This Privacy Statement applies to International Remittance Pte Ltd, company registration number 199804607C and the website under the domain name http://www.interemittance.com/.
International Remittance Pte Ltd is committed to protecting and maintaining the privacy of individuals. This Privacy Statement is intended to provide a summary of our current approach to handling personal information. International Remittance Pte Ltd encourages you to review the Privacy Statement periodically because this Privacy Statement may change from time to time. This statement may also apply to services offered by us through any third parties (If so, express reference to this Privacy Statement will be made by such third parties.)
In order to provide you with our services and products, we may collect personal information (like name, mailing address, telephone number, email address, identity card number, date of birth, place of work, your transaction history, source of income and other financial details) that may be required for providing you with the requisite services we offer. If you do not wish to provide us or are unable to provide us with such information, we may not be able to provide you with the products or services you have requested. We collect personal information in a number of ways, including:
Directly from you while you avail our products and services by way of filling an application form, phone, email, visiting our websites, visiting us in person or when you submit your personal details to participate in our promotions;
Third parties such as credit reporting agencies, our business partners/service providers, your authorized representatives or any other International Remittance group of companies;
Publicly available sources of information such as telephone directories, websites etc.
We will not collect, use or disclose sensitive information about you unless it is necessary to provide you with a product or service and we have your consent or, unless we are legally required to collect, use or disclose such information.
Sensitive information shall include (but not limited to) any information about a person's religious beliefs or affiliations, sexual preferences or practices, racial or ethnic origin, political opinion, membership of a professional or trade association, membership of a trade union, criminal record or health information. We will always strive to explain the purpose for collecting sensitive information.
We may use your personal information for any one or more of the following purposes
To verify your identity or transactions which you may enter into with us
To assist in providing information about a product or service
To consider your request for a product or service
To enable us to provide a product or service
To tell you about other products and services that may be of interest to you
To assist in relation to the promotion and provision of a product or service
To administer and manage our products and services
To respond to queries, complaints or to provide you with our general customer service
To perform other operational tasks (including risk management, systems development and testing, staff training, market or customer satisfaction research)
To prevent or investigate any fraud or crime (or a suspected fraud or crime)
As may be required by relevant laws, regulations, Codes and external payment systems
We may use your personal information for any additional purposes related to the purposes listed above. However we will not use your personal information other than for purpose you would reasonably expect or authorized by you or as required by law
Also, we may disclose information to third parties when we contract out some of our functions and activities or when we have outsourced certain duties and tasks associated with the product or service and as required or permitted by law. We may also send personal information overseas if we outsource any functions and activities using overseas agents, contractors or associate companies. If necessary for transactional purposes, your personal information may be accessed by such overseas agents, contractors or associate companies in other countries. We take the obligation to protect customer information very seriously and we make every effort to deal only with parties who have similar approach.
In the event of the above situations:
We prohibit third parties from using your personal information other than for the specified purpose
Ensure, confidentiality and non-disclosure arrangements are in place
Ensure third parties do not disclose any personal information other than our own
Accurate information about you enables us to provide you with the best possible service. We take reasonable steps to ensure your personal information is accurate, complete and up-to-date at the time of collecting, using or disclosing the information.
We ask you to regularly review and advise us of changes to your personal information so we could update our records promptly.
You may request access to personal information that we hold about you or request correction to existing personal information. Subject to the limited circumstances we will process such requests in reasonable time. For the said purpose we will need to verify your identity and in some circumstances we may charge an administrative fee which will be advised in advance.
Should we refuse access to your personal information we will provide you with an explanation for such refusal.
We store personal information as a combination of computer storage, paper based files and other records. We use current techniques and processes to ensure safety of such records. Such information is accessible only by authorized personnel and storage has limited access. In the event if any personal information is no longer needed, we delete and deactivate the same from our system.
The website of International Remittance Pte Ltd may contain links to other websites whose operators may or may not adhere to a Privacy Statement. You should review and become satisfied with the privacy statement of these organizations before using such websites.
We use "cookies" to get activity information from individuals who use our website. The purpose is to provide you with better and more customized services. A "cookie" is a small text file placed on your computer by our web page server. A cookie can later be retrieved by our webpage servers. Cookies are frequently used on websites and you can choose if and how a cookie will be accepted by configuring your preferences and options in your browser. The cookies on their own do not identify an individual but helps us in improving our website.
In order to serve you better we may use the personal information collected to identify and notify you about a product or service that may be of interest and benefit to you. We may contact you via phone, email or mail about our new or existing products, services, promotions or for customer survey purposes. If you do not wish to be contacted for such marketing information, you could inform us and we will update our systems accordingly.
We are bound by the Privacy Act of Singapore.
If you would like further information about the way International Remittance Pte Ltd handles your personal information, please contact us at the following address:
International Remittance Pte Ltd
11 Collyer Quay,
#05-06A The Arcade,
Singapore 049317
Tel: +65 6324 6395
Fax: +65 6324 6396
Email: info@interemittance.com
We will respond to your inquiry within 2 business days..