Privacy Notice
TrueLayer (Ireland) Limited
Dated: 15 Jul 2022
Note to reader
If you are an End-User of TrueLayer located in the United Kingdom ("UK"), or are using an app from a Partner located in the UK, see our UK Privacy Notice
Overview
The privacy and security of your data is of paramount importance to all of us at TrueLayer. Please read this Privacy Notice carefully before using our website, the tool(s) being provided by TrueLayer as part of our services (“Tools” and together with our website, the “Site”) or any of our services. If you have any questions or queries about the contents, please email us at [email protected].For the purposes of this Data Privacy Notice the Data Controller is TrueLayer (Ireland) Limited (“TrueLayer”) (with company number 671615) with its registered office at:
- 6th Floor
- 2 Grand Canal Square
- Dublin 2, D02 A342,
- Ireland
Personal Data
The personal data we collect about you and how we use it | What type of personal data are we using? | Purpose of Processing | What lawful basis do we rely on to use your personal data? |
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If you are a TrueLayer Customer | Your name, date of birth, address, email, number, username, client ID and login data if you register as a user. | To deliver our Services to you | Entering into or Performance of a Contract: To deliver a contractual service to you as our Customer. Please note that in the event that you do not wish to provide us with your Personal Data for this purpose we will not be able to perform our contract of services with you. |
Your name, date of birth, address, email, number and photo identification. Such personal data may include any criminal background information. | To conduct any due diligence that we are required to do in order for you to receive our Services. | Compliance with a Legal Obligation: To comply with our legal obligations (including regulatory requirements that we are under) under applicable Irish and European law and to comply with other applicable Irish and European Union laws. | |
Your name, email address, username and login data you supply to us if you register as a user. | To provide you with updates on our activities, services and products; to record your marketing preferences and any feedback or responses for the purposes of improving our Services. | Consent: With your consent. You have the right to withdraw consent by contacting us at any time. However please note that any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent will remain valid. | |
If you are an End-User of our AIS Tool or our Verification Tool | Your email address | To allow us to identify you for reporting, compliance and customer service purposes. | To comply with our legal obligations (including regulatory requirements); and It is necessary for our legitimate interest to ensure we provide you and your Provider with the Services and to improve our Services |
If you are an End-User of our PIS Tool or our Verification Tool | Your name, email address, postal address, account number and sort-code | To allow us to identify you for reporting, compliance and customer service purposes. | To comply with our legal obligations (including regulatory requirements); and It is necessary for our legitimate interest to ensure we provide you and your Provider with the Services and to improve our Services |
If you are an End-User of Merchant Services (as defined in the End-User Terms of Service) | Any Personal Data that you have given to your Provider (through whom you are accessing Merchant Services), including your name, account number, sort code, date of birth, address and email address and any photo identification. Such personal data may include any criminal background information. | To conduct any identification and verification checks which are required for customer due diligence during the onboarding process that we are required to do in order for you to receive our Services. | Compliance with a Legal Obligation: To comply with our legal obligations (including regulatory requirements that we are under) under applicable Irish and European law and to comply with other applicable Irish and European Union laws. |
Your name and IBAN details that are set up when you register with your Provider through whom you are accessing Merchant Services | To deliver our Merchant Services to you and/or your Provider, including initiating payment and, where relevant, processing a refund. | Legitimate Interest: It is necessary for our legitimate interest in ensuring that we can provide you and your Provider with the Services. | |
If you are an End-User of any of our products | Your name, address and any photo identification. Such personal data may include any criminal background information. | To conduct any due diligence that we are required to do in order for you to receive our Services. | Compliance with a Legal Obligation: To comply with our legal obligations (including regulatory requirements that we are under) under applicable Irish and European law and to comply with other applicable Irish and European Union laws. |
Your name, email address, username and login data you supply to us if you register as a user via any TrueLayer portal or console. | To deliver our Services to you and to give you access to information we hold about you. | Legitimate Interest: It is necessary for our legitimate interest in ensuring that we can provide you with the Services. | |
Your username, email and account information, supplied to us by your Provider. | To debug any issues you have when you access our Services and to improve our automated processes for retrieving data. | Legitimate Interests: It is necessary for our legitimate interest in ensuring that we can provide you and your Provider with the Services and to allow us to continuously improve our Services. | |
Any Personal Data that is contained in the account information that you have given us your explicit consent to access in accordance with the End-User Terms of Service. | To anonymise or pseudonymise the Personal Data in order for it to be used to improve our Services, to be part of a market study or analytics by us or a third party. | Legitimate Interests: It is necessary for our legitimate interest in ensuring that we are able to continuously improve and develop our Services and enhance the experience of you and your Provider. | |
Your name, email address, postal address, account number and sort- code where made available to us. | To keep a record of your use of our services, to provide our services to you and/or your Provider, to improve our services and to allow us to identify you for reporting, compliance and customer service purposes. | To comply with our legal obligations (including regulatory requirements); it is necessary for our legitimate interest in ensuring we can provide you and your provider with the service. | |
If you are a visitor to our Site or Tool | Your name, email address and any other Personal Data you supply to us (such as any feedback). | To provide you with updates on our activities, services and products; to record your marketing preferences and any feedback or responses for the purposes of improving our Services. | Consent: With your consent. You have the right to withdraw consent by contacting us at any time. However please note that any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent will remain valid. |
Any Personal Data we collect as part of your Cookies setting, namely online identifiers (such as your cookie identifier, IP address, browser type and version, time zone settings and location). | To allow us to run the operation of our Site and ensure that our provision of Services through our website runs as smoothly as possible. | Consent: With your consent. You have the right to withdraw consent by contacting us at any time. However please note that any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent will remain valid. |
How we collect your Personal Data
These are the ways in which we may collect your personal data:If you are an End-UserIf you are an End-User, the provider of the application through which you access our Services (your “Provider”) will direct you to use our Services which will include the following:
- If you are an End-User using either:
- our AIS product, through a software tool (the “AIS Tool”); or
- our Verification product, through a software tool (the “Verification Tool”)
- If you are an End-User using our payment initiation services (“PIS”) product, through a software tool (the “PIS Tool”) which you can use to consent to and authorise a payment as specified by your Provider; this may require that your ASPSP sends us your bank account details. When you use the PIS Tool, we will collect and process the Personal Data that you provide to us (e.g. any Personal Data you include in the payment reference) in order for us to provide the PIS Tool. We may also collect and process Personal Data contained in your bank or payment account details shared with us by your ASPSP.
- If you have registered to use the TrueLayer End-User Portal or console we will collect and process your name, email, username that you provide to us in order to access the End-User Portal and the information about your use of the relvant Tool.
- Through email when you communicate with us.
- When you visit our Site.
- When you provide us with your marketing preferences.
- through our Site when you register as a Customer or use our Services;
- through email when you communicate with us;
- through information that you provide to us, and from third party sources such as Companies House and LexisNexis for due diligence and onboarding purposes;
- when you visit our Site; and/or
- when you provide us with your marketing preferences.
- through cookies or similar tracking technologies that we have set on our Site; and/or
- when you provide us with your marketing preferences through the Site.
How long we keep your Personal Data
We will not keep your Personal Data for any longer than is necessary for the purpose for which it is collected and a reasonable period thereafter. Please note that in certain circumstances we may hold your Personal Data for a longer period, for example, if we are processing an ongoing claim or believe in good faith that the law or a relevant regulator may reasonably, in our view, expect or require us to preserve your Personal Data.When deciding how long to keep your Personal Data, we consider factors including:
- our contractual obligations and rights in relation to the Personal Data involved (including the End-User Terms of Service);
- legal obligation(s) under applicable law to retain data for a certain period of time;
- whether we relied on your consent to use the Personal Data, but you have since withdrawn your consent;
- statute of limitations under applicable law(s);
- our legitimate interests where we have carried out balancing tests;
- fraud and risk management;
- (potential) disputes; and
- guidelines issued by relevant data protection authorities.
International transfers of your Personal Data
The data that we collect from you will generally speaking not be transferred to, or stored outside the European Economic Area ("EEA") or the UK. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that your Account Information (including any Personal Data) is handled securely and in accordance with this Privacy Notice.However, whenever we do transfer your Personal Data out of the EEA or the UK, we will only do so if:
- you have given your prior written authorisation; or
- there is an appropriate transfer agreement or other approved transfer mechanism in place such as Standard Contractual Clauses or an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
Your Rights
The list below sets out the rights which you have to address any concerns or queries with us about the processing of your Personal Data. Note that in certain circumstances these rights may not be absolute. You can exercise any of these rights by submitting a request in writing to us.Right of accessYou have the right to ask us to provide any personal data we have collected about you, to you and to access the following information in relation to the processing of your Personal Data:
- the purposes of processing;
- the categories of Personal Data concerned;
- the recipients of your Personal Data;
- the period for which your Personal Data will be stored;
- the existence of your right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission; and
- the source of your Personal Data
- your name,
- your address,
- the details of your Provider, and
- the period of data you would like access to.
- where you contest the accuracy of your Personal Data;
- where the processing is unlawful, and you do not want us to delete your Personal Data;
- where we no longer need your Personal Data for the purposes of processing, but you require the data in relation to a legal claim; or
- where you have objected to us processing your Personal Data pending verification as to whether or not our legitimate interests override your interests or in connection with legal proceedings.
- we process your Personal Data with your consent or where it is necessary to perform our contract with you; and
- the processing is carried out by automated means.
Changes to this Privacy Notice
Any changes we make to our Privacy Notice in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our Privacy Notice.
Questions and Contact Information
If you would like to access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information about how we process your Personal Data, you can contact us at [email protected]
Annex
Account informationSubject to such Account Information being returned by the relevant ASPSP, Account Information shall include, but not be limited to, the following financial information and Personal Data:
- Personal details: name, date of birth, full address(es), email address, phone number, gender;
- Bank account information:
- Account type (e.g. current, saving, investment, credit card);
- Account name;
- IBAN/Account number/Sort code/SWIFT;
- Currency;
- Account balance information:
- Current balance;
- Available balance (credit cards);
- Transactions;
- Time;
- Description;
- Amount;
- Meta-data (arbitrary data that banks associate with a transaction e.g. category); and/or
- Additional data which TrueLayer may collect in the future (as confirmed in writing from time to time):
- Loans data when available;
- Insurance data when available; and/or
- Investments data when available;
- Payment due date (credit cards) when available; and/or
- Minimum payment due (credit cards) when available.