Personal data protection policy statement 

Your privacy and the protection of your private data is important to us and is a responsibility that we take very seriously. This policy statement sets out the basis on which personal information we collect from you, or you provide to us, will be processed by us.

1. Personal Data

a) In this Personal Data Protection Policy, “Personal Data” refers to any data, whether true or not,about an individual who can be identified from that data or from 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.

b) Examples of such Personal Data include an individual’s name, photograph, mobile telephone number, mailing address, email address, financial information. and any other information relating to any individual provided to us by an individual or their agent/representative.

c) We will only collect your full NRIC, FIN, or Passport number when it is strictly required under the law (e.g., for Anti-Money Laundering checks, executing property transactions, or stamp duty submissions) or when it is necessary to establish your identity to a high degree of fidelity.

2. Collection, Use or Disclosure of Personal Data

a) We collect personal information when you (or your representative) register on our websites, email or call us and/or when you visit our office or properties. We may use your personal information, including aggregated or combined with other information for the purposes of providing and marketing our services only, and such collection, use and/or disclosure has to be necessary and reasonable. In carrying out our business operations, we may disclose your personal data to relevant third parties, including conveyancing lawyers, panel banks, managing agents, Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) registered property agents, and government regulators. We have developed and implemented policies and practices to comply with the provisions of the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (“the PDPA”). You agree that your consent will remain in place until you withdraw it.

3. Access and Correction of Personal Data

a) You are entitled at any time to request access to the information held by us about you and the ways the data may have been used or disclosed within a year before the request. If you believe the personal information we have about you is not accurate or up-to-date, or if you have any questions in relation to the collection, use, and /or disclosure of your Personal Data, please notify our Data Protection Officer.

b) To make an Access Request, please write to the Data Protection Officer, SKC Global Holdings Pte Ltd, 213 Geylang Road, #02-02, Singapore 398273 or by email sisly@skcglobal.sg (hereinafter known as the ‘Data Protection Officer’). We will respond to requests made by you to correct any error or omission in your Personal Data as soon as practicable. The corrected Personal Data will be forwarded to every other organization to which the Personal Data was disclosed to within a year before the date the correction was made, unless that other organisation does not need the corrected personal data for any legal or business purpose. You agree that SKC Global Holdings Pte Ltd may impose a reasonable administrative charge to cover the costs of processing an access request. Please note that we will not however entertain any trivial, frivolous or vexatious requests, or any other unreasonable requests of which the burden or expense of providing access would be unreasonable to us or disproportionate to our services

4. Accuracy and Protection of Personal Data

a) The Data Protection Officer will ensure that that reasonable security arrangements are in place to protect all Personal Data against unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification, disposal, or similar risks.

b) We will make reasonable efforts to ensure that all Personal Data collected by us is accurate and complete, particularly if it is likely to be used to make a decision that affects you or is to be disclosed to another organization.

c) We will cease to retain your Personal Data, or remove the means by which the data can be associated with you, as soon as it is reasonable to assume that the purpose for collection is no longer being served and retention is no longer necessary for legal or business purposes.

5. Withdrawal of consent

a) Should you wish to withdraw your consent for any of the purposes stated, you may do so by sending us a notice (“Withdrawal Notice”) to the Data Protection Officer at the postal and/or email address stated above, providing us both your name and identification details, and the purpose that you would like to withdrawn from.

b) Please note that withdrawing your consent may impact our ability to continue providing certain services to you or fulfilling our contractual obligations under property purchase agreements.

6. Transfer / Assignment

a) Please note that all our rights herein may be novated, assigned, transferred and/or otherwise dealt with by us and shall ensure to the benefit of our successors, assignees and/or transferees.

7. Governing Law

a) This Personal Data Protection Policy shall be governed in all aspects by the laws of Singapore.