Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

88Finder ("we," "us," "our," or "Company") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our services.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information in various ways, including:

• • Account Information: Email address, name, password, and profile information
• • Search Data: Your search queries, filters, and preferences
• • Usage Data: Pages visited, time spent, and interactions with the site
• • Device Information: IP address, browser type, operating system
• • Cookies: Information stored on your device to enhance your experience
• • Communication Data: Messages, inquiries, and support requests
• • Contact Information: Phone number (optional, with explicit consent only)
• • Payslip Data: Work period dates, hours worked, employer names, ABN numbers, and calculated visa days (see Section 2.1 for details)

Consent for Contact Information: We only collect phone numbers when you explicitly provide them and consent to being contacted. You can opt-out at any time by updating your account settings or contacting support@88finder.com.

2.1. Payslip Processing & 88 Days Tracker

For Premium users who use our 88 Days Tracker feature, we collect and process the following payslip-related information:

Data We Extract and Store:

• • Employer Information: Business name and ABN (Australian Business Number)
• • Work Period: Start date and end date of employment
• • Hours Worked: Total hours worked during the period
• • Weeks Worked: Number of weeks in the work period
• • Calculated Days: Estimated eligible days towards 88-day visa requirement
• • Upload Metadata: Upload date, validation status, and user ID

OCR Processing via Anthropic Claude:

We use Anthropic Claude (a US-based AI provider) to process payslip documents and extract the text fields below. Here's how it works:

• • Step 1: You upload a payslip as a JPG/JPEG image or a PDF file (PDFs capped at 5 pages)
• • Step 2: The file is sent over an encrypted HTTPS connection to Anthropic's API for one-shot extraction
• • Step 3: Claude reads the image and returns structured fields (employer name, ABN, dates, hours)
• • Step 4: Extracted data is returned to our system and saved to your account
• • Step 5: The original image is never persisted on our servers — it is held in memory only for the duration of the API call
• • Processing Time: Typically 2–4 seconds
• • Anthropic Retention: Per Anthropic's commercial terms, API inputs are not used to train their models and are retained only for abuse-monitoring purposes for up to 30 days (zero-retention available for enterprise customers)

Anthropic Data Processing:

We have reviewed Anthropic's commercial terms and chosen them based on the following protections:

• • No Training Use: Anthropic does not use API inputs or outputs to train their models (per their Commercial Terms)
• • Encryption in Transit: All API requests use TLS 1.2+
• • No File Storage: 88finder never writes the original image to disk or cloud storage — it stays in server memory only
• • Access Control: Only the payslip upload endpoint (authenticated, Premium-only) can invoke the API
• • Audit Logs: Upload events are logged on our side for security monitoring (file size, user ID, confidence score — never the file itself)

Your Rights Regarding Payslip Data:

• • View Data: You can view all extracted payslip data in your 88 Days Tracker
• • Edit Data: You can manually correct any OCR errors before validation
• • Delete Data: You can delete any payslip entry at any time
• • Export Data: You can request a full export of your payslip data
• • Validation Control: Draft payslips remain editable until you validate them

Data Accuracy & Disclaimers:

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes:

• • To provide and maintain our services
• • To improve and personalize your experience
• • To process transactions and send related information
• • To send promotional communications (with your consent)
• • To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
• • To analyze usage patterns and improve our platform
• • To comply with legal obligations
• • To detect and prevent fraudulent activity

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our website. Cookies are small files stored on your device that help us remember your preferences and track your usage patterns.

You can control cookie settings through your browser. However, disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website.

5. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. However, we may share your information in the following circumstances:

• • Service Providers: With vendors who assist us in operating our website and conducting our business
• • Legal Requirements: When required by law or to protect our rights
• • Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets
• • With Your Consent: When you explicitly agree to share your information

Third-Party Data Processing Agreements: We have Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) in place with all service providers who process your personal data, including:

• • Stripe: Payment processing (DPA available upon request)
• • Supabase: Database and authentication services (DPA available upon request)
• • Netlify: Website hosting and deployment (DPA available upon request)
• • Anthropic: AI provider for payslip OCR processing — bound by their Commercial Terms (no training on customer data, up to 30-day abuse-monitoring retention)

All service providers are contractually obligated to process your data only as instructed and to maintain appropriate security measures. Payslip images are sent to Anthropic for one-shot extraction and are never stored on 88finder servers.

6. Advertising & Affiliate Partnerships

Google AdSense:

88finder uses Google AdSense to display advertising on parts of the site. Premium subscribers and Season Pass holders never see ads; advertising is only shown to free and anonymous visitors.

• • Cookies used by Google: Google and its advertising partners use cookies (including the DoubleClick DART cookie) to serve ads based on your prior visits to 88finder and other websites on the internet.
• • What Google collects: Technical information about your device, browser, IP address (truncated), interactions with ads, and contextual signals from the page you're viewing.
• • Opt-out: You can opt out of personalised advertising by Google by visiting Google Ads Settings.
• • How Google uses data: See Google's advertising policies for full detail on how Google partners use cookies and your data.
• • Consent (EU/UK/EEA visitors): Personalised ads are only served after you provide consent through our cookie banner. You can withdraw or change your preferences at any time via the cookie settings link in the footer.

Affiliate Partnerships:

Some pages on 88finder contain affiliate links to third-party services we believe are useful for Working Holiday Visa backpackers. If you click an affiliate link and complete a qualifying action (typically signing up or making a transaction), 88finder receives a commission at no additional cost to you. This helps fund the free parts of the site.

• • Wise (formerly TransferWise): We earn a commission when you sign up for a Wise account through a 88finder referral link and complete a qualifying first transfer. Wise is a money-transfer service we recommend for backpackers receiving AUD wages and sending funds home — we'd recommend it whether or not the affiliate programme existed.
• • Disclosure on each placement: Affiliate links are tagged with rel="sponsored" per Google's guidelines and labelled visibly (“Sponsored” or “Affiliate”) on every card and link.
• • Editorial independence: We only feature partners whose product we've used or evaluated. We do not accept payment to rank specific farms higher in search results — farm listings are ranked by our editorial reliability score, never by advertiser payment.

You can identify affiliate links by the “Sponsored” label on the card, the small “commission earned” disclosure near the link, or by hovering — affiliate URLs go through a partner tracking domain (e.g. wise.prf.hn) rather than directly to the partner's site.

7. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Data Breach Notification: In the event of a confirmed data breach involving your personal information, we will notify you within 72 hours of discovery. Notifications will be sent to your registered email address and will include:

• • Description of the breach and data affected
• • Steps we are taking to address the breach
• • Recommended actions you should take
• • Contact information for further inquiries

8. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services and fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy.

• • Free Users: Data retained for 90 days after account deletion or inactivity
• • Premium Users: Data retained for the duration of subscription plus 90 days after cancellation
• • Payslip Data: Extracted payslip data (employer, dates, hours) is retained until you delete it or close your account. Original payslip files (JPG or PDF) are never stored.
• • Payslip Upload Limit: The count of payslips uploaded (max 40) is permanent and does not reset upon deletion to prevent abuse
• • Legal Requirements: Data retained longer if required by law
• • Account Deletion: You can request immediate deletion of your account and associated data at any time by contacting support@88finder.com

9. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• • Right to Access: Request a copy of your personal data
• • Right to Rectification: Correct inaccurate information
• • Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your data
• • Right to Restrict Processing: Limit how we use your data
• • Right to Data Portability: Receive your data in a portable format
• • Right to Object: Opt-out of certain data processing

10. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing any personal information.

11. Children's Privacy

88Finder is not intended for users under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that we have collected information from a child, we will take steps to delete such information and terminate the child's account.

12. GDPR Compliance (EU Users)

If you are located in the European Union, you have additional rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

• • Legal Basis: We process your data based on your consent and our legitimate interests
• • Data Subject Rights: You have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict, and port your data
• • Withdrawal of Consent: You can withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal
• • Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority
• • Data Protection Officer: For GDPR inquiries, contact support@88finder.com

13. International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in countries other than your country of residence. These countries may have data protection laws that differ from your home country. By using 88Finder, you consent to the transfer of your information to countries outside your country of residence.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated Privacy Policy on our website and updating the "Last updated" date.

15. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

Email: support@88finder.com