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Personal Data Protection Policy

  1. General Information

    Best World International and its subsidiaries (collectively, “Best World”, “we”, “us” or “our”) respect the rights you have under the relevant personal data protection laws and regulations. This personal data protection policy applies to the businesses conducted by Best World, unless otherwise specified. We collect, use and disclose your personal data for the purposes as notified to you in this policy or as permitted by law and regulations. We hope by informing you our policy, you will continue to have the peace of mind being our valued customers and business partners.

    By browsing our website, using our services or providing us your personal data, you agree and consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data as described in this policy. This policy does not supersede or replace any consents which you may have provided to us previously. We reserve the right to change or update this policy from time to time, and any changes to this policy will become effective when we post the revised policy on our website. You can check the effective date posted at the bottom of this policy. We encourage you to read this policy whenever you visit our website to ensure that you keep up-to-date with any changes.

  2. Collection of Personal Data

    We collect personal data from you

    • when you browse and/or use any of our services on our website;
    • when you accept cookies on your devices;
    • when you sign up for email alerts;
    • when you interact with us via phone calls, SMS, messaging apps, face-to-face meetings, social media platforms and emails;
    • when you submit a job application; or
    • when you submit your personal data to us for any other reasons.

    The types of personal data you may provide to us include (depending on the nature of your interaction with us): name, NRIC, passport or other identification number, contact information (eg. phone number, email address or mailing address) and any other data which you have provided us in any form you may have submitted to us, or via any other form of interaction. Other personal data that we may collect from you include information about your device or usage of and interaction with our website and/or services by automated means using technologies such cookies, web server logs and web beacons etc.

    If you provide personal data relating to any third party to us, you represent that you have obtained the consent of the third party to provide us with their personal data for the respective purposes mentioned in this policy.

    You should ensure that all personal data submitted to us is accurate and complete.

  3. Purpose for Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personal Data

    We collect, use and disclose your personal data for the following purposes:

    • to provide you with the access to and use of our services;
    • to send you company announcements and SGXNet filings;
    • to process your job applications;
    • to conduct business analytics and data profiling to improve our website and services provided to you;
    • to respond to your feedback or complaints;
    • where necessary, for any investigation or proceedings; or
    • to comply with applicable laws and regulations.

    We may disclose your personal data to third parties (within and outside your region of residence) for the above stated purposes.

    We do not send marketing and promotion information.

  4. Use of Cookies

    We use cookies on our website to facilitate your access and use of our services. By browsing or using the services on our website, you consent to our use of cookies to collect information on your online usage data and to improve your online experience. If you turn cookies off, some of our services will not function and transactions may not be completed.

  5. Third Party Web Analytics

    We may use third party web analytics services, such as Google Analytics and/or Baidu Tongji, to help us analyze how visitors use our website. The service providers that administer these services use technologies such as cookies, web server logs and web beacons. The information collected through these means (including IP address) is disclosed to these service providers. They may collect audience data such as age, gender, and interests to better understand the behaviour of our visitors. This process also helps us manage and track the effectiveness of our marketing efforts. We do not combine the information collected with personally identifiable information.

    You can prevent analytical tools from recognizing you on return visits to our website by disabling cookies on your browser.

    To disable Google Analytics, please download the browser add-on for the deactivation provided by Google at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

    More information on the handling of user data by Google can be found in Google Privacy Policy.

    To change your data sharing preferences for Baidu, please visit Baidu Privacy Settings page.

    You can find out more about how Baidu collects and protect your data in Baidu Privacy Policy.

  6. Retention of Personal Data

    Your personal data will be retained for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it is collected for business or legal purposes, or in accordance with applicable laws.

    Should you choose to unsubscribe from our mailing list, your personal data will be removed from our system immediately.

  7. Protection of Personal Data

    Among several other security control measures, Best World implements the following industry best-practices to ensure your personal data with us are safe:

    • Firewall to protect the systems against the unauthorised access from the Internet.
    • Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption to secure your data during its transmission over the Internet.
    • Where applicable, advanced antivirus solutions are actively monitoring and protecting Best World systems from the work of malicious software and attacks.

  8. Contacting Us – Withdrawal of Consent, Access and Correction of Personal Data

    You may withdraw your consent for the collection, use and/or disclosure of your personal data by sending an email to our Data Protection Officer at the email address below. However, we may not be able to continue providing the services to you if consent is withdrawn.

    If you would like to obtain access and/or make corrections to your personal data, or if you have any feedback/complaint concerning our Personal Data Protection Policy, you may contact our Data Protection Officer at the email address below.

    To assist us in dealing with your request, please provide us with your full name and contact number.

    Email: dpo@bestworld.com.sg

This policy is effective as of 01 October 2022.