PRIVACY POLICY
OVERVIEW
Beyond EYEZ and/or its affiliates (“we” or “us” or “our”) is the operator of www.beyondeyez.com the "Platform") and we are committed to safeguarding your personal data in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (“PDPA”) and the laws of Australia.
We value the trust of our users and the public. We are committed to ensuring that your personal information is used only for the purposes stated herein and/or as otherwise provided for in law.
This Privacy Policy (together with our Terms and Conditions) applies to all visitors, users and any party who access the Platform and any other way you may connect to or interact with us through the use of our services, hereinafter collectively referred to as “Services”.
This Privacy Policy explains and sets out how personal data that we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be used, processed or disclosed by us, including how certain information would be used to personalise advertising directed at you. This Privacy Policy also sets out the types of personal data we collect, how we keep it secure, as well as how you can access or alter your personal data stored by us.
Please read the following carefully to understand our policy and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
Unless restricted by applicable law, you agree and consent to us that any and all personal data relating to you collected by us or provided by you from time to time may be used, processed, and disclosed for such purposes and to such persons as set out in this Privacy Policy.
We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time by posting a revised version on the Platform. You are reminded to check this Platform from time to time for updates to this Privacy Policy.
DEFINITION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Personal information refers to any information which relates directly or indirectly to you. This includes any information that can be used to distinguish, identify or contact you. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, personal information encompasses sensitive personal information which includes but not limited to information relating to your physical or mental health or condition, your political opinions, your religious beliefs or other beliefs of a similar nature, the commission or alleged commission by you of any offence or any other personal data to be decided by the relevant Minister from time to time.
COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We collect personal information to personally identify you when you visit our website. This is to ensure a smoother and more efficient user experience. We may also collect information that personally identifies you if you choose to submit your personal information for the various purposes made available on our website. This information may include but not limited to data relating to your contact information such as your name, address(es), telephone number(s), email address(es) and other contact information, profession, date of birth, country of residence and gender. We will then serve you with a personal data protection notice ("Notice") to confirm your consent and notify you on our processing of your personal information. The processing of your personal information will be done in accordance with all applicable laws. We may collect personal information from you in one or more of the following methods:
a) use of our website;
b) by filling in of forms, surveys, comments etc.;
c) by responding to any marketing materials we send out;
d) by application and/or registration with us or any of our affiliates;
e) by providing feedback to us; and/or
f) by submitting application form and/or request to us.
Other than personal information obtained from you directly (as laid out above), we may also obtain your personal information from third parties we deal with and from such other sources in respect of which you have given your consent to disclose information relating to you and/or where otherwise lawfully permitted.
We may collect personal information from you or from the category of third parties identified above which is to be utilised for one or more of the following purposes:
a) to properly identify you;
b) to assess your application(s) / request(s) for our services;
c) to keep in contact with you and provide you with any information you have requested;
d) to establish and better manage any relationship we may have with you;
e) to process any communications, you send us (for example, answering any queries and dealing with any complaints and feedbacks);
f) to improve our services and to develop new services;
g) to produce data, reports and statistics which may be used by Eyez for commercial purposes;
h) to investigate, respond to a defend claims made against, or involving Eyez;
i) to conduct marketing activities;
j) to comply with legal and regulatory requirements; and/or
k) for any other purposes that is required or permitted by any law, regulations, guidelines and/or relevant regulatory authorities.
INCOMPLETE PROVISION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Where indicated (for example in application forms), it is obligatory to provide your personal information to us to enable us to process your application for our services. Should you decline to provide such obligatory personal information, we may not be able to process your application or provide you with our services.
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
As a part of providing you with our services and the management and/or operation of the same, we may be required or need to disclose information about you to the following third parties:
a) Law enforcement and government agencies;
b) Eyez and/or its affiliates, business partners, and relevant third parties;
c) Companies and/or organizations that act as our agents, contractors, service providers and/or professional advisers;
d) Companies and/or organizations that assist us in processing and/or otherwise fulfilling servicesthat you have requested;
e) Our other associates and parties for purposes that are related to the purpose of collecting your personal information;
f) Other parties in respect of whom you have given your express or implied consent subjected at all times to any laws (including regulations, guidelines and/or obligations) applicable to Eyezand/or its affiliates;
g) Any agent, contractor or third-party service provider who provides administrative, marketing and research, training, distribution, data processing, telecommunications, computer, payment or other services to Eyez and/or its affiliates; and/or
h) Any person, who is under a duty of confidentiality who has undertaken the responsibility to keep such information confidential.
We do not disclose your personal information to unaffiliated third parties without your consent. However, we may disclose your personal information if required by law or in good faith, if such action is necessary to comply with any law enforcement agency requirements, court orders or legal processes.
RIGHT TO ACCESS AND CORRECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
We can assist you to access and correct your personal information held by us.
Where you wish to have access to your personal information in Beyond EYEZ’s possession, or where you are of the opinion that such personal information held by us is inaccurate, incomplete, misleading or where relevant, not up-to-date, you may make a request to us by contacting us via the details statedat the end of this Privacy Policy.
We will use reasonable efforts to comply with your request to access or correct your personal information within 21 days of receiving your request and the relevant processing fee (if any).
Please note that Beyond EYEZ may have to withhold access to your personal information in certain situations, for example when we are unable to confirm your identity or where information requested for is of a confidential commercial nature or in the event, we receive repeated requests for the same information. Nevertheless, we will notify you of the reasons for not being able to accede to your request.
ONLINE DEALINGS AND USE OF COOKIES
Beyond EYEZ collect information about your use of our Platform from Cookies or other methods. Cookies are packets of information stored in your computer which assist your website navigation by customizing Platform information tailored to your needs. Cookies in themselves do not identify the individual user, just the computer used.
You are not obliged to accept cookies. If you are concerned, you can set your computer either to accept all cookies, to notify you when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. However, rejection of cookies may affect your use of the Platform as we will be unable to personalize aspects of your use of the Platform.
SECURITY
We will take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse, unauthorized or accidental access or disclosure, destruction or alteration of your personal data.
While we shall store all the personal data you provide on secure servers to protect your personal data, you understand that the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. As such, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal data transmitted to the Platform and any transmission is at your own risk.
We urge you to take steps to keep your personal information safe, such as choosing a strong password and keeping it private, as well as logging out of your user account, and closing your web browser when finished using our services on a shared or unsecured device.
THIRD-PARTY LINKS
In an attempt to provide increased value to our users, Beyond EYEZ may use your personal information to provide you with information about our and third-party services, which may or may not be of interest to or benefit you.
Please be informed that this Privacy Policy applies solely to our website and does not apply to any third-party websites you may access from our websites. To determine how they deal with your Personal Information, you should ensure that you read their respective privacy policies. We have no control over the contents of any third-party websites or resources.
RETENTION OF PERSONAL DATA
All personal data in our possession will be retained as long as necessary, required to satisfy legal regulatory and accounting requirements, as is relevant for the purposes for which it was collected or to protect our interests.
We will exercise measures to cease to retain, anonymise your personal data or remove the means by which the personal data can be associated with you, as soon as it is reasonable to assume that the retention of personal data (i) is no longer required for the purposes for which the personal data is being collected; or (ii) it is no longer necessary for any legal or business purpose.
For the avoidance of doubt, in the event you cease to use our Services on our Platform, we may continue storing, using and/or disclosing your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy and our legal obligations.
DISCLAIMER
We shall not be liable for any voluntary disclosure of personal data by you to other users in connection with the use of the Platform, as the case may be.
We shall not be liable for any disclosure of personal data due to any reason whatsoever including but not limited to all attempted or actual acts of terrorist, acts of God or any circumstances beyond our control and/or in the absence of any gross negligence or wilful misconduct on our part.
NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on the Platform so the users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If, at any point, we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an e-mail or other methods as Eyez deem appropriate. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you wish to access or correct your personal information, or limit our processing of your personal information, or withdraw consent for the processing of your personal data at any time to the extent that such withdrawal does not conflict with any of our legal obligations, or if you have questions or concerns related to this Privacy Policy, you may contact us at [email & contact no.].