Privacy Policy
Effective Date: March 15, 2025
TransAsia Lawyers (“TransAsia” or “we” or “us”), respect your right to privacy and value the protection of your personal information. This TransAsia Privacy Policy (this “Privacy Policy”) is intended to inform you how we collect and process your personal information, how we protect your personal information and how you may exercise your rights in personal information when you access our official website (transasialawyers.com), or when you contact us, participate in any of our events, request information from us or use our legal or other services.
This Privacy Policy will help you understand:
1. How we collect and use your personal information;
2. How we use cookies and similar technologies;
3. How we entrust the processing of, share, transfer and publicly disclose your personal information;
4. How we share your personal information;
5. How we protect your personal information;
6. How we process minors’ personal information;
7. Your rights;
8. Updates to this Privacy Policy; and
9. How to contact us.
1. How we collect and use your personal information
1.1 When you approach us for business cooperation or inquiries through the TransAsia websites or otherwise, we may collect your contact information (e.g., phone number, email address and contact address) and other information you may volunteer (e.g., name, name of your organization, specific inquiry, etc.) in order to contact you, verify your identity, sign agreements and/or provide services to you.
1.2 When you subscribe to TransAsia’s legal reports, featured articles, newsletters, we will collect your name, the name of your organization, your position within the organization and email address that you voluntarily fill in to verify your identity and send you the materials you have subscribed to.
1.3 When we hold online or offline events, such as online or offline legal seminars, thematic forums and lectures, we may collect your name, employer, title and contact information (e.g., email address, mobile phone number) in order to complete registration for such events and provide you with event-related information.
1.4 When you apply for a position with us, we may collect your basic contact information (e.g., name, email address and mobile phone number), identity information (e.g., identity card information and social security information), your education and work experience, and other information in your resume for the purpose of screening candidates, conducting background checks and entering into an employment contract.
1.5 When you access our website, we will collect and store necessary log information when you browse the website to fulfill our legal obligations.
Please note that if the information you provide to us contains any personal information of a person other than yours, you hereby acknowledge that you have obtained their consent or satisfied conditions as required by other lawful basis for personal information processing in lieu of consent before providing such personal information to us.
2. How we use cookies and similar technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies to provide better user experience and optimize our services. Cookies are small data files that can be stored on your computer or mobile device to track your online activities and store information about your preferences.
You can choose to accept or reject cookies according to your preferences and modify the preferences on the access device. You can also delete cached data that has been stored locally by clearing your browser cache. Please note that disabling cookies may affect your experience on the Site.
3. How we share your personal information
We may share your information with other persons as follows:
3.1 The internal members of TransAsia, including its lawyers and staff, for the purpose of providing the legal services required;
3.2 Third-party suppliers who support our business, such as IT and communications suppliers, translators. We will require any third party entrusted by us to process personal information to do so in compliance with this privacy policy and applicable laws and regulations;
3.3 Other law firms and legal practitioners, including other law firms, lawyers, expert witnesses, arbitrators and mediators to the extent necessary to perform legal services;
3.4 law enforcement bodies, regulators, government agencies, courts or other third parties, subject to compliance with relevant laws and regulations;
3.5 Third parties in the event of an acquisition or transfer of any part of our business or a re-organization of the business;
3.6 Other parties that are consented by you
4. How we store your personal information
Due to the global nature of our operations, it may be necessary to send your personal information overseas (as described in Article 5 of this Privacy Policy), unless we have specifically agreed to retain your personal information within a particular jurisdiction. This may be the case where your instructions require an opinion from a local law expert in another jurisdiction or where our third-party suppliers are located globally. Some of the jurisdictions where your personal information might be transferred may have a different standard of data protection than the jurisdiction in which you are located. However, we have put in place appropriate protections to ensure that your information is safeguarded to the same standards globally.
We will only keep your personal information for the period required by law or for the shortest period necessary to fulfill the purpose of processing such information. Upon the expiration of such period, we will delete or anonymize your personal information.
5. How we protect your personal information
We fully understand how important personal information security is to you. We use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information that we collect and process. Please be aware and understand that the Internet is not an absolutely secure environment. Please understand that we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information due to limitations of technology and risk prevention measures. In case of any personal information leakage or other data security incident, we will take measures to prevent expansion of the security incident and to minimize any negative consequences for you.
6. How we process minors’ personal information
We may provide legal services to minors in protection of their legal rights with the consent of their legal guardians. Personal information of minors must be provided by their legal guardian or by the minors themselves if accompanied by their guardians.
We will not intentionally collect the personal information of minors for any purpose. If you believe that we have collected any personal information of a minor without the consent of their parent or guardian, or if you are a parent or guardian of a minor and wish to withdraw your consent, please send us a request as described in Article 9 of this Privacy Policy, and we will delete such information pursuant to applicable laws and regulations.
7. Your rights
Pursuant to relevant laws and regulations, you may have following personal information rights.
7.1 Right to access and duplicate your personal information;
7.2 Right to rectify your personal information
7.3 Right to delete your personal information;
7.4 Right to restrict or refuse the processing of your personal information;
7.5 Right to withdraw consent
7.6 Right to require explanations
If you wish to exercise these rights or have any other request, you can contact us using the contact details provided in “How to contact us” below.
We will respond to all requests you make to exercise the personal information subject’s rights in accordance with the requirements of applicable laws and regulations within the required time limit. To the extent as permitted by applicable laws and regulations, we may not be able to respond to your request to exercise your rights under certain circumstances. For instance, if your request is contrary to our obligations under applicable laws and regulations, or may infringe our trade secrets, we may refuse to respond to your request. Besides, if we have sufficient evidence of your subjective malice or abuse of rights, or response to your request would infringe other individuals’ significant legitimate rights and interests, we may also decline your request. In such cases, we would provide you with our reason of refusal in the response.
8. Updates to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to respond to changing legal, technical, and business developments. No changes to this Privacy Policy will reduce your rights hereunder without your explicit consent. Any modifications to this Privacy Policy will be published on this page. We will provide more prominent and specific notice if major changes are made to this Privacy Policy.
9. How to contact us
If you have any question with regard to our privacy policy or protection of personal information, you may contact us at:
TransAsia Lawyers
Address: Suite 2218, China World Office 1, 1 Jianguomenwai Avenue, Beijing 100004, People's Republic of China
Email: info@transasialawyers.com