Privacy Policy
Begmoney.com is a free noticeboard where people share personal stories and their own payment details so that donors can help them directly. This page explains, in plain language, what information the site collects, what is published, and the choices you have.
What we collect
- Story submissions. When you submit a story, we receive the name you choose to display (which can be "Anonymous"), your country, category, story title and text, the approximate amount you need, and the payment details you want shown publicly. We also receive your email address.
- Your email stays private. Submitter emails are never published. We use them only to confirm your post, to contact you about it if something needs clarifying, and to verify removal requests. We do not sell email addresses or add them to marketing lists.
- Contact form messages. If you write to us through the contact form, we receive your name, email, and message, and we use them only to reply to you.
What is published — by your choice
Everything that appears in a published story — the display name, story text, amount, and payment details — is there because the poster chose to publish it. Please think carefully before including payment details: they will be publicly visible to anyone on the internet. If you change your mind at any time, removal is free and quick — use the contact form with the email you submitted with, and we take the story down.
Payments
Begmoney never receives, holds, or transfers donations. Donors send money directly to the details a poster publishes, using services the poster chose (for example PayPal or a bank). Those services have their own privacy policies.
The optional featured-spot fee is paid through Ziina, a third-party payment provider. Your payment happens on Ziina's site; card details never touch begmoney.com. See Ziina's own privacy policy for how it handles payment data.
Advertising and cookies
Begmoney may display advertising served by third-party vendors, including Google, to cover hosting costs. In connection with that:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or www.aboutads.info/choices.
Apart from any cookies set by advertising or payment providers, Begmoney itself does not use tracking cookies to identify you.
How long we keep things
Published stories stay up until the poster asks for removal or the site removes them for a rules breach. Emails and contact messages are kept only as long as needed to manage posts and replies.
Children
Begmoney is for adults. Posters must be 18 or older, and we do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor's information appears on the site, contact us and we will remove it.
Questions or requests
For any privacy question, correction, or removal request, write to us through the contact form — a real person replies.