Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting the Bio-essence Singapore website (the “Website”). Your visit to this Website and your use of our products and services provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions herein contained. Please read these carefully.
General
2. In this Policy, as under the PDPA, “personal data” means data, whether true or not, about a customer who can be identified: (a) from that data; or (b) from that data and other information to which we have or are likely to have access. Common examples of personal data could include names, identification numbers, dates of birth, contact information, skin records, photographs and video images.
3. This Policy, together with our [Terms of Use], [Cookie Policy], and [Terms of Purchase] (if you make a purchase on the Website), are designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use, disclose and/or process your personal data.
How Personal Data is collected.
(a) When you register for an account on the Website, or through any of our service counters or standalone stores;
(b) When you complete purchase orders, requests or applications for our products or services (by telephone, in person, mail or electronically);
(c) When you make a purchase on the Website;
(d) When you communicate with us directly in relation to our products and services (in person; via our customer service; or via our consultants in our stores, our counters; by email, telephone or any other means);
(e) When you use services that are made available on the Website or at our stores;
(f) When you enter, and when you interact with us during promotions, competitions, contests, lucky draws or special events;
(g) When you apply for employment with us;
(h) When you subscribe to any of our membership programmes; or
(i) When you participate in surveys and other types of research we may conduct.
Collection of personal data
(a) Your contact information such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses;
(b) Billing information such as billing address and credit card information;
(c) Unique information such as NRIC or passport numbers; photographs; contact preferences; and date of birth;
(d) Details of any membership that you have with us;
(e) Details of your visits to the Website, such as traffic data; location data; and the resources that you access on the Website; and
(f) Your transaction history.
Provision of third party personal data by you
(a) Prior to disclosing such personal data to us, you would have and had obtained consent from the individuals whose personal data are being disclosed to us, to:
- Permit you to disclose the individuals’ personal data to us for the purposes we have disclosed to you; and
- Permit us to collect, use, disclose and/or process the individuals’ personal data for the said purposes;
(b) Any personal data of individuals that you disclose to us is accurate; and
(c) You are validly acting on behalf of such individuals and that you have the authority of such individuals to provide their personal data to us and for us to collect, use, disclose and process such personal data for the purposes.
Purposes for Collection, Use, Disclosure
(a) To communicate with you;
(b) To maintain and improve our working relationship;
(c) To assess, process and provide products, services and/or facilities to you;
(d) To administer and process any payments (including refunds) related to products, services and facilities requested by you;
(e) To establish your identity and background;
(f) To respond to your enquiries or complaints and resolve any issues and disputes which may arise in connection with any dealings with us;
(g) To provide you with services or assistance that you have requested;
(h) To provide you with information and/or updates on our products, services, upcoming promotions offered by us and/or events organised by us and selected third parties which may be of interest to you from time to time;
(i) For direct marketing purposes via SMS, WhatsApp, LINE, WeChat, KaKaoTalk, phone call, email, fax, mail, social media and/or any other appropriate communication channels, if you are a member of any of our loyalty programmes, in accordance with your consent;
(j) To facilitate your participation in, and our administration of, any events including contests, promotions or campaigns;
(k) To award points in a membership, loyalty or rewards programme;
(l) To maintain and update internal record keeping;
(m) For internal administrative purposes;
(n) To send you seasonal greetings messages from time to time;
(o) To send you invitations to join our events and promotions and product launch events;
(p) To monitor, review and improve our events and promotions, products and/or services;
(q) To conduct credit reference checks and establish your creditworthiness, where necessary, when providing you with products, services and/or facilities;
(r) To administer, process and fulfil your commercial transactions with us (such as a purchase on the Website, a tender award, contract for service or tenancy agreement);
(s) To process any payments related to your commercial transactions with us;
(t) To process and analyse your personal data either individually or collectively with other individuals;
(u) To conduct market research or surveys, internal marketing analysis, customer profiling activities, analysis of customer patterns and choices, planning and statistical and trend analysis in relation to our products and/or services;
(v) To share any of your personal data with the auditor for our internal audit and reporting purposes;
(w) To share any of your personal data pursuant to any agreement or document which you have duly entered with us for purposes of seeking legal and/or financial advice and/or for purposes of commencing legal action;
(x) To share any of your personal data with our business partners to jointly develop products and/or services or launch marketing campaigns;
(y) To share any of your personal data with financial institutions necessary for the purpose of applying and obtaining credit facility(ies), if necessary;
(z) For audit, risk management and security purposes;
(aa) For detecting, investigating and preventing fraudulent, prohibited or illegal activities;
(bb) For enabling us to perform our obligations and enforce our rights under any agreements or documents that we are a party to;
(cc) To transfer or assign our rights, interests and obligations under any agreements entered into with us;
(dd) For meeting any applicable legal or regulatory requirements and making disclosure under the requirements of any applicable law, regulation, direction, court order, by-law, guideline, circular or code applicable to us;
(ee) To enforce or defend our rights and your rights under, and to comply with, our obligations under the applicable laws, legislation and regulations;
(ff) To carry out verification and background checks as part of any recruitment and selection process in connection with your application for employment with us;
(gg) For other purposes required to operate, maintain, and better manage our business and your relationship with us; which we notify you of at the time of obtaining your consent; and/or
(hh) Administering, facilitating, processing and/or dealing in any matters relating to your use or access of the Website. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if you:
- Gain access to or sign into the Website, using your login credentials of a Social Networking Site, or
- Use any features of a Social Networking Site such as its widgets, plug-ins and browser push notifications, made available to you on our Website, it may result in information or your personal data being collected or shared between us and the third party. For example, if you use Facebook’s “Like” feature, Facebook may register the fact that you “liked” a product and may post that information on Facebook. (“Social Networking Site” refers to an online or digital platform owned or operated by a third party, that is used by people to build social networks or social relations, or to interact, with other people, such as but not limited to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Weibo, WeChat). By your proceeding pursuant to (i) or (ii) above, you consent to such collection, use or disclosure of your personal data.
11. As the purposes for which we may/will collect, use, disclose or process your personal data depend on the circumstances at hand, such purpose may not appear in the instances listed above. However, we will notify you of such other purpose(s) at the time of obtaining your consent, unless we are permitted by the PDPA or any other applicable law to process your personal data without your consent.
Disclosure of personal data to third parties
12. In order to smoothly conduct our business operations or to fulfil our obligations to you, we may also disclose the personal data that you have provided to us to our third party service providers, agents, affiliates or related corporations, which may be situated inside or outside of Singapore, for one or more of the purposes stated in or notified to you under the Purposes for Collection, Use, Disclosure section. We will also disclose your personal data to government regulators or authorities to comply with any laws, rules, guidelines, regulations or schemes that apply to us.
(a) Data entry service providers;
(b) Professional advisors, consultants and/or external auditors;
(c) Storage and warehousing facility providers (which may include data storage and processing servers located overseas);
(d) Third party service providers who provide administrative or operational services in connection with our business such as telecommunications, information technology, logistics, delivery, printing and postal services or services relating to marketing and promotional activity;
(e) Relevant government regulators or authorities;
(f) The Wipro Consumer Care worldwide group of companies; and our related corporations and affiliates either in Singapore or overseas; and
(g) Third-party credit reporting or employment agencies as part of the recruitment and selection process and/or otherwise in connection with your application for employment with us.
15. We respect the confidentiality of the personal data that you provide to us. We do not sell personal data to any third party.
Request for Access and/or Correction of Personal Data
16. You may request to access and/or correct your personal data that is in our possession or under our control by writing to us at wccs_enquiries@wiproclub.com
Request to Withdraw Consent
21. We will process your request within a reasonable time from such a request for withdrawal of consent being made, and will thereafter not collect, use and/or disclose your personal data in the manner stated in your request.
Protection and Destruction of Personal Data
25. 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. We will also put in place measures to ensure that any of your personal data that is in our possession or under our control is destroyed and/or anonymized as soon as it is reasonable to assume that:
(a) The purpose for which that personal data was collected is no longer being served by the retention of such personal data; and
(b) Retention is no longer necessary for any other legal or business purposes.
Cookies and Mobile Technology
Complaint Process
Contact Us
35. You may contact us (or send us any request or complaint form) either by post or by email at the following address:
Data Protection Officer
Wipro Consumer Care Singapore Pte Ltd
Address: No 29, Defu Lane 9, Singapore 539269
Contact No: +65 6283 3822
Email Address: wccs_enquiries@wiproclub.com
Effect of Policy and Changes to Policy
Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting the Bio-essence Singapore website (the “Website”). Your visit to this Website and your use of our products and services provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions herein contained. Please read these carefully.
General
Wipro Consumer Care Singapore Pte Ltd (“us”, “we”, “our”) is the operator of this Website. We take our responsibilities under Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (the “PDPA”) seriously. We also recognise the importance of the personal data you have entrusted to us and believe that it is our responsibility to properly manage, protect and process your personal data.
In this Policy, as under the PDPA, “personal data” means data, whether true or not, about a customer who can be identified:
(a) from that data; or
(b) from that data and other information to which we have or are likely to have access.
Common examples of personal data could include names, identification numbers, dates of birth, contact information, skin records, photographs and video images.
This Policy, together with our [Terms of Use], [Cookie Policy], and [Terms of Purchase] (if you make a purchase on the Website), is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use, disclose and/or process your personal data.
Unless restricted by the PDPA or any other applicable law, you agree that we may process your personal data in the manner and for the purposes set out in this Policy.
How Personal Data is Collected
We may collect your personal data in several situations, including, without limitation:
(a) When you register for an account on the Website or through any of our service counters or standalone stores
(b) When you complete purchase orders, requests or applications for our products or services (by telephone, in person, mail or electronically)
(c) When you make a purchase on the Website
(d) When you communicate with us directly regarding our products and services
(e) When you use services available on the Website or at our stores
(f) During promotions, competitions, contests, lucky draws or special events
(g) When you apply for employment with us
(h) When you subscribe to any of our membership programmes
(i) When you participate in surveys and other research
Collection of Personal Data
You can use and browse the Website without disclosing your personal data. The provision of personal data is voluntary. However, non-provision may limit access to some services.
If you are a job applicant, we may collect your resume, employment history, eligibility rights, and may contact your character references and former employers.
Types of personal data we may collect:
(a) Contact information (names, addresses, phone numbers, email)
(b) Billing info (billing address, credit card info)
(c) Unique info (NRIC/passport, preferences, DOB)
(d) Membership details
(e) Website usage details (traffic, location, resources accessed)
(f) Transaction history
Provision of Third Party Personal Data by You
If you provide personal data of others:
(a) You confirm that you obtained their consent for disclosure and for our use
(b) The data is accurate
(c) You are authorized to act on their behalf
Purposes for Collection, Use, Disclosure
We may collect, use, and disclose your data for purposes including:
Communication and relationship management
Processing orders, refunds, and services
Identity verification
Customer support and dispute resolution
Marketing communications (based on your consent)
Event and campaign participation
Membership rewards and updates
Internal administration
Research, profiling, statistical analysis
Legal compliance and enforcement
Recruitment evaluation and checks
Website access and Social Networking Site features
Other purposes may be notified at the time of obtaining your consent unless allowed by law without consent.
Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties
We may disclose personal data to third parties for business operations or compliance purposes. These third parties may be inside or outside of Singapore.
Examples include:
Data entry service providers
Auditors, consultants
Storage providers (local or overseas)
IT, logistics, delivery, postal, marketing vendors
Government authorities
Wipro group companies and affiliates
Credit or employment agencies
Third parties are contractually bound to confidentiality, PDPA compliance, and security obligations.
We do not sell personal data.
Request for Access and/or Correction of Personal Data
To access or correct your data, email us at: wccs_enquiries@wiproclub.com
Access requests may take up to 30 days. Fees may apply based on complexity. You will be notified of the fee and any required deposit.
Corrections will be made promptly unless there are valid reasons not to.
You are responsible for providing accurate and updated data.
Request to Withdraw Consent
You may withdraw consent by contacting: wccs_enquiries@wiproclub.com
Processing will cease within a reasonable time after your request.
Withdrawal may affect our ability to provide services or continue the relationship.
Despite withdrawal, we may still collect or use your data where permitted by law.
Protection and Destruction of Personal Data
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your data but cannot be held responsible for breaches due to uncontrollable circumstances.
Data will be retained only as long as necessary. It will be destroyed or anonymized when:
(a) The purpose is no longer served
(b) Retention is no longer necessary
Cookies and Mobile Technology
Cookies: Used to identify you during visits. You may disable them, but some features may not work. We do not control third-party cookies.
Flash Cookies (LSOs): Store complex data for services like video.
Web Beacons: Track user activity and marketing performance.
Analytics Tags: Help us understand usage and improve experiences.
Web Server Logs: Record activity, including IP addresses and search terms.
Geo-Location: Location data may be collected if you opt-in. You can opt-out in your device settings.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials.
Complaint Process
For complaints, email: wccs_enquiries@wiproclub.com
We aim to address all complaints fairly and promptly.
Contact Us
Data Protection Officer
Wipro Consumer Care Singapore Pte Ltd
Address: No 29, Defu Lane 9, Singapore 539269
Contact No: +65 6283 3822
Email: wccs_enquiries@wiproclub.com
Review and Amendments
Our data protection policies are reviewed regularly.
We may amend this Policy at our discretion. Updates will be posted on the Website.
Continued use of the Website indicates your agreement to changes.
Effect of Policy and Changes
This Policy works alongside any other data protection notices, consents, or contracts.
Please check the Website periodically for updates. Continued use means acceptance of any changes.