Brendel & Associates (“Firm”) is committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy in accordance with Vietnamese data protection laws, including the Law on Cybersecurity and the Law on Personal Data Protection. This Personal Data Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information.

This policy applies to all personal data collected by Brendel & Associates in Vietnam, including data from clients, contractors, and other third parties. It applies to data collected through our website, email communications, and other interactions.

We collect data that is personal, i.e., any information that is associated with or could be used to identify a particular individual (“Personal Data”) from a number of sources, either directly from the data subjects, or from clients, colleagues and publicly available sources. Where the Firm receives data from its clients about employees, customers or other individuals, the client is responsible for ensuring that any such data is transferred to us in compliance with applicable data protection laws.
Types of Personal Data 
We may collect the following types of Personal Data:Basic personal dataLast name, middle name and first name, other names (if any);Date of birth; date of death or going missing;Gender;Place of birth, registered place of birth; place of permanent residence; place of temporary residence; current place of residence; hometown; contact address;Nationality;Personal image;Phone number; ID Card number, personal identification number, passport number, driver’s license number, license plate, taxpayer identification number, social security number and health insurance card number;Marital status;Information about the individual’s family relationship (parents, children);Digital account information; personal data that reflects activities and activity history in cyberspace;Other information associated with an individual or used to identify an individual.Sensitive personal dataWe may collect Personal Data that may be considered sensitive under Vietnamese law, such as: Health condition and personal information stated in health record, excluding information on blood group;Information about racial or ethnic origin;Data on crimes and criminal activities collected and stored by law enforcement agencies;Information on customers of credit institutions, foreign bank branches, payment service providers and other licensed institutions, including: customer identification as prescribed by law, accounts, deposits, deposited assets, transactions, organizations and individuals that are guarantors at credit institutions, bank branches, and payment service providers;Other specific personal data as prescribed by law that requires special protection.Methods of CollectionPersonal Data is collected through:Direct interactions, such as client intake forms, and communication with the Firm.Electronic communications, including emails and online forms.Website analytics tools and cookies to enhance user experience and analyze website usage.

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:
Provide, operate, and maintain our website
Improve, personalize, and expand our website
Understand and analyse how you use our websiteDevelop new products, services, features, and functionality
Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
Send you emails
Find and prevent fraud
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This website is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to sell our services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.

We follow a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this as part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Our Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we put on your computer if you agree. These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of our Site, which helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Site and also allows us to improve our site.

The cookies we use on the Site allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Site works, for example by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Standing alone, cookies do not personally identify you; they merely recognize your Web browser. Unless you choose to identify yourself by opening an account, or filling out a form, you remain anonymous to us.

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most current version of this Privacy Policy will govern our use of information about you and will be located on this page. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, then where appropriate we will post a notice on the Site prior to the effective date of the changes.

If you have any question, please contact us by emailing to: contact@digitalmekong.com