Privacy Statement



Agathae recognizes the importance of maintaining the privacy, confidentiality, and security of the information that parties entrust us with during the course of business and this includes personal information (sometimes referred to as “personal data”, "personally identifiable information" or "PII") that are collected online.

This privacy policy ("policy") will help you understand how ( "Agathae", "us", "we", "our") uses and protects the data you provide to us when you visit and use [website] ("website", "service"). We reserve the right to change this policy at any given time, of which you will be promptly updated. If you want to make sure that you are up to date with the latest changes, we advise you to frequently visit this page.

This Privacy Statement aims to explain how we handle and protect your personal data and what Agathae’s data protection obligations are along with your rights. “Personal data” in this Privacy Statement means information that either by itself or in combination with other personal data may identify an individual.

1. Collection and use of personal information

1.1 What personal information do we collect

The personal information that we collect include, but are not limited to your name, contact details (phone and e-mail address), organisation and designation.

If you choose to contact our Agathae website, we may collect any information or content needed to share with us, such as your name and email address. Other information we collect will depend on the privacy settings you have set with your social media provider, so please review their privacy statement or policy of the applicable service.

It is important to be aware that if you access another party’s website or application using one of our products or services or via our website, that other party will deal with your personal information in accordance with its own privacy policy. You may need to review the relevant privacy policy provided by the party on its website.

Generally, we do not collect any sensitive personal data. If required to, your consent will be needed prior to you furnishing us with the personal data that is considered as sensitive.

1.2 Where do we collect the information from

We collect your personal information when, for example, you submit on the Agathae portal, an enquiry on services that we provide or register for events that we organise. As detailed in the paragraph below on “Automatic Collection of Personal Information”, in certain instances, Agathae and its service providers use cookies, web beacons and other technological tools to automatically collect certain types of information when you visit us online.

1.3 What do we use the information for

When you share your information to Agathae, we will use this information for the purpose for which it was collected and, in the manner outlined in this Privacy Statement. Your personal information is not used for other purposes, unless we obtain your consent, or unless otherwise required or permitted by laws and regulations.

1.4 The legal basis by which we process your personal data

We collect your personal information to process your request, on the basis of consent.

1.5 Automatic collection of personal information

In certain instances, Agathae and its service providers use cookies, web beacons and other technological tools to automatically collect certain types of information when you visit us online, as well as through emails that we may exchange. The collection of this information allows us to customize your online experience, improve the performance, usability, and effectiveness of Agathae's online presence, and to measure the effectiveness of our marketing activities.

1.5.1 IP Addresses

An IP address is a number assigned to your computer whenever you access the internet. It allows computers and servers to recognise and communicate with one another. IP addresses from which visitors appear to originate will be recorded for IT security and system diagnostic purposes. This information may be used in aggregate form to conduct website trend and performance analysis.

1.5.2 Cookies

Cookies may be placed on your computer or internet-enabled device whenever you visit us online. This allows the site to remember your computer or device and serves a number of purposes.

On some of our websites, a notification banner will appear allowing you to manage your consent to collect cookies (cookie banner). Below is a summary of the categories of cookies collected on our websites, and how your consent may impact your experience of certain features as you navigate those websites:

· Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential in order to enable users to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. These cookies must be enabled or the site will not function and cannot be blocked.

· Performance cookies: These cookies are used to gather data to enhance the performance of a website.

· Functionality cookies: These cookies are used to remember customer selections that change the way the site behaves or looks. You may opt out of these cookies, but it will impact your experience on the website, and you may need to repeat certain selections each time you visit.

· Targeting cookies or advertising cookies: Targeting cookies are used to deliver content relevant to your interests. These are also used to limit the number of times you see certain marketing materials, as well as help measure the effectiveness of those marketing materials.

If you do not provide consent for targeting cookies, your computer or internet-enabled device will not be tracked for marketing-related activities.

You can manage your consent for performance cookies, functionality cookies and targeting cookies using the cookie banner, or by updating your browser’s settings (often found in your browser’s Tools or Preferences menu) to not accept cookies.

Further information about managing cookies can be found in your browser’s help file or through sites such as www.allaboutcookies.org.

Purpose Description Type & Expiry
Performance (i.e. User’s Browser)

Our websites are built using common internet platforms.

These have built-in cookies which help compatibility issues (e.g. to identify your browser type) and improve performance (e.g. quicker loading of content)

Site Preferences
Security Cookies

If you register for access to a restricted area, our cookies ensure that your device is logged for the duration of your visit. You will need your username and password to access the restricted areas.

Session, deleted upon closing the browser, or persistent.

Site Preferences

Our cookies may also remember your site preferences (e.g. language) or seek to enhance your experience (e.g. by personalizing a greeting or content).

This will apply to areas where you have registered specifically for access or create an account.

Session, deleted upon closing the browser, or persistent.

Other third-party tools and widgets may be used on our individual web pages from time to time to provide additional functionality. Depending on how you set your preferences in your browser and/or the cookie banner, use of these tools or widgets may place a cookie on your device to make their service easier to use, and ensure your interaction is displayed on our webpages properly.

Cookies by themselves do not tell us your email address or otherwise identify you personally. For the purpose of identifying the number of unique visitors to our websites and geographical origin of visitor trends, we may obtain other identifiers including IP addresses in the analysis. This analysis will not identify individual visitors.

2. Sharing and transfer of personal information

We do not share personal information with third parties, except as necessary for our legitimate professional and business needs, in response to your requests, and/or as required or permitted by laws and regulations.

3. Choices

In general, you are not required to submit any personal information to Agathae, but for the purpose(s) that you have interacted with us online, we may require you to provide certain personal information in order for us to process the request(s). Agathae may also ask for your permission for certain uses of your personal information, and you can agree to or decline these uses. If you opt-in for specific communications, such as an electronic newsletter, you will be able to unsubscribe at any time by following the instructions included in each communication.

As described in "Cookies" above, if you wish to prevent cookies from tracking you as you navigate our sites, you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, note that certain portions of our sites may not work properly if you elect to refuse cookies.

4. Your rights

It is important that you ensure the personal information we hold about you is accurate, complete, and up to date. If any of your details change or if you believe that any personal information Agathae has collected about you is inaccurate, you can contact us at info@agathae.com and we will make all reasonable and practical efforts to comply with your request, so long as it is consistent with applicable laws and regulations.

5. Data security and integrity

Agathae has reasonable security policies and procedures in place to protect personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorized or accidental access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Despite Agathae's best efforts, however, security cannot be absolutely guaranteed against all threats. To the best of our ability, access to your personal information is limited to those who have a need to know and Agathae employees who have access are required to maintain the confidentiality of such information.

6. For how long do we keep your personal information

Depending on the specific nature and circumstances under which the information was collected, we will take reasonable efforts to retain personal information only for so long as is necessary to comply with an individual’s request but subject to taking into consideration the legal and regulatory, business or policy requirements that apply.

7. Changes to this statement

Agathae may modify this Privacy Statement from time to time to reflect our current privacy practices. When changes are made, we will revise the "updated" date at the top of this page. Any changes to the processing of personal data as described in this Privacy Statement affecting you will be communicated through an appropriate channel, depending on how we normally communicate with you.

8. Contact us

AgathaeHR is committed to protecting the online privacy of your personal information. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Statement or would like further information about how we protect your personal data, please email us at info@agathae.com