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Privacy Policy

This Policy explains how Playto collects, uses, shares, retains and protects personal information when you visit our website, use our platform, buy professional services or work with us as a Service Partner.

DATEJuly 14, 2026
SCOPEWebsite visitors, Buyers, Service Partners, representatives and transaction participants.
PRIVACY ROLEPlayto generally acts as controller for its MoR, payment, risk and compliance activities.
CONTACTPrivacy questions and rights requests: support@playto.so

This Privacy Policy ("Policy") explains how Playto, Inc., a Delaware corporation at 8 The Green, Ste R, Dover, DE 19901, United States ("Playto", "we", "us" or "our"), collects, uses, discloses, retains and otherwise processes personal information.

This Policy applies to individuals who visit Playto websites, use the Playto platform, purchase professional services through Playto, represent a Buyer or Service Partner, communicate with us, submit or receive transaction information, or otherwise interact with Playto.

This Policy should be read together with the terms and transaction documents that apply to your relationship with Playto. Additional notices may apply where a particular feature, processing activity or jurisdiction requires more specific information.

Playto may have different data-protection roles depending on the processing activity.

For Playto's Merchant of Record activities, Buyer transactions, billing, tax administration, fraud prevention, sanctions and compliance screening, disputes, Trust Score, account administration, product security and legal obligations, Playto generally determines why and how the relevant personal information is processed and therefore generally acts as an independent controller or equivalent responsible business under applicable privacy law.

Where Playto processes personal information solely on documented instructions from a business customer for a separate feature in which that customer determines the purposes and essential means of processing, Playto may act as a processor or service provider. Those activities are governed by the applicable Data Processing Addendum or other written data-processing terms.

The legal role depends on the actual processing activity. A contractual label does not override a role assigned by applicable law.

Depending on how you interact with Playto, this Policy may apply to:

  • website visitors and prospective customers;
  • Buyers and their employees, representatives and authorized payment users;
  • Service Partners, sole proprietors, owners, directors, employees and authorized representatives;
  • beneficial owners, control persons and persons included in business-verification records;
  • individuals whose information appears in Service Orders, invoices, agreements, delivery records or transaction communications;
  • people who contact Playto support or submit reviews, complaints or disputes; and
  • other individuals whose personal information is lawfully provided to Playto in connection with our services.

The categories of personal information Playto may process depend on your relationship with us and the feature you use. They may include:

  • identity and contact information, such as name, business email, phone number, address, date of birth where needed, job title and account identifiers;
  • business and ownership information, such as company affiliation, incorporation details, ownership or control information and professional role;
  • verification and compliance information, such as identity-document information, tax information, sanctions or restricted-party screening results, risk-review information and records needed to verify authority or eligibility;
  • payment and billing information, such as billing address, payment-method type, transaction identifiers, payment status, bank or account information where applicable, and information needed to process or reconcile a payment;
  • commercial and transaction information, such as Service Orders, invoices, transaction amount, service category, deliverables, subscriptions, refunds, disputes, delivery status and payment history;
  • financial and business-history information provided or obtained for underwriting, risk assessment or Trust Score purposes, which may include revenue or processing information;
  • communications and evidence, such as support messages, transaction communications, delivery evidence, approvals, comments and dispute records;
  • reviews and feedback, including ratings, review text and information connecting a review to an eligible transaction;
  • device, security and usage information, such as IP address, browser type, device characteristics, timestamps, pages viewed, session information and security events; and
  • preferences and consent records, such as communication preferences, cookie choices and records of permissions or withdrawals.

Some Playto activities may require information that is considered sensitive personal information, special-category information, biometric information or otherwise subject to heightened protection under applicable law.

Examples can include government identification information, financial-account information, authentication credentials, information used for identity verification, and, where a verification flow specifically requires it, a facial image or biometric comparison.

Playto will process sensitive information only where reasonably necessary for a disclosed and lawful purpose such as identity verification, fraud prevention, account security, sanctions or compliance checks, tax administration or another activity permitted by law.

If a verification method uses biometric or facial-matching technology in a jurisdiction that requires a separate notice, consent, retention rule or other specific step, Playto or the relevant verification flow will provide that step before the applicable processing occurs.

Playto does not intend to use sensitive personal information to infer unrelated personal characteristics or for unrelated cross-context behavioral advertising.

Playto may obtain personal information from:

  • you directly;
  • the business or organization you represent;
  • a Buyer or Service Partner involved in the same transaction;
  • documents, communications and evidence submitted through Playto;
  • publicly available business, corporate, professional or government sources;
  • identity, fraud, compliance, risk, tax, payment or verification service providers;
  • financial institutions and payment participants involved in a transaction;
  • referral, integration or business partners where you or the relevant business has authorized the connection; and
  • our websites, applications and security systems when you interact with them.

Where applicable law requires Playto to provide privacy information to an individual whose information we obtained indirectly, Playto will provide that information within the required period unless a lawful exception applies.

Some information is optional. Other information is necessary to create or administer an account, form a transaction, process a payment, verify a business or identity, comply with law, calculate tax, investigate a dispute or protect the platform.

If required information is not provided, Playto may be unable to open or maintain an account, complete verification, offer a particular payment method, process a transaction, complete a payout, apply a requested tax treatment or provide another affected feature.

Playto will not require information merely because it may be useful where collection would be disproportionate to the purpose for which the information is requested.

When you purchase a professional service through Playto, we may process information needed to establish and administer the transaction, including Buyer identity, business details, Service Order, invoice, amount, currency, tax information, authorization evidence, payment status, refund or cancellation activity, delivery status and communications relevant to the transaction.

Playto may retain evidence showing what terms and Service Order version were presented, how acceptance occurred, and the transaction history needed to administer or defend the payment. This can include timestamps, verified email or account information, IP or session information where appropriate, and records of Buyer approvals or issue reports.

We do not treat a Service Partner's entry of a Buyer's name or email address as proof that the Buyer personally accepted a transaction.

To assess a Service Partner and manage transaction risk, Playto may process business and personal information about owners, directors, control persons, authorized representatives and other relevant individuals.

This may include identity and authority information, business registration records, financial or processing history, payout-account information, service descriptions, transaction history and information relevant to fraud, sanctions, chargeback, delivery or other material risk.

Some of this information may be supplied by the Service Partner, while other information may come from lawful public sources, verification services, payment participants or other risk sources. Playto may request updated information where circumstances change or existing information becomes stale.

Playto may use selected verified business, financial, payment-performance and transaction-backed information to calculate or display a Playto Trust Score and related Buyer-facing business context.

Buyer-facing information may include a composite Trust Score, verified-business status, annual-revenue or processing-volume bands, refund or dispute rates, benchmark comparisons and payment-backed reviews.

Playto does not intend to publish raw bank statements, raw processor statements, identity documents, beneficial-owner documents, sanctions-screening results, internal fraud signals, internal underwriting notes or other sensitive internal risk information as part of a public Trust Score profile.

Where a Trust Score uses personal information relating to a sole proprietor, owner or representative, Playto will process and disclose that information only to the extent permitted by applicable law and this Policy. Businesses may request correction of factual inaccuracies through the available review process.

The Playto Trust Score is a business-transaction trust signal. It is not represented as a consumer credit score or consumer report and is not intended to determine eligibility for consumer credit, employment, housing or another purpose governed by consumer-reporting law.

Where Playto offers transaction-backed reviews, we may process the Buyer's rating, review text, transaction eligibility, date, Service Partner response and moderation history.

We may display information necessary to establish that a review is connected to a genuine transaction. Buyer identity, employer information or payment amount will be displayed only where Playto has an appropriate lawful basis and the disclosure is consistent with the notice presented to the Buyer.

Playto may process additional information to detect fabricated reviews, coordinated manipulation, duplicate submissions or other misuse of review and Trust Score systems.

Playto may process delivery evidence and transaction communications where reasonably necessary to document performance, resolve issues, assess refunds, respond to payment disputes or maintain Trust Score integrity.

This may include deliverable links or copies, milestone records, approval messages, meeting or project records, change orders, support correspondence and communications voluntarily forwarded or connected to a transaction.

Playto does not require every communication between a Buyer and Service Partner to occur inside Playto. If an integration imports email, messaging or project-management information, Playto will provide the relevant notice and authorization flow before accessing information through that connection.

Do not submit unrelated confidential, privileged or sensitive personal information merely because a transaction-evidence feature is available.

When you use Playto's websites or applications, we may automatically collect information such as IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, referring page, pages viewed, timestamps, session identifiers, approximate location derived from network information, security events and interaction data.

Playto may use cookies, local storage, pixels or similar technologies for essential functionality, authentication, fraud prevention, preferences, analytics and, where enabled and legally permitted, marketing.

Where applicable law requires consent before placing non-essential cookies or similar technologies, Playto will request that consent through the relevant interface. More detailed information may be provided in a separate Cookie Policy or consent tool.

Playto may process personal information for purposes including:

  • providing, operating and improving the Playto platform;
  • forming, processing and administering professional-service transactions;
  • creating and maintaining accounts, Service Orders, invoices, agreements and transaction records;
  • processing payments, refunds, recurring billing, payouts and reconciliation;
  • calculating, collecting, reporting or supporting applicable taxes;
  • verifying businesses, identities and authority;
  • preventing fraud, account abuse, transaction laundering, sanctions violations and other prohibited activity;
  • underwriting, risk assessment, reserves and transaction monitoring;
  • calculating and maintaining Trust Score and payment-backed review features;
  • documenting delivery, handling complaints, resolving refunds and responding to payment disputes;
  • providing support and communicating service, security or legal notices;
  • protecting Playto, Buyers, Service Partners and the integrity of the platform;
  • complying with legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, sanctions and recordkeeping obligations;
  • establishing, exercising or defending legal claims; and
  • marketing Playto where permitted and respecting applicable opt-out or consent requirements.

Where applicable law requires Playto to identify a lawful basis, the basis depends on the processing activity.

  • Contract: where processing is necessary to enter into or perform a contract with the individual, including certain Buyer, sole-proprietor or account activities.
  • Legitimate interests: where necessary for interests such as operating and improving Playto, protecting the platform, preventing fraud, administering B2B relationships, maintaining transaction evidence and supporting customers, where those interests are not overridden by applicable individual rights.
  • Legal obligation: where processing is required for tax, sanctions, court orders, regulatory obligations, accounting, recordkeeping or another applicable legal requirement.
  • Consent: where applicable law requires consent, including for certain cookies, marketing activities, integrations, sensitive-data processing or other optional processing.
  • Other lawful bases: where another basis is available under the applicable law for a specific activity.

Where Playto relies on consent, you may withdraw it for future processing through the applicable interface or by contacting us. Withdrawal does not make earlier lawful processing unlawful.

Playto may use automated tools, rules, models or AI-assisted systems to help identify fraud, prohibited activity, incomplete Service Orders, suspicious transactions, account risk, payment risk or information relevant to Trust Score.

Automated tools may flag a transaction or account for review, request additional information, recommend a control or contribute to a risk assessment. An automated output is not, by itself, represented as independent proof that a person committed fraud or wrongdoing.

If Playto uses solely automated processing to make a decision that produces legal or similarly significant effects on an individual in a jurisdiction that grants specific rights regarding such decisions, Playto will provide the information and review or appeal mechanisms required by applicable law, including meaningful information about the principal factors or logic where required.

The exact anti-fraud rules, thresholds and model weights may remain confidential where disclosure would compromise security, facilitate evasion or reveal protected proprietary information, subject to mandatory transparency requirements.

Playto may create aggregated, statistical or de-identified information for analytics, benchmarking, fraud prevention, product improvement, research and business planning.

Where information has been de-identified so that applicable privacy law no longer treats it as personal information, Playto may use it for lawful purposes consistent with the applicable de-identification requirements.

Where applicable law requires a commitment not to attempt to re-identify de-identified information, Playto will comply with that requirement except where re-identification is permitted for security, testing, legal compliance or another expressly permitted purpose.

Playto may disclose personal information to categories of recipients where reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, including:

  • the Buyer or Service Partner involved in the relevant transaction;
  • payment, banking and financial-service participants needed to process or settle a transaction;
  • identity, fraud, risk, sanctions, tax and compliance service providers;
  • hosting, cloud, security, communication, analytics, support and other technology service providers;
  • professional advisers such as lawyers, accountants, auditors and insurers;
  • government agencies, courts, regulators, tax authorities, law-enforcement bodies or payment networks where disclosure is required or legally justified;
  • business partners or integrations you or the relevant business authorize; and
  • prospective or actual acquirers, investors, lenders or transaction advisers in connection with a corporate transaction, subject to appropriate confidentiality and legal safeguards.

Playto does not need to publicly identify every infrastructure provider in this Policy where applicable law permits disclosure by category. Where a named subprocessor list or specific recipient disclosure is legally or contractually required, Playto may provide that information separately.

Because Playto facilitates the purchase and delivery of professional services, some information must be shared between the Buyer and the Service Partner.

Depending on the transaction, this can include business contact details, authorized representatives, Service Order information, project requirements, invoice or payment status, delivery records, approvals, issues and information reasonably necessary to perform or support the Service.

Neither party may use information received through Playto for unrelated unlawful marketing, harassment, discrimination, identity fraud or another purpose prohibited by the applicable agreement or law.

Playto may preserve, access or disclose information where reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, sanctions, legal process, court orders, regulatory requests, tax obligations or valid governmental demands.

We may also process or disclose information where reasonably necessary to investigate fraud, security incidents, prohibited transactions, threats to safety, misuse of Playto, infringement of rights or disputes involving Playto.

Where legally permitted, Playto will assess requests for information and disclose no more than is reasonably necessary for the applicable purpose. We may be prohibited from notifying you about a particular request or investigation.

Playto is a United States company and may process personal information in the United States and other countries where Playto or its service providers operate.

When personal information is transferred across borders, it may become subject to the laws of the destination country. Where applicable data-protection law requires a transfer mechanism or safeguard, Playto will use an appropriate lawful mechanism, which may include an adequacy decision, approved contractual clauses, an applicable UK transfer mechanism, a valid recognized certification framework, or another permitted transfer basis.

Playto will not claim participation in a particular transfer framework unless the applicable Playto entity is actually entitled to rely on it.

Where required, information about applicable transfer safeguards may be requested through support@playto.so.

Playto retains personal information for no longer than reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, subject to legal, tax, accounting, sanctions, fraud-prevention, payment-network, dispute, security and recordkeeping requirements.

Retention can vary by data type. Relevant criteria include the duration of the account or transaction, the applicable chargeback or dispute exposure, tax and accounting requirements, legal limitation periods, fraud and sanctions obligations, security needs, and whether the information remains necessary to establish or defend a claim.

Where deletion is not appropriate because information must be retained, Playto may restrict use to the purposes that justify continued retention.

Playto should not retain a category of personal information indefinitely merely because it might become useful in the future.

Playto uses administrative, technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure, taking into account the nature of the information and the risks of the processing.

No method of transmission, storage or security control can guarantee absolute security. You are responsible for protecting account credentials, using authorized contact information and promptly notifying Playto of suspected account compromise.

Playto maintains processes intended to investigate suspected security incidents and to take appropriate containment, remediation and documentation steps. Where applicable law requires notification to affected individuals, regulators or other authorities, Playto will provide the required notification within the applicable timeframe.

Do not send full payment-card credentials, passwords, authentication codes or unnecessary identity documents through ordinary email or support messages.

You may manage certain account, notification and communication preferences through the Playto interface where available.

You may opt out of non-essential marketing emails by using the unsubscribe mechanism in the message or contacting Playto. We may continue sending transaction, security, account, legal and service communications that are necessary to administer your relationship with Playto.

Cookie and tracking preferences may be available through the applicable consent or settings interface where required.

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights relating to your personal information, which can include rights to:

  • request access to personal information about you;
  • request correction of inaccurate information;
  • request deletion in circumstances where deletion is required;
  • request restriction of certain processing;
  • object to certain processing;
  • receive certain information in a portable format;
  • withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
  • opt out of certain legally defined sales, sharing, targeted advertising or profiling where applicable;
  • appeal certain privacy-request decisions where applicable; and
  • complain to an applicable privacy or data-protection authority.

These rights are not absolute. Playto may retain or continue processing information where an applicable exception or separate legal obligation permits or requires it, including where information is necessary for fraud prevention, tax, accounting, sanctions, payment disputes, legal claims or security.

To submit a privacy request, contact support@playto.so and state the right you want to exercise and the information or account concerned.

Playto may need to verify your identity and authority before fulfilling a request. Verification will be proportionate to the sensitivity of the information and the request. If you submit a request for another person or a business, we may require evidence of authority.

We will respond within the period required by applicable law. Where the law permits an extension, we will provide the required notice. Where applicable law gives you a right to appeal a denied privacy request, we will provide the available appeal method.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising a privacy right protected by applicable law.

If the GDPR, UK GDPR or a similar comprehensive data-protection law applies to Playto's processing of your personal information, you may have rights including access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability and objection, subject to the conditions and exceptions in the applicable law.

If Playto relies on legitimate interests for a processing activity, you may have a right to object based on your particular situation. You may also object to processing of personal information for direct marketing.

You may have the right to lodge a complaint with the data-protection authority responsible for your place of residence, place of work or the alleged infringement. We encourage you to contact Playto first so we can try to address the issue.

If applicable law requires Playto to appoint a Data Protection Officer, EU representative, UK representative or similar contact for a processing activity, Playto will publish the required contact details before relying on a structure that requires that appointment.

Residents of certain U.S. states may have additional rights under applicable state privacy laws. Depending on the law and whether it applies to Playto's processing, these rights can include access, correction, deletion, portability, obtaining information about categories of third-party recipients, and opting out of certain sales, targeted advertising or profiling.

For purposes of U.S. state privacy notices, the categories of information Playto may collect include identifiers, commercial information, internet or electronic-network activity, approximate geolocation, professional or employment-related information, financial and payment information, inferences used for risk or Trust Score purposes, and sensitive personal information where necessary for verification, security or compliance.

Playto does not sell personal information in exchange for money. Some state laws define "sale" or "sharing" more broadly than an exchange for money. If Playto engages in an activity that constitutes a sale, sharing, targeted advertising or covered profiling under an applicable state law, Playto will provide the required opt-out mechanism.

Playto does not use sensitive personal information for the purpose of inferring unrelated personal characteristics. If applicable law grants a right to limit a use of sensitive personal information that Playto undertakes, Playto will provide the required limitation mechanism.

Playto does not discriminate against an individual for exercising a privacy right protected by applicable law.

Where applicable U.S. state law requires Playto to recognize a valid universal opt-out mechanism or browser-based preference signal for covered sale, sharing, targeted advertising or profiling, Playto will process that signal as required for the browser or device from which it is received.

A universal opt-out signal does not necessarily apply to processing that is outside the legal definition of sale, sharing or targeted advertising, including processing necessary to provide the requested service, maintain security, prevent fraud or comply with law where an applicable exception applies.

If Playto offers a financial incentive, loyalty benefit or price difference that is legally treated as consideration for personal information, Playto will provide any required notice of financial incentive before enrollment. Ordinary referral or promotional programs are not represented as privacy-law financial incentives unless the applicable program actually meets that legal definition.

Playto is designed for businesses and professional-service transactions and is not intended for children.

We do not knowingly offer Playto accounts or professional-service payment functionality to individuals under 18 where they lack legal capacity to enter the relevant transaction. If you believe a child has provided personal information to Playto in circumstances not permitted by law, contact support@playto.so.

If you provide Playto with personal information about another person, including an employee, Buyer contact, Service Partner representative, owner, subcontractor or project participant, you must have an appropriate lawful basis or authority to provide that information and must give any notice required by applicable law.

Do not upload entire contact lists, private conversations, identification documents or other personal information merely because it may be convenient. Provide only information reasonably relevant to the transaction or authorized feature.

Playto may contact the individual directly where required to verify identity, authority, transaction acceptance or to satisfy a transparency obligation.

Playto may link to or interact with third-party websites, software or services that Playto does not control. Their privacy practices are governed by their own notices and agreements.

Connecting a third-party integration to Playto may cause information to be exchanged according to the permissions you or the relevant business authorize. Review those permissions before enabling an integration.

This Policy does not describe an independent third party's processing for its own purposes merely because Playto links to or interoperates with that service.

Playto may update this Policy to reflect changes in our products, processing activities, legal obligations or privacy practices.

Material changes will be communicated in the manner required by applicable law. Where a new use of personal information requires consent or another specific legal step, updating this Policy alone will not replace that requirement.

The version displayed when you visit the relevant page will identify the applicable policy date. Historical records may be retained where necessary to show which privacy information applied to a prior transaction or account event.

For privacy questions, rights requests or concerns about Playto's processing of personal information, contact:

support@playto.so

Playto, Inc.
8 The Green, Ste R
Dover, DE 19901
United States

For a transaction-specific payment, delivery, refund or Service issue, include the relevant account or transaction reference so the request can be routed appropriately. Do not send passwords, full card details or unnecessary sensitive documents by ordinary email.

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