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Privacy Policy

As ValueQwest we support your concerns about the protection of personal data and take user privacy very seriously. We are committed to protecting your personal data(i.e. any information you provide to us from which you can be identified) in accordance with this Privacy Policy ( “Policy”).

This Policy sets out the basis which ValueQwest (“we”, “us”, or “our”) may collect, use, disclose or otherwise process personal data of our customers in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act (“PDPA”). This Policy applies to personal data in our possession or under our control, including personal data in the possession of organisations which we have engaged to collect, use, disclose or process personal data for our purposes. 

PERSONAL DATA  

  1. As used in this Policy:

“customer” means an individual who (a) has contacted us through any means to find out more about any goods or services we provide, or (b) may, or has, entered into a contract with us for the supply of any goods or services by us; and

“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. 

  1. Depending on the nature of your interaction with us, some examples of personal data which we may collect personal datafrom you include your name, contact information such asemail address or telephone number, company or university affiliation, industry, region/country, relationship to ValueQwest, reason for contacting us, topics you are interested in and any other information you choose to share including financial information such as credit card numbers, debit card numbers or bank account information.
  2. Other terms used in this Policy shall have the meanings given to them in the PDPA (where the context so permits).

COLLECTION, USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA

  1. We generally do not collect your personal data unless (a) it is provided to us voluntarily by you directly or via a third party who has been duly authorised by you to disclose your personal data to us (your “authorised representative”) after you (or your authorised representative) have been notified of the purposes for which the data is collected, or (b) collection and use of personal data without consent is permitted or required by the PDPA or other laws. We shall seek your consent before collecting any additional personal data and before using your personal data for a purpose which has not been notified to you (except where permitted or authorised by law).
  2. We may collect and use your personal data for any or all of the following purposes:

(a) performing obligations in the course of or in connection with our provision of the goods and/or services requested by you;

(b) verifying your identity;

(c) responding to, handling, and processing queries, requests, applications, complaints, and feedback from you;

(d) managing your relationship with us;

(e) processing payment or credit transactions;

(f) sending your marketing information about our goods or services including notifying you of our marketing events, initiatives and promotions, lucky draws, membership and rewards schemes and other promotions;

(g) complying with any applicable laws, regulations, codes of practice, guidelines, or rules, or to assist in law enforcement and investigations conducted by any governmental and/or regulatory authority;

(h) any other purposes for which you have provided the information;

(i) transmitting to any unaffiliated third parties including our third party service providers and agents, and relevant governmental and/or regulatory authorities, whether in Singapore or abroad, for the aforementioned purposes; and 

  1. j) any other incidental business purposes related to or in connection with the above.
  2. We may disclose your personal data:

(a) where such disclosure is required for performing obligations in the course of or in connection with our provision of the goods or services requested by you; or

(b) to third party service providers, agents and other organisations we have engaged to perform any of the functions listed in clause 5 above for us.

  1. The purposes listed in the above clauses may continue to apply even in situations where your relationship with us (for example, pursuant to a contract) has been terminated or altered in any way, for a reasonable period thereafter (including, where applicable, a period to enable us to enforce our rights under any contract with you).

COOKIES POLICY

  1. Our Sites may use cookies or other technology to obtain certain types of information about you. You can disable or delete cookies by going to the Help section of your browser but certain functionalities of our Sites might not work properly if you do so.

We may use cookies or other technology (“cookies”) to obtain certain types of information when you browse our Sites. “Cookies” are small text files that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies can be placed on your computer directly by one of our Sites (first party cookies) or by another website (third party cookies).

We may use cookies to keep track of your visit to our Site, speed up navigation and improve your experience of the site, (for instance by remembering some of your preferences or choices, the last pages you visited or searches you carried out or by keeping you logged in).

Our Sites may use cookies such as Google Analytics to carry out some analytics on and enhance our Sites. These cookies help us understand, for example, how you use our Sites, which pages are the most visited or where people visiting our Sites are located.

We may also use cookies to enable you to share content on networking or social media sites or for marketing and promotional purposes where you have subscribed to our INSIGHTS.

LINK TO THIRD PARTY SITES

  1. ValueQwest may provide links to third party websitesthat are governed by their own terms and privacy policies or information as a service to our users. If you use these links, you will leave the ValueQwest site. Such links do not constitute or imply an endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by ValueQwest of the third party, the third party website, or the information contained therein, and McKinsey shall not be responsible or liable for your use thereof. Such use shall be subject to the terms of use and privacy policies applicable to those sites.

SOCIAL NETWORKING

  1. The ValueQwest site may allow you to sign into and associate your social network accounts including, but not limited to, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube, with ValueQwest. The Sites also may allow you to log in to a McKinsey account using certain social network account credentials.

SECURITY of your personal data

  1. ValueQwest has implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security to protect personal data from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Despite these precautions, however, ValueQwestcannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will not obtain access to your information.

RETENTION OF PERSONAL DATA 

  1. We may retain your personal data for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected, or as required or permitted by applicable laws.
  2. We will cease to retain your personal data, or remove the means by which the data can be associated with you, as soon as it is reasonable to assume that such retention no longer serves the purpose for which the personal data was collected, and is no longer necessary for legal or business purposes.

For requests for access, corrections, or deletion, please refer to the “Your Rights” section of this Privacy Policy.

YOUR RIGHTS

  1. Depending on where you reside you might have the right to request access to, rectification or erasure of your personal data and to object to or ask for the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You might also have the right to withdraw your consent and request that we stop processing or delete your personal data.
  2. If you receive marketing/INSIGHTS communications fromValueQwest, you can opt out of receiving future emails from us or unsubscribe from participating in our programs through the “preferences” page, which is accessible in every marketing email you receive from ValueQwest.

TRANSFERS OF PERSONAL DATA OUTSIDE OF SINGAPORE

  1. We generally do not transfer your personal data to countries outside of Singapore. However, if we do so, we will obtain your consent for the transfer to be made and we will take steps to ensure that your personal data continues to receive a standard of protection that is at least comparable to that provided under the PDPA.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
info@valueqwest.com
Address: ValueQwest Pte. Ltd.,
9 Temasek Boulevard,
#07-01 (ER03)
Suntec Tower 2,
Singapore 038989