Privacy Policy

Beacon International College will handle your personal data in compliance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (“the PDPA”).  In this Privacy Policy (“the Policy”), “personal data” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the PDPA.

This Policy applies to personal data in our possession and/or control including personal data in the possession of third-party service providers including data intermediaries (“Service Organisations”) engaged by us to collect, use, or process your personal data in Singapore or overseas for our business purposes.

We do not provide your personal data to any other third parties except when such disclosure is required by law, or where we have engaged Service Organisations specifically to assist with our business activities that necessitate the processing of your personal data. We will use our reasonable endeavours to ensure that any Service Organisations engaged for such business activities will be bound contractually to handle your personal information according to the requirements of the PDPA, or to a standard that is comparable to the PDPA if these Service Organisations are handling your personal information outside of Singapore.

In this respect, Beacon International College.

1. will collect, use or disclose your personal data for our business purposes only if there is consent or deemed consent from you and information regarding such purposes have been notified to you. We shall seek your consent before collecting additional personal data from you or/and before using your personal data already in our systems and records for a purpose which has not been notified to you. Your personal data may also be collected, used, or disclosed without consent if it is permitted under applicable laws such as the 2th, 3rd and 4th Schedules of the PDPA.
   
   
2. will respect your decision to withdraw your consent for the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data in our possession and/or control at any time by giving us reasonable notice to process your request. Upon receiving your request to withdraw your consent, we will notify you of the likely consequences of the withdrawal of consent and process your request within a reasonable timeframe. Thereafter we will cease to collect, use or disclose your personal data unless such collection, use or disclosure is allowed or required, or authorized under applicable laws
   
   
3. Upon request, we will provide you with access to your personal data or correct an error or omission in your personal data that is in our possession and/or control unless such a request fall under the exceptions to the Access and Correction Obligation of the PDPA. A reasonable fee may also be charged for an access request and we will inform you of the fee before processing your request.
   
   
4. Retention of your personal data in our possession and/or control will cease as soon as only when such retention is no longer necessary for legal or business purposes and it no longer serves the purpose for which your personal were collected and used.
   
   
5. We have implemented appropriate standards of information technology security and control measures to protect your personal data that are in our possession and/or control to prevent unauthorised access, misappropriation, destruction, and other forms of data risks incidents. We are contractually obliged to keep your personal data confidential and only authorised persons have access to such information.
   
   
6. Best and reasonable efforts will be rendered by us in ensuring the accuracy and completeness of your personal data in our possession and/or control. You may update us if there are changes to your personal data.
   
   
7. In all event that the sharing and transfer of your personal data outside of Singapore will be necessitated for our business purposes, we will use our reasonable endeavours to ensure that the transfer and handling of your personal data outside Singapore will be carried out according to the standard that is comparable to the PDPA.