FamBear Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

FamBear and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“FamBear”, “we” or “our”) take their responsibilities under applicable privacy laws and regulations ("Privacy Laws") seriously and are committed to respecting the privacy rights and concerns of all Users. This privacy policy applies to the FAMBEAR website - www.fambear.com, mobile website, mobile application, APP, mobile applications, FamBear software, third-party communication applications, FamBear software, FamBear technology and applications associated with FamBear, its subsidiaries, and affiliates, including FamBear's sites around the world (collectively, the "Site"). The Site is the property of the brand name FAMBEAR under American Thai Holdings Company Limited. The Privacy Policy is designed to inform the User of rights and how we protect the Privacy Data of our users to assist the Users in making the decision before using our services. The User means the person who accesses the Site, uses the Site, visits the Site, uses the service, or registers to open an account with us (collectively as “User”, “you” or “your”).

We recognize 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.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the Site or the services. By using the Site, the Service, registering for an account with us, visiting the Site, or accessing the Services, you acknowledge and agree that you accept the practices, requirements, and/or policies outlined in this Privacy Policy, and you hereby consent to us collecting, using, disclosing and/or processing your personal data as described herein. IF YOU DO NOT CONSENT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE OUR SERVICES OR ACCESS OUR SITE.

If we change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes or the amended Privacy Policy on our APP. We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time.

2. When will FamBear collect personal data?

We will/may collect your personal data:

  • When you access and/or use our Services or our Site, or register and/or open an account with us;
  • When you submit any form, including, but not limited to, application forms or other forms relating to any of our products and services, whether online or by way of a physical form;
  • When you enter into any agreement or provide other documentation or information in respect of your interactions with us, or when you use our products and services;
  • When you interact with us, such as via telephone calls (which may be recorded), letters, fax, face-to-face meetings, social media platforms and emails etc.;
  • When you use our electronic services, or interact with us via our application or use services on our Site including, without limitation, through cookies which we may deploy when you interact with our Services or Site;
  • When you carry out transactions through our Services;
  • When you provide us with feedback or complaints;
  • When you enter or request to enter the services which provided by our other caregivers on the Site, such as payment to caregivers etc.;
  • When you access or use other websites and applications which use and/or link with our Services
  • When you install the application to your computer, mobile phone or any devices (“device”) and/or use the device to access our Services;
  • When you connect your account of other website or application into your account of our Site;
  • When you submit your personal data to us for any reason.
3. The purpose of collecting, using, disclosing and/or processing your personal data

We may collect, use, disclose and/or process the personal data of User for one or more of the following purposes:

3.1 Use our Service

To service you whether through the Site or any of our channels, we may collect, use, disclose and/or process your personal data;

  • To service you whether through the Site or any of our channels, we may collect, use, disclose and/or process your personal data;
  • To consider your application and allow you to use our Services and/or to access our Services and the Site, and for this purpose we may verify, identify and check the accuracy of your data as well as contact you if needed;
  • To manage, operate, provide and/or administer your use of and/or access to our Services and Site;
  • To provide and support the Caregivers and Customer of our Site to process and manage the services regarding the consent;
  • To facilitate customer service or analyze our Services;
  • To deal with or complete a transaction as well as process the payment with third parties via the Services;
  • To response and deal with your service requests and notify you of service issues and unusual account actions;
  • To follow up and inform the benefits, any modification of the service and to respond to your inquiries and notify about any kind of changes.
  • We may collect the personal data to conduct research, analysis and development activities (including, but not limited to, data analytics, surveys, product and service development and/or profiling), to analyze how you use our Services, to improve our Services and/or to enhance your customer experience;
3.2 To comply with relevant or applicable law (Legal Obligation)

We may use your personal data to enforce or process to comply with or as required by any applicable law including, without limitation, meeting the requirements to make disclosure under the requirements of any law binding on FamBear.

3.3 To take any legitimate interests

FamBear may process your personal data in accordance with the legitimate interests, such as;

  • To prevent, handle and/or reduce the risk of illegal activities including disclosing the personal data to third party to enhance our service standard
  • To record voice conversation with call center or images from CCTV, to exchange ID cards before entering buildings;
  • To manage risks, monitor, manage within organization
  • We may disclose the personal data to other caregivers (Outsource) to store, and back up the personal data by Cloud Computing and to develop the information technology system of FamBear
  • To monitor the interaction through email or internet between our employee and you to prevent the disclosure of confidential information of FamBear to third parties.

If the personal data we collect from you is required to meet our legal obligations or to enter into an agreement with you, we may not be able to provide (or continue to provide) some or all of our products and services to you if you do not provide such personal data when requested.

4. What Personal Data will FamBear Collect?
4.1 Personal data means data that can directly or indirectly identify you as following;
  • Personal data that you give directly to or through FamBear, or available to FamBear by your use of services, contact, visit, search via digital channels, website, call center, assigned persons or other means.
  • Personal data received or accessed by FamBear from other sources not directly from you. For example, caregivers of our Site, Customers of our Site, government entities, company partner, financial, caregivers, and information from caregivers, etc. FamBear will collect data from other sources only when your consent is given as consistent with laws unless where necessary for FamBear as permissible under laws.
  • Your personal data that FamBear collects, uses and/or disclose are such as (but not limited to);
  • Personal information such as name, surname, age, date of birth, citizenship, marital status, national identification number, passport number, work permit, VISAs, Police Background checks, customer agreements, caregivers’ agreements, workplace, business;
  • Your family information such as, name of you children, name of person who will be taken of care by the caregivers of our Site and their identification number;
  • Contact information such as home address, current location, work address, telephone number, E-mail, LINE account ID, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and other social media accounts;
  • Financial information such as payment, bank account numbers, etc.;
  • Information or data related to devices or machines such as, IP address MAC address Cookie ID;
  • Other information such as website-visiting data, voice, still picture, moving picture, and other information deemed personal data under the Personal Data Protection Laws
  • Records of correspondence with FamBear such as, through the website, email where user information is stored and back up, etc.
  • Criminal records including the alleged offenses which FamBear received from you and other involved person for providing our Services in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the applicable laws.
  • Tax information such as, Tax identification number etc.
4.2 Sensitive Data is personal data that is specially categorized by law and will be collected, used and/or disclosed by FamBear only when we have obtained explicit consent from you or where necessary for FamBear as permissible under law. Fambear may collect, use and/or disclose biometric identifiers (Biometrics), e.g., facial recognition, fingerprint recognition, retina recognition, voice recognition for the purpose of verifying and confirming identity of applicants for services and/or transaction via digital channels or other channels, etc.

You agree not to submit any information to us which is inaccurate or misleading, and you agree to inform us of any inaccuracies or changes to such information. We reserve the right at our sole discretion to require further documentation to verify the information provided by you. If you sign up to be a user of our Site, link your account to your Social Media Accounts, email accounts, chat or communications accounts or metaverse-accounts or use any FamBear features, we may access information about you which you have voluntarily provided to your account provider in accordance with such provider's policies, and we will manage and use any such personal data in accordance with this Policy at all times. If you do not want us to collect the aforementioned information/personal data, you may opt out at any time by notifying our Data Protection Officer in writing via contact information in clause 12. Note, however, that opting out or withdrawing your consent for us to collect, use or process your personal data may affect your use of the Services and the Site.

5. Your user account or accounts

For using our services, you are required to create a user account by submitting personal data provided by you. When you register and create an account, we will require you to provide your name, phone number, one time password (OTP), facial recognition, other forms of being identified, email address, username, password and we may ask you for certain information such as, phone number, email addresses, shipping addresses, identity picture, videos, bank account information, age, date of birth, gender, and any other benefits. You will be able to log in under your created username and password. The username and password will help you access and secure your user account. Your user account must be accurately verified by either Short Message Service (SMS), One Time Password (OTP), email verification, in-person or via phone or video and must be maintained confidentially by you.

6. How FamBear disclose your personal data?
6.1 FamBear may need to disclose your personal data to our users or third parties to operate our services or for matters allowed by law. For example, disclose your name, user ID, location, current address, phone number to other users of our Site to perform the requested services. You have the right to share your personal data to process your transaction for any cases with any person and this does not involve FamBear. The users of our Site may have the right to access the name, location, phone number, video, photos, user ID, email address, and other personal identification information of other users. These persons or organizations who receive the aforesaid information shall collect, use and/or disclose your personal data to comply with the purpose of your consent or this Privacy Policy.
6.2 We, and third parties, may from time to time make software applications downloads available for your use via the Site or through the Services. These applications may separately access, and allow a third party to view, your identifiable information, such as your name, phone number, video, pictures, your user ID, your device’s IP address or other information such as any cookies that you may previously have installed or that were installed for you by a third-party software application, website or Site. Additionally, these applications may ask you to provide additional information directly to third parties. Third party products or services provided through these applications are not owned or controlled by FamBear. You are encouraged to read the terms and other policies published by such third parties on their website and Sites or otherwise.
7. Disclaimer regarding security and third-party sites
7.1 We do not guarantee the security of personal data and/or other information that you provide on third party sites. We do implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal data that is in our possession or under our control. Your personal data is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the personal data confidential.
7.2 In an attempt to provide you with increased value, we may choose various third-party websites and Sites to link to, and frame within, the Site. We may also participate in co-branding and other relationships to offer e-commerce and other services and features to our visitors. These linked Sites have separate and independent privacy policies as well as security arrangements. Even if the third party is affiliated with us, we have no control over these linked Sites, each of which has separate privacy and data collection practices independent of us. Data collected by third party Sites (even if offered on or through our Platform) may not be received by us.
7.3 We have no responsibility or liability for the content, security arrangements (or lack thereof) and activities of these linked sites. These linked sites are only for your convenience and you therefore access them at your own risk. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our Site and the links placed upon each of them and therefore welcome any feedback about these linked sites.
8. How does FamBear protect your Personal Data?

FamBear has set out policies, rules and regulations on Personal Data protection including organizational measure, technical measure to prevent data receivers from using or disclosing the personal data outside the purposes or without authorization or unlawfully. For example, information technology system, measure on confidential information of user. FamBear has amended the policy, rule and regulation as frequently as necessary and appropriate. Moreover, the FamBear’s executives, staffs, employees, agents, and data receivers are obligated to keep the Personal Data in confidence pursuant to confidentiality agreement provided by FamBear. When it is necessary, FamBear may be required to deliver or transfer the personal data to other countries that do not maintain adequate standard levels; we will ensure that the sending and the transferring are in compliance with legal requirements and will put in place the Personal Data protection measures as necessary, appropriate and in consistent with confidentiality measures such as a non-disclosure agreement.

9. Cookies

We may from time to time implement "cookies" or other features to allow us or third parties to collect or share information that will help us improve our Site and the Services we offer, or help us offer new services and features. “Cookies” are identifiers we transfer to your computer or mobile device that allow us to recognize your computer or device and tell us how and when the Services or Site are used, by how many people and to track activity within our Site. We may link cookie information to personal data. Cookies also link to information regarding what items you have selected for service and pages you have viewed. Cookies are also used to deliver content specific to your interest and to monitor usage of the Services. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of our Site or the Services.

10. How long does FamBear retain your Personal Data?

FamBear will retain your Personal Data for as long as necessary during the period you are a customer or under relationship with FamBear, or for as long as necessary in connection with the purposes set out in this Policy, unless law requires or permits a longer retention period. We may erase, destroy, or anonymize the Personal Data when it is no longer necessary or when the period lapses.

11. What are your rights related to Personal Data?

Your rights described here are legal rights that you should be informed about. You may exercise any of these rights within legal requirements and policies at the present or as amended in the future as well as regulation set out by FamBear. In case you are under 20 years old or your legal contractual capacity is restricted, your father and mother, guardian or representative may request to exercise the rights on your behalf.

11.1 Withdrawal of consent: If you have given consent to FamBear to collect, use and/or disclose your Personal Data, you have the right to withdraw such consent at any time throughout the period your Personal Data is available to FamBear, unless it is restricted by law. Withdrawal of your consent may affect your use of services. For example, you may not receive privileges, promotions or new offers, etc. For your benefit, you are advised to learn and ask for consequences before withdrawing your consent.
11.2 Data Access: You have the right to access your Personal Data that is under FamBear's responsibility; to request FamBear to make a copy of such data for you; and to request FamBear to reveal as to how FamBear obtains your Personal Data.
11.3 Data Portability: You have the right to obtain your Personal Data if we organize such Personal Data in an automatic machine-readable or usable format and can be processed or disclosed by automatic means; to request FamBear to send or transfer the Personal Data in such format directly to other data controllers if doable by automatic means.
11.4 Objection: You have the right to object to collection, use and/or disclosure of your Personal Data at any time if such doing is conducted for legitimate interests of FamBear, corporation or individual which is within your reasonable expectation; or for carrying out public tasks. If you request to object, FamBear will continue collecting, using and/or disclosing your Personal Data only when FamBear can establish a legal basis that doing so is more important than your fundamental rights; or to affirm legal rights; to comply with laws; or to defend a legal proceeding, depending on a case-by-case basis.
11.5 Data Erasure or Destruction: You have the right to request FamBear to erase, destroy or anonymize your Personal Data if you believe that the collection, use and/or disclosure of your Personal Data is against relevant laws; or retention of the data by FamBear is no longer necessary in connection with related purposes under this Policy; or when you request to withdraw your consent or to object to the processing as earlier described.
11.6 Processing Suspension: You have the right to request FamBear to suspend processing your Personal Data during the period where FamBear examines your rectification or objection request; or when it is no longer necessary and FamBear must erase or destroy your Personal Data pursuant to relevant laws.
11.7 Data Rectification: You have the right to rectify your Personal Data to be updated, complete and not misleading.
11.8 Complaint: You have the right to complain to competent authorities pursuant to relevant laws if you believe that the collection, use and/or disclosure of your Personal Data is violating or not in compliance with relevant laws.

The exercise of rights above may be restricted under relevant laws and it may be necessary for FamBear to deny or not be able to carry out your requests, e.g., to comply with laws or court orders, public tasks, your request in breach of rights or freedom of other persons, etc. If you have any questions, concerns or inquiries regarding collection, usage and/or disclosure of your Personal Data as well as a request to exercise your rights under this FamBear denies the request, FamBear will inform you of the reason.

12. How can you contact FamBear and the Data Protection Officer?

If you have any questions on our Privacy Policy or to file a complaint, you may contact us via the following channel:

Head office address: Rajapark Building (11th Floor), 163 Sukhumvit 21, Khlong Toei Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110

Telephone Number: 096-156-6505 | Email: contact@fambear.com

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