Privacy Policy

Last updated : 7 July 2020

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING OUR SITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND TO ALL THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND OUR TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, EXIT THIS PAGE AND DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE.

Introduction

The BSV Group Sdn Bhd (“BSV” or the “Company”), the provider of the www.thekedua.com (“TheKedua”) services is committed to protecting your personal information and will take the relevant measures to safeguard your personal information. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) governs the manner in which TheKedua collects, uses, maintains and discloses information in connection with TheKedua mobile application, website and all the related services offered by BSV (collectively referred as the “Site”). By accessing our Site, you agree to the provisions of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use (“Terms”).

Please note that except as otherwise described below, this Privacy Policy does not apply to the processing of any information by third-parties. For example, our Site may redirect you to an external site to submit an application. Information collected through such a third-party site is not subject to this Privacy Policy but is instead subject to the third-party’s privacy policy. The terms you ("You" or “Your”) and user ("User") as used herein refer to all individuals and/or entities accessing the Site for any purpose. This Privacy Policy covers only personal information and data that You provide to our Site and does not extend to any other information collected or processed by other web pages or applications that the Site may link, attach or connect to or pull from. We reserve the full rights to make any changes to this Privacy Policy. While it is not generally feasible to notify You of the changes to this Privacy Policy, the latest version of this policy will be available on our website.

This Privacy Policy is not a contract, nor does it suggest any obligation on our part with another party. If You do not wish to accept the Terms, You should not continue to use the Site. If You continue to access or use our Site, You shall be deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by the same.

Information We Collect

We collect the personal information You choose to provide us. We also collect non-personal information about You, which includes demographic information and how You use and interact with our Site. We may also acquire information about You from third-parties to further personalise and enhance Your experience.

After You register via our Site as a user, we will collect data including, but not limited to, login identification, name, credentials, education history, work experience, salary, skills, and any other data which may be required to be provided to the Site The Site allows You to authenticate and/or register on the Site using third-party social networks of which You may already have given data about yourself. In our effort to perform useful analytics, the Site may collect data that You choose to allow it to access using the aforementioned social networks, and the Site shall then process, filter and sort those data for purposes of optimising Your experience of the Site.

Maintaining Your privacy in Your job search using the Site remains one of our top priorities. However, You may permit and allow the Site to provide and release such personal information to the employers after You have indicated that You are interested in their job postings. You are hereby cautioned that the information You uploaded onto the Site may contain data which may make it identifiable and able to be searched by the parties outside of the Site, even without disclosing data which are not disclosed in accordance with the Site’s Privacy Policy.

We shall not be held liable for any loss, damage or liability arising from or in connection with any access and/or use of such data by the employers and any other third-party or parties. You are advised to edit, delete and/or replace any data that may reveal Your identity from Your profile, such as Your employment and/or education history, so as to avoid disclosure of Your identity. The companies You are interested in pursuing employment with and/or those that You include in Your profile will be restricted from accessing to Your profile unless otherwise authorised by us. It is solely Your responsibility as a User of the Site to conceal or delete any data which You feel may disclose Your identity.

Purposes of Collecting and Use of Personal Information

The Site may collect information that personally identifies You if You choose to submit Your personal information for the various purposes made available on our Site. The purposes for which we process Your personal information, including but not limited to any of the following ways:

  • To verify Your identity;
  • To personalise Your experience on our Site;
  • To assess and/or verify Your employability;
  • To send periodical emails on information and updates on the Site, related product or service information;
  • To improve our Site and services provided to You;
  • To administer and manage the Site services provided to You;
  • To facilitate the provision to You of tailored educational offerings and improve Your career prospects by supplying Your information to our strategic partners;
  • To improve placement opportunities for You or for tailoring specific services to You;
  • To verify Your academic and professional qualification;
  • To contact the referee whom details have been provided by You;
  • To process any transactions in relation to the Site services which You have request
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  • To enhance the quality of the Site mobile application, website and other services;
  • To gain an understanding of Your information and communication needs in order for the Company to improve and customise the Site services;
  • To conduct research and development and statistical analysis in connection with the Site services to identify trends and develop new services that reflect Your interests;
  • To detect and prevent fraudulent activity;
  • To promote and market to You other the Company services;
  • To promote and market to You services of third-parties which we think may be of Your interest;
  • To send You messages and/or message informing You of a critical performance error in the Site services;
  • To send You tips, advice and survey information to maximise Your career development including but not limited to using the Site services;
  • To process any other matters in relation to our Site

Whilst the provision of Your personal information to us is voluntary, if You do not consent to the Site processing Your personal information for the said purposes, You must terminate Your relevant agreement with us for our services and stop using the Site.

The processing of Your personal information will be done in accordance with all applicable laws. In processing Your personal information, we shall take practical and reasonable steps to protect the personal information from any loss, misuse, modification, unauthorised or accidental disclosure, alteration or destruction. However, we cannot ensure that all of Your private communications and personal information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.

The User shall be deemed to have consented to the collection, use and disclosure of personal data of relevant individuals by the User’s continued dealing and usage of the services on the Site. The User shall be deemed to understand and agree to assume all responsibility and risk for the usage of the Site.

Disclosure of Your Personal Information

We may share information with third-parties for a variety of purposes. We share information with the following third-parties which shall include, but not limited to:

  • Person or entity that is accessing our Site to post a job or utilising the Site for any reason related to the purpose of seeking candidates for employment;
  • Person or entity that is contracting to post advertisements on any of our Site;
  • Service providers who provide services relating to the purposes of which the personal information is collected including data processing services;
  • Strategic partners that work with us to provide the Site services or that help market and promote our Site;
  • Strategic partners that provide ancillary services such as education offerings to improve Your career prospects and/or professional qualifications;
  • Other third-party service providers, including but not limited to data analytics service providers, data storage and cloud service providers and/or any service providers that assist us in carrying out our business activities;
  • Any person, who is under a duty of confidentiality who has undertaken the responsibility to keep such information confidential;
  • Legal purposes of facilitating the financing, securitisation, insuring, merger, acquisition, sale, assignment, bankruptcy, or other disposals of all or part of our business or assets. In the event of an actual sale, merger, reorganisation, dissolution or similar event relating to all or a portion of our business or assets, including Your personal information, may be part of the transferred assets;

Share information, including Personal Information, with our corporate affiliates for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy We may disclose Your personal information if required by law or in good faith, if such action is necessary to comply with any law enforcement agency requirements, court orders or legal processes. We may disclose data and aggregate statistics about users of our Site to prospective partners, advertisers, sponsors and other reputable third-parties in order to describe our services, deliver targeted advertisements or for other lawful purposes. However, these data and statistics will not include information which can be used to identify You.

We encourage the third-party service providers to adopt and post privacy policies. However, the use of Your personal information by such parties is governed by the privacy policies of such parties and is not subject to our control. BSV does not sell or rent any personal information collected to other parties except as provided above. If You do not agree with the terms in this Privacy Policy, You must stop using the Site.

Your Obligations

You are responsible for providing accurate, not misleading, complete and up-to-date information to the Site about yourself and any other person whose personal information You provide us and for updating this personal information as and when it becomes inaccurate, misleading, incomplete or out-of-date. We store Your information to make Your experience with the Site more practical, efficient and relevant. You may review and update the personal information You share with us at any time by accessing the Site.

Account Deletion

The management reserves the right to delete any User’s account at its own and absolute discretion without any notification to You. You may request to delete or suspend Your account by contacting us via email at [email protected]. The deletion of Your account does not affect the personal information that You had already sent to employers and/or other parties or were previously downloaded by employers and/or other parties. Due to technical reasons, there may be a delay in deleting Your information from our systems if You request it. We also may retain Your information for business purposes and/or in order to comply with the law, protect our and others’ rights, resolve disputes or enforce our legal terms or policies, to the extent permitted under applicable law. If You do not agree, You must stop using the Site.

Cookies

We may use cookies to give You content that is tailored to Your specific situation. Cookies enable us to learn which areas of the Site are the most useful and which ones could use some tinkering. However, this setting can be modified to decline to accept cookies. It should be noted though that by disabling the cookie functionality, it may diminish or impair the experience that You receive from using our Site.

Security

We use physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect Your information against loss or unauthorised access, use, modification, or deletion. However, no security program is 100% secure, and thus we are not able to guarantee the absolute security of Your information. It is important that You protect against unauthorised access of Your account and information by choosing Your password carefully, and keeping Your password and account secure. Your continued use of the Site will constitute Your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If You do not agree, You must stop using the Site.

Your Consent

In using the Site, You consent to the collections and use of the personal information by us in the ways described hereinabove (which may change from time to time). We encourage You to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are protecting the information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is Your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy periodically and become aware of modifications. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will be deemed Your acceptance of the changes.

Contact Information

If You have any inquiries or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, please send us an email to [email protected] so that we may respond to Your concerns effectively and works to improve the Site.