Privacy Policy

Privacy and Data Protection

At Yak, we endeavour to deliver our products to you with the best service and experience to deserve your trust and confidence, while meeting the required standards of data protection and privacy.

This privacy statement sets out the Privacy Policy for our business with regard to the collection, use and or disclosure of your personal data. All such personal information in our possession is collected, used, processed and disclosed, and protected in accordance with the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (“PDPA”).

Personal Data

To deliver our goods and services, data which we may collect or record from you include:

A. Your Personal Information:

o Name

o Unique identification information e.g. NRIC or FIN number

o Addresses

o Contact details such as email address or mobile number

o Nationality

o Gender

o Date of Birth

o Marital Status

o Photographs and other audio-visual information

o Employment information

o Financial information such as credit and debit card or banking numbers

B. Your Personal Health or Case Information:

i. Medical and ocular history, which may include your prescription and lifestyle choices

ii. Similar information of your family members or relatives

iii. Details of referrals, e.g. from a GP clinic where you are filling up a driving license renewal

C. Your Transaction Information:

i. Details of products provided to you

D. Your Interaction Information

i. Details of your interaction with us, such as calling, text, and email records.

Collection, Use And Disclosure Of Personal Data

1. We generally do not collect your personal data unless:

(a) it is provided to us voluntarily by you directly or via a third party who has been duly authorised by you to disclose your personal data to us (your “authorised representative”) after you (or your authorised representative) have been notified of the purposes for which the data is collected, as well as having consented to the collection and usage of your personal data for those purposes, or

(b) collection and use of personal data without consent is permitted or required by the PDPA or other laws. We shall seek your consent before collecting any additional personal data and before using your personal data for a purpose which has not been notified to you (except where permitted or authorised by law), or

(c) collection of use of personal data is reasonably expected, such as due to the incidence of transaction or interaction with us, e.g. when you purchase an item on our website and visit us for an eye examination.

2. We may collect and use your personal data for any or all of the following purposes:

(a) verifying your identity

(b) performing obligations while delivering our products

(d) responding to, handling, and processing queries, requests, applications, complaints, and feedback from you

(e) managing your relationship with us

(f) processing payment or other transactions

(g) sending you marketing to inform you about our business’s new developments, services, and events that we think may be of interest to you.

(h) complying with any applicable laws, regulations, codes of practice, guidelines, or rules, or to assist in law enforcement and investigations conducted by any governmental and/or regulatory authority

(i) any other purposes for which you have provided the information

(j) transmitting to any unaffiliated third parties including our third-party service providers and agents, and relevant governmental and/or regulatory authorities, whether in Singapore or abroad, for the aforementioned purposes; and

(k) any other incidental business purposes related to or in connection with the above.

3. We may disclose your personal data:

(a) where such disclosure is required for performing obligations during or in connection with our provision of services requested by you; or

(b) to third party service providers, and other organisations we have engaged to perform any of the functions listed in clause 2 above for us.

4. The purposes listed in the above clauses may continue to apply even in situations where your relationship with us has been terminated or altered in any way, for a reasonable period thereafter (including, where applicable, a period to enable us to enforce our rights under any contract with you).

Withdrawing Your Consent

5. The consent that you provide for the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data will remain valid until such time it is being withdrawn by you in writing. You may withdraw consent and request us to stop using and/or disclosing your personal data for any or all of the purposes listed above by submitting your request in writing or via email to our Data Protection Officer at the contact details provided below.

6. Upon receipt of your written request to withdraw your consent, we may require reasonable time for your request to be processed and for us to notify you of the consequences of us acceding to the same, including any legal consequences which may affect your rights and liabilities to us. In general, we shall seek to process your request within thirty (30) business days of receiving it.

7. Whilst we respect your decision to withdraw your consent, please note that depending on the nature and scope of your request, we may not be in a position to continue providing our services to you and we shall, in such circumstances, notify you before completing the processing of your request. Should you decide to cancel your withdrawal of consent, please inform us in writing in the manner described in clause 5 above.

8. Please note that withdrawing consent does not affect our right to continue to collect, use and disclose personal data where such collection, use and disclose without consent is permitted or required under applicable laws.

Access To And Correction Of Personal Data

9. If you wish to make,

(a) an access request for access to a copy of the personal data which we hold about you or information about the ways in which we use or disclose your personal data, or

(b) a correction request to correct or update any of your personal data which we hold about you, you may submit your request in writing or via email to our Data Protection Officer at the contact details provided below.

10. Please note that a reasonable fee may be charged for an access request. If so, we will inform you of the fee before processing your request.

11. We will respond to your request as soon as reasonably possible. Should we not be able to respond to your request within thirty (30) business days after receiving your request, we will inform you in writing within thirty (30) business days of the time by which we will be able to respond to your request. If we are unable to provide you with any personal data or to make a correction requested by you, we shall generally inform you of the reasons why we are unable to do so (except where we are not required to do so under the PDPA).

Protection Of Personal Data

12. To safeguard your personal data from unauthorised access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification, disposal or similar risks, we have introduced appropriate administrative, physical and technical measures such as up-to-date antivirus protection, encryption and the use of privacy filters to secure all storage and transmission of personal data by us, and disclosing personal data both internally and to our authorised third party service providers and agents only on a need-to-know basis.

13. You should be aware, however, that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. While security cannot be guaranteed, we strive to protect the security of your information and are constantly reviewing and enhancing our information security measures.

Accuracy Of Personal Data

14. We generally rely on personal data provided by you (or your authorised representative) and will take reasonable steps to that they are accurate and complete. In order to ensure that your personal data is current and complete, please update us if there are changes to your personal data by informing our Data Protection Officer in writing or via email at the contact details provided below.

Retention Of Personal Data

15. We may retain your personal data for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected, or as required or permitted by applicable laws.

16. We reserve the right to store your records for a period of “lifetime +6 years”, in order to meet all current legal requirements in Singapore.

17. We will cease to retain your personal data, or remove the means by which the data can be associated with you, as soon as such retention is no longer necessary for legal or medical purposes.

Transfers Of Personal Data Outside Of Singapore

18. We generally do not transfer your personal data to countries outside of Singapore. However, if we do so, we will take steps to ensure that your personal data continues to receive a standard of protection that is at least comparable to that provided under the PDPA.

Data Protection Officer

19. You may contact our Data Protection Officer if you have any enquiries or feedback on our personal data protection policies and procedures, or if you wish to make any request, in the following manner:

Mailing to:

Data Protection Officer

22A Smith Street,

Singapore 058936

Emailing to:

dpo@yak.asia

Effect Of Notice And Changes To Notice

20. This Notice applies in conjunction with any other notices, contractual clauses, and consent clauses that apply in relation to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data by us.

21. We may revise this Notice from time to time without any prior notice. You may determine if any such revision has taken place by referring to the date on which this Notice was last updated. Your continued use of our services constitutes your acknowledgement and acceptance of such changes.

Requirements for Payment Gateway Providers

22. The data that we are storing are indicated above in this document.

23. The data that we are sharing with third parties are indicated above in this document.

Effective date : 29 September 2021

Last updated : 21 July 2023