1. Introduction
At the Vantage Office Management (“Vantage”) we respect the privacy and confidentiality of the personal data of our members and others whom we interact with in the course of providing our services as well as of applicants who apply for positions with us. We are committed to implementing policies, practices and processes to safeguard the collection, use and disclosure of the personal data you provide us.
We have developed this Data Protection Notice to assist you in understanding how we collect, use, disclose, process, protect and retain your personal data that is in our possession. We will comply with all applicable laws with regards to data privacy, and where local laws are more stringent than this policy, then such laws shall prevail and Vantage shall comply with such laws.
2. How We Collect Your Personal Data
Personal data means data, whether true or not, about a customer who can be identified: (a) from that data; or (b) from that data and other information to which we have or are likely to have access.
We collect your personal data when you:
3. Types of Personal Data We Collect About You
The types of personal data we collect about you include:
4. How We Use Your Personal Data
We use the personal data you provide us for one or more of the following purposes
5. Who We Disclose Your Personal Data To
We may disclose some of the personal data you provide us to our related corporations, as well as the following entities or organisations outside Vantage for one or more of the purposes set out in section 4:
Where required to do so by law, we may disclose personal data about you to the relevant authorities or to law enforcement agencies.
6. How We Manage the Collection, Use and Disclosure of Your Personal Data
6.1 Obtaining Consent
Before we collect, use or disclose your personal data, we will notify you of the purpose why we are doing so, including via this Privacy Policy. You consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
Under certain circumstances, we may assume deemed consent from you when you voluntarily provide your personal data for the stated purpose, e.g. when you provide your name and payment details in order to purchase services from us.
We may rely on exceptions to the need for consent under applicable for the collection, use or disclosure of your personal data under the following circumstances. for example:
6.2 Withdrawal of Consent
If you wish to withdraw consent, you should give us reasonable advance notice. We will advise you of the likely consequences of your withdrawal of consent, e.g. without your personal contact information we may not be able to inform you of future services offered by us.
Your request for withdrawal of consent can take the form of an email or letter to us, or through the “UNSUBSCRIBE” feature in an online service.
6.3 Use of Cookies
We use “cookies” to collect information about your online activity on our website. A cookie is a small text file created by the website that is stored in your computer to provide a way for the website to recognise you and keep track of your preferences. The cookie makes it convenient for you such that you do not have to retype the same information again when you revisit the website or in filling electronic forms.
Most cookies we use are “session cookies”, which will be deleted automatically from the hard disk of your computer at the end of the session.
You may choose not to accept cookies by turning off this feature in your web browser. Note that by doing so, you may not be able to use some of the features and functions in our web applications.
7. How We Ensure the Accuracy of Your Personal Data
We will take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal data we collect about you is accurate, complete, not misleading and kept up-to-date.
From time to time, we may do a data verification exercise for you to update us on any changes to the personal data we hold about you. If we are in an ongoing relationship with you, it is important that you update us of any changes to your personal data (such as a change in your mailing address).
8. How We Protect Your Personal Data
We have implemented appropriate information security and technical measures (such as data encryption, firewalls and secure network protocols) to protect the personal data we hold about you against loss; misuse; destruction; unauthorised alteration/modification, access, disclosure; or similar risks.
We have also put in place reasonable and appropriate organisational measures to maintain the confidentiality and integrity of your personal data, and will only share your data with authorised persons on a ‘need to know’ basis.
When we engage third-party data processors to process personal data on our behalf, we will ensure that they provide sufficient guarantees to us to have implemented the necessary organisational and technical security measures, and have taken reasonable steps to comply with these measures.
9. How We Retain Your Personal Data
We have a document retention policy that keeps track of the retention schedules of the personal data you provide us, in paper or electronic forms. We will not retain any of your personal data when it is no longer needed for any business or legal purposes. We will dispose of or destroy such documents containing your personal data in a proper and secure manner when the retention limit is reached.
10. How You Can Access and Make Correction to Your Personal Data
You may write in to us to find out how we have been using or disclosing your personal data. Before we accede to your request, we may need to verify your identity. We will respond to your request as soon as possible, and, where possible we will let you know and give you an estimate of how much time we require. We may also charge you a reasonable fee for the cost involved in processing your access request.
If you find that the personal data we hold about you is inaccurate, incomplete, misleading or not up-to-date you may ask us to correct the data. Where we are satisfied on reasonable grounds that a correction should be made, we will correct the data as soon as possible, or within 30 days from the date we receive your request.
11. Changes to this Data Protection Notice
We may update this Data Protection Notice from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the latest Notice on our website. Please visit our website periodically to note any changes.
Changes to this Notice take effect when they are posted on our website.