Privacy Policy
At The Trusted Advisors (“TTA”), we are committed to safeguarding your privacy and protecting the confidentiality of your personal data. We understand the importance of transparency and trust in our relationship with you, and we take our responsibilities regarding the management of personal data seriously. This Privacy Policy outlines how TTA processes your personal data and explains your rights and responsibilities concerning the use of our services. This Privacy Policy is a guide to help you understand:
- The Information We Collect
- How We Collect and Use Your Data
- Consent and Access Rights
- Personal Data Protection Principles
- User Responsibility
- Data Security
- Third Party Access
- Violation of Privacy
- Updates and Amendments
- Supervision and Compliance
- How to Contact Us
1. Information We Collect
We collect the following categories of personal information:
Name, date of birth, residential and contact address, telephone number, email address, marital status, nationality, gender, tax identity number, bank details, posts on social networking platforms, information on family members, medical information, educational background, genetic data, biometric data, identity number, location, photograph, IP address, MAC address, IMEI number, IMSI number, and other relevant information about you.
2. How We Collect and Use Your Data
2.1 TTA collects the above-mentioned information through various channels, including:
Forms, email, and physical requests, Cookies and web tokens.
When you communicate with us via email or other means, we retain those communications to process your inquiries and improve our services. Additionally, our servers automatically record information sent by your browser when you visit our website.
2.2 We use the collected information for the following purposes:
Due diligence, transaction advisory, legal advisory, litigation, and regulatory compliance
Marketing, business development, listing on legal directories, and publicity
Human resources management, recruitment, events planning and hosting, in-house security, research, analysis, and vendor registration.
3. Consent and Access Rights
3.1 We obtain your consent for the processing of your data and will seek your consent for any new processing activities or purposes.
3.2 We will not seek, accept, or process consent for any activities that may promote or facilitate atrocities, hate, child rights violations, criminal acts, or anti-social behaviors.
3.3 You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time and request access to your personal information held by us. However, we may deny access if we deem your request unreasonable.
3.4 You can request modifications or amendments to your personal data held by us, and we will verify your identity before processing such requests.
4. Personal Data Protection Principles
When we process your personal data, we are guided by the following principles, which require personal data to be:
a) processed lawfully, fairly, in a transparent manner and with respect for the dignity of the human person.
b) collected only for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner incompatible with those purposes.
c) adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which it is Processed.
d) accurate and where necessary kept up to date.
e) removed or not kept in a form which permits identification of data subject for longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data is processed.
f) processed in a manner that ensures its security, using appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect against unauthorised or unlawful Processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage.
5. User Responsibility
You are responsible for providing accurate and up-to-date information to us and familiarizing yourself with this policy.
6. Data Security
We implement appropriate safeguards to protect personal data from unauthorized processing, loss, or damage, including encryption and pseudonymization where appropriate.
We regularly evaluate and test the effectiveness of our security measures to ensure the security of personal data processing.
7. Third-Party Access
7.1 TTA shares personal information with third parties only in limited circumstances:
With your consent
To trusted business partners or professional advisers for processing personal information on our behalf, subject to confidentiality obligations
When required by law or to protect our rights, property, or safety.
7.2 TTA remains responsible for the security and appropriate use of your personal data when shared with third parties.
8. Violation of Privacy
8.1 We have procedures in place to address suspected personal data breaches and will notify you of any breaches and the remedial actions taken.
All suspected breaches will be remedied within one month from the date of the report.
8.3 If you suspect a personal data breach, please contact us immediately at [email protected]
TTA will not be responsible for any personal data breach which occurs as a result of:
an event which is beyond the control of TTA;
an act or threats of terrorism;
an act of God (such as, but not limited to fires, explosions, earthquakes, drought, tidal waves and floods) which compromises TTA’s data protection measures;
war, hostilities (whether war be declared or not), invasion, act of foreign enemies, mobilisation, requisition, or embargo;
rebellion, revolution, insurrection, or military or usurped power, or civil war which compromises TTA’s data protection measures;
the transfer of your personal data to a third party on your instructions; and
the use of your personal data by a third party designated by you.
9. Updates and Amendments
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most current version will be available on our website.
It is vital that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.It is your responsibility to keep your personal data accurate and current.
10. Supervision and Compliance
TTA has appointed a Data Protection Officer (DPO) responsible for overseeing privacy-related matters and ensuring compliance with data protection laws and regulations.
11. How to Contact Us
For any inquiries regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact our Data Protection Officer at [email protected]