PDPA NOTICE

We at 3E Abroad recognize the importance of privacy and the sensitivity of personal information. As required under the Personal Data Protection Act 2010, the purpose of this Personal Data Protection Notice (“Notice”) is to inform you how we collect and process your personal data when you engage our services, access our website, or interact with us through meetings, seminars, conferences, or events.

By engaging our services, accessing our website, or interacting with us, you consent to our collection and processing of your personal data as set out in this Notice.

This Notice may be amended or updated from time to time. We would advise you to check this Notice on our website from time to time for amendments or updates. By continuing to use or engage our services, to use our website or to communicate with us subsequent to any amendments or updates to this Notice, it would confirm and indicate your acceptance to the amendments or updates to this Notice.

1. Personal Data We Collect

Personal data generally means any information that identifies you. Your personal data is collected and processed by us at the start of our services or interaction and, from time to time, in the course of our engagement or interaction.

2. Source of Personal Data

Personal data collected will mainly be from you. However, some personal data may also be collected by us from other available sources including but not limited to government department or agencies, public registries, websites, social media, publications, events, seminars, conferences.

3. Use of Personal Data

Your personal data is collected and processed by us for our business activities including the following purposes:

1. To verify your identity;
2. To communicate with you,including responding to your enquiries;
3. To comply with legal and/or regulatory requirements including court orders;
4. To manage our daily operations and administration, including billing and collection,;
5. To enforceor defend our legal rights and/or obtaining legal advice;
6. To send you materials or publications including newsletter, articles or updates or information about events, conferences, seminars, talks which may be of interest to you;
7. To promote, offer or market our services to you;
8. To assist in the prevention, detection or investigation of crime or possible criminal activities or for the administration of justice;
9. For security and internal audit purposes;
10. For such other purposes as may be directed or consented to by you; and
11. For all other purposes in relation to or incidental to the above.

4. Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Under certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your personal data to third parties. Third parties to whom your personal data may be disclosed by us are as follows:

1. any persons directed by or consented to by you;
2. any persons required for the purposes of the legal engagements and/or legal transactions including but not limited to counter parties, other advisors, financial institutions, regulatory bodies etc;
3. any person for the purposes of compliance with legal and regulatory requirements;
4. our data processors i.e. third party who we engage to process personal data on our behalf including but not limited to archival storage, data entry service providers, computer backup services, disaster recovery services, banks and financial institutions etc.; and
5. our professional advisors including but not limited to legal advisors, tax advisors, financial advisors, auditors, insurance brokers etc.

Further, we may also be required to transfer your personal data outside of Malaysia for the purposes and to such third parties stated in this Notice. Where such transfers occur, we will take reasonable and appropriate safeguards to ensure that your personal data is accorded a level of protection consistent with the requirements of the PDPA. The transfer of your personal data outside Malaysia would also be required if you are travelling, residing, or based outside Malaysia.

5. Obligation to Provide Personal Data

We acknowledge that you have the right in deciding the information you wish to provide to us. The provision of the information listed above is voluntary in nature. However, please note that if you do not provide the information above or limit the way such information is to be processed, it may result in us not being able:

1. To communicate or correspond with you;
2. To undertake the legal engagement or transaction and/or to provide our services to you; and/or
3. To grant you access to our website.

6. Data Security

We adopt reasonable measures to protect personal data against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

7. Data Access and Data Correction

If you wish to request:

1. for access to your personal information;
2. for your personal data to be corrected or updated; or
3. to withdraw your consent or limit the use of your personal data;

requests can be made via the contact details provided on this website.

8. Disclaimer

By continuing to use our website and services, you are deemed to have acknowledged and consented to the processing of your personal data in accordance with this Notice.

The accuracy and completeness of your personal data depends on the information you provide. We assume that the information you have provided is accurate, up to date and complete unless you inform us otherwise.

Where you provide any third party information to us including but not limited to employer, colleagues, family information, it is our assumption that such information is accurate, up to date and complete and that you have obtained the necessary consent to disclose the same.

9. Conflict

In the event that there is any conflict between the English and other language version of this Notice, the English language version shall prevail.