Is my business transactions data safe on Biashara Book?

With the increase of demand to embrace digital products and the disruption led by covid-19 ,cases of cyber security incidences have gone up. This has lead to increase in suspicion to mobile apps that require customer data  especially on finance matters.

Don’t joke to a Kenyan about his/her money especially in these economic times.

These are some of the questions that users of  these Apps tend to ask themselves before downloading or using the App.

1. How safe is my information on these App?
2. Does the App sell customer data with third party applications?
3. Using the FREE App version and the Premium are security guaranteed on both?
4. Does Biashara Book see their customers business information?

The vision for Biashara Book is to empower  micro small medium enterprises using technology to inspire their  profitability and growth across Africa.

In order to achieve this transparency is key and we want to be transparent with our customers for the start.

To tackle the questions above :’

1. How safe is my information on these App?

Customer’s data on Biashara Book App is encrypted end-to-end meaning even us we don’t know what you have stored in your user account.

End-to-end encryption is used when data security is necessary, including in the finance, healthcare and communications industries. It is often used to help companies comply with data privacy and security regulations and laws.

For example, an electronic point-of-sale (POS) system provider would include E2EE in its offering to protect sensitive information, such as customer credit card data

What we are able to note for the purposes of improving the product is usage and total number of users on the App at any given time.

2. Does the App sell customer data with third party applications? 

Biashara Book does not sell customer’s data to any third party applications . Customer’s data is stored in secured cloud-based  security system. Where it is protected with your password and we advice a customer to use a strong password minimum six characters.

3. Using the FREE App version and the Premium are security guaranteed on both?

The reason behind the free App is to give our customers a feel of the App with basic features which are all under secure system same as the overall encryption end-to-end type. You can opt to upgrade for more advanced features following business needs. The premium and free App are all secured and your data is secure.

4. Does Biashara Book see their customers business information?

As mentioned earlier regarding safety of information on Biashara Book, the information that’s accessible to us is for the purposes of improving the product and this information includes Application usage(how many times you login into the App) and total number of users on the App (downloads as well as user registration) at any given time.

Your business worth, profit, and even your password are all personal to you we don’t know them as they are stored in encrypted format.

We shall always ensure to keep our customers updated on security polices of our Business.