The purpose of this document (“Privacy Policy”) is to inform you of the collection, processing, storage, and transfer of Personal Data (as defined below) by The Write Connection Pte Ltd and its related corporations and the circumstances under which your Personal Data may be used or disclosed.
Your Consent
By interacting with us, submitting information to us, signing up, using or continuing to use any products or services offered by us, including TWC@Home, you agree and consent to The Write Connection Pte Ltd and its related corporations (collectively, the "Companies"), as well as their respective representatives and/or agents (“Representatives”) (the Companies and Representatives collectively referred to herein as "TWC", "us", "we" or "our") collecting, using, disclosing and sharing amongst themselves your Personal Data, and disclosing such Personal Data to the Companies' authorised service providers and relevant third parties in the manner set forth in this Privacy Policy.
This Data Protection Policy supplements but does not supersede nor replace any other consents you may have previously provided to TWC in respect of your Personal Data, and your consents herein are additional to any rights which any of the Companies may have at law to collect, use or disclose your Personal Data.
Personal Data
In this Privacy Policy, “Personal Data” refers to any data, whether true or not, about an individual who can be identified (a) from that data; or (b) from that data and other information to which we have or are likely to have access, including data in our records as may be updated from time to time.
Types of Personal Data Collected
- The Personal Data collected about you and your family members may include: Any information you submit to us, including names, identification particulars, email address, identity documents, contact details, date of birth, preferences, family background, educational information, demographic data, payment details and transaction history;
- Information and data generated in the course of any continual relationship with TWC, for example, online course or lesson enrolment and usage particulars and other information and records you choose to provide by various modes of communication including mail, telephone, SMS, fax, email, apps, internet and market research;
- Information from cookies, other technologies deployed for the analysis of website or system usage, or other information technology applications used by TWC.
Examples of times when we collect data are when you sign up with us for our services whether through our website or at any of our premises.
If You Provide Third Party Personal Data
If you provide us with any Personal Data relating to a third party (e.g. information on your spouse or children), by submitting such information to us, you represent and warrant to us that you have obtained the consent of such third party to you providing us with their Personal Data for the respective purposes and that they agree to the information being provided to us subject to this Personal Data Protection Policy.
Uses of Personal Data
Personal Data that is collected about you and your family members may be collected, used, disclosed or processed for the following purposes:
- Determining or evaluating the applicability or eligibility of providing products or services to you or your child, processing applications for products or services;
- Facilitating the provisioning of products or services, including operations, administration, accounts, financial transactions, maintaining service quality and staff training;
- Managing and facilitating the business and operational processes of TWC, including but not limited to student profile assessments, class and student management, payment administration and statistical analysis;
- Attending to, processing and responding to your requests, feedback or enquiries;
- Providing customised online or other services and support, including customer alerts;
- Conducting surveys of parents and students either by TWC or a third party on behalf of TWC;
- Facilitating service and product development via customer feedback, data analysis and market research;
- Payment processing;
- Provided to suppliers or third party service providers to assist TWC in their business operations, marketing or the provision of products or services to you.
- Marketing our services and products and communicating with you or your family members;
- Supplying operational, administrative, computer data storage, processing or other computer services by TWC or a third party service provider either in Singapore or overseas;
- Making use of photographs, videos or sound recordings of students in TWC publications, website or other external media;
- Performing TWC management, operating management information systems, performing data and statistical analysis, carrying out and enable internal and external audits;
- Monitoring and recording calls and other communications for record-keeping, quality control, training and case investigations;
- Enforcing or defending the rights of TWC;
- Complying with safety, legal and regulatory requirements;
- All other matters relating to the products or services offered by TWC, business of TWC or operations of TWC that TWC deems necessary or reasonable.
In particular, we may transfer personal data to servers overseas where our service providers who provide services, process our data or store our data for us or their computers are located overseas.
Disclosure
We may disclose your Personal Data if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms Of Service ( https://at-home.thewriteconnection.com.sg/pages/terms-of-service )
Links
When you click on links on our site, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.
Leaving Our Site
Once you leave our website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.
Retention of Information
We retain personal information in accordance with legal, regulatory, business and operational obligations.
Cookies
We collect cookies or similar tracking technologies. This means information that our website’s server transfers to your computer. This information can be used to track your session on our website. Cookies may also be used to customize our website content for you as an individual. If you are using one of the common Internet web browsers, you can set up your browser to either let you know when you receive a cookie or to deny cookie access to your computer.
- We use cookies to recognize your device and provide you with a personalized experience.
- We also use cookies to attribute visits to our websites to third-party sources and to serve targeted ads from Google, Facebook, Instagram and other third-party vendors.
- Our third-party advertisers use cookies to track your prior visits to our websites and elsewhere on the Internet in order to serve you targeted ads. For more information about targeted or behavioral advertising, please visit https://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising.
- Opting out: You can opt out of targeted ads served via specific third-party vendors by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Opt-Out page.
- We may also use automated tracking methods on our websites, in communications with you, and in our products and services, to measure performance and engagement.
- Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.
Web Analysis Tools
We may use web analysis tools that are built into the TWC@Home website to measure and collect anonymous session information.
Age of Consent
By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your jurisdiction, or that you are under the age of majority in your jurisdiction and your parent or legal guardian has signed up and enrolled you, that they are the ones who consent to this Privacy Policy on their behalf and on yours. If you are a parent or legal guardian signing up or obtaining usage of this system on behalf of your child, you warrant that you accept this Privacy Policy for yourself and your child.
Updates to this Privacy Policy
TWC may from time to time update this Privacy Policy and will provide the updated Policy on our website. You agree to be bound by the prevailing terms of this Privacy Policy as updated from time to time on our website. Please check back regularly for updated information on the handling of your Personal Data.
Enquiries
For any enquiries, comments or feedback, or if you would like to access, correct, amend or delete any Personal Data, please contact us at:
Personal Data Protection Officer
[email protected]
The Write Connection