Security

This Privacy Policy explains what kind of personal data we use, how exactly we use it, for what reasons do we need your personal data and what rights do you have concerning your personal data.

Personal information is any of your data that can be used to identify you directly or indirectly, or to contact you. Our Privacy Policy covers all personal information that you submit to us or that we obtain from our partners and does not apply to anonymised data, as it cannot be used to identify you.

This Privacy Policy explains what kind of personal data we use, how exactly we use it, for what reasons do we need your personal data and what rights do you have concerning your personal data.

Personal information is any of your data that can be used to identify you directly or indirectly, or to contact you. Our Privacy Policy covers all personal information that you submit to us or that we obtain from our partners and does not apply to anonymised data, as it cannot be used to identify you.

Сryptocurrency wallets are digital wallets you can use to accept crypto payments in. They are protected by private keys. It is important to remember that private keys are meant to remain private and all the necessary precautionary measures need to be taken.

The crypto market is subject to a number of certain rules and regulations which make it mandatory for most crypto services to have the AML/KYC procedure implemented.

NOWPayments strives to protect our clients from any type of scams and fraudulent activities in the crypto world and complies to all rules and regulations present at the moment, and one of the ways that enables us to do so is the KYC/AML procedure.

For merchants/customers who only work with cryptocurrency (no fiat), we only ask you to pass the KYB/KYC procedure in a rare case when a certain transaction is marked as suspicious. See below why that may happen and what you can do.

If some of your transactions are marked as suspicious, we put them on hold and ask you to pass through the KYC/AML procedure. It includes a few steps, among which we ask you to provide the following documents:

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