

If you require access to the information we hold about you, please send your request in writing to the address set out below. Any request may be subject to terms and conditions. If you find that the information we hold about you is inaccurate or out-of-date then we will endeavour to correct it upon receiving your request in writing.

Providing personal information about other people

You can provide us with another person’s personal information to enable us to contact them (for e.g. by recommending a friend to use Innovate 1 Pay’s products, or by entering them into a competition). By providing the other person’s information we rely on you for the accuracy of their information such as email address, mobile phone number or postal address. A message may be sent to the other person using the contact details provided by you and this message will make reference to your name and explain to the recipient that you were the source of his/her contact details.

Removal from Innovate 1 Pay Email Marketing Communications

You may want to discontinue receiving information from us. While this may mean that you will not receive product or service information of interest to you, we respect anyone’s wishes not to be informed directly about these promotions or product introductions.

You may advise us that you want to opt out by sending us an email at unsubscribe@innovate1pay.com You will also be provided with an unsubscribe link in any email or SMS message we send you.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on our website. Please check our privacy policy from time to time to take notice of any changes made. By providing us with your personal information, using the online services and/or any service or product offered via the Online Services, providing us with personal information in-store at one of business channels or over the phone, after we have changed the terms of our privacy policy, you will be deemed to have accepted these changes. We will advise you of significant changes to this privacy policy where we have your contact details.

This privacy policy was last updated on 1 June 2019.

Contact

Questions, comments, complaints and requests regarding this privacy Policy and our management of your personal information are welcomed and should be addressed to Innovate 1 Pay Limited by sending an email to privacy@innovate1pay.com or sending mail to privacy officer, Innovate 1 Pay Limited, No 5 Onitsha Crescent, Area 11, Garki Abuja Nigeria. We will endeavour to respond to you promptly if a response is required or requested.

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