Tonik Asia Group Sdn Bhd (TAGS) is one of Asia’s largest integrated physical therapy healthcare groups, encompassing TAGS clinics across Malaysia.
The purpose of this document (“Data Privacy Policy”) is to inform you of how Tonik Asia Group Sdn Bhd, including but not limited to its subsidiaries, related corporations or any of its affiliates (collectively, the “Tonik Asia Group”, “us”, “we” or “our”) manages Personal Data (as defined below) which is subject to the Malaysia Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (Act 709) (“the Act”).
Please take a moment to read this Data Privacy Policy so that you know and understand the purposes for which we collect, use and disclose your Personal Data.
By interacting with us, submitting information to us, or signing up for any products and services offered by us, you agree and consent to the Tonik Asia Group, as well as its representatives and/or agents collecting, using, disclosing and sharing amongst themselves your Personal Data, and disclosing such Personal Data to our authorised service providers and relevant third parties in the manner set forth in this Data Privacy Policy.
This Data Privacy Policy supplements but does not supersede nor replace any other consents you may have previously provided to Tonik Asia Group in respect of your Personal Data, and your consents herein are additional to any rights which any member of the Tonik Asia Group may have at law to collect, use or disclose your Personal Data.
Tonik Asia Group may from time to time update this Data Privacy Policy to ensure that this Data Privacy Policy is consistent with our future developments, industry trends and/or any changes in legal or regulatory requirements. Subject to your rights at law, you agree to be bound by the prevailing terms of this Data Privacy Policy as updated from time to time on our website.
Please check back regularly for updated information on the handling of your Personal Data.
This Data Privacy Policy was first published on 1st January 2021.
1. In this Data Privacy Policy, “Personal Data” refers to any data, whether true or not, about an individual 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, including data in our records as may be updated from time to time.
2. Examples of such Personal Data you may provide to us include (depending on the nature of your interaction with us) your name, NRIC, passport or other identification number, telephone number(s), mailing address, email address, personal health information and any other information relating to any individuals which you have provided us in any forms you may have submitted to us, or via other forms of interaction with you.
2.1. Generally, we collect Personal Data in the following ways:
2.2 When you browse our website, you generally do so anonymously but please see paragraph 6 below for information on cookies and other technologies which we have implemented on our website. We do not, at our website, automatically collect Personal Data unless you provide such information to us.
2.3 If you provide us with any Personal Data relating to a third party (e.g. information of your spouse, children, parents, and/or employees), by submitting such information to us, you represent to us that you have obtained the consent of the third party to provide us with their Personal Data for the respective purposes.
2.4 You should ensure that all Personal Data submitted to us is complete, accurate, true and correct. Failure on your part to do so may result in our inability to provide you with the products and services you have requested, or delays in providing you with products and services you have requested, or processing your applications.
2.5 We will never knowingly collect or solicit Personal Information from individuals under the age of eighteen (18) without first obtaining verifiable parental consent. If you are under the age of 18 you should not provide information to us. If we become aware that a person under 18 has provided Personal Information to us without verifiable parental consent (as may be the case where the information is provided via our website), we will remove such Personal Information from our files.
3.1 Generally, Tonik Asia Group collects, uses and discloses your Personal Data for the following purposes:
3.2 In addition, Tonik Asia Group collects, uses and discloses your Personal Data for the following purposes depending on the nature of our relationship:
3.3 Furthermore, where permitted under the Act, Tonik Asia Group may also collect, use and disclose your Personal Data for the following “Additional Purposes”:
3.4 If you have provided us with your telephone number(s) and have indicated that you consent to receiving marketing or promotional information via your telephone number(s), then from time to time, Tonik Asia Group may contact you using such telephone number(s) (including via voice calls, text, social media application, fax or other means) with information about our products and services.
3.5 In relation to particular services or in your interactions with us, we may also have specifically notified you of other purposes for which we collect, use or disclose your Personal Data. If so, we will collect, use and disclose your Personal Data for these additional purposes as well, unless we have specifically notified you otherwise.
3.6 You have a choice to withdraw your consent for receiving marketing or promotional materials/communication. You may contact us using the contact details found below.
3.7 Please be aware that once we receive confirmation that you wish to withdraw your consent for marketing or promotional materials/communication, it may take up to 21 calendar days for your withdrawal to be reflected in our systems. Therefore, you may still receive marketing or promotional materials/communication during this period of time.
3.8 Please note that even if you withdraw your consent for the receipt of marketing or promotional materials, we may still contact you for other purposes in relation to the services that you have requested or purchased from Tonik Asia Group.
4.1 Tonik Asia Group will take reasonable steps to protect your Personal Data against unauthorised disclosure. Subject to the provisions of any applicable law, your Personal Data may be disclosed, for the purposes listed above (where applicable), to the following entities or parties, whether they are located overseas or in Malaysia:
5.1 Tonik Asia Group protects Personal Information against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification with security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the Personal Information, regardless of the format in which it is held.
5.2 We use various methods to safeguard Personal Information, including physical measures, technical tools and organisational controls.
5.3 Online security is also a priority. Tonik Asia Group incorporates security measures such as encryption and authentication tools to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized use. Firewalls are utilized to protect our servers and network from unauthorized users accessing and tampering with files and other information that we store
5.4 While Tonik Asia Group cannot guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration of data will not occur; Tonik Asia Group makes reasonable efforts to prevent such unfortunate occurrences.
5.5 You must remember to exit the browser window after use to disable any unauthorized party access. It is your responsibility at any time, not to divulge your personal user ID and password to any third party.
6.1 Tonik Asia Group retains such Personal Data as may be required for business or legal purposes, and such purposes do vary according to the circumstances.
6.2 Whilst Tonik Asia Group will securely dispose of or anonymise Personal Data which it can reasonably determine is no longer needed and does not generally hold on to Personal Data “just in case”, it is in the interests of any caregiver or person treating the patient to be able to refer to a complete set of medical records to avoid risks to health and safety of the patient.
6.3 As such that, with respect to the medical records of patients, unless specific contrary instructions from the patient are received, Tonik Asia Group may (but is not obliged to) retain such medical records for as long as Tonik Asia Group may be potentially consulted for further follow up by (or on behalf of) the patient even where such consultation may not occur until after a substantial period of time or there is no current or present indication that the patient may well return for further consultation or follow up.
7.1 When you visit or interact with our sites, services, we or our authorized service providers may use cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies for collecting and storing information to help provide you with a better, faster, and safer web experience.
7.2 The information collected by us or our authorised service providers may recognise a visitor as a unique user and may collect information such as how a visitor arrives at our sites, what kind of browser a visitor is on, what operating system a visitor is using, a visitor’s IP address and a visitor’s clickstream information and time stamp (for example, which pages they have viewed, the time the pages were accessed and the time spent per web page).
7.3 The use of cookies, web beacons and similar technologies by us on our website has different functions. They are either necessary for the functioning of our services, help us improve our performance, or serve to provide you with extra functionalities. They may also be used to deliver content that is more relevant to you and your interests, or to target advertising to you on or off our sites.
Cookies – Small text files (typically made up of letters and numbers) placed in the memory of your browser or device when you visit a website or view a message. Cookies allow a website to recognize a particular device or browser. There are several types of cookies:
Cookies can be disabled or removed by tools that are available in most commercial browsers. The preferences for each browser you use will need to be set separately and different browsers offer different functionality and options.
Web beacons – Small graphic images (also known as “pixel tags” or “clear GIFs”) may be included on our sites and services. Web beacons typically work in conjunction with cookies to profile each unique user and user behaviour.
Similar technologies – Technologies that store information in your browser or device utilizing local shared objects or local storage, such as flash cookies, HTML 5 cookies, and other web application software methods. These technologies can operate across all of your browsers.
We may use the terms “cookies” or “similar technologies” interchangeably in our policies to refer to all technologies that we may use to collect or store information in your browser or device or that collect information or assist in identifying you as a unique user in the manner described above.
7.4 We offer certain site features and services that are available only through the use of these technologies. You are always free to block, delete, or disable these technologies if your browser so permits. However, if you decline cookies or other similar technologies, you may not be able to take advantage of certain site features or services tools. For more information on how you can block, delete, or disable these technologies, please review your browser settings.
Our website may contain links to other websites operated by third parties, including for example our business partners. We are not responsible for the data protection practices of websites operated by third parties that are linked to our website. We encourage you to learn about the data protection practices of such third party websites. Some of these third party websites may be co-branded with our logo or trade mark, even though they are not operated or maintained by us. Once you have left our website, you should check the applicable Data Privacy Policy of the third party website to determine how they will handle any information they collect from you.
9.1 Tonik Asia Group has procedures in place in order to receive and respond to enquiries about our policies and practices relating to its handling of Personal Information. Any complaint or enquiry should be made in writing and addressed as shown below. If there are any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or the data collection practices outlined herein, please contact us as follows:
9.2 You are reminded not to send via unencrypted means (such as email) sensitive information such as passwords, credit card information etc.
9.3 Please note that if your Personal Data has been provided to us by a third party (e.g. a general practitioner or your employer), you should contact that organisation or individual to make such queries, complaints, and access and correction requests to Tonik Asia Group on your behalf.
9.4 If you withdraw your consent to any or all use of your Personal Data, depending on the nature of your request, Tonik Asia Group may not be in a position to continue to provide its products and services to you, or administer any contractual relationship in place, which in turn may also result in the termination of any agreements with Tonik Asia Group, and your being in breach of your contractual obligations or undertakings. Tonik Asia Group’s legal rights and remedies in such events are expressly reserved.
9.5 Governing Law
This Data Privacy Policy shall be governed in all respects by the laws of Malaysia.
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