Legal and Law-Enforcement Requests

Principles

YembiPay discloses information only when required by valid legal process or authorized in writing by the organization concerned, reviews every request before acting, and discloses the minimum the request lawfully requires. YembiPay may challenge, narrow, or refuse a request it considers invalid, overbroad, or issued without jurisdiction.

What YembiPay accepts

• A subpoena, summons, warrant, production order, or court order issued by a court or authority with jurisdiction over YembiPay's contracting entity.
• A written request from a regulator or financial intelligence unit exercising a statutory power over YembiPay or over a settlement it executed.
• A request from a foreign authority routed through mutual legal assistance or another treaty mechanism recognized by the jurisdiction of the contracting entity.
• A written authorization from the organization whose information is sought, signed by an authorized operator.

A request must identify the requesting authority and a named officer, the legal basis, the specific organization, settlement, wallet address, certificate, or time period concerned, and the categories of information sought. Requests that are not specific are returned for clarification, not processed.

How to submit

Email legal@yembipay.com with the request attached, or serve the contracting entity at the address published with its registration details. Acceptance of service by email is a courtesy and does not waive any objection, including to jurisdiction or to the manner of service. Requests concerning settlements in Jamaica, Guyana, or Bermuda are handled with regard to the law of that corridor as well as the law of the contracting entity's jurisdiction.

Emergency requests

Where a law-enforcement officer states in writing, on official letterhead, that there is an imminent risk of death or serious physical harm and that the information sought is necessary to prevent it, YembiPay may disclose the limited information needed to address the emergency before formal process is received. YembiPay records the basis for every emergency disclosure and will ask for formal process to follow.

Preservation

On a written request from an authority that identifies the information to be preserved and the legal process expected to follow, YembiPay preserves the identified information for 90 days, renewable once on a further written request. Preservation is not disclosure; preserved information is released only under one of the mechanisms above.

Timing

YembiPay acknowledges a request within 2 business days. A substantive response follows as quickly as review allows and normally within 30 days; requests that need translation, foreign-law review, or large volumes take longer, and YembiPay will say so. Mark urgent requests as such and say why.

Notification of the organization

YembiPay notifies an organization before disclosing its information in response to legal process, so it can seek protection, except where the process or applicable law prohibits notice, where notice would endanger a person or an investigation, or where the request is an emergency request. Where notice was delayed, YembiPay provides it once the restriction ends. YembiPay never tells an organization or a customer that a suspicious-activity report has been made.

Holds and freezes

Under a legal order that requires it, YembiPay may hold, freeze, or refuse to execute settlements, and may retain value that is the subject of the order, until the order permits release. The affected organization sees the held state through the API and is told the category of reason where law permits.

What YembiPay holds and what is public

YembiPay holds organization, operator, recipient, screening, certificate, and audit records off-chain. Transaction hashes, wallet addresses, token amounts, and certificate anchors on the Base network are public and can be read by anyone without a request to YembiPay. YembiPay holds no consumer accounts, no deposits, and no customer funds beyond value in transit for a settlement.

Costs and scope

YembiPay may seek reimbursement of reasonable costs for unusually large or complex requests where the law allows. This page describes a procedure and is not a waiver of any right or objection.