COMPLIANCIA LIMITED (“COMPLIANCIA”) is a corporate research, compliance, investigation, consulting and advisory firm that provides risk management, due diligence, and business intelligence services to its clientele. As integral part in providing and delivering all these services, we may gather information on our clients and others. Hence, our clients may require us to gather and collect information on their subjects in order to abide by and conform to their respective compliance obligations or legitimate business purposes.

We strictly implement measures to protect and anonymise all personal information gathered. As a diligent practice in our organization, we routinely perform thorough regular checks on our internal procedures to ensure that we are not collecting and holding more superfluous personal information than necessary.

Service With A Commitment To Privacy

COMPLIANCIA LIMITED is primarily concerned with the comprehensive protection of personal information. Our Privacy Policies were conceptualized in order to maintain the confidentiality and privacy of personal data submitted to us, either in writing or while visiting and navigating our website: www.compliancia.com. Hence, these can include personal information of our clientele and business prospects.

Client Information

COMPLIANCIA obtains and gathers various information about its website visitors, mainly to process service orders, but also to continue to provide an excellent, superior and bespoke customer service to our clienteles. Through the collection of these information, COMPLIANCIA will viably be able to assure a more precise product recommendation, send detailed email notices or reminders, and deliver a more enhance services. Further, COMPLIANCIA is committed to providing and delivering the finest browsing experience to our website visitors and clienteles, and to make this possible, gathering the said aforementioned information are crucial in achieving that commitment.

Contract Relation Information

COMPLIANCIA may use the personal information of business prospects and clients for it to be able to create, establish, execute and terminate a contract. Consequently, business prospects can be contacted before or during the contract or agreement preparation and formalization process by way of using the information that they have already provided therein. Processing of personal data will be made to prepare bids, to comply with requisites, or to fulfil other request of the business prospect which may relate to the formal closing of contracts or agreements. Under those contracts and agreements can include notices and advisory services for the client, if these are in any way, shape or form, relative to the contractual purpose thereto. Personal information may also be provided and referred to financial institutions (e.g. payment processors and intermediary banks) in order to process payments relating to services with our clienteles thereon. To assure that those information are protected and secured, personal information may be used from time to time to complete due diligence checks, in ensuring that those subject data are only provided to third parties that have been appropriately verified and certified, supported with validated credentials. COMPLIANCIA conducts all efforts to reinforce its privacy policies and ensure that all data it collects are accurate as possible. However, COMPLIANCIA cannot guarantee that other information which are coming from third parties are complete, correct, verified and otherwise accurate. Therefore, COMPLIANCIA categorically reiterate to deny any and all sorts of responsibilities for the accuracy of the data given, supplied and provided by third party sources of information or by COMPLIANCIA’s clienteles themselves.

Advertising Information

COMPLIANCIA does not engaged in selling mailing lists or otherwise exchange any form of services in return for the use of personal information. In our organization, our clienteles and business prospects may occasionally receive periodic mailings or emails from us, containing some of our corporate communications pertaining to information of our latest or new services and changes in service. To withdraw from our corporation communications, kindly contact COMPLIANCIA in writing or thru email, at the specified address listed in our site, or you can simply decline in receiving any of our email advertisements by way of the provided options in our emails communications.
As a general rule, we do not sell nor advertise any kind or sort of personal information about our clientele, business prospects, and compliance or due diligence report subjects.

Policy Changes

Our privacy policy may be amended from time to time, in parlance to the existing pertinent laws thereof, and or any of its, new regulations, amendments or modifications therein. Any changes or modifications that are made to the existing privacy policy of COMPLIANCIA will be posted on this website.

European Union/European Economic Area/United Kingdom And Switzerland Privacy Policy

COMPLIANCIA follows and abides by all the legal frameworks of the EU approved standard contractual clauses, in relation to personal information collected from individuals who reside within the jurisdiction of the European Union. COMPLIANCIA is compliant with and entirely abide to the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 that is duly enacted by the European Parliament and of the Council on April 27, 2016, in view of the protection of natural persons regarding the processing of personal data and free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), relating therein to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of the data thereof. COMPLIANCIA conforms with and adheres to the EU Commission Decision on the standard contractual clauses concerning the transfer of personal data to processors established in the third countries under the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016, in view on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EU (General Data Protection Regulation).
COMPLIANCIA complies, adheres and participates in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Programs that is duly administered by the United States Department of Commerce (“Privacy Shield”) and has attest to the Department of Commerce that COMPLIANCIA observes, conforms and adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles. To know and learn more about the Privacy Shield Program, please visit https://www.privacyshield.gov/list. To learn and know more about the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 on the protection of natural persons in relation to the processing of the personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) with regards to the processing of data, please kindly visit the EU Eurolex website by viewing the link here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32016R0679.

Notice

COMPLIANCIA collects and utilizes the personal information of clients, business prospects, and consumers. The said information obtained and collected by COMPLIANCIA will be used solely for the purpose to which it was initially legitimately collected thereon or for legal requirements.

Security

COMPLIANCIA is fully committed in protecting all kinds of personal information. Although it cannot entirely guarantee and warrant the security of these information, COMPLIANCIA on the other hand, utilizes, applies and employs various sophisticated cyber security technologies, operational procedures and corporate organizational measures to support and safeguard this information against illegal access, loss, misuse, disclosure, alteration or destruction.
COMPLIANCIA attests to take strict reasonable actions in order to safeguard personal information by way of entering into agreements to its clientele and third parties to comply with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Programs and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) effective as of May 25, 2018.

Use Of Compliancia Website

At most, our website utilizes web based analytics for us to have some tracking and reporting on the conduct in which our website is being used, the purpose of which is for us to properly identify any concerns and to further improve the efficiency of our website, and for us to implement this, we employ and place small text files called “cookies” on the devices of our website visitors. In lieu thereof, when a visitor enters and navigates through our website, they will be asked with a permission to agree on third party analytics to utilize those said cookies. As a visitor in our website, you may simply refuse the use of cookies and withdraw your consent anytime by opting to select the appropriate settings on your browser. However, we would like to advise you that in doing so, this may affect the use and visitor experience of our website. By opting to continue using our website without changing your privacy settings, you are agreeing to the use of our cookies. All information that our website cookies collects and obtains, which may include the number of visitors to our site, the pages visited, and the length of time spent by the visitors on our site are all cumulative and completely anonymous. All user level and event level data that are collected by our third party analytics and are linked with the cookies are kept for twenty-five (25) months, and thereafter will be permanently deleted, except in instances where the user or visitor of our site initiates a new session on our website.

Legal Policy

By mere visit, accessing and/or usage of our website, all users acknowledges and binds itself to this disclaimer and agree to totally be bound by all terms and conditions indicated hereinafter.
Any and all information that COMPLIANCIA LIMITED shall be posting on its website pages are purely informational data, and must not be construed or interpreted in anyway as a legal advice, including but is not limited to forms and posts tackling any legal and legislative developments. COMPLIANCIA endorses and advices that all users and visitors of our site must consult a professional legal counsel to ensure a responsible usage of COMPLIANCIA’s content and reports in connection with its services such as compliance and due diligence reports.

No Warranties

COMPLIANCIA upholds that it does not make or profess any kind of warranties or representations pertaining to the accuracy, correctness or timeliness of information in our website.
COMPLIANCIA undertakes to assume no culpability, liability or responsibility for any mishaps, errors, or omissions in the content of our website. All information on this website might contain technical flaws or typographical errors. Furthermore, COMPLIANCIA may from time to time change, amend, and/or update any and all information without notice.
COMPLIANCIA makes no warranties or representations as to the correctness, accuracy, or timeliness of any information on any third party websites that are linked to our main website hereof.

Limitation Of Liability

Under no circumstances, situations or events that COMPIANCIA shall be held liable for any damages, whether directly or indirectly sustained or suffered by any user/visitor of our website, including but are not limited to any incidental, special, exemplary or consequential damages (including but without limited to any lost profits or damages for business interruption, loss of information, programs, or other data thereon) that is directly or indirectly caused or brought about due to the access to, use of, or inability to use our website, or due to any sort of breach of security that is associated with the transmission/transfer of any kind of information by way of the internet or otherwise, even though COMPLIANCIA was advised of the possibility of such damages.

Processing And Transmission Of Personal Information In Or To Different Countries

For Singapore, we are compliant and governed by the Personal Data Protection Act of 2012 (the “PDPA”). We do not disclose any of your personal information to any other entity without first obtaining your consent for us to do such, except in instances where such disclosure is permitted under any of the statutory exemptions listed in the PDPA (e.g. when the disclosure is required by law, or for any investigation).
Further, we employ various cutting-edge technological approach in securing and taking care of the confidentiality of our clienteles in general, and there exist no obligation for us to disclose to any entity concerning their personal information, except in the event that consent is granted and permitted prior hand. These methods are performed by us in the best of our aptitude, so that we can ensure protection of your personal data and prevent any form of unauthorized access, use, disclosure or other similar risks, provided that such is within the confines of our controls and security protocols. However, we will not be held culpable for any unauthorised use of your personal data by external third parties which can be brought about by various circumstances that can be considered as beyond the realm of our controls and protocols.
In the European Union, COMPLIANCIA is a data controller, for purposes of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), pertaining the personal data obtained from EU data subjects located in (or whose data resides in) the European Economic Area (the “EEA”). There exists a tendency that it will be necessary for us to provide our services and other legitimate business reasons and transfer data outside of the EEA, or from outside the EEA to a location within the EEA. The degree of security and protection for the information in order to meet GDPR and outside of the EEA may be lower than it is accorded to those who are within the EEA or otherwise in other countries on its EU Data Protection adequacy decision list. For the most part of it, we will be executing other effective legal remedies or directly acquire appropriate EU approved certifications so that the rights of EU subjects may as well be protected under the EU GDPR.
Our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described above will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it. However, we will normally collect personal information from you where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. When so required by law, we will collect personal information only where we have your consent to do so.
In Hong Kong, nothing in this Privacy Policy shall limit any rights of a data subject under the Hong Kong Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance. Furthermore, this Privacy Policy manifests how we manage personal information while providing services as an entity covered under the Hong Kong Personal Data Privacy Ordinance (“PDPO”), and in view thereof, this Privacy Policy shall not in any way, shape or form create or impose any additional right under the Personal Data Privacy Ordinance (“PDPO”).
TO REITERATE, WE DO NOT ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SELLING PERSONAL INFORMATION collected through this site or use any personal information for other purposes than what is stated herein.

Rights Granted On Personal Information

As an organization that complies and abides by all international laws, including the European Union’s GDPR, Singapore’s PDPA, Hong Kong’s Personal Data Privacy Ordinance (“PDPO”) and such other applicable data protection laws that provide certain rights for data subjects. COMPLIANCIA aims to provide the best possible global practice across all jurisdictions as to where we operate, provided even though that the level of protection and security offered by applicable laws differentiates and varies depending from country to country.
For legitimate purposes, you are allowed to request details of the information we hold about you and how we go forth in processing it unless you are the subject of a particular compliance or due diligence investigation carried out by us for normal business reasons on behalf of a clientele. You may ask to have such information we hold on you as such to be deleted or corrected, to restrict our processing of that information, to stop unauthorized transfers of your personal information to other third party entities, and for in some eventualities, to have the personal information pertaining to you transferred to another organization for saving and safekeeping in parlance to the information on you that is gathered, obtained and processed under normal reasons on behalf of a client.
In instances where you object to the processing of personal information that you have freely provided, or in the event that you have provided your consent to the processing as such, and you later choose to withdraw such, we will then respect that choice in accordance with our legal obligations and lawful duties. Your objection (or retraction/withdrawal) may be construed as the inability to perform the actions necessary to attain and fulfil the purposes set out above or that you may not be able to make use of the services and products offered by us. Please note that, even after you have chosen to withdraw your consent we may be able to continue to process your personal information to the extent required or otherwise permitted by law, in particular in connection with exercising and defending our legal rights or meeting our legal and regulatory obligations.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us by email. If you have unresolved concerns, you also have the right to complain to the data protection authority where you live, work or where you believe a breach may have occurred.
We must ensure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. Therefore, please advise us of any changes to your information by emailing us.
This Privacy Policy was last updated in January 2019. COMPLIANCIA reserves the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy without notice.