Privacy Policy
1. Our Commitment
We,
UOB Kay Hian Securities (M) Sdn Bhd (Company Registration No. 194990-K) and its
related companies (hereinafter collectively referred to as “UOBKH”, “our”, “us”
or “we”), believe in protecting your privacy. We ask that you read this privacy
policy carefully as it contains important information about what to expect when
we collect personal data about you and how we will use your personal data.
UOBKH
built the app as a commercial app. This service is provided by us at no cost
and is intended for use as is. This page is used to inform visitors regarding
our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information
if anyone decided to use our Service.
If you
choose to use our Service, then you agree to the collection and use of
information in relation to this policy. The Personal Information that we
collect is used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or
share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.
The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms
and Conditions, which is accessible at unless otherwise defined in this Privacy
Policy.
2. Types Of Personal Data
Generally,
we collect personal data that is linked to an individual. For example, an
individual’s name, address, phone number and email address. This is not an
exhaustive list and we may collect other types of personal data from you. Apart
from personal data, we may collect other types of information which is not
linked to an individual and which is anonymous. For example, the number of
website visitors and the number of website users using a particular service. In
this way, we hope to improve our customer services.
3. Purpose For Collection,
Processing And Disclosure Of Personal Data
Collection
Generally,
personal data is collected for the following purposes:
(a) providing
a service and / or a product to you; and
(b)
legal compliance on our part under applicable laws.
Processing
and disclosure
We may
process and disclose personal data with and to group companies or business
partners or third party service providers, for the purposes stated above.
In
addition, there may be circumstances under applicable laws where we are
permitted to collect, process and disclose personal data without your consent.
You may obtain more information by contacting us (see Section 15).
4. Transfer Of Personal Data
Overseas
To the
extent that we may need to transfer personal data outside of Malaysia, whether
to our group companies or business partners or third party service providers or
simply to data storage facilities, we shall do so in accordance with the Personal
Data Protection Act, 2010 (“PDPA”) to ensure that we provide a standard of
protection to personal data so transferred that is comparable to the protection
under the PDPA.
5. Consent
Generally,
when we request for personal data in the course of providing you a service and
/ or product and you provide use with such personal data, there is implied consent
that you agree to provide us with personal data in order for us to provide you
with the requested service and / or product. In some circumstances and as
required by applicable laws, we will seek your express consent when collecting
your personal data. For example, where there are new purposes for the use of
your personal data, we will seek your fresh consent. In addition, you are able
to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us (see Section 15).
6. Situations Not Requiring
Consent
We
will not sell, rent or otherwise disclose your personal data to any third
party, without your consent except in the following circumstances:
(a) we
may share non-personal, non-individual information in aggregate form with third
parties for business purposes, for example with advertisers on our website or
we may tell our business partners the number of customers in certain
demographic groups who purchased certain products or who carried out certain
transactions; and / or
(b) as
permitted under the laws of Malaysia.
7. Access And Correction
You
are entitled to certain access and correction rights to your personal data. We
may charge a reasonable administrative fee for this service. In exceptional
circumstances, we reserve the right to deny you access to your personal data
and may provide an explanation as required by applicable laws.
8. Retention
Personal
data will be held for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purpose for
which it was collected, or as required or permitted by applicable laws. We
shall cease to retain personal data, or remove the means by which the personal
data can be associated with particular individuals, as soon as it is reasonable
to assume that the purpose for which that personal data was collected is no
longer being served by retention of the personal data and retention is no
longer necessary for legal or business purposes.
9. Accuracy
In
order to ensure that your personal data is current, complete and accurate,
please update us by contacting us (see Section 15).
10. Security Safeguards
We
have put in place the following security procedures and technical and
organisational measures to safeguard your personal data: provide details of
security measures in relation to the personal data processed, eg firewalls,
browser certification technology, encryption, limited access, use of passwords
etc as appropriate. We will use all reasonable efforts to safeguard your
personal data. However, you should be aware that the use of the Internet is not
entirely secure and for this reason we cannot guarantee the security or
integrity of any personal data which is transferred from you or to you via the
Internet.
11. Updates To The Privacy Policy
We
keep our Privacy Policy under regular review. If we change our Privacy Policy,
we will post the changes on this website, so that you may be aware of the
information we collect and how we use it. Such changes to our Privacy Policy
shall apply from the time that we post the same on this website. Your continued
use of our website will be taken as acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy,
but we will seek your fresh consent before we collect more personal data from
you or we wish to use or disclose your personal data for new purposes.
12. Cookies
A
cookie is an alphanumeric identifier which we transfer to your hard drive
through your web browser when you visit our website. It enables our own system
to recognise you when you visit our website again and improve our service to
you. The information is used to track visitor use of the website and to compile
statistical reports on website activity. For further information about cookies
visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org. Cookies may also be used
to compile aggregate information about areas of our website that are visited
most frequently. This traffic information can be used to enhance the content of
our website and make your use of it easier. If you wish to reject our cookie,
you can configure your browser to do so. However, in a few cases some of our
website features may not function if you remove cookies from your browser.
13. Prevailing Terms
If you
have agreed to our General Terms & Conditions or Account Application Form,
as the case may be, in the event of inconsistency between such General Terms
& Conditions or Account Application Form and this privacy policy, such
General Terms & Conditions or Account Application Form shall prevail.
14. Governing Law
Note
that as we are a registered company in Malaysia, this Privacy Policy has been
drafted solely in accordance with the laws of Malaysia. We do not represent or
warrant that this Privacy Policy complies with the privacy laws of any other
jurisdiction and accordingly, you shall not construe this Privacy Policy as
such.
15.
Contact
Us
If you
any comments or questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us in
writing at the address below referencing ‘Privacy Policy':
Address:
Ground Floor, Menara Keck Seng, 203 Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur
Email:
contact@utrade.com.my
Hotline:
+603-21471900
16. Disclaimer
Our
website may contain links to other websites. Please note that we are not
responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites and advise you to
read the privacy statements of each website you visit which collects personal
data.