Introduction
As a regulated money service business, we handle personal information of our customers with extreme care even going beyond our legal obligations. As a Transmitex user, we take extra steps to ensure that customer data is kept very secured and not put to any unexpected use. We take very seriously our resolve to protect customer data and privacy and utilize customer information with transparency.

By visiting this website, our partners’ websites, or giving us your personal information when you peruse our website, set up an account, request currency exchange, partake in a competition, promotion or survey or when you contact one of our employees, for example by telephone, chat or email, you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information and direct us to do so in the manner described in this Privacy Policy.

Please read this notice carefully, together with our Terms and Conditions and any other documents referred to in it. Here we set out the basis on which any information we collect about you or from you, or that you provide us with, will be processed by us and other parties in providing you with the services that you need through the website, apps or over the phone. Transmitex is committed to making use of your information in accordance to this privacy policy. In circumstances where there is conflict, the terms of use shall stand supreme.

a). Children are not eligible to use Transmitex services and are therefore not allowed to submit any information to us.
b). Transmitex is a Canadian money remittance company authorized to deal in foreign exchange and money transferring activities. In this Policy, "You" and “your" are references to a user of our website and/or of our Mobile Apps.

c). We, or our third-party service providers on our behalf collects the following personal information about our customers as follows:
— Contact information (e.g., name, address, phone number, email); and,
— Information that we are required by law to collect (AML/CTF) (e.g., occupation as required by law); and,
— Identity documents as required by law (e.g., Government issued identity card); and,
— Photo(s) to compare against provided identity documents (e.g., selfie); and,
— Network identifiers (e.g., IP address or browser information, login information, time zone setting, operating system and platform); and,
— Personal information that is requested from you for the use our website or app.
— Details of the transactions you carry out when using our Services, including geographic location from which the transaction originates.

d). We may collect and store any information you provide to us when you use Transmitex Services, including when you add information on our website, or social platforms, add or update your account information, or dispute resolutions, or when you otherwise correspond with us regarding our services, or other social media functions on our website, enter a competition, promotion or survey, and when you make us aware of a problem with our services. The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address, phone number, financial information (including bank account information), payment reason, geographical location, personal description and photograph.
We may also need additional commercial and/or identification information from you e.g., if you send or receive certain high-value or high-volume transactions or as needed to comply with our anti-money laundering obligations under applicable law.

e). We may also obtain information about you from third parties such as identity verification services and credit bureaus. This process is known as a “soft pull”. A soft pull is restricted only to Name, Address, and Date of Birth, to match the information found on the credit bureaus’ database. The nature of the pull is that only you, as the owner of your credit bureau report can see this inquiry. It does not affect your credit score.

f). If you log in to our services using your social media account (for example, Facebook, Instagram) we will receive relevant information that is necessary to enable our Services and to authenticate you. The social media network will provide us with access to certain information that you have provided to them, including your name, profile image and e-mail address. We use such information, together with any other information you directly provide to us when registering or using our Services, to create your account and to communicate with you about the information, products, and services that you request from us. You may also be able to specifically request that we have access to the contacts in your social media account, so that you can send a referral link to your family and friends. We will use, disclose, and store all this information in accordance with this privacy policy.

g). To help protect you from fraud and misuse of your personal information, we may collect information about you and your interactions with Transmitex Services.

h). Our primary purpose in obtaining personal information is to provide you with a protected, smooth, proficient, and personalised money exchange experience. We may use the following information to:
— Provide Transmitex money transfer Services and customer support.
— Process transactions and send you notices (email, text, chats) about your transactions.
— Verify your identity, including during account creation and password reset processes.
— Manage risk, or to detect, prevent, and/or remediate fraud or other potentially prohibited or illegal activities.
— Detect, prevent, or remediate violations of policies or applicable user agreements.
— Improve Transmitex Services by customizing your user experience.
— Gauge the functioning of Transmitex Services and improve their content and layout.
— Direct and protect our information technology infrastructure.
— Provide targeted marketing and advertising, provide service update notices, and deliver promotional offers based on your communication preferences.
— Contact you at any telephone number, by placing a voice call or through text (SMS) or WhatsApp or email messaging, as authorized by our User Agreement.
— Perform creditworthiness and solvency checks, compare information for accuracy and verify it with third parties.

i). We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. We may combine your personal information with information we collect from other companies and use it to improve and personalize Transmitex Services, content, and advertising.

j). Most personal information that Transmitex collects is processed by our own personnel, but for some purposes, we rely on third parties. We collect and process personal information using Transmitex personnel who have received training in the importance of security, confidentiality, and privacy. We make use of contractors, who are legally bound to confidentiality and are also trained on security, confidentiality, and privacy.

k). We design our systems with your security and privacy in mind. We work to protect the security of your personal information during transmission by using encryption protocols and software. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in connection with the collection, storage, and disclosure of your personal information. Our security procedures mean that we may ask you to verify your identity before we disclose personal information to you. It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your account or password. We recommend using a unique password for your Transmitex account that is not utilized for other online accounts. Be sure to sign off when you finish using a shared computer.
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l). We want to have accurate information about our customers and users, and we want you to be able to access the information we have collected about you. You can write to us to gain access to your personal information. We require customers and users to clearly demonstrate who they are before divulging personal information because we are mindful of attempts to impersonate people to gain access to their personal information inappropriately.

m). If you would like to correct an error regarding your personal information, please use the provided functionality within the Transmitex website or write to us with an explanation of the correction. As a regulated financial institution, we keep your personal information to enable your continued use of Transmitex Services and storage of your data extends beyond the closure of your account with us, as it is required by Law. Your data is only accessed internally on a need-to-know basis, which is done only if necessary. Transmitex will always delete data that is no longer required by a relevant law or jurisdiction in which we operate.