“Personal Data” means data about an identifiable individual. Whether data relates to an identifiable individual is determined with reference to the PDPA and any applicable guidelines issued by the Personal Data Protection Commission (“PDPC”).  Examples of personal data you may provide us include your name, NRIC number, passport number or other identification numbers, your telephone number, mailing address and email address.

We may collect Personal Data from you in the following ways:

• When you communicate with us directly via in-person meetings, telephone conversations, email or other means;
• When you enter into any agreement with us, or when you engage us to provide services;
• When you register for, or participate in, any seminar, marketing, recruitment or other promotional events that we may conduct;
• When you visit or use our website, as explained below;
• When we receive such Personal Data from publicly available sources or third parties;
• When you apply for employment or an internship with us; and/or
• When you share your Personal Data with us for any other reason.

We do not generally collect your Personal Data when you browse our website, though please note the following:

• Cookies:

Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to the memory or hard drive of a visitor’s computer or other electronic device which is used to visit the website. A cookie may be temporary or it may persist for some time.

By accessing our website, you agree that we may place cookies on your device or computer.  We do so to improve your browsing experience and to facilitate the technical operation of our website.  We do not collect personal data using cookies.

You can adjust the settings on your browser so as to be notified when a cookie is sent, or to disable cookies.  However, this may impact the functionality of our website or your user experience.

• Links to third party sites:

Our website may contain links to external websites which we do not manage.  This Privacy Policy does not apply to these sites.

• IP Addresses:

Your IP address will be automatically saved in our cloud server when you visit our website, along with the date, time and duration of your visit.  This information does not enable us to identify you individually.  We may use this for troubleshooting purposes or to improve the user experience of our website.

We may collect Personal Data from you in the following ways:

• to provide legal, corporate secretarial or other services to you, your organisation or another person or organisation;
• to manage and administer our relationship with you and/or your company (which includes, without limitation, mandatory client due diligence checks and the processing of payments);
• to organise seminars, webinars or other events;
• to send you legal updates, newsletters, announcements, and any similar messages to keep you informed of legal developments;
• to respond to your queries, requests and complaints;
• to ensure the smooth functioning of our website;
• to process your application for employment, a training contract or an internship;
• to conduct research and analysis to improve the services we provide;
• any other purpose which we notify you and obtain your consent or deemed consent for prior to processing your personal data for that purpose;
• any other purpose as required or permitted by law; and/or
• any other purpose which is ancillary or reasonably related to and/or required for any of the above purposes.

We may disclose your Personal Data to our lawyers and to professional consultants you are assisting us with your matters, as well as to third-party service providers and agents in the running of our business operations.  We will in all cases endeavour to ensure that such professional consultants and third-party service providers and agents see to the proper handling and protection of your Personal Data as well.

Please contact our Data Protection Officer at dpo@sirajomarllc.com should you wish to:

• request for your Personal Data to be updated or corrected;
• withdraw your consent for us to use your Personal Data; or
• provide feedback in relation to our Privacy Policy.