Terms of Service

1. Agreement to Terms

By registering for or using Onfinga’s services, you (“Merchant”, “you”, “your”) agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (“Terms”). These Terms form a legally binding agreement between you and Online Fingerprint Authentication (Pty) Ltd, a private company registered in South Africa.

If you are accepting these Terms on behalf of a company, you represent that you have authority to bind that company.

2. What Onfinga Does

Onfinga provides merchants with a verification layer that records customer approval of a transaction. Our services include:

• Biometric/passkey-based transaction verification
• Timestamped logs of consumer approvals
• APIs for initiating and retrieving verification results
• Evidence packs to support fraud and chargeback disputes

Onfinga is not:

• A payment gateway
• A financial services provider (FSP)
• A processor or holder of card data
• A personal data marketplace

3. Merchant Responsibilities

By using Onfinga, you agree to:

• Use the service only for lawful and legitimate commercial transactions
• Maintain the security of your API keys and access credentials
• Notify consumers that an additional verification step is part of your checkout
• Comply with applicable data protection laws including: POPIA (South Africa); GDPR (European Union); CCPA (California, USA); ECTA and the CPA (South Africa)
• Provide accurate and truthful transaction metadata
• Ensure your product descriptions, pricing, and policies are current
• Maintain functional webhooks or endpoints for integration

4. Data & Privacy

You retain control over the customer transaction metadata you provide. Onfinga only processes metadata; no personal customer data is collected by us. Onfinga is a POPIA “Operator” (data processor) in relation to consumer metadata. See our full Privacy Policy for more detail.

5. Billing & Fees

Billing Cycle

• You are billed weekly for successful verifications (“Approved Auths”).
• Verifications that are expired, failed, abandoned, or duplicated are not billed.
• Invoices are issued every 7 days and payable within 7 days of issue.
• Onfinga reserves the right to suspend service for overdue payments.

Refunds

• Onfinga does not offer refunds for completed verifications.
• You will not be charged for failed or unapproved attempts.
• If you believe you were incorrectly billed, contact billing@onfinga.net within 14 days.

6. Termination

You may terminate your account at any time via your dashboard or by contacting us in writing.

Onfinga may suspend or terminate your access if:

• You materially breach these Terms
• You fail to pay an invoice within the payment window
• We are legally required to do so

Upon termination, your historical records may be retained for up to 24 months for legal or compliance purposes.

7. Intellectual Property

Onfinga retains all ownership rights, title, and interest in:

• The platform, dashboard, and APIs
• Any software, scripts, designs, or documentation provided
• The structure and format of verification and delivery records

You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or duplicate our platform.

Ownership and Custody of Verification Records

1. Record Custody
All transaction verification records generated by Onfinga — including, but not limited to, biometric confirmations, timestamps, device metadata, and cryptographic hashes — remain the sole property of Onfinga.

2. Purpose of Custody
We retain custody of these records to ensure their integrity, immutability, and auditability in accordance with the evidentiary standards of payment processors, card issuers, and financial institutions.

3. Seller Access and Usage Rights
As a verified seller, you are granted full access to all verification records associated with your account. You may download, submit, store, or otherwise use these records for business operations, dispute resolution, or documentation purposes.

4. Limitations
While you have usage rights, you may not alter, tamper with, or misrepresent Onfinga-generated records. Doing so may void their evidentiary value and violate applicable laws.

5. Data Privacy and Protection
Onfinga does not sell, share, or monetize verification records or biometric confirmation data. All records are processed and stored securely and in compliance with relevant privacy laws.

8. Liability & Warranties

No Warranty

Onfinga is provided “as is” and “as available”. We make no guarantees that:

• The service will be uninterrupted or error-free
• Dispute outcomes will always favor the merchant
• All fraud can be prevented

Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law:

• Onfinga’s total liability is capped at USD $100 or 1 month of fees paid, whichever is lower
• We are not liable for indirect, consequential, punitive, or incidental losses
• We do not assume liability for payment processor actions or customer conduct

9. Dispute Resolution & Jurisdiction

For South African Merchants:

Any disputes shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Western Cape High Court.

For International Merchants:

Onfinga may elect to apply:

• The jurisdiction where the merchant is based, or
• A neutral international arbitration forum

Note: This clause helps merchants avoid conflicting legal exposure while preserving Onfinga’s ability to defend itself fairly.

10. Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)

You may not use Onfinga to:

• Validate illegal or deceptive transactions
• Circumvent payment verification procedures
• Interfere with or manipulate verification records
• Attempt to fake, falsify, or suppress dispute data

Onfinga reserves the right to suspend any account violating our AUP without notice.

11. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms periodically. We will notify merchants of material changes via email or via the dashboard. Continued use of the service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.

12. Contact Us

Questions about these Terms can be directed to:

support@onfinga.net

Online Fingerprint Authentication (Pty) Ltd
Western Cape, South Africa