1 Introduction

At OA International Holdings Pte Ltd and its related companies (collectively “OA” or the “Company”) we respect the privacy and confidentiality of the personal data of our Clients, Associates and others whom we interact with in the course of providing our services. We are committed to implementing policies, practices and processes to safeguard the collection, use and disclosure of the personal data you provide us, in compliance with the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) 2012, the relevant laws, sectoral and international guidelines.

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.

 

2 How We Collect Your Personal Data

Personal data refers to any information that can uniquely identify an individual person (a) on its own, or (b) when combined with other information. Under the PDPA, business contact information (e.g. full name, business address, business telephone number) is not considered as personal data so long as it is used strictly for business-to-business (B2B) transactions.

We collect your personal data when you:

  • Enter into business-to-business transactions with us; and
  • Enter into an employment contract or apply a job position with us.

 

3 Types of Personal Data We Collect About You

The types of personal data we collect about you include:

  • Your contact information (Name, Address, Phone No., Email Address)
  • Your personal details (Name, Gender, Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Country of Residence, Citizenship, Nationality, Race/Ethnicity)
  • Your personal and professional details contained in your curriculum vitae when you apply to us for a job.

 

4 How We Use Your Personal Data

We use the personal data you provide us for one or more of the following purposes:

  • Performing obligations in the course of or in connection with our provision of the services requested by you;
  • Verifying your identity for the purpose of due diligence check in accordance with the sectoral laws;
  • Responding to, handling, and processing queries, requests, applications, complaints, and feedback from you;
  • Managing your relationship with us;
  • Sending information about our services including notifying you of our events and initiatives;
  • Complying with any applicable laws, regulations, codes of practice, guidelines, or rules, or to assist in law enforcement and investigations conducted by any government and/or regulatory authority;
  • Any other purposes for which you have provided the information;
  • Transmitting to any unaffiliated third parties including our third party service providers and agents, and relevant government and/or regulatory authorities, whether in Singapore or abroad, for the aforementioned purposes; and
  • Any other incidental business purposes related to or in connection with the above.

 

5 Who We Disclose Your Personal Data To

We disclose some of the personal data you provide us to the following entities or organisations outside OA International in order to fulfil our services to you:
•    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
•    To third party service providers, agents and other organisations we have engaged to perform any of the functions listed in clause 4 above for us.

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. We will obtain written confirmation from you on your expressed consent. We will not collect more personal data than is necessary for the stated purpose. We will seek fresh consent from you if the original purpose for the collection, use or disclosure of your personal data has changed.

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 apply for a job with us using our job application forms.

We may rely on exceptions to the need for consent under the PDPA for the collection, use or disclosure of your personal data under the following circumstances (only those relevant to OA International are included):

  • The personal data is publicly available.
  • The personal data is disclosed by a public agency or disclosed to a public agency.
  • The personal data is necessary for any investigation or proceedings.
  • The personal data is necessary for evaluative purposes (e.g. determining the suitability of a job applicant for the job applied for).
  • The personal data is necessary for the purpose of managing or terminating an employment relationship.
  • The personal data is necessary for a business asset transaction.
  • The personal data is required to comply with a law or regulation.

 

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 within working 7 days of your withdrawal request, e.g. without your consent, we may not be able to fulfil our obligations to you as a service provider and/ or employer.

Your request for withdrawal of consent can take the form of an email or letter to us.

 

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.

 

6.4 Third-Party Consent

If you do a transaction with us on behalf of another individual that will require you to provide that individual’s personal data to us, you must ensure that this individual has given his/her expressed consent to provide his/her personal data to us through you. We will require you to get a written confirmation from this individual that he/she has indeed given his/her expressed consent to you for us to collect, use or disclose his/her personal data.

 

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 over the past one year. Before we accede to your request, we may need to verify your identity by checking your NRIC or other legal identification document. We will respond to your request as soon as possible, or within 30 days from the date we receive your request. If we are unable to do so within the 30 days, we will let you know and give you an estimate of how much longer we require. We may also charge you a reasonable fee for the cost involved in processing your access request. We may also be unable to fulfil your request, if you are not agreeable to the fee, and you may enquire with the DPO.

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 Transfer of Personal Data

Where there is a need to transfer your personal data to another country outside Singapore, we will ensure that the standard of data protection in the recipient country is comparable to that of Singapore’s PDPA. If this is not so, we will enter into a contractual agreement with the receiving party to accord similar levels of data protection as those in Singapore.

 

12 Contacting Us

If you have any query or feedback regarding this Policy, or any complaint you have relating to how we manage your personal data, you may contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) at dpo@oa-international.com / dpo@oa-assurance.com / dpo@scs-cpa.com

For unsolicited personal data that you may receive, you may contact our DPO and delete it accordingly.
Any query or complaint should include, at least, the following details:

  • Your full name and contact information
  • Brief description of your query or complaint

We treat such queries and feedback seriously and will deal with them confidentially and within reasonable time.

 

13 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.

Updated on 09 Aug 2024