Privacy Policy
Any information we, Sharetea Philippines Inc., collect may be combined with other information we collect from you.
If you provide us with information about other people, you confirm that you have their consent to provide us with that information.
We use third-party analytics tools, log files and other methods, and cookies on our Website and App when you sign up to become a member via our website and App or you otherwise use our Sharetea PH app, to collect usage and activity information and to distinguish you from other users of our Sharetea PH app and for other purposes, including (with your consent, where required by applicable law) marketing purposes. Cookies are small text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded and may be stored on any of your internet-enabled devices. We will process cookies in accordance with our separate Cookie Policy which contains details of the types of cookies collected and the purpose for which we use them.
In order to use our Sharetea PH app, you must provide Sharetea Philippines Inc. with the information requested on the registration pages (except those preferences marked as voluntary), otherwise, Sharetea Philippines Inc. will not be able to provide the full range of functionality of their services. You are able to set and disable certain in-App permissions via your device settings. Sharetea PH does not recognize browser or device-level do-not-track requests.
1. How will your personal data be used?
Your personal data will be used by Sharetea Philippines Inc. in connection with the following purposes:
For the performance of our agreement with you:
● to provide our service;
● to provide you with access to the content accessible through our Sharetea PH app;
● to communicate with you and provide you with information about the Sharetea, and inform you of any changes to the app;
● to monitor your use of the Sharetea PH app, in order for us to better manage and develop existing and new technology; and
● to respond to any queries or complaints that you raise.
● For our legitimate commercial interests, in order:
● to review the Services we provide to you, and carry out analytics and report on our engagement with you;
● to protect ourselves, our Sharetea PH app, and third parties, to enforce our privacy policies and terms of use, and to protect against fraud and misuse;
● to operate, evaluate and improve our service and overall business (including by means of analyzing your use of the Sharetea PH app, which information we use to improve our app and to give you a better user experience;
● to generate aggregated statistics about the users of our Sharetea PH app;
● to facilitate our business operations, to operate company policies and procedures;
● to enable us to merge, sell, acquire, or transfer assets; and
● for other legitimate business purposes permitted by applicable law.
For use of information based on your consent, so that we can:
● keep you updated about our Sharetea PH app, and the services provided by Sharetea Philippines Inc., including tailored and customized content based on the information that they collect from you and direct marketing communications (see above); and
● we may use the above mentioned ‘Special categories of personal data’ for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy but we will only do so after we have received your consent thereto.
To comply with legal obligations to which we are subject:
● if we are obliged to disclose information by reason of any law, regulation or court order and/or to protect our interests and legal rights.
In order to ensure the content displayed through our Sharetea PH app is specifically customized for you, Kaddra technology helps our client to carry out profiling using automated processing to evaluate, analyze and predict your preferences, personality type and interests. They will use personal data collected from your target segment, or through the use of the Services to complete automated profiling in order to communicate and highlight the types of Services which may be of interest to your target segment, relative to your target segment previous choices and current location. Automated profiling is a critical feature of the Services, and is necessary in order for our clients to deliver the Services and provide to your target segment with tailored Services.
In order to provide you with a seamless experience, we will share your personal data with the following persons:
● Sharetea Philippines Inc.: for the purpose of managing and administering our business and to provide you with the services including information which might be of interest to you;-our back office: who require the information in order to facilitate our services to you. We will only share your personal data with our back office to the extent they are required for our clients to facilitate their Services to you;
● entities who may or do acquire any rights in us: for the purpose of a business sale or re-organization;
● our advisors, which includes our accountants, auditors, lawyers, other professional advisors and business contacts: for the purpose of assisting us to better manage, support or develop our business and comply with our legal and regulatory obligations;
● third party service providers: who need to know the information in order to provide us with services, we might provide our services to you. This may include our third-party service providers who process information on our behalf to help run some of our internal business operations including email distribution, data storage, provide information technology and marketing services, customer services and for data analytics;
● law enforcement and government and regulatory bodies: in order to comply with any legal or regulatory obligation or court order; and
● others: your information may also be disclosed to others where required by law, as evidence in litigation in which we are involved, and as necessary to protect ourselves, our Services, and third parties, to enforce our privacy policies and terms of use, and to protect against fraud and misuse.
The Sharetea PH may contain links to and from the website. If you access other sites using the links provided, please be aware they may have their own privacy policy, and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies or for any personal data which may be collected through these websites. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
The data we collect from you will be transferred to, and stored at, locations in and outside of Singapore, and so may be transferred to and stored outside of, your country of residence. It will also be processed by our data policy officer and the employees of Sharetea Philippines Inc. and third-party service providers, who operate outside of Singapore. These persons may also be engaged in order to provide the services to you, including fulfilling requests, confirming reservations or processing your payment details. Your personal data will only be transferred to locations outside of Singapore where we are satisfied that adequate levels of protection equivalent to those in Singapore are in place to protect any personal data held in that location.
We take your data security very seriously. For users outside the US: we have reasonable technical and organizational security measures in place and invest appropriate resources to protect your personal data from deliberate or accidental manipulation, destruction, loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying and modification. We take reasonable steps to ensure that our systems, and those of our affiliates, partners, clients and third-party service providers, are appropriately secure for processing your personal data and that the risks of your personal data being unlawfully used, amended, deleted, lost or stolen are minimized. We ensure that we have in place appropriate contractual agreements with third parties to ensure adequate safeguards are in place and that such third parties will act at all times in compliance with applicable personal data protection laws.
We take steps to periodically review the information we collect, and we will destroy or anonymise any personal data if it is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was collected (as set out in this Privacy Policy) or otherwise after you cease using your account, or longer if required for any other legal purposes.
We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time. Such amendments shall be effective once they are posted on our client’s Application. It is your responsibility to review the Agreement regularly. Your continued use of our client’s App after any such amendments, whether or not reviewed by you, shall constitute your agreement to be bound by such amendments.
Should you wish to withdraw your consent for our use of your Personal Data, you may do so in the following ways:
● To unsubscribe from our electronic mailing list, follow the unsubscribe instructions in our emails or other electronic marketing materials; or
● If you have an online subscription account with us, you may access your account(s) with us to change your settings; or
● For any other queries regarding our handling of your personal data, you may contact our Data Protection Officer at sharetea.dpo@shareteaphilippines.com.
Do note that the withdrawal of consent is subject to all applicable laws and applicable terms and conditions.
You may have the right under applicable data privacy laws to request access to personal data we hold about you and information about how we have used that data (including, where applicable under applicable laws, the legal basis); to correct any errors or omissions in your personal data; to rectification; to erasure; to object against profiling; and to data portability. You may also have the right under applicable data privacy laws to withdraw your consent to receiving direct marketing communications, or more generally to our processing of your personal data, at any time; however, you may be unable to access some of the features of our Services if you entirely withdraw your consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy. Due to the nature of our Sharetea PH app, you will be unable to access any of the features of Sharetea PH app if you entirely withdraw your consent to the terms of this Notice.
To make these requests, or if you have any questions or complaints about how we handle your personal data, or would like us to update the data we maintain about you and your preferences, please contact our Data Protection Officer by emailing sharetea.dpo@shareteaphilippines.com.
