Effective Date: 1-January-2018

 

Hi, your privacy is important to DD Online Services. Please read this Privacy Notice carefully as it forms part of the Terms of Use which govern the use of the DD Online Services and the DD Online Services Websites.

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This Privacy Notice explains-:

1. The type of personal information about you which is processed by DD Online Services when you use the DD Online Services and/or the DD Online Services Websites;
    

2. How DD Online Services processes the personal information about you when you use the DD Online Services and the DD Online Services Websites;
    

3. The purposes for which DD Online Services collects and processes your personal information;
    

4. Your right to access and correct your personal information;
    

5. The class of third parties to which DD Online Services may disclose your personal information to;
    

6. Whether it is obligatory or voluntarily for you to supply the personal information and the consequences of failing to provide your personal information when it is obligatory; and
    

7. How DD Online Services safeguards the confidentiality and security of your personal information.
    

Any changes will be notified to you via the e-mail address provided by you on registration or via a suitable announcement on the DD Online Services Websites. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on this Site prior to the change becoming effective. The changes will apply to the use of the DD Online Services and the DD Online Services Websites after DD Online Services have given you notice. If you do not wish to accept the new Terms you should not continue to use the DD Online Services and/or the DD Online Services Websites. If you continue to use the DD Online Services and/or the DD Online Services Websites after the date on which the changes come into effect, your use of the DD Online Services and/or the DD Online Services Websites indicates your agreement to be bound by the new Terms.

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In this Privacy Notice: -

“DD Online Services “, “DD Online Services Websites “, “You “, “Advertisers” and “Employers” shall have the same meaning as defined in the Terms of Use.

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“DD Online Services Profile” means the profile created by users of the DD Online Services Websites that may include personal information, resume and photo.

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“personal information” is data that can be used to identify an individual.

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“processing” includes but is not limited to collecting, holding, storing, recording, organizing, adapting, using, disclosing, correcting, destructing.

 

1. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

   • When you register for the DD Online Services

     1. Each time when you register with DD Online Services for any of the DD Online Services, you will be asked to provide certain personal information about yourself in order to create a resume account.
         

     2. The personal information collected during the registration process includes but is not limited to your email address, name, nationality, identity card number, passport number, country of residence.
         

     3. Whenever the personal information requested by DD Online Services is marked as “Required Field”, you must provide and agree to the processing of this personal information by DD Online Services. If you do not agree to provide this personal information and/or not agree to us processing it in the manner set out in this Privacy Notice, then DD Online Services will be unable to provide the relevant services to you and your application for such services will be rejected.
         

   • From your use of the DD Online Services and/or the DD Online Services Websites

     1. We collect personal information directly from you when you choose to engage any of the DD Online Services and/or to use the DD Online Services Websites. The following are examples of personal information DD Online Services may collect directly from you: -

        1. Age;

        2. Date of birth;

        3. Telephone number or mobile number;

        4. Your image;

        5. Academic qualifications;

        6. Identification documents given by the school/college/university/institute;

        7. Resume;

        8. Personal interests and preferences;

        9. Working experience;

        10. Credit card or debit card details;

        11. Other information associated with a resume for job applications
             

2. If you choose to add referees to your ddonlineservices.com Profile, DD Online Services will ask you for their names, telephone numbers, emails, position titles and other relevant particulars. This information will be enclosed as part of your job application and employers may contact them to get references for your applications.
    

3. If you choose to use DD Online Services to tell a friend about its services or DD Online Services Websites, DD Online Services will ask for your friend’s name and e-mail address. An e-mail inviting your friend to use the DD Online Services or to visit the DD Online Services Websites will be sent to him/her automatically.
    

4. If you wish to stop DD Online Services from processing this type of personal information about you, DD Online Services will no longer be able to provide the relevant services to you.
    

5. In addition, DD Online Services may ask your permission to post your testimonial or success story. If you agree to post your material on DD Online Services Websites, you should be aware that any personal information you submit can be read, collected, or used by other users of the DD Online Services Websites and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, you can contact us here.
    

• When you visit the DD Online Services Websites

  1. When you visit any DD Online Services Websites our web servers automatically collect information about your visit to these websites, including your Internet Protocol (IP) address, the time, date and duration of your visit. your IP address is a unique identifier for your computer or other access device.
      

  2. DD Online Services may track your visits to any DD Online Services Websites by placing a “cookie” on your computer or other access device when you enter. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or other access device by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more effectively, as well as to provide information to the owners of the websites.
      

  3. Cookies allow DD Online Services to save preferences for you so that you will not have to re-enter them the next time you visit. Cookies also help DD Online Services collect anonymous click stream data for tracking user trends and patterns. DD Online Services may use the anonymous click stream data to help the Advertiser to deliver better-targeted advertisements.
      

  4. You can remove cookies by following directions provided in your internet browser’s “help” file. You should understand that areas of certain websites will not function properly if you set your internet browser to not accept cookies.
      

  5. DD Online Services also uses clear gifs in its HTML-based emails in order to find out which emails have been opened by the recipients. This allows DD Online Services to gauge the effectiveness of certain communications and the effectiveness of its marketing campaigns.
      

  6. Our partners and service providers use cookies to collect information about the usage of DD Online Services Websites. The use of cookies by our partners and service providers is not covered by our privacy policy. We do not have access or control over these cookies.

 

• PURPOSES OF COLLECTING AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • The purposes for which DD Online Services processes your personal information are as follows: -

    1. To verify your identity;

    2. To assess and/or verify your employability and credit worthiness;

    3. To provide the DD Online Services which you have requested;

    4. To administer and manage the DD Online Services provided to you;

    5. To contact you in respect of DD Online Services;

    6. To facilitate the provision to you of tailored educational offerings and improve your career prospects by supplying your information to our strategic partners;

    7. To improve placement opportunities for you or for tailoring specific services to you;

    8. To verify your academic and professional qualification by contacting the school/college/university/institute/ professional qualifying bodies;

    9. To contact the referee and/or the guarantor whom details have been provided by you;

    10. To process your order for the DD Online Services which you have requested;

    11. To investigate and resolve any of the DD Online Services, billing queries, complaints or other enquiries that you submit to DD Online Services regarding DD Online Services;

    12. To manage staff training and quality assurance;

    13. To monitor and improve the performance of the DD Online Services Websites and the DD Online Services;

    14. To maintain and develop the DD Online Services Websites and DD Online Services;

    15. To gain an understanding of your information and communication needs in order for DD Online Services to enhance and customize the DD Online Services;

    16. To conduct research and development and statistical analysis in connection with the DD Online Services to identify trends and develop new services that reflect your interests;

    17. To assist DD Online Services in understanding your browsing preferences on the DD Online Services Websites so that DD Online Services can tailor content accordingly;

    18. To detect and prevent fraudulent activity.
         

  • You are not able to limit the processing of your personal information for the purposes set out in Clause 2.1 above. If you do not consent to DD Online Services processing your personal information for the said purposes, you must terminate your relevant agreement with DD Online Services for the DD Online Services and stop using the DD Online Services Websites.
     

  • In addition, DD Online Services may use your personal information for the following purposes: -

    1. To promote and market to you:

       1. Other DD Online Services; or

       2. Services of third parties which DD Online Services thinks may be of interest of you;

    2. To send you seasonal greeting messages and/or message informing you of a critical performance error in the DD Online Services Websites and/or the DD Online Services.

    3. To send you tips, advice and survey information to maximize your career development including but not limited to using the DD Online Services and/or the DD Online Services Websites.
        

  • DD Online Services will ask for your consent before processing your personal information other than those set out in Clauses 2.1 and 2.3.

 

• DD Online Services PROFILE

  • You can allow your DD Online Services Profile to be searchable by Employers or Advertisers. When you opt to make your DD Online Services Profile searchable, your full profile, resume and personal information will be visible to Employers or Advertisers who download your DD Online Services Profile from DD Online Services Resume Database.
     

  • DD Online Services will take reasonable steps to ensure that parties other than those mentioned above will not, without DD Online Services’ consent, gain access to the DD Online Services Resume Database. However, DD Online Services is not responsible for the retention, use or privacy of DD Online Services Profile by any third parties.
     

  • Notwithstanding Clause 3.1, DD Online Services reserves the right to have full access to your DD Online Services Profile for the purpose set out in Clause 2.1 to perform DD Online Services.

 

• CHOICE AND ACCESS OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • You may have different privacy concerns. DD Online Services’ goal is to be clear of what information it collects, so that you can make meaningful choices about how it is used. For example: -

    1. You can control who you share your personal information with;

    2. You can review and control your subscription to various marketing preferences, DD Online Services;

    3. You may view, edit or delete your personal information and preferences at any time.

    4. You may choose not to receive any marketing materials from DD Online Services;

    5. You may also subscribe to additional DD Online Services by logging into your account;
        

  • You can delete your account at any time in which event DD Online Services will remove all access to your account, resume and DD Online Services Profile in the database. The deletion of your account does not affect DD Online Services Profile that you had already sent to Employers or were previously downloaded by Employers or Advertisers.

 

• RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • DD Online Services will retain your personal information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes set out in Clause 2 above and any legal or business purposes.

 

• SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • DD Online Services is committed to keeping personal information secure. DD Online Services has appropriate technical, administrative and physical procedures in place to protect personal information from loss, theft and misuse, as well as against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. Sensitive information (such as a credit card number) entered on our payment gateway services are encrypted during the transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).
     

  • No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on our Website, you can contact us here.

 

• TO WHOM PERSONAL INFORMATION IS DISCLOSED

  • Personal information mentioned in Clause 1 above may be disclosed to the classes of third parties as follows in order for DD Online Services to effectively manage its business including to render the DD Online Services to you to achieve the purposes described in Clause 2:-

    1. The Advertisers;

    2. The Employers;

    3. Third parties contracted by DD Online Services to assist DD Online Services in delivering all or part of the DD Online Services to you, including without limitation, to the following: -

       1. Payment gateway services for optional services;

       2. Profiling/assessment services;

• Online advertising services;

1. Mapping services;

2. Maintenance and repair services; and

3. Market research and website usage analysis services.

1. Strategic partners that work with DD Online Services to provide the DD Online Services or that help market and promote DD Online Services and/or DD Online Services Websites;

2. Strategic partners that provide ancillary services such as education offerings for the purposes of improving your career prospects and/or professional qualifications.

3. The school/college/university/institute you studied at and your referees so as to verify your academic qualification;

4. Professional qualifying bodies where you obtained your accreditation;

5. Where you log in to a DD Online Services Website using Facebook Connect – your Facebook friends who have also logged in in to our site using Facebook Connect;

6. Regulatory bodies, governmental bodies or other authorities if required or authorized to do so to discharge any regulatory function, under any law or in relation to any order or judgment of a court;

7. Regulatory bodies, governmental bodies or other authorities for the purpose of detection or prevention of crime, illegal/unlawful activities or fraud or for the apprehension or prosecution of offenders, or for an investigation relating to any of these;

8. Any party involved in or related to a legal proceeding (or prospective legal proceeding), for purposes of the legal proceedings;

9. DD Online Services’ professional advisors on a need to know basis for the purpose of those advisors providing advice to DD Online Services;

10. Any third party which acquires all or part of the assets or business of DD Online Services (including accounts and trade receivables) for the purpose of that third party continuing to provide all or that part of the DD Online Services which it acquired; and

11. Otherwise permitted under any data protection legislation.

• Other than set out above, you will receive notice when personal information about you might go to third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.

• DD Online Services does not sell or rent any personal information collected to any other parties.

 

• YOUR OBLIGATIONS REGARDING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • You are responsible for providing accurate, not misleading, complete and up-to-date information to DD Online Services 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 and out-of-date by contacting DD Online Services here.
     

  • In the circumstances you may need to provide to DD Online Services personal information about someone other than yourself (for example, your referee or guarantor). If so, we rely on you to inform these individual that you are providing their personal information to DD Online Services, to make sure they consent to you giving us their information and to advise them about where they can find a copy of this Privacy Notice (on our website at Privacy Policy)

 

• TRANSFER OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION OUTSIDE OF YOUR LOCAL JURISDICTION

  • It may be necessary for DD Online Services to transfer your personal information outside of your local jurisdiction if any of DD Online Services’ service providers or strategic partners (“overseas entities”) is involved in providing part of the DD Online Services.

 

• LINKED SITES

  • DD Online Services Websites that may contain links to third party sites.
     

  • DD Online Services is not responsible for such third-party sites. Any personal information made available by you on such sites will not have the benefit of this Privacy Notice and will be subject to the relevant third party’s privacy policy (if any).
     

  • Our website includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook button and widgets, or interactive mini-programs that run on our site. These features may collect your IP address, which page that you are visiting on our site, and may set a “cookie” to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and widgets are either hosted by third party or hosted directly on our site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.

 

• YOUR CONSENT

  • In using the DD Online Services and/or the DD Online Services Websites, you consent to the collections and use of the personal information by DD Online Services in the ways described hereinabove (which may change from time to time) unless and until you inform DD Online Services to the contrary here.
     

  • Further, you consent to your referees, the school/college/university/institute where you have studied, the professional qualifying bodies where you received your accreditation and Employers to disclose your personal information to DD Online Services.

 

• CONTACT INFORMATION

  • If you still have questions about this Privacy Notice, please contact us on the DD Online Services Websites. DD Online Services requests your name, phone number, email address and comments so that DD Online Services may respond to your concerns effectively and works to improve the DD Online Services and/or DD Online Services Websites.