Hello! I recently learned about the barcode / einvoice system (載具) and it sounds really convenient! Do people here use this? And are there any good English-language apps for this? Everything I’ve seen so far is in Chinese…
I use it. It works on an apple watch and fitbit versa or i’m assuming any watch that can show an image.
For barcodes, taiwan uses GS1, and their website has decent enough english. I dont use einvoice myself so cant comment.
Oh cool! If you don’t mind me asking, which app are you using?
Following-up on my own thread: I wasn’t able to find any good solutions in English, unfortunately :(. However, I’m thinking about solving this problem for myself!
If an English-language app for the mobile barcode / e-invoice / receipt lottery systems sounds interesting to you, you can sign-up here to get updated when the project is ready for testing.
passs4wallet on apple watch
But don’t you still have to request the cashier every time for the barcode ? And then their system has to support it …
Here’s an updated link for the upcoming app: https://midana.com.tw/
tried it for the past 9 months or so, have won precisely nothing
Is it possible to bind shopee and Uber to the Taiwan lottery app or invoice platform?
Shopee yeah. There’s an option somewhere in the settings to add your mobile carrier barcode or whatever it’s called.
I think the same with Uber.
Hi folks. I was interested in the 載具 particularly around data collection and they have an English translation of the policy now at https://www.einvoice.nat.gov.tw/accounts/signup/mw :
Terms of Service and Privacy Statement
By applying for a mobile barcode as a cloud invoice carrier, the applicant is deemed to have agreed that the platform may collect, process, and use the applicant’s invoice data, including but not limited to mobile phone number, email address, carrier number, invoice number, consumption time, consumption details, and store information, for specific purposes such as “financial and tax administration,” “investigation, statistics, and research analysis,” “information and database management,” and other value-added services for invoices, during the period of operation and retention of certificates required by law. The platform provides various services for the applicant, such as querying, donating, prize checking, and information providing on this platform, mobile applications, or multimedia service machines (KIOSK). The applicant can stop using mobile barcode to request cloud invoices at any time, without affecting the existing rights to request invoices.
漢字：
服務條款及隱私權宣告
申請人申請手機條碼作為雲端發票載具時，視為已同意本平台在維運需要及依法保存憑證期間內，基於「財稅行政」、「調查、統計與研究分析」、「資（通）訊與資料庫管理」及其他提供發票加值服務等特定目的，蒐集、處理及利用申請人包括但不限於手機號碼、電子郵件信箱、載具號碼、發票號碼、消費時間、消費明細、店點等發票資料，提供申請人在本平台、行動應用程式或超商多媒體服務機(KIOSK)查詢、捐贈、對獎及資訊提供等各項服務，申請人可隨時停止以手機條碼索取雲端發票，不影響索取發票之既有權益。
As far as I can read it, this means that the National Tax bureau will have your phone number, email address, and purchase history for everything you use the zaiju for. But, they will only use it for internal purposes.
Obviously if you are particularly worried about privacy you wouldn’t willingly sign up for something like 載具. But as far as I can tell this data would not be sold to other companies or used outside of the taxation bureau.
I’m unclear what “other value-added services” would mean. (It’s a direct translation of the characters so no help there.) I’m also unclear what the period of “operation and retention” is. Is the tax bureau expected or required to destroy your zaiju history after a certain time period?
Agreed. But, government systems data have been hacked/sold in the past (eg. Nhi data). If people care about their rights and privacy, use a burner phone. Or just get a regular receipt.
We use it as a company for customers, also use a different computer that they can hack to their hearts content. Keep private data private would be the take home point, even the government isn’t that great at security.