Privacy Policy

We, at Ghows LLC, value your privacy and are committed to safeguarding your personal data. This notice explains how we collect, use and disclose your personal data. This notice will be updated from time to time and you are advised to review the notice on a regular basis for any updates or changes.

What is Personal Data?

Personal data refers to any information or data, whether true or not, about an individual/natural person who can be identified (a) from that data; or (b) from that data and other information to which we have or are likely to have access to (“Personal Data”).

Examples of Personal Data that we may collect include your personal identification number, date of birth, residential address, personal email address not used for business purposes, mobile number not used for business purposes, financial information, background information and any other information about you.

Personal Data excludes “business contact information” as defined in the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 of Singapore (“PDPA“).

From Whom and Why Do We Collect Personal Data?

Your Personal Data may be collected if you fall within one of the following categories: (a) a potential client, (b) a client, (c) a potential hire, (d) a potential intern or trainee (e) an individual who interacts or makes an enquiry with us and/or (f) individual who accesses or uses our website.

Your Personal Data (if any) may be collected if you use our website, make an enquiry, interact with us through our website, email, instant messaging or offline, or provide us with documents.

We use your Personal Data to:

1. comply with applicable laws and regulations (such as anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism);
2. provide legal services to you;
3. consider your application for employment, an internship or training contract with us;
4. respond to your requests or queries;
5. enable you to use our website;
6. maintain security of our premises and technology infrastructure;
7. send you legal updates, invitations to events and other communications that may be of interest to you, maintain a business relationship with you or for other reasonable business or corporate purposes; and
8. any other purpose incidental to or related to the above.
   (Collectively, the “Purposes”).

By submitting information or queries to us, engaging our services, applying for employment, an internship or training contract with us, using our website, or otherwise interacting and communicating with us, you agree and consent to Ghows LLC (and our agents, authorised representatives, sub-contractors or third-party service providers) collecting, using, processing and/or disclosing your Personal Data in accordance with the above Purposes.

Who Do We Share Your Personal Data With?

We may disclose your Personal Data to third parties in accordance with the Purposes. Examples include our court process servers, couriers, associate law firms, printing companies, private investigators, finance, case management and IT vendors and other service providers.

Transfer of your Personal Data Overseas

Where you have engaged us to carry out any work outside Singapore or where our third-party service providers (including the location of our servers) are located overseas, the transfer of your Personal Data outside Singapore to these jurisdictions may be necessary and will be done with care and in accordance with the Purposes. Please note that non-Singapore jurisdictions may provide a different level of protection for your Personal Data that may not be the same as that in Singapore.

How Do We Protect Your Personal Data?

Your Personal Data may be stored physically in our office and/or on secured computer network servers. We have in place reasonable security arrangements to ensure that your Personal Data is adequately secured. Appropriate physical, administrative and technological safeguards have been implemented to prevent any unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification, leakage, loss, damage and/or alteration of your Personal Data. However, we cannot assume responsibility for any unauthorized use of your Personal Data by third parties arising out of factors that are beyond our control.

Responsibility for Inaccurate or Incomplete Data

We are not responsible for inaccurate or incomplete Personal Data arising from provision of the same to us or failure to update us of any changes to your Personal Data in a timely manner.

How do we retain and/or destroy your Personal Data?

We will retain your Personal Data in accordance with the laws and regulations or until it is no longer necessary for the Purposes or any other permitted purpose under the applicable laws and regulations.

For Withdrawal Of Consent, Enquiries, Request For Access Or Correction Of Your Personal Data

If you:

1. have any questions or feedback relating to how we manage your Personal Data;
2. wish to withdraw your consent for us to collect, use, process and/or disclose your Personal Data; or
3. wish to request for an access to or correction of your Personal Data in our control or possession (a reasonable fee may be charged per request)

Please contact our Data Protection Officer (“DPO”) at

Email: contact@ghowsllc.com
Phone: +65 9690 5450
Address: 3 Church Street #25-01 Samsung Hub Singapore 049483

Please note that your right to access your Personal Data is not an absolute right. It is subject to exceptions under the PDPA. For instance, we must not disclose your Personal Data even to you if such disclosure could reasonably be expected to threaten the safety or health of another individual, or contrary to national interest.

If you withdraw your consent for us to collect, use, process and/or disclose your Personal Data, we may not be able to continue to provide our services to you or maintain a relationship with you.

Please note that even after you have withdrawn your consent, we may continue to use and retain your Personal Data to the extent required or permitted by law.