Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains HDC’s policy relating to HDC’s use of any information collected or
received by us from your use of the HDC Website and/or the Services. By using the HDC Website
and/or the Services, registering your user account information for the Subscription Services or
using services provided on the HDC Website, you agree that HDC may use such user account
information or any information HDC receives from you in any way.
HDC reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time by giving you notice by posting
the updated Privacy Policy on the HDC Website. You expressly acknowledge and agree that your
continued use of the HDC Website and/or the Services and/or use of your user account after such
update constitutes an acceptance of and agreement to be bound by the updated Privacy Policy.
Once posted on the HDC Website, the updated Privacy Policy will apply to all users from the date
of posting. You shall be responsible for reviewing the current version of the Privacy Policy
each time you visit the HDC Website and/or use the Services.
User Account Information
When you register with the HDC Website for the Subscription Services, you agree to provide HDC
with information as requested in the Registration Form, relating to you including but not
limited to name, address, email address, birth date, gender, occupation and industry
(“Information”).
You agree and consent to HDC sharing and transferring your Information to third parties
including to third parties outside Malaysia. Such third parties include but are not limited to
content providers, advertisers, technology partners, applications providers and other suppliers
of products or services that HDC may contract with.
You may edit your Information by contacting HDC.
Upon termination of your user account with HDC, your Information will not be held in storage for
longer than necessary by HDC. You may request deletion of your Information by notifying HDC.
Personal Data Protection Notice
Halal Industry Development Corporation “(HDC”) respects and is committed to the protection of
your personal information and your privacy. This Personal Data Protection Notice explains how we
collect and handle your personal information in accordance with the Malaysian Personal Data
Protection Act 2010. Please note that HDC may amend this Personal Data Protection Notice at any
time without prior notice and will notify you of any such amendment via our website or by email.
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Personal Information
Type of personal information
Personal information means any information which relates to you and which was
collected or may be collected, stored, used and processed or provided to HDC in
registration forms, application forms or any other similar forms for the purpose
stated in Section 2 below.
Your personal information may include your name, contact details, occupation,
information in audio and/or video format (including voice, video recording,
closed-circuit television (“CCTV”) and security recording), images (including
photographs) and location tracking / GPS information and/or any information about
you that has been or may be collected, stored, used and processed by HDC from time
to time.
Source of personal information
- Client / customer or potential client / customer for our products, services,
events, conferences, seminars and / or other marketing activities organised
by us; HDC collects your personal information directly from you when you
express an interest to be contacted for such events and marketing activities
(including business cards collections via fish bowl method or during
previous events organised by us). Your information may also be collected
indirectly (for example via trade / online directories / public directories)
or from cookies through the use of our website.
- Sponsor, vendor, supplier or service provider: HDC collects your personal
information directly from your employer or credit reference agencies when
tendering projects or as part of the commercial transactions. Your
information may also be collected indirectly (for example via trade / online
directories / public directories). Your personal information may also be
collected from cookies through the use of our website.
Obligatory personal information
All information requested for in the relevant forms is obligatory to be provided by
you unless stated otherwise. Should you fail to provide the obligatory information,
we may be unable to process your request and / or provide you with the relevant
services.
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Purpose of collecting and further processing (including
disclosing) your personal information
Client / customer or potential client / customer for our products, services, events,
conferences, seminars and / or other marketing activities organised by us; Your
personal information is collected and further processed by HDC as required or
permitted by law and for the following commercial purposes which shall include,
without limitation to the following:
- to provide you with information, products or services that you request from
us and any incidental purposes thereto;
- to contact you regarding products, services, upcoming events, promotions,
advertising, marketing and commercial materials which we may feel interest
of you*;
- to improve the products or services offered by HDC;
- to conduct internal marketing analysis and analysis of consumer pattern and
choice;
- to notify you about the changes to our products and services;
- to administer and give effect to the commercial transaction;
- to process any payments related to the commercial transaction;
- for internal investigations, audit or security purposes;
- to ensure that the content from our website is presented in the most
effective manner for your computer and / or device;
- to comply with HDC’s legal and regulatory obligations in the conduct of its
business; and
- for HDC internal records management Sponsor, vendor, supplier or service
provider: Your personal information is collected and further processed by
HDC as required or permitted by law and to give effect to your requested
commercial transactions, which shall include, without limitation to the
following:
- to administer and give effect to the commercial transaction;
- to process any payments related to the commercial transaction;
- for internal investigations, audit or security purposes;
- to comply with HDC’s legal and regulatory obligations in the conduct
of its business;
- to contact you regarding product, services, upcoming events,
promotions, advertising, marketing and commercial materials which we
feel interest you*;
- to ensure that the content from our website is presented in the most
effective manner for your computer and/or device; and
- For HDC’s internal records management
HDC may also use and process your Personal Data for the following
general purposes:
- to respond to questions, comments and feedback from you;
- to communicate with you for any of the purposes listed in this
Notice;
- for internal administrative purposes, such as auditing, data
analysis, database records.
and you agree and consent to HDC using and processing your Personal
Data for the Purposes and in the manner as identified in this
Notice.
Where you have indicated your consent to receiving marketing or promotional updates from HDC, you may
opt-out from receiving such marketing or promotional material at any time. You may select to
“unsubscribe” option provided in HDC’s electronic mail (email) blasts / short message service (sms)
blasts or you may contact HDC at the details provide in Section (6) below.
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Disclosures and transfers of personal information (within or outside of
Malaysia)
Your personal information may be disclosed or transferred to relevant third parties (within or
outside of Malaysia) as required under law, pursuant to relevant contractual relationship (for
example, where we appoint third party service providers) or for the purposes stated in Section
(2) above (or directly related to those purposes).
In the event of a potential, proposed or actual sale of business, disposal, acquisition, merger
or re-organisation (“Transaction”), your personal information may be required to be disclosed or
transferred to a third party as a result of the Transaction. You hereby acknowledge that such
disclosure and transfer may occur and permit HDC to release your personal information to the
other party and its advisers / representatives.
Your personal information may also be disclosed to the following classes of third parties
(without limitation):
- Third parties appointed by us to provide the services to us or on behalf (such as
professional advisors including auditors, lawyers, company secretary, consultants,
printing companies, contractors, service providers, including, information technology
(IT) service providers for infrastructure, software and development work; conference /
training / event management organisers and other advisers);
- Our selected business partners (such as sponsors of events and conferences);
- Law enforcement agencies;
- Government departments / agencies, statutory authorities and industry regulators; and
- Any person to whom we are compelled or required to do so under law or in response to a
competent or government agency.
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Websites
Link to other sites
Link to other sites are provided for your convenience and information. These
sites may have their own privacy statements in place, which we recommend you
review if you visit any linked websites. Please note that HDC is not responsible
for the collection, use, maintenance, sharing, or disclosure of data and
information by such other sites. If you provide information directly to such
sites, the privacy policy and terms of service on those sites are applicable. We
are not responsible for the content on the linked sites or any use of the site
and HDC is not responsible for the information processing practices or privacy
policies of such sites.
Location enabled products or applications
Location enabled products or applications transmit your location information to
us. We do not use the information sent or provided other than to provide the
service you request. Location enabled features are opt-in and you have control
over your participation and can turn these services off at any time or uninstall
them.
Some mobile applications will utilise Google Analytics (or similar tool) to help
us better serve you through improved products, services, and revisions to the
mobile applications. This collected information will not identify you to us. It
may, however, let us know anonymously, which services and features you are using
the most within the application, as well as device type and hardware features,
country and language of download.
Cookies
A cookie may be used in the processing of your information. A cookie is a text
file placed into the memory of your computer and / or device by our computers. A
copy of this text file is sent by your computer and / or device whenever it
communicates with our server. We use cookies to identify you. We may also
collect the following information during your visit to our website and/or the
fully qualified domain name from which you accessed our site, or alternatively,
your IP address:
- the date and time you accessed each page on our website;
- the URL of any webpage from which you accessed our site (the referrer); and
- the web browser that you are using and the pages you accessed.
- Some web pages may require you to provide a limited amount of personal information in
order to enjoy certain services on our websites (system login credentials, email address
and contact, etc). These personal information will only be used for its intended
purposes only, i.e. to respond to your message or deliver the requested services.
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Right to access and correct personal information
You have the right to access and correct your personal information held by us (subject always to
certain exemptions). We will make every endeavour to ensure your personal information is
accurate and up to date therefore we ask that if there are changes to your information you
should notify us directly.
If you would like to correct your personal information, please contact us at the details
provided in Section (6) below.
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Limiting the processing of personal information, further enquiries an
complaints
IF:
- you would like to obtain further information on how to limit the
processing of your personal information;
- you have any further query; or
- you would like to make a complaint in respect of your personal
information, you may contact:
Halal Knowledge Centre
Phone: +603 7965 5555
Email: [email protected]
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Acknowledgement and Consent
By communicating with HDC, using HDC’s services or by virtue of your engagement with HDC, you
acknowledge that you have read and understood this Notice and agree and consent to the
collection, storage, use, processing and transfer of your Personal Data by HDC as described in
this Notice.
Storage
To safeguard your personal data, all electronic storage and transmission of user account information are
stored with security technologies.
Cookies
You hereby agree and acknowledge that HDC or any third parties providing services on the HDC Website may
use cookies which may record data relating to you.
These cookies may include ‘per session’ cookies which are cookies that remain in the cookie file of your
computer until you close your internet browser.
These cookies may also include ‘persistent’ cookies which permanently remain on the cookie file of your
computer.
Such cookies may be used to record details of pages relating to services you have visited on the HDC
Website. You hereby agree and grant permission to us to use the information collected by the use of such
cookies in any way HDC wishes.
