Collection, Recording, Storage and Retention of Personal Information
The Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (Act 709) (“the Act”) is an Act that is passed by the Malaysian government to regulate the processing of personal data in a commercial transaction. To comply with the Act, National Poison Center, Universiti Sains Malaysia (“we” or “us” or “our”) are required to manage the personal data that we collect from you.
The purposes for which your personal data may be used are, but not limited to:
- Internal record keeping
- To provide services to you
- To improve our products and services
- To customize services (websites, applications) according to your interests
- To administer your participation in any contest/programme related to the public organized by us
- To conduct internal activities
- To send you messages, special offers and event invitations based on your privacy preferences
- To beter understand your needs
- For security and fraud prevention purposes
- For the purposes of statistical analysis of data
- For profiling your preferences
- For finance and marketing activities
- For the purposes of our corporate governance
- For the purposes of our corporate exercises
- For the purposes of inclusion in media engagements and / or any relevant or related events
- For the purposes of us preparing guest invitations, registration and / or sign-ups for our events
- For the purposes of printed and on-line publications
(collectively, “the Purposes”) Your personal data will be collected from various on-line forms, websites, games, applications or telephone calls (“the platforms”) during your engagement with us directly or indirectly. You may be required to supply us with your name, company’s name, address, country, telephone numbers, gender, age, email address and answer of quizzes or surveys. We will also inquire information on your online activities when accesing our websites or using our application such as but limited to IP addresses, browsing behaviour, device information.
If you unable to supply us with such personal data, we may not be able to process and/or use your personal data for any of the above Purposes.
Please be informed that your personal data may be disclosed, disseminated and/or transferred to departments or research groups within Universiti Sains Malaysia (including the holding company, subsidiaries, associated, related and affiliated companies and research entities as well as their subsidiaries, associated and affiliated companies, both local and international), whether present or future (collectively, “the Group”) or to any third party organizations or persons for the purpose of fulfilling our obligations to you in respect of the Purposes and all such other purposes that are related to the Purposes and also in providing integrated services, maintaining and storing records.
To this end, we are commited in ensuring the confidentiality, protection, security and accuracy of your personal data made available to us. It is your obligation to ensure that all personal data submited to us and retained by us are accurate, not misleading, updated and complete in all aspects. For the avoidance of doubt, we and/or the Group and/or its employees or authorized officers or agents will not be responsible for any personal data submited by you to us that is inaccurate, misleading, incomplete and not updated.
Further, we may request your assistance to procure the consent of third parties whose personal data is made available by you to us and you hereby agree to use your best endeavours to do so.
You may at any time aer the submission of your personal data to us, submit your request for access to your personal data by subming such request to us at the address stated below in the event:
- you require access to and/or wish to make corrections to your personal data subject to compliance of such request for access or correction not being refused under the provisions of the Act and/or existing laws;
- you wish to enquire about your personal data; and
- you are no longer agreeable to us retaining, holding or storing your personal data. However, please note that this may result in us not being able to properly perform or discharge our obligations to you and you are no longer have the rights to use our Platforms.
Pengarah Pusat Racun Negara Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Telephone: +604 653 2265
Any personal data retained by us shall be destroyed and/or deleted from our records and system in accordance with our retention policy in the event such data is no longer required for the said Purposes.
We trust that you will consent to the processing of your personal data and that you declare that you have read, understood and accepted the statements and terms herein.
