Privacy Policies

In relation to Stripe/Sumsub/ComplyAdvantage

The user profiles are screened against ComplyAdvantage databases comprising Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), their Relatives and Close Associated (RCAs), Persons and Entities of Special Interest (SIP, SIE) persons on Sanctions lists an Watchlists and persons who appeared in Adverse Media. Outlined below are details of the ComplyAdvantage database.

Global Coverage:

  • Intelligence research by global research teams in 14 local languages to identify and mitigate relevant risks;
  • Thousands of local and international government records, sanctions and watch lists monitored globally;
  • Millions of media articles from more than 200 countries;
  • Clients from 3 continents and more than 45 countries.

ComplyAdvantage data is derived from information on sanctions, watch or regulatory and law enforcement lists. This includes all major international and national lists published by governments and independent, non-governmental organizations (OFAC, UN, HMT, EU, DFAT and many more lists from around the world). The information is updated daily.

ComplyAdvantage data consists of PEP information, as well as information about individuals and entities not found on official lists but who instead are reported to be connected to sanctioned parties or reported to have been investigated for, or convicted of engaging in, financial crime, slavery and human abuse-related activities (SIP and SIE)

ComplyAdvantage also forms profiles with unfavorable information (risk data) on public and private entities. The information is found in adverse media, or negative news: these are both ‘traditional’ news outlets, niche media organizations, government and regulatory press releases, and reliable blogs.

The details sought in relation to each individual are:

In relation to sanctions, the prevention and detection of unlawful acts, and other protective functions:

  • full name, year or date of birth, reasons for appearing on the list, and the period covered by the data subject’s on the list.

In relation to PEP’s, their RCAs, including spouses, partners and children, ab business interests:

  • names, dates or years of birth, position(s) held or connection(s) that allegedly may give rise to a PEP designation, country of nationality, residence and service, photographs (if available) and the period for which that designation would have been active (e.g. active service dates).

In relation to adverse media:

  • information about individuals’ exposure to financial crime, terrorist financing, other relevant unlawful acts, improper conduct, dishonesty, etc., as well as approximate age of such individuals.