The Common Lawyer - Privacy Policy

By interacting with us, submitting information to us or signing up for any promotions or services offered by us, you agree and consent to The Common Lawyer (referred to herein as “TCL”, “us”, “we” or “our”) collecting and using your Personal Data (as defined below) and disclosing such Personal Data to TCL’s authorised service providers and relevant third parties in the manner and for any of the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy. In addition, this Privacy Policy will also provide you with more information on the bases upon which we may lawfully collect, use and/or disclose your Personal Data without your consent, where permitted by applicable law.

This Privacy Policy supplements but does not supersede nor replace any other consents you may have previously provided to TCL, nor does it affect any rights which TCL may have at law in connection with the collection, use or disclosure of your Personal Data, and any consents you may have provided in connection with this Privacy Policy are cumulative and additional to any rights which we may have under applicable law to handle or process your Personal Data.

TCL reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. To the maximum extent permissible under applicable law, you agree to be bound by the prevailing terms of this Privacy Policy as updated from time to time.

For avoidance of doubt, this Privacy Policy forms a part of this website (“Site”)’s Terms and Conditions (the “Terms and Conditions”). In the event of any conflict, inconsistency or conflict between this Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions, the Privacy Policy shall prevail. All defined terms contained in the Terms and Conditions shall apply to this Privacy Policy unless otherwise specifically stated.

1. YOUR PERSONAL DATA

1.1. In this Privacy Policy, “Personal Data” refers to any data or information about you from which you can be identified either (a) from that data; or (b) from that data and other information to which we have or are likely to have access. Examples of such Personal Data which you may provide to us include (depending on the nature of your interaction with us):

(a) Your name, passport or other identification number, telephone number(s), mailing address, email address and any other information relating to you which you have provided us in any forms you may have submitted to us, or in other forms of interaction with you;

(b) Information about your use of TCL’s website and services, including cookies, IP address, subscription account details, but only to the extent that TCL may identify you from such information;

(d) Your payment related information, such as your bank account or credit card information, and your credit history; and

(e) Information about your usage of and interaction with TCL’s website and/or services, including computer and connection information, device capability, bandwidth, statistics on page views, and traffic to and from our website.

2. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

2.1. Generally, TCL collects your Personal Data in one or more of the following ways:

(a) When you submit forms or other documents relating to any of our products or services;

(b) When you register for or use any of our services on websites owned or operated by us or when you register as a member of websites owned and/or operated by us, or use services on such websites;

(d) When you establish any online accounts with us;

(e) When you request that we contact you;

(f) When you are contacted by, and respond to, our marketing representatives, agents and other service providers;

(g) When you respond to our request for additional Personal Data;

(h) When you ask to be included in an email or other mailing list;

(i) When you respond to our promotions and other initiatives; and/or

(j) When you submit your Personal Data to us for any other reason.

2.2. When you browse our website, you generally do so anonymously. However, please see the section below on cookies and other related technologies. We do not, at our website, automatically collect Personal Data unless you provide such information to us.

2.3. If you provide us with any Personal Data relating to a third party, by submitting such information to us, you represent to us that you have obtained the consent of that third party to you providing us with their Personal Data for the respective purposes.

2.4. You should ensure that all Personal Data submitted to us is complete, accurate, true and correct. Failure on your part to do so may result in our inability to provide you with products and services you have requested, or processing any requests and applications you may have made to us.

3. PURPOSES FOR THE COLLECTION, USE AND/OR DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

3.1. Generally, TCL collects, uses and/or discloses your Personal Data for the following purposes:

(a) Responding to, processing and/or handling your subscription, queries, requests, complaints and/or feedback;

(b) Maintaining your account with us;

(c) Verifying and/or processing your personal particulars and/or payments in relation to the provision of services to you;

(d) Providing you with the goods and services which you have signed up for;

(e) Communicating with you to inform you of changes and/or developments to TCL’s policies, terms and conditions and other administrative information, including in relation to products and services offered to you;

(f) Conducting market research for profiling and/or statistical analysis for the improvement of services provided to you;

(g) Managing the infrastructure and business operations of TCL and complying with internal policies and procedures;

(h) Facilitating business asset transactions (which may extend to any merger, acquisition or asset sale);

(i) Matching any Personal Data held which relates to you for any of the purposes listed herein;

(j) Verifying your identity;

(k) Preventing, detecting and investigating crime, including fraud and money-laundering, and analysing and managing other commercial risks;

(l) Protecting and enforcing our contractual and legal rights and obligations;

(m) Conducting audits, reviews and analysis of our internal processes, action planning and managing commercial risks;

(n) Compliance with any applicable rules, laws and regulations, codes of practice or guidelines or to assist in law enforcement and investigations by relevant authorities; and/or

(o) Any other purpose relating to or reasonably necessary for any of the above.

4. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA

4.1. TCL will take reasonable steps to protect your Personal Data against unauthorised disclosure. Subject to the provisions of any applicable law, your Personal Data may be disclosed, for the purposes listed above (where applicable), to the following third parties, wherever they are located:

(a) TCL’s affiliates;

(b) Agents, contractors and/or third party service providers who provide operational services to TCL, such as telecommunications, information technology, payment, processing, market research, storage, archival or other services;

(d) Any business partner, investor, assignee or transferee (actual or prospective) to facilitate business asset transactions (which may extend to any merger, acquisition or asset sale);

(e) Anyone to whom we transfer or may transfer our rights and duties;

(f) Banks, credit card companies and their respective service providers;

(g) Our professional advisors such as our auditors and lawyers;

(h) Relevant government regulators or authority or law enforcement agency to comply with any laws or rules and regulations imposed by any governmental authority; and

(i) Any other party to whom you authorise us to disclose your personal data.

5. DEEMED CONSENT

5.1. In addition to the matters set out above, subject to and in accordance with applicable law, you shall be deemed to have consented to TCL collecting and/or using your Personal Data, and disclosing such Personal Data to TCL’s authorised service providers and relevant third parties:

(a) Where in response to a request for your Personal Data in connection with identified purposes, you voluntarily provide such Personal Data to TCL for such purpose(s);

(b) Where the collection, use or disclosure of your Personal Data is reasonably necessary for the conclusion and/or performance of a contract between you and us or any other organisation entered into at your request, which may include recipients of your Personal Data not indicated in this Privacy Policy; and/or

(c) Where we have brought to your attention our intention to collect, use or disclose your Personal Data for identified purposes, and you have not taken any action to opt out within the period specified in our notices.

6. USE OF COOKIES AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES

6.1. When you interact with us on our websites, applications or services, we may collect or analyse anonymised information from which individuals cannot be identified, such as number of users and their frequency of use, the number of page views (or page impressions) that occur on the website and common entry and exit points into website.

6.2. TCL may use cookies and other related technologies which have different functions. They are either necessary for the functioning of our services, help us improve our performance, or serve to provide you with extra functionalities. We may use the terms “cookies” or “related technologies” interchangeably in our policies to refer to all technologies that we may use to collect or store information in your browser or device or that collect information or assist in identifying you as a unique user in the manner described above.

6.3. TCL may use an independent company (a “Third Party Market Research Company”)’s services to measure, collect and/or analyse information relating to and/or in connection with the usage of TCL’s websites and/or services, including but not limited to:

(a) The number of page views (or page impressions) that occur on TCL’s websites or emails;

(b) The number of unique visitors to TCL’s websites and/or users of TCL’s services; and/or

6.4. TCL’s websites may be coded with software which enables the Third Party Market Research Company to track visitors to our websites.

7. THIRD PARTY SITES

7.1. Our website may contain links to other websites operated by third parties. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of websites operated by third parties that are linked to our website. Once you have left our website, you should check the applicable terms, conditions and policies of the third party website to determine how they will handle any information they collect from you.

8. RETENTION OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

8.1. TCL will store your Personal Data only to the extent necessary for legal and our business purposes, including for the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy, except as provided otherwise by applicable laws. When there is no longer any business or legal purpose for retaining your Personal Data or the statutory retention period expires according to applicable laws, we will delete or anonymize your Personal Data.

9. WITHDRAWAL, ACCESS AND CORRECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

9.1. Should you wish to withdraw consent to use of your Personal Data or obtain access to or make corrections to your Personal Data records, please log in to the relevant account through which the Personal Data was provided. Should you wish to request that your Personal Data be deleted, you may also contact us at admin@common-lawyer.com.

9.2. If your Personal Data has been provided to us by a third party, you should contact such third party directly to make any queries, feedback, and access and/or correction requests to TCL on your behalf.

9.3. If you withdraw your consent to any or all use of your Personal Data or request that your Personal Data be deleted, depending on the nature of your request, TCL may not be in a position to continue to provide its products or services to you or administer any contractual relationship in place, and this may also result in the termination of any agreements with TCL and your being in breach of your contractual obligations or undertakings, and TCL’s legal rights and remedies in such event are expressly reserved.

10. GOVERNING LAW & JURISDICTION

10.1. This Privacy Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Singapore. You agree that the courts of Singapore shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and/or settle any disputes between you and TCL howsoever arising out of and/or in connection with this Privacy Policy and/or your access to and/or use of the Site and/or Services.