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PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy is for this website http://www.takx.com.sg/ and served by TAKX Solutions Pte Ltd and governs the privacy of its users who choose to use it.

The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations and requirements of the users, the website and website owners. Furthermore the way this website processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this policy.

THE WEBSITE

This website and its owners take a proactive approach to user privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience. This website complies to all national laws and requirements for user privacy.

USE OF COOKIES

This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website. Where applicable, this website uses a cookie control system allowing the user on their first visit to the website to allow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer / device. This complies with recent legislation requirements for websites to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on a user's computer / device.

Cookies are small files saved to the user's computer's hard drive that track, save and store information about the user's interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website. Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computer's hard drive, they should take necessary steps within their web browser's security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors.

This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computer's hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information. You can read Google's privacy policy here for further information [http://www.google.com/privacy.html].

Other cookies may be stored to your computer's hard drive by external vendors when this website uses referral programmes, sponsored links or adverts. Such cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal information is stored, saved or collected.

CONTACT & COMMUNICATION

Users contacting this website and/or its owners do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use. Every effort has been made to ensure a safe and secure form to email submission process, but users using such form to email processes are advised that they do so at their own risk.

This website and its owners use any information submitted to provide you with further information about the products / services they offer or to assist you in answering any questions or queries you may have submitted. This includes using your details to subscribe you to any email newsletter programme the website operates but only if this was made clear to you and your express permission was granted when submitting any form to email process. Or whereby you, the consumer have previously purchased from or enquired about purchasing from the company a product or service that the email newsletter relates to. This is by no means an entire list of your user rights in regard to receiving email marketing material. Your details are not passed on to any third parties.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER

This website operates an email newsletter programme used to inform subscribers about services supplied by this website. Users can subscribe through an online automated process should they wish to do so but do so at their own discretion. Some subscriptions may be manually processed through prior written agreement with the user.

No personal details are passed on to third parties nor shared with companies / people outside of the company that operates this website.

Email marketing campaigns published by this website or its owners may contain tracking facilities within the actual email. Subscriber activity is tracked and stored in a database for future analysis and evaluation. Such tracked activity may include the opening of emails, forwarding of emails, the clicking of links within the email content, times, dates and frequency of activity [this is by no far a comprehensive list]. This information is used to refine future email campaigns and supply the user with more relevant content based around their activity.

This process is detailed at the footer of each email campaign. If an automated unsubscription system is unavailable, clear instructions on how to unsubscribe will be detailed instead.

EXTERNAL LINKS

Although this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised to adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website.

The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite their best efforts. Users should therefore note that they click on external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.

ADVERTS AND SPONSORED LINKS

This website may contain sponsored links and adverts. These will typically be served through our advertising partners, to whom may have detailed privacy policies relating directly to the adverts they serve.

Clicking on any such adverts will send you to the advertiser's website through a referral programme which may use cookies and will track the number of referrals sent from this website. This may include the use of cookies which may in turn be saved on your computer's hard drive. Users should therefore note that they click on sponsored external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.

SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS

Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this website and its owners participate on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies held with each social media platform respectively.

Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. This website nor its owners will never ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.

This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.

SHORTENED LINKS IN SOCIAL MEDIA

This website and its owners through their social media platform accounts may share web links to relevant web pages. By default, some social media platforms shorten lengthy urls [web addresses] (this is an example: http://bit.ly/zyVUBo).

Users are advised to take caution and exercise good judgement before clicking any shortened urls published on social media platforms by this website and its owners. Despite the best efforts to ensure only genuine urls are published, many social media platforms are prone to spam and hacking and therefore this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any shortened links.

PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION STATEMENT

This Personal Data Protection Statement ("Statement") outlines the policy of Takx Solutions Pte Ltd with regards to our compliance with the requirements of the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act 2012 ("PDPA").

For more information about the PDPA, please visit the Personal Data Protection Commission's website at https://www.pdpc.gov.sg/

For the purpose of this Statement, "we", "our" and "us" shall refer to Takx Solutions Pte Ltd.

1. Collection of Personal Data

Generally, we may collect your personal data in various ways including the following:

  • when you subscribe to, purchase or use our products and/or services;
  • when you submit a registration form or other forms relating to our products and services;
  • when you participate in any of our in-person workshops/seminars or webinars;
  • when you visit our website;
  • when you interact with our company representatives, for example, via telephone calls, letters, face-to-face meetings and emails;
  • when you request that we contact you;
  • when you submit your personal data to us for any other reasons.

2. Use of Personal Data

Generally, the personal data which you provide us may be collected, used, disclosed and/or processed by us for the following purposes:

  • to respond to your requests;
  • to provide goods and services to you;
  • to verify and process your personal particulars and payment;
  • to send you notices, information, promotions and updates including marketing and advertising materials in relation to our goods and services and those of third party organisations selected by us;
  • for research and analysis, including survey and polls;
  • to comply with law, the requests of law enforcement and regulatory officials, or orders of court;
  • for any other purposes for which we have obtained your consent or which are permitted by law.

3. Do Not Call (DNC) Provisions

The DNC provisions in the PDPA came into effect in 2014. We will not send you any marketing messages or make any marketing calls if you have registered your Singapore telephone number with the respective DNC registries, unless we are allowed to do so under DNC provisions, or other applicable laws and regulations. Please note that if you have given us consent to send you marketing messages to your Singapore telephone number, we may do so until you withdraw your consent.

4. Security of Personal Data

We will take reasonable measures to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, use of disclosure, and to destroy any personal data that is no longer required to be retained.

5. Access to Your Personal Data

Takx Solutions may upon your written request provide you with an account of your personal data which is in our possession. Please note that we reserve the right to charge a reasonable administrative fee for processing such requests.

6. Withdrawal of Consent

If you wish to withdraw your consent for our use of your Personal Data, you may do so in the following ways:

  • to unsubscribe from our electronic mailing list, follow the unsubscribe instructions in our email or other electronic marketing messages;
  • for any other queries regarding our handling of your personal data, please contact our Data Protection Officer via email: enquiries (at) takx (dot) com (dot) sg (Attn: DPO) or telephone no.: 6293-9068.

Do note that the withdrawal of consent is subject to all applicable laws and applicable terms and conditions.

7. General

7.1 Applicability

For the avoidance of doubt, this Statement does not apply to the practices of companies we do not own or control, or to people that we do not employ or manage. Our website may contain links to other websites. Please note that we are not responsible for the personal data protection policies of such other websites.

7.2 Changes to this Statement

We may amend this Statement from time to time. Please check this Statement regularly for updated information on the handling of your personal data.

7.3 Privacy Policies for Website

If you access our website, you may wish to refer to our privacy policies for our website above.

7.4 Governing Law

This Statement shall be governed by the laws of the Republic of Singapore.