PRIVACY POLICY

 

1.  INTRODUCTION

1.1   We, Kredivo (Thailand) Co., Ltd and its affiliates and subsidiaries (individually and collectively, referred as "Company", "We" "Our" "Us" or "Kredivo"), will collect information related to individuals (“Personal Data”) in providing our financial products via Kredivo’s website, its mobile application and/or partners’ application (collectively, referred as the “Services” or “Platform”). Kredivo takes its responsibilities under applicable privacy laws and regulations ("Privacy Laws") seriously and is committed to respecting the privacy rights and concerns of all Users of our Services. Users refers to a user who registers for an account with us for use of the Services (“Users”, “You” or “Your”). We will act in compliance with the laws and regulations applicable in countries and regions where we are conducting business (such laws and regulations are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Applicable Laws”) and will make efforts to properly protect Personal Data based on this Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy” or “Policy”).

1.2   This Privacy Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use, disclose and/or process the Personal Data you have provided to us and/or we possess about you, whether now or in the future, as well as to assist you in making an informed decision before providing us with any of your Personal Data.

1.3   The terms of this Privacy Policy must be read and understood in conjunction with other notices, contractual clauses, consent clauses that apply in relation to the collection, storage, use, disclosure and/or processing of your Personal Data by us and is not intended to override those notices or clauses unless we state expressly otherwise.

1.4   This Policy applies to mobile applications, call center, website, social media features, social networking sites, online communication channels, and other locations where we collect your data.

1.5   We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes we make to this Privacy Policy in the future will be reflected on this page and material changes will be notified to you. Where permissible under local laws, your continued use of the Services or access to the Platform, including applying for a loan (as defined in the Terms of Services) on the Platform, or express consent thereto, following the modifications, updates or amendments to this Privacy Policy (whether or not you have reviewed such document) shall constitute your acknowledgment and acceptance of the changes we make to this Privacy Policy. You agree that it is your responsibility to review and check the Privacy Policy frequently to see if any updates or changes have been made to this Privacy Policy.

 

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY. BY CLICKING OR CHECKING “SIGN UP”, “I AGREE TO KREDIVO’S PRIVACY POLICY”, “I AGREE AND CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION, USE, DISCLOSURE, STORAGE, TRANSFER AND/OR PROCESSING OF MY PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE STATED IN, AND UNDER THE TERMS OF, KREDIVO’S PRIVACY POLICY” OR SIMILAR STATEMENTS AVAILABLE AT THE REGISTRATION PAGE OR IN THE COURSE OF PROVIDING YOU WITH THE SERVICES OR ACCESS TO THE PLATFORM, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND THAT YOU HAVE AGREED AND CONSENTED TO THE COLLECTION, USE, DISCLOSURE, STORAGE, TRANSFER AND/OR PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AS DESCRIBED AND UNDER THE TERMS HEREIN.

 

2.   PERSONAL DATA TO BE COLLECTED

2.1 We will collect the Personal Data described below in a lawful and fair manner in accordance with Applicable Laws and, if required, upon obtaining your consent.

2.2 "Personal Data" means data, whether true or not, about an individual who can be identified from that data, or from that data and other information to which an organization has or is likely to have access. Common examples of Personal Data could include name, identification number and contact information.

2.3.  Depending on your use of our Platform and/or your interaction with our Services (such as when registering for our Services and/or logging into our Platform), you may be asked to provide us with certain information. While you can choose not to provide us with certain information, you may not be able to use all or a part of our Services. The Personal Data that you may opt to provide to us and the common instances of when Personal Data about you may be collected, are as follows:

(a) Registration Information. If you sign up for an Account, We ask You to provide Us with personal information, which may include your name, date of birth, gender, username and password, email address, work address, telephone number, signature, e-signature, ID card number, your interests, and any Personal Data in any photographs that you upload onto our Platform. This information collectively is referred to as "Registration Information or Profile Data."

(b) Personal details, such as title, full name, gender, age, occupation, qualifications, job title, position, business type, nationality, country of residence, date of birth, marital status, work place, education, house registration, household income, salary, financial information and personal income, any other personal details you provided to us;

 

(c) User IDs and Device IDs. When You install the Application, We create a unique identification number associated with that installation of the software ("User ID").

(d) Usage Information. We also collect information about how You use Our Services, including how You view and interact with content, the parts of Our Services that You use, information You search for, content that You view, and actions You take.

(e) Marketing and Communications Data, which may include your interests, survey responses, preferences in receiving marketing materials from us and your communication preferences, your preferences for Services, as well as your feedback, chat, email or call history on the Platform or with third party service providers.

(f) Account and Transaction Data, which may include your credit card details, bank account details, bank statements, delivery/ billing address, payments and orders to and from you, and other details of services that you have used through the Platform.

(g) LogData. When You use Our Services, We automatically record information about Your use ("Log Data"). This Log Data may include information such as Your computer's or mobile device's Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, the webpage You were visiting before you came to Our Site, pages of Our Site that You visit, access times and dates and other statistics.

(h)Technical details, such as Internet Protocol (IP) address, cookies, media access control (MAC) address, web beacon, log, device ID, device model and type, network, connection details, access details, single sign-on (SSO), login log, access time and location, time spent on the page, login data, search history, browsing details, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on devices you use to access the platform, and any other technical details from the use on the Platforms and systems;

(g) Third-party application, user IDs linked to our Services or given to us when activating and/or using the Services;

2.4 If you provide Personal Data of any third party (e.g., your beneficiary, emergency contact person, referral, and references) to us, e.g., their name, family name, address, telephone  number, family member income and any personal and contact details for emergency contact, complete your application or execute your transactions with us; please provide  this Privacy Policy for their acknowledgement and/or obtaining consents where  applicable for us.

2.5  We automatically collect and process certain types of information when you use your  devices to access our Platform and interact with our Services for the purposes set out  herein.

2.6 If you do not want us to collect the aforementioned information/Personal Data, you may opt out at any time by notifying us in writing about it. Further information on opting out  can be found in section 10 below. Note, however, that opting out of us collecting your Personal Data or withdrawing your consent for us to collect, use or process your  Personal Data may affect your use of the Services. For example, opting out of the  collection of location information will cause its location-based features to be disabled.

 

3.         PURPOSES OF COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL DATA

3.1 We may collect, use and disclose your Personal Data for the following purposes;

(a) To provide products and services to you: to enter into a contract and manage our  contractual relationship with you; to support and perform other activities related to  such services or products;  and to carry out financial transaction and services;

(b) To carry out the Services, including but not limited to customer due diligence, credit  scoring or assessment, monitoring and verifying the loan usage, billing statement,  repayment of loan and debt collection;

(c) To register, verify, identify and authenticate you or your identity;

(d) To consider and/or process your application/transaction with us or your transactions  or communications with third parties via the Services;

(e) To respond to, process, deal with or complete a transaction and/or to fulfil your  requests for certain products and services and notify you of service issues and unusual  account actions;

(f) To enforce our Terms and Conditions of Services provided for the respective financial  products and/or any other terms and conditions relevant to the Services, including to  enforce  the relevant loan agreement made under our Services or that of our affiliate(s) where applicable and in accordance with its terms;

(g)  To contact and communicate with you as requested by you or in relation to the  products  and services you obtain from us, affiliates, subsidiaries and business partners;  to handle customer service-related queries, request, feedback, complains, claims, disputes or indemnity; to provide technical assistance and  deal with technical issues; to  process and update your information; to facilitate your use of the products and services;

(h) To produce statistics and research for internal and statutory reporting and/or record-             keeping requirements;

(i) To carry out due diligence or other screening activities (including, without limitation,  background checks) in accordance with legal or regulatory obligations or our risk  management procedures that may be required by law or that may have been put in  place by us;

(j) To provide privileges, offers, updates, sales, special offers, promotions,  advertisements, notices, news, information and any marketing and communications  about the products and services from us, affiliates, subsidiaries and business partners.

(k) To improve business operations, products, and services: To evaluate, develop,  manage, and improve, research and develop the services, products, system, and business operations for you and all of our customers, affiliates, subsidiaries and business partners; to identify and resolve issues; to create aggregated and anonymized reports,  and measure the performance of our products, and marketing campaigns;

(l) Functioning of the sites, mobile application, and platform: To administer, operate,  track, monitor, and manage the sites and platform to facilitate and ensure that they  function properly, efficiently, and securely; to facilitate your experience on the sites and  platform; improve layout, and content of the sites and platform;

(m)  For business management purpose including for IT operations, management of  communication system, operation of IT security and IT security audit; internal business  management for internal compliance requirements, policies, and  procedures;

(n) Compliance with regulatory and compliance obligations: To comply with legal  obligations, legal proceedings, or government authorities' orders which can include  orders from government authorities outside Thailand, and/or cooperate with court,  regulators, government authorities, and law enforcement bodies when we reasonably  believe we are legally required to do so, and when disclosing your Personal Data is  strictly necessary to comply with the said legal obligations, proceedings, or government  orders.

(o) To protect the security and integrity of our business; to exercise our rights or protect  our interest where it is necessary and lawfully to do so, for example to detect, prevent,  and respond to fraud claims, intellectual property infringement claims, or violations of  law; to manage and prevent loss of our assets and property; to secure the compliance of our terms and conditions.

(p) To verify your identity, and to conduct legal and other regulatory compliance checks  (for example, to comply with anti-money laundering regulations, and prevent fraud).

(q) Corporate transaction: in the event of sale, transfer, merger, reorganization, or similar  event we may transfer your Personal Data to one or more third parties as part of that  transaction.

(r)  To perform risk management, audit performance, and risk assessments; and/or

If you fail to provide your Personal Data when requested, we may not be able to provide our products and services to you.

3.2 You acknowledge, consent and agree that Company may access, preserve and disclose  your Account information and Content if required to do so by law (including Credit  Information Business Act B.E. 2545 and any Applicable Laws and regulations related the  said Act.) or pursuant to an order of a court or an order/ permission by any  governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company or in a good  faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a)  comply with legal process; (b) comply with a request and/or a permission from any  governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company (including a  permission by the Bank of Thailand to disclose your Personal Data and information for  any other interests); (c) enforce the Terms and Conditions of Services provided for the  respective financial products or this Privacy Policy; (d) respond to any threatened or  actual claims asserted against the Company or other claim that any Content violates the  rights of third parties; (e) respond to your requests for customer service; or (f) protect  the rights, property or personal safety of the Company, its users and/or the public.

3.3. As the purposes for which we will/may collect, use, disclose or process your personal  data depend on the circumstances at hand, such purpose may not appear above.  However, we will notify you of such other purpose at the time of obtaining your consent, unless processing of the applicable data without your consent is permitted by the  Privacy Laws.

 

4.   WHO WE DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL DATA TO

4.1     We may share (or permit the sharing of) your Personal Data with and/or transfer your  Personal Data to third parties and/or our affiliates for the above-mentioned purposes  under this Privacy Policy. These third parties may be located in Thailand and areas  outside Thailand, including  but not limited to:

(i) Service providers and related companies such as agents, vendors, contractors and  partners in areas such as payment or loan services, marketing, data analytics, market or  consumer research, survey, social media, customer service, installation services,   information technology and website hosting;

(ii)  Courts, tribunals, enforcement agencies, governmental or regulatory authorities  having jurisdiction over Company;

(iii) Our subsidiaries, affiliates and related corporations;

(iv) Users or our bank partners you have transacted with or interacted with on the  Platform or in connection with your use of the Services for the above-stated purposes;

(v) A buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Company’s  assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation or similar proceeding in which Personal Data held by the Company about our service users is  among the assets transferred; or to a counterparty in a business asset transaction that  the Company or any of its affiliates or related corporations is involved in;

(vi) We may share user information, including statistical and demographic information  about our Users and information about their use of the Services with advertising  partners and third-party suppliers of advertisements, marketing, and/or other  programming.

4.2     In disclosing your Personal Data to them, we endeavor to ensure that the third parties  and our affiliates keep your Personal Data secure from unauthorized access, collection,  use, disclosure, processing, or similar risks and retain your Personal Data only for as long  as your Personal Data is needed to achieve the above-mentioned purposes.

4.3     International data transfer: We may transfer or permit the transfer of your Personal Data outside of your jurisdiction for any of the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.  However, we will not transfer or permit any of your Personal Data to be transferred  outside of such jurisdiction unless the transfer is in compliance with Applicable Laws,  including, for example, to inform and obtain your consent on the countries to which  your Personal Data may be transferred to and the applicable standards on data  protection under the laws of such countries. If you provide Personal Data to our  Platform, you acknowledge and agree that such Personal Data may be transferred from  your current location to the offices and servers of Kredivo and its affiliates, agents, and  service providers, as referred herein and located in other countries.

 By visiting this application and providing Personal Data to our Platform, you consent to  these transfers.

 

5.    HOW DOES COMPANY PROTECT AND RETAIN CUSTOMER INFORMATION?

5.1 We implement a variety of security measures and strive to ensure the security of your  Personal Data on our systems. Maintaining technology products to prevent unauthorized  computer access. User personal data is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of employees who have special access rights to such  systems. However, there can inevitably be no guarantee of absolute security. You are also  advised to exercise caution with respect to the sharing of your Personal Data and your authentication / security details (such as passwords, credit card details, transaction  details) outside of our Platform / Services.

5.2  We will retain Personal Data in accordance with the Privacy Laws and/or other  applicable laws. That is, we will destroy or anonymize your Personal Data as soon as it is  reasonable to assume that (i) the purpose for which that Personal Data was collected is  no longer being served by the retention of such Personal Data; and (ii) retention is no  longer  necessary for any legal or business purposes; and (iii) no other legitimate  interests warrant further retention of such Personal Data. If you cease using the Services  on the Platform, or your permission to use the Platform and/or the Services is  terminated or withdrawn, we may continue storing, using and/or disclosing your  Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy and our obligations under the  Privacy Laws. Subject to Applicable Laws, we may securely dispose of your Personal Data  without prior notice to you.

 

6. THIRD-PARTY SITES

6.1.  The Platform may contain links to other websites operated by other parties, such as our  business affiliates, merchants, or payment gateways. We are not responsible for the  privacy practices of websites operated by these other parties. You are advised to check  on the applicable privacy policies of those websites to determine how they will handle  any information they collect from you.

6.2.  Please note that even if the third party is affiliated with us, we have no control over  these third-party websites, each of which may have their own separate privacy and data  collection practices independent of us. We therefore have no responsibility or liability  for the content, security arrangements (or lack thereof) and activities of these linked sites. These linked sites are only for your convenience, and you therefore access them at  your own risk. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our Platform and the  links placed upon each of them and therefore welcome any feedback about these linked  sites (including, without limitation, if a specific link does not work).

 

7.  MINORS

7.1.  Company does not provide Services to minor under the age of 20 (which is to be  determined based on the Applicable Laws), nor does it intend to provide any of the  Services or the use of the Platform to minors. We do not knowingly collect any personal  data relating to minors.

7.2.  You hereby confirm and warrant that you are above the age of minority and you understand and accept the terms of this Privacy Policy.

As a parent or legal guardian, please do not allow minors under your care to submit  Personal Data to Company.

 

8.  HOW AND HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA

8.1 The Company has information security policies and practices in place to safeguard your Personal Data, as follows:

• Collection characteristics: We keep your Personal Data either in printed document  (hard copy) or in electronic document system (soft copy) with appropriately secured  measures to prevent the loss, unauthorized access, change, and disclose of your  Personal Data.

• We manage to put in place procedures to deal with any suspected Personal Data  breaches. In case of substantiated complaints concerning breaches of customer privacy  and losses of customer data, our security team will immediately investigate to solve the  case.

• Retention period: We will not keep your Personal Data for any longer than we seem  necessary for the purposes for which we collect and process it, or within the effective  period of contract, or within the period of the exercise, or defense of legal claims.

• When your Personal Data for which we collect, use and process it, is no longer  required for the purposes and by Applicable Laws, we will erase or destroy or aggregate  and/or anonymize your Personal Data to an extent that it no longer identifies you within  a reasonable time.

9.  COOKIE POLICY

9.1 During any use of the Company's website and/or mobile application Information relating to your access to this website will be saved in the form of a cookie. This cookie policy describes the meaning of functional cookies, their purposes and how to delete cookies for your privacy.

By accessing our website and/or mobile application, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the cookie policy detailed below.

How the Company uses cookies?

The Company will collect website information from all visitors through cookies or similar  technologies and will use cookies for the purpose of improving the efficiency of accessing and using the Company's internet services. The company collects cookies for  the following purposes:

• To study the behavior of your website usage and to develop company websites to be       able to use easily, quickly and more efficient;

• To enable you to sign in to your account on the Company's website;

• To protect you from fraud and improve security;

• To analyze products and services, and offers of the Company products that may be  relevant to you;

• To improve the marketing that you see on social media, applications and other  websites.

You can refuse the collection of information via cookies through your browser settings,  which may reduce the optimum performance of the website and application.

 

10.   HOW CAN YOU ACCESSING AND CORRECTING, OPT-OUT, WITHDRAW, PERSONAL DATA  YOU HAVE PROVIDED TO US?

10.1 You may request information about your Personal Data which we have collected or  enquire about the ways in which your Personal Data may have been used, disclosed, stored, or processed by us via the personal account information setting on our Platform  or by contacting us using the contact details below. You may also request correction of  any error or omission in your Personal Data which we have collected in the same way. In  order to facilitate processing of your request, it may be necessary for us to request  further information relating to your request. Where permissible under law, we may  refuse such correction requests if deemed vexatious or unreasonable.

10.2 You may withdraw your consent for the collection, use and/or disclosure of your  Personal Data in our possession or under our control by sending an email to our  Personal Data Protection Officer at dpo.th@kredivo.com and we will process such  requests in accordance with this Privacy Policy and our obligations under the Privacy  Laws and other Applicable Laws. However, your withdrawal of consent may mean that  we will not be able to continue providing the Services to you and we may need to  terminate your existing relationship and/or the contract you have with us.

10.3 However, your withdrawal of consent could result in certain legal consequences arising  from such withdrawal. In this regard, depending on the extent of your withdrawal of  consent for us to process your Personal Data, it may mean that we will not be able to  continue providing the Services to you, we may need to terminate your existing  relationship and/or the contract you have with us, etc., as the case may be, which we  will inform you of.

10.4 You may request that we erase or destroy or temporarily suspend the use of or  anonymize the Personal Data we hold about you in case you believe that the Personal Data we hold about you is being unlawfully processed by us or we are not complying  with the Privacy Laws.

Please provide as much detail as possible on your reasons for the request to assist us in  determining whether you have a valid basis for erasure or destruction or suspension or  anonymization, as the case may be. However, we may retain the Personal Data if there  are valid grounds under law for us to do so (e.g., for the defense of legal claims or  freedom of expression) but we will let you know if that is the case.  Please note that  after deleting, destroying, suspending, or anonymizing the Personal Data, we may not be  able to provide the same level of servicing to you as we will not be aware of your  preferences.

10.5 For a request to access Personal Data, once we have sufficient information from you to  deal with the request, we will seek to provide you with the relevant Personal Data within  30 days. Where we are unable to respond to you within the said 30 days, we will notify  you of the soonest possible time within which we can provide you with the information  requested. Note that Privacy Laws may exempt certain types of Personal Data from  being  subject to your access request.

 

 

11.  Questions, Feedback, Concerns, Suggestions or Complaints

11.1.  If you have any questions on Personal Data protection or data privacy or you have other  concerns about our data protection / privacy practices or wish to exercise any rights you  may have under Applicable Laws, please feel free to contact us via below channels.

11.2. If you have any complaint or grievance regarding how we are handling your personal  data or about how we are complying with Privacy Laws, we welcome you to contact us  with your complaint or grievance through our contact below.

E-mail: dpo.th@kredivo.com and Attention it to the "Personal Data Protection Officer"

11.3 If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices or your dealings with  the Services, please do not hesitate to submit your questions or concerns through the  mechanism set out in the Platform for the Services or contact: support.th@kredivo.com.

 

12. TERMS AND CONDITIONS

12.1 Please also read the Terms and Conditions of Services provided for the financial  products establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use  of the Platform and the Services respectively and other related policies.

 

Updated on 25 March 2024