We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information.

The shwethanlwin.com website uses cookies. By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies following the terms of this policy.

1. What information do we collect?

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:

(a) information about your computer and your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation.

(b) information that you provide to us to register with us.

(c) information that you provide to us to subscribe to our website services, email notifications and/or newsletters.

(d) any other information that you choose to send to us; and

(e) other information.

2. Cookies

A cookie consists of a piece of text sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser. The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.

We use “session” cookies on this website. We will use the session cookies to: keep track of you whilst you navigate the website; and other uses.

Session cookies will be deleted from your computer when you close your browser. Persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach a specified expiry date.

We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use through cookies stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.

3. Using your personal information

Personal information submitted to us via this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or relevant parts of the website. We may use your personal information to:

(a) administer the website;

(b) improve your browsing experience by personalising the website;

(c) send you general (non-marketing) commercial communications;

(d) send you email notifications which you have specifically requested;

(e) send you our newsletter and other marketing communications relating to our business or the businesses of carefully selected third parties which we think may be of interest to you by post or, where you have specifically agreed to this, by email or similar technology (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications)

(f) provide third parties with statistical information about our users – but this information will not be used to identify any individual user;

(g) deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website; and

(h) other uses.

Where you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information under the licence you grant to us.

We will not without your express consent provide your personal information to any third parties for direct marketing.

4. Disclosures

We may disclose information about you to any of our employees, officers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy policy.

In addition, we may disclose your personal information:

(a) to the extent that we are required to do so by law;

(b) in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;

(c) to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);

(d) to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset that we are (or are contemplating) selling; and

(e) to any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal information where, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure of that personal information.

Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.

5. International data transfers

Information that we collect may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate to enable us to use the information following this privacy policy.

The information you provide may be transferred to countries (including the United States, Japan, (and other countries) that do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in the European Economic Area.

In addition, personal information that you submit for publication on the website will be published on the Internet and may be available, via the Internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.

You expressly agree to such transfers of personal information.

6. Security of your personal information

We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure (password- and firewall-protected) servers. All electronic transactions you make to or receive from us will be encrypted using SSL technology.

Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the Internet.

7. Policy amendments

We may update this privacy policy from time to time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.

We may also notify you of changes to our privacy policy by email.

8. Your rights

You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. The provision of such information will be subject to:

We may withhold such personal information to the extent permitted by law.

You may instruct us not to process your personal information for marketing purposes, by sending an email to us. In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.

The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third-party websites.

9. Updating information

Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

10. Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal information, please write to us by email or by post.

The Data Protection Officer
Shwe Than Lwin Group
No. 262, Yazardiyit Housing Compound, Lower Pazundaung Road, Yangon, Myanmar