Data Policy
Last modified: May 7, 2018
Hello! Thanks for using and trusting Pangea! We take your privacy very seriously and are committed to protecting your information.
This Data Policy describes your rights regarding our collection, use, storage, sharing and protection of your information. It applies to the services we provide through our website (www.pangeamoneytransfer.com) (“Website”), our iOS and Android mobile applications (“Mobile Applications”), and our network of third-party partners (e.g., paying agents, processors and retailers) (the “Network”) to the extent that they are involved in the processing and completion of a Pangea transfer.
You accept this Data Policy when you sign up for, access or use our products, services, content, features, technologies or functions offered through our Website and all related sites, Mobile Applications and services (collectively, our “Service(s)”).
Please contact us at privacy@gopangea.com if you have any questions about this Policy.
- A few definitions:
When we say “we,” “us” and/or “Pangea” we are referring to Pangea Universal Holdings, Inc. (“PUH”), Pangea USA, LLC (“PUSA”) and any of our subsidiaries or affiliates.
When we say “you,” “customer” or “user” we are referring to the individual that has registered to use Pangea’s Services. - Information we collect from you and why we collect it
We collect information from you through various mechanisms, including: (1) your transactions with us and the Network; (2) your use of our Website, Mobile Applications, Network and Services; and (3) other third parties, including but not limited to consumer reporting agencies, identity verification services, and publicly available sources. - Personally Identifiable Information
Personally identifiable information (“PII”) is information that we can link to you personally and includes data like your name, address, date of birth, email address, phone number, or mobile device’s unique identifier.
You do not have to provide PII to access certain information on the Website or download the Mobile Application, but we collect certain PII concerning you and the beneficiary of the money transfer when you create a Pangea account and create a transfer.
The following are examples of PII that we may collect from you in the course of providing our Service:
– Your full name, address, email address, date of birth and telephone number(s). We may also collect certain sensitive information from you, including your bank account number, debit card number, an ID and social security number.
– PII that you provide to us in the course of your participation in promotional or rewards programs.
– Third-party PII that you may provide to enable the transfer of funds, such as your recipient’s full name, address, phone number, email address, ID and date of birth. We may also collect from you sensitive financial information about your recipient depending on the type of transfer you select, including but not limited to, bank account or debit number information. If you provide us with PII and sensitive financial information about your beneficiary, you represent that you have obtained permission from your beneficiary to provide this information.
– Information about your usage of the Service, including your transaction history, how you use the Service to send or receive money, and to whom you send money.
– Information that we lawfully obtain from third parties, including credit reporting agencies and identity verification and database service providers.
– Information provided during recorded communications with our Customer Service department, including telephone calls and electronic communications.
We collect this information for the following purposes:
– To process your transactions;
– To verify your identity;
– To collect payment for your use of the Service;
– To allow our partners to fulfill their promotional obligations to you;
– To troubleshoot problems with the Service;
– To comply with applicable laws and regulations relating to customer identification, “know-your-customer” procedures, and anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing;
– To detect and prevent fraud and other illegal uses of the Service;
– To send you marketing notices, service updates, and promotional offers;
– To contact you by telephone directly or using auto-dialed or pre-recorded message calls or text (SMS) messages (if applicable), as authorized, for the purposes described in this Data Policy;
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– To survey information that will be used to monitor or improve the use of our Service and overall customer satisfaction.
- Other Information
When you use the Service, Pangea and our third party partners may collect non-personally identifiable information that does not reveal your specific identity (“Other Information”). We may collect this information through (i) server log files, (ii) environmental variables, (iii) cookies, (iv) web beacons, and (v) information that you voluntarily provide.
Examples of Other Information that we may collect from you:
IP Address: Your internet protocol (“IP”) address is a number that is automatically assigned to the computer that you are using by your Internet service provider. This number is identified and logged automatically in our server log files whenever you visit the Website. We and our third-party service providers use IP addresses for administering the Website. Collecting IP addresses is standard practice on the Internet and is done automatically by many websites.
Environmental variables, such as your MAC address, computer type, screen resolution, OS version, internet browser and version are collected by most websites, and can be used to optimize your experience on the Website.
Cookies: Cookies are very small files that we send to your computer to uniquely identify your browser. Cookies allow us to collect data and other information about your use of our Services and your transactions with us. They also allow us to customize the Service so you can use it more efficiently. Most browsers automatically accept cookies as the default setting. However, you can modify the settings to reject cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit by editing browser options. If you decide not to accept cookies, you may have a less satisfactory experience using our Service.
We use third party vendor re-marketing tracking cookies, including the Google Adwords tracking cookie. This means we will continue to show ads to you across the Internet, specifically on the Google Content Network (GCN). As always we respect your privacy and are not collecting any PII through the use of Google’s or any other third party re-marketing system. The third-party vendors, including Google, whose services we use, will place cookies on web browsers in order to serve ads based on past visits to our Website. This allows us to make special offers and continue to market our Services to those who have shown interest in our Services. You can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.
This Data Policy does not cover the use of cookies by our partners, affiliates, and service providers. We do not have access or control over these cookies. Our partners, affiliates, and service providers use cookies to make it easier for you to use our site.
Web Beacons: Web beacons (internet or pixel tags, single-pixel, clear, invisible and 1X1 GIFs and web bugs) are tiny graphic files placed on a web page that send a signal when a user has visited that page, allowing the website to collect standard access information, such as time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the web beacon resides. Our web beacons do not contain any PII, and we do not link web beacons to information about you.
Other Miscellaneous Information (e.g. your interests, your geographic location, etc.) is collected when you voluntarily provide such information to us. Additionally, we may aggregate PII in a manner that does not personally identify you. Such aggregated information is considered Other Information. Because this Other Information does not personally identify you, we may use such information for any lawful purpose. In addition, we reserve the right to share such Other Information with anyone to the extent permitted by law.
Do Not Track (“DNT”) is an optional browser setting that allows you to express your preferences regarding tracking by advertisers and other third parties. We do not currently respond to DNT signals. We do, however, provide you notice of the tracking by advertisers and other third parties in our Data Policy.
Interest-based Ads: Pangea displays interest-based advertising on Pangea-owned and operated sites, and unaffiliated sites, using information you make available to us when you interact with our Website, content, or Services. You can generally opt-out of receiving personalized ads from third party advertisers and ad networks who are members of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) or who follow the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising by visiting the opt-out pages on the NAI website and DAA website.
- How and when we share your information
We do not disclose information about current or former consumers except as permitted by law.
Examples of disclosures of information permitted by law include the following:
– disclosures made to effect, administer, or enforce a transaction requested or authorized by the consumer, or in connection with the servicing or processing of a financial product or service requested or authorized by the consumer;
– disclosures made to protect the confidentiality or security of records pertaining to our consumers, our Services and products, or the transactions we process or handle;
– disclosures made to protect you against actual or potential fraud, identity theft, unauthorized transactions, claims or other liability;
– disclosures made to resolve consumer disputes or inquiries; and
– disclosures made to comply with federal, state and local laws or regulations and other legal requirements, such as subpoenas or other legal processes.
Please, note that this list of examples of the types of sharing of information that is permitted by law is not meant to be comprehensive.
We reserve the right to transfer any and all information that we collect to any third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock (including without limitation in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).
If you use our Website, Mobile Application or Network, or otherwise provide us with data from outside the United States, you acknowledge and agree that your information may be transmitted outside your resident jurisdiction. The laws pertaining to the collection, use, disclosure and protection of information in the United States may be more or less stringent than the laws of other countries. By using this Website, Mobile Application and the Network, you consent to your information being stored and processed in the United States and handled as described in this Data Policy.
- Policy against the sale of information
We do not sell or rent information that we collect from you to third parties for their promotional purposes unless we receive your permission to do so. Nevertheless, we may share information, including PII, about you with:
– Third-party partners and service providers under contract with Pangea that help us with our business operations, such as transaction processing, identity verification, compliance checks, fraud prevention, and marketing. These third parties are prohibited from using your information for their own separate business purposes. These companies are authorized to use your information only as necessary to provide these services to us.
– Third parties that we partner with to offer additional products and services, but only when you elect to participate and/or to receive information about those additional products and services.
– Some of our third-party advertising vendors or partners show our ads on sites across the Internet. These third parties may use cookies to serve ads based on your visit history to our website. You may disable cookies being stored on your device by changing your browser settings.
– Law enforcement, government officials or other third parties, but only: (i) in connection with a formal request, subpoena, court order, or similar legal procedure; or (ii) when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to comply with the law, prevent physical harm or financial loss, report suspected illegal activity, or to investigate violations of our Terms and Conditions. - Safeguards to protect your data
We take reasonable measures, including the implementation of administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, to help protect your information from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction.
We also require a username and password from each user who wants to access their information on our Website, Mobile Application and Network. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Finally, access to your information is restricted to employees who require your information to perform any duties in connection with the Service. Although Pangea’s measures conform to industry standards, Pangea makes no claim or warranty as to the security or impenetrability of Pangea’s system under unusual circumstances or its resilience to future potential sophisticated attacks.
- Privacy practices of third parties
Our website may feature links to third-party sites that offer services or information. We are not responsible for content or data policies or practices of any linked sites of any third parties. We encourage you to review each third-party privacy or data policy before providing any information. - Retention of user information
We will retain your information while your account is active and beyond as needed to:
– provide you with the Service;
– comply with record keeping requirements and legal obligations;
– resolve disputes; and
– enforce agreements.
In the event that you deactivate your account, all PII and account information (e.g., transfer history) will be retained for at least ten years. During this time you can request access to your account by calling our customer service team at +1 866-858-9928.
We reserve the right, from time to time, to contact former users of the Website, Mobile Application or Network under limited circumstances, such as where legally required. Finally, we are not responsible for removing information from the databases of third parties with whom we have already shared information pursuant to this Data Policy. Please contact those third parties directly to request that your information be removed from their databases.
- Choices you can make about our use of your information
Federal and state laws allow you to restrict the sharing of your information in certain instances. However, these laws also state that you cannot restrict all types of sharing. Because we have chosen to refrain from certain types of data sharing, the only forms of sharing of your information that you may restrict are as follows:
– You may opt-out from promotional emails to you by accessing your email preferences or selecting the “Unsubscribe” function present in each email we may send you. If you opt out of receiving promotional e-mails or text messages from Pangea, we may still send you non-promotional communications, such as digital transaction receipts, notifications about your account, information that may impact your use of the Service and any changes in our Terms and Conditions and this Data Policy.
– If, after giving us your permission to share your information with third parties, you decide that you no longer want us to share such information, you may contact us by email at privacy@gopangea.com. - Changes to this Data Policy
We reserve the right to revise this Data Policy at any time and notify you as required by law. We encourage you to review our Data Policy periodically noting the last revision date. If we make material changes to this Data Policy, we will post the most current version of the Data Policy and notify you by e-mail, SMS or through the Website or the Mobile Application. Although we may provide this Data Policy to you through other means, your access to the Website, Mobile Application or use of the Network or any Services reflects your agreement to view the Data Policy through links on our Website or Mobile Application. - Your California privacy rights
California law permits residents of California to request certain details about information we may disclose to third parties for direct marketing purposes. If you are a California resident and would like to request this information, please contact us by email at privacy@gopangea.com
- Your Vermont privacy rights
Pangea will not disclose any PII to nonaffiliated third parties except as necessary to effect, administer, or enforce a transaction that you have requested or authorized. Notice and opt-in consent will be required for any other form of disclosure outside established exceptions pursuant to Article 4 of The Vermont Privacy of Consumer Financial and Health Information Regulation.
- Beneficiaries that reside in Mexico
We use your personal information to authorize the payment of remittances in Mexico, to verify your identity and to comply with various provisions relating to the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing under applicable Mexican regulations. We may also use your personal information for secondary purposes, i.e., to provide you with a better Service, including marketing, advertising and market research. In the even that you do not wish for your personal data to be used for these secondary purposes, please contact us according to the information in the following paragraph.
Remember to ask the establishments where you pick up your transfers for their own privacy policy. Mexican law gives you the right to know certain details about the information that an agent can share to third parties for the purpose of regulatory compliance and marketing. If you are a Beneficiary in Mexico and would like to know more about this policy, how to exercise your ARCO (Access, Rectification, Cancelation and Opposition) rights or would like a copy of the full Privacy Policy for our Mexican affiliate, Pangea Latin America, SA de CV, please send an email to privacidad@gopangea.com or write to us at the following address:
Attention: Compliance
Pangea Latin America, S.A. de C.V.
Paseo de la Reforma 250, Suite 800, 835 Int
Col. Juárez, Del. Cuauhtémoc
C.P. 06600. México, Distrito Federal
If you have questions or concerns regarding this Data Policy, please contact us by email at privacy@gopangea.com.
Chicago, IL 60602
© Pangea Universal Holdings, Inc. 2021
© Pangea USA, LLC 2016
© Pangea Latin America, S.A. de C.V. 2021
Effective as of: May 7, 2018
