Privacy Policy

Basic Information

This website is operated by The Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA).  We are committed to protecting and preserving your personal information. This Policy sets out how we process any personal data we collect from you or that you provide to us through our website.

APAA processes your data lawfully, honestly and with transparency.

We will keep your information secure. We have implemented appropriate measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the personal information we process.

By providing us with your personal information and using our website, you acknowledge you have read and understood the terms and conditions set out in this Policy relating to personal data protection.

Additional Information

Our Contact Details

Our contact details are available here.

Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of personal information from you:

  1. Your name, place of residence, and contact details, such as your email address and telephone number.
  2. Information about your qualifications and employment details.
  3. Any other information that you choose to provide to us.

Purposes of Collection

The data that you provide to us will be processed by APAA for the following purposes:

  1. For inclusion in the list of members on this website
  2. To communicate with you about, and to provide, products, services, events or training offered by APAA
  3. To attend to and process your application for membership in, or your application to become a non-member Observer of, APAA .
  4. To attend to and manage your registration request to any APAA events or training and to search the membership list of APAA.
  5. To provide association services to APAA members.
  6. Where the processing is necessary for the performance of the relationship with APAA or is necessary for the performance of a contract.
  7. In other circumstances where you consent to the processing, which consent you have given by contacting us through our contact form and/or any other email account provided on our website. 

Retention of Your Data

Information that you provide to APAA will be kept in a form that permits identification of you for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data has been provided to us.

Recipients of Your Data

Some of the information provided by you to APAA about yourself will be made available on our membership database to the public and to our membership.

We may also share your data with third parties for the purposes above.  We will otherwise not disclose your data to any third parties unless required to do so by applicable law.

Your Rights

People who are the subjects of the data processed by APAA are always entitled to request access to their data, rectify any errors, object to the processing of that data or have information deleted if they believe that it is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected or provided.

You may also revoke the consent you have given at any time.

To exercise these rights, you may contact APAA by e-mail. Also, if you are not satisfied with the response to your request to exercise your rights, you may make a complaint to the applicable data privacy regulator.