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PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION NOTICE

This Personal Data Protection Notice (“Notice”) describes how Valuevest Ventures Sdn. Bhd. (Company No. 201901035400 (1344730-P)) and its respective subsidiaries, associate companies and jointly controlled entities (“VVSB”) use your Personal Data.

VVSB is referred to as “we”, “us”, “our” or “ours”. Any person using and accessing this Site, the Content or the Services is referred to as the “User”, “you” or “yours”.

Acknowledgement and Consent

By communicating with us, using our services or by virtue of your engagement with us, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Notice and agree and consent to the use, processing and transfer of your Personal Data by us as described in this Notice.

We shall have the right to modify, update or amend the terms of this Notice at any time by placing the updated Notice on the Websites. By continuing to communicate with us, by continuing to use our services, or by your continued engagement with us following the modifications, updates or amendments to this Notice, such actions shall signify your acceptance of such modifications, updates or amendments.

In the event of any conflict between the English and other language versions, the English version shall prevail.

Collection of Personal Data

“Personal Data” means information about you, from which you are identifiable, including but not limited to your name, identification card number, birth certificate number, passport number, nationality, address, telephone number, fax number, bank details, credit card details, race, gender, date of birth, marital status, resident status, education background, financial background, personal interests, email address, your occupation, your designation in your company, your company details, the industry in which you work in, any information about you which you have provided to us in registration forms, application forms or any other similar forms and/or any information about you that has been or may be collected, stored, used and processed by us from time to time and includes sensitive personal data such as data relating to health, religious or other similar beliefs.

The provision of your Personal Data is voluntary. However if you do not provide us with your Personal Data, we will not be able to process your Personal Data for the Purposes and Additional Purposes outlined below.

If you are an agent, vendor, supplier, investor or service provider, provision of your Personal Data is mandatory and failure to provide your Personal Data, may be a breach of laws or regulatory requirements, and may cause us to be unable to engage you to provide services or products or issue payments to you for products or services provided.

Sources from which your Personal Data may be obtained

In addition to the Personal Data you provide to us directly, we may collect your Personal Data from a variety of sources (whichever applicable) such as:

Filling up and completing application or registration forms or any other similar forms via online or otherwise;
When you register at the Site(s) as a user;
From publicly available sources such as directories,
From credit reporting agencies;
When you interact and communicate with us at any events or activities;
From various entities or divisions under VVSB;
By using VVSB websites, which includes all websites operated by VVSB. Your personal data may also be collected from cookies used on the Websites;
From our server logs when you log into the Websites, such as details of internet protocol address; or
From telephone log information when you call us, such as your telephone number.

Purposes of Processing

We may use and process your Personal Data for business, and administrative purposes of VVSB which shall include, without limitation the following (“the Purpose”):

Where you are a customer or our subscriber:

to perform our obligations in respect of any contract entered into with you;
to provide you with any services or products you have requested;
to process your participation in any events, activities, focus groups, research studies, contests, promotions, polls, surveys or any productions;
to understand and analyse your needs and preferences;
to develop, enhance and provide services to meet your needs;

Where you are an agent, vendor, supplier, investor or service provider:

for the purposes of engaging you to provide services;
to facilitate or enable any checks as may be required by us in order to engage you;
to process payments for charges and taxes of the products or services that you have provided to VVSB;
to contact you or your company;

General:-

to respond to questions, comments and feedback from you;
to communicate with you for any of the purposes listed in this Notice;
for internal administrative purposes, such as auditing, data analysis, database records;
for purposes of investigation, detection, prevention and prosecution of security breaches, crime or fraud;
for us to comply with its obligations under law;
to maintain appropriate records for internal administrative purposes;

By using the Websites, our products and services, you agree and consent that we use, process and store your Personal Data for the Purposes and in the manner as identified in this Notice.

Marketing and promotional purposes

We may also use and process your data for other purposes such as (“Additional Purposes”):

To send you alerts, newsletters, updates, mailers, promotional materials, special privileges, festive greetings from us or our partners or investors;
To process your registration to participate in or attend an event or activity and to communicate with you regarding your attendance at the event or activity;
To share your Personal Data amongst our subsidiaries, associate companies and jointly controlled entities for the Purpose and to market their products, services, events or promotions; and
To share your name and contact number with our partners, advertisers, event companies who may communicate with you, for the purpose of marketing and promotions;

by way of postage, personal delivery, courier service, e-mail, call or message either through electronic devices or mobile applications, or any other platforms on the internet.

Transfer of Personal Data

Your Personal Data may be transferred to, stored, used and processed in a jurisdiction other than Malaysia, to companies under VVSB which are located outside of Malaysia and/or where VVSB’s servers are located outside of Malaysia. You understand and consent to the transfer of your Personal Data out of Malaysia as described herein.

Disclosure to Third Parties

Your personal data may be transferred, accessed or disclosed to third parties for the Purposes and Additional Purposes. Further, we may engage other companies, service providers or individuals to perform functions on its behalf, and consequently may provide access or disclose to your Personal Data to such service providers or third parties. The third parties referred to in this Section include (without limitation):

Our partners and investors and companies, which include parties with whom we collaborates with for certain events, programmes, investments and activities;
Service providers, including, information technology (IT) service providers for infrastructure, software and development work;
Professional advisors and external auditors, including legal advisors, financial advisors and consultants;
Other entities within VVSB; and
Governmental authorities to comply with statutory, regulatory and governmental requirements.

Your Personal Data may also be shared in connection with a corporate transaction, such as a sale of a subsidiary or a division, merger, consolidation, or asset sale, or in the unlikely event of winding-up.

Withdraw or revoke consent

Please notify us in writing if you wish to withdraw or revoke your consent from our use and process your Personal Data for the Purposes and the Additional Purpose as stipulated herein.

Access & Correction Requests and Inquiries, Limiting the Processing of Personal Data

You may submit your complaints, request for access to and/or request correction of your Personal Data, request to limit the processing of your Personal Data for the Additional Purposes and/or make any inquiries regarding your Personal Data by contacting:

Address : SO 21-5, Menara 1 KL Eco City, 3, Jalan Bangsar, 59200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Email : info@valuevestventures.com
Telephone Number : (+60) 3 2201 2298/ (+60) 12 962 6208
Operating Hours : 10am – 4pm from Mondays – Fridays (excluding Public Holidays)

We may impose a fee for processing the aforesaid requests.

In respect of your right to access and/or correct your Personal Data, we have the right to refuse the your requests to access and/or make any correction to your Personal Data for the reasons permitted under law, such as where the expense of providing access to you is disproportionate to the risks to your or another person’s privacy.

If you do not wish for your Personal Data to be collected via cookies on the Websites, you may deactivate cookies by adjusting your internet browser settings to disable, block or deactivate cookies, by deleting your browsing history and clearing the cache from your internet browser.

Personal Information from Minors and Other Individuals

As a parent or legal guardian, please do not allow the minor (individuals under 18 years of age) under your care to submit Personal Data to us. In the event that such Personal Data is provided to us, you hereby consent to the processing of the minor’s Personal Data and personally accept and agree to be bound by this Notice and take responsibility for his or her actions.

Consent from third parties

In some circumstances you may have provided personal data relating to other individuals (such as your spouse, family members or friends) and in such circumstances you represent and warrant that you are authorised to provide their personal data to us and you have obtained their consent for their personal data to be processed and used in the manner as set forth in this Notice.

Links to Third-Party Websites

The Websites may contain links to third parties’ websites. Please note that we are not responsible for the collection, use, maintenance, sharing, or disclosure of data and information by such third parties. If you provide information directly to such sites, the privacy policy and terms of service on those sites are applicable and we are not responsible for the information processing practices or privacy policies of such sites.

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