This policy describes describes how HashCash Consultants, LLC and its subsidiaries and affiliated companies (“Billbitcoins,” “we” or “us”) collect, store, use and protect personal information. The purpose of this policy is to ensure that Billbitcoins complies with applicable United States (US) federal and state regulations, and European Union (EU) data protection laws, and ensures that users are provided privacy protection. Billbitcoins Services include merchant processing services, products, or any other features, technologies or functionalities (hereinafter: “Services”) offered by Billbitcoins.
There are three types of users whose personal information we may process:
Users accept this Policy by visiting our website and/or by using our Services.
“Personally identifiable information” (hereinafter: “personal information”) is any information that can be directly associated with a specific person and can be used to identify that person. A prime example of identifiable information is a person’s name.
The information we collect depends on the type of user:
Merchants: when opening an account, we may collect the following types of personal information, depending on how you use our Services:
We may use this information for risk-management purposes (i.e. to verify merchant’s identity or address). We may also obtain information about our merchants from third parties such as credit bureaus and identity verification services. We ensure that such third parties adhere to the same data protection principles as Billbitcoins.
Shoppers of merchants: when a Shopper wants to pay an invoice created by a Billbitcoins merchant, the Shopper will be requested to fill in the following:
This information is requested since it will enable our system to send an email to Shoppers directly to obtain a bitcoin refund address in case of a payment exception (e.g. overpayments, underpayments, etc.). This creates a more seamless payment experience for both our Merchants and their Shoppers.
Additionally, only upon the merchant’s explicit request, we will collect and store personal information for the merchant’s benefit only and as a service through our invoicing service. Information that merchants may request from the shoppers may include:
In both cases mentioned above, Shoppers’ information is processed and stored according to the same principles we store our merchant’s personal information.
Billbitcoins does not process any sensitive personal information, such as religion, race, ethnicity and/or political views.
Our primary purpose for collecting personal information is to provide you with a secure, smooth, efficient, and customized experience. We may use your personal information to:
We may share your personal information with:
Please note that these third parties may be in other countries where the laws on processing personal information may be less stringent than in your country.
Merchants can review and edit their name, phone number, and email address at any time by logging in to their account and reviewing their personal information in the Settings area of their Dashboard.
If merchants wish to change information relating to their industry or company website, or if they wish delete their account, they can send an email to contact@billbitcoins.com. If they chose to delete their Billbitcoins account, we will mark their account in our database as “Closed”. We may retain personal information from their account for a certain period of time as prescribed by applicable laws.
We do not sell your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. We may combine your information with information we collect from other companies and use it to improve and personalize the Billbitcoins Services, content, and advertising. If you do not wish to receive marketing communications from us or participate in our ad-customization programs, you can simply click the “unsubscribe” link in the e-mail, or you can send an e-mail to support@billbitcoins.com.
A cookie is a small piece of data that a website asks your browser to store on your computer or mobile device. The cookie allows the website to “remember” your actions or preferences over time. Most browsers support cookies, but you can set your browser to decline them and delete them whenever you like.
When you access our website, we, or companies we hire to track how our website is used, may place small data files called “cookies” on your computer. We and our service providers also use cookies to customize the Billbitcoins Services, content, and advertising; measure promotional effectiveness, and promote trust and safety.
We send a “session cookie” to your computer when you log in to your account or otherwise use the Billbitcoins Services. This type of cookie helps us to recognize you if you visit multiple pages on our site during the same session, so that we do not need to ask you for your password on each page. Once you logout or close your browser, this cookie expires and no longer has any effect.
We also use longer-lasting cookies for other purposes such as to display your e-mail address on our login page, so that you don't need to retype the e-mail address each time you log in to your account.
We encode our cookies so that only we can interpret the information stored in them. You are free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but doing so may interfere with your use of our website. We may also collect information about your computer or other access device to mitigate risk and for fraud prevention purposes.
You may encounter cookies from third parties when using the Billbitcoins Services on websites that we do not control (for example, if you view a web page created by a third party or use an application developed by a third party, there may be a cookie placed by that web page or application.)
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually set your browser to remove or reject cookies, but note that doing so does not necessarily affect third party flash cookies used in connection with our Site. If you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Site.
We may amend this policy at any time by posting a revised version on our website. The revised version will be effective at the time we post it. In addition, if the revised version includes any substantial changes to the manner in which your personal information will be processed, we will provide you with 30 days prior notice by posting notification of the change on the “Privacy Policy” area of our website.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy contact us - contact@billbitcoins.com.