PRIVACY POLICY
Privacy Policy
StashFin asks for and uses your personal information and is committed to keeping this information secure and protected. This Privacy Policy explains why we require personal information and how we collect, use, disclose and secure your personal information. This Privacy Policy applies to personal information we collect from you and from third parties both online and offline, but does not apply to any personal information collected by third parties from you.
By accessing or using the website, www.stashfin.com (“Website”) or the StashFin mobile application (“Mobile Application”), you signify that you have read, understood and agreed to be bound by this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice. Therefore, we encourage you to review this Policy each time you access our services (“Services”) on our Website and Mobile Application. We may also choose to notify you of material changes to the Privacy Policy by email or by means of a notice on our home page.
The following terms and definitions have been set out in this Privacy Policy:
Collection of user Information:
To create an account on StashFin, you must furnish certain information and details as part of our Customer Identification process. Your agreement to our User Terms and Conditions and this Privacy Policy governs how we treat your information. During the use of our Services, Website and Mobile Application, we may collect information about you from you and from third parties. While some information has to be mandatorily provided, others are optional. Certain portions of the information provided will remain private and some will be shared with associated third parties. All information you provide to us is voluntary. This information includes but is not limited to the following:
By registering with StashFin or beginning an application on the Website or Mobile Application for any product or service, you are consenting to be contacted by us through written notices, email messages, text messages, WhatsApp, Telegram or telephone, and, in connection with any such telephone calls, you consent to the use of pre-recorded/artificial voice messages and/or automatic dialing devices, at any telephone number associated with your StashFin account, including mobile telephone numbers we have for you in our records or from other public and nonpublic databases we may lawfully access. You hereby allow StashFin to contact other individuals via your phone contact list and/or phone address book to provide updated employment, location, and contact information for you in case StashFin is unable to reach you on your registered mobile number. You understand that anyone with access to your telephone or email account may listen to or read the messages StashFin leaves or sends you, and you agree that StashFin will have no liability for anyone accessing such messages. You expressly authorize StashFin to monitor and record your calls with StashFin. You agree that StashFin may contact you using the information you provided with information and offers of services available through StashFin website and mobile application.
The information we collect will depend on the products and services we offer, on an ongoing basis. If you do not allow us to collect all the information we request, we may not be able to deliver all of these services effectively.
You understand that, by creating an account or by registering through Third party websites, StashFin and other parties will be able to identify you by your StashFin profile. However, StashFin will not be liable under any circumstance for the generation of your profile or the information you provide therein. StashFin will also not be liable for any information collected in the form of SMS, contacts, media or any other sources that the users might upload, the data collection process may extract, the use and misuse thereof. We will ask for your bank account details only for the Service.
All the information that you shall provide us is voluntary, including sensitive personal information. You understand that StashFin may use certain information of yours, which has been designated as ‘sensitive personal data or information’ under the IT Rules for the purpose of providing you with the Services and for sharing the information with affiliates who are subject to this Privacy Policy, as explained below.
Third-party sharing of your information
We will take utmost care to ensure that your personal information is not shared with the public and that your transactions on the Website and Mobile Application are confidential. If we use any third parties for any of these transactions, we will also make sure that confidentiality is maintained with these authorized third parties. We only share your personal information with affiliated third parties as permitted or required by law. When we share your personal information with vendors and service providers who perform functions on our behalf, we require that they keep your information confidential and secure and that they use it only as is reasonably necessary to carry out their work or comply with applicable law. We may share your personal information with affiliates and as part of joint marketing campaigns with other financial companies. In addition, personal information may be disclosed or transferred to our affiliates and as part of, or during negotiations of, a merger, consolidation, sale of company assets or equity, financing, acquisition, strategic alliance or in any other situation where personal information may be transferred as one of the business assets of StashFin.
Protecting your information
We have administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of your personal information. We store all the customer data on AWS cloud servers to reduce the risks of loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure and alteration. Some of the safeguards we use are firewalls, SSL data encryption and access authorization controls. In addition, your personal information resides on servers or in areas of facilities that only selected StashFin personnel and contractors have access to.
However, you understand and accept that there’s no guarantee that data transmission over the internet will be completely secure and that any information that you transmit to us is at your own risk. We assume no liability for any disclosure of information due to errors in transmission, unauthorized third party access to our Website and Mobile Application and databases or other acts of third parties, or acts or omissions beyond our reasonable control and you shall not be entitled to hold StashFin responsible for any breach of security.
Your choices regarding your personal information
Personal information that is not collected on the Website or Mobile Application or in connection with the Service is not generally subject to this Privacy Policy. The Website and Mobile Application may contain links to other websites which may collect personal information. For example, StashFin may have relationships with various service providers whose services you might find useful and are available to you from the Website and Mobile Application, from websites that are linked to the Website and Mobile Application, or in connection with the Service. Those providers’ may require you to provide personal information to use their services. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, the privacy policy applicable to that website, and not this Privacy Policy will govern the collection, use, disclosure and security of your personal information.
You can access all of your personal and personally identifiable information that we collect and maintain by logging in to your account and going to “My Profile”. This section of the site is password-protected to better safeguard your information. To protect the confidentiality of such personal information, you should not divulge your password to anyone. You are responsible for all uses of the Website and Mobile Application by any person using you Login ID and password. As a registered user, you can update, physical address, phone numbers, education and employment information at any time on the website. If you need to change any other information in your profile, you can contact us through the ‘Contact Us’ section on our Website and Mobile Application.
Tracking, use of cookies, web beacons and similar tracking devices
Cookies are small data files that a website stores on your computer. StashFin uses cookies for security and to personalize your web browsing experience. We may use cookies for some situations, such as
It is possible for you to configure your browser so that it does not receive cookies. However, this means you will be unable to use secure services that require cookies in order to participate. Some of those services include (but are not limited to) our online application and some other features.
Information from advertisements on other websites
We place and track advertisements on third-party websites. Like many advertisers, we advertise our products and services, and we contract with third parties to place advertisements, on websites not affiliated with us where we think the advertisements are likely to be most relevant. These advertisements may contain cookies or other mechanisms that allow tracking of your response to our ads. Along with our contracted third parties, we track and report performance of our advertising and marketing campaigns by using cookies, web beacons, and other similar technology, which may be used to collect and store information about user visits, page visits and duration, and the specific ad or link that the user clicked on to visit the site. No personally identifiable information is stored during this process.
Contacting StashFin
If you have questions regarding our Privacy Policy or if you believe that StashFin has not complied with this Privacy Policy with respect to your personal information, please contact us at [email protected] If you are reporting noncompliance with this Privacy Policy, in your e- mail or letter, please describe in as much detail as possible (but without disclosing any sensitive information about you or any third party the ways in which you believe that the Privacy Policy has not been complied with.