In general, subject to applicable exceptions permitted in the Act, before we collect any personal data from you, we will notify you of the purposes for which your personal data may be collected, used and/or disclosed, as well as obtain consent for the collection, use and/or disclosure of your personal data for the intended purpose.

Depending on your relationship with us, the personal data which we collect from you may be used and/or disclosed for the following purpose:

For Students:

• general administration of your application and/or registration and/or enquiry, including those personal data collected by our recruitment agents, for any programme offered by us or our University partners;

• providing the student support and administrative services to  you

• responding to any complaints, feedback, requests and enquiries by you;

• disclosing your records to your parent(s) or guardian(s) at their request

• informing you of events, talks, seminars and updates;

• conducting checks with the DO NOT CALL Registry;

• maintaining and updating our student, alumni, and associate lecturer records;

• generating financial, regulatory, management or survey reports and statistics for TMC’s business and administrative purposes

• meeting or complying with TMC’s internal policies and procedures and any applicable laws, rules, regulations, codes of practice or guidelines, orders or requests issued by any court, legal or regulatory bodies (including but not limited to disclosures to regulatory bodies, conducting audit checks, surveillance and investigation);

• preventing, detecting and investigating crime, offences or breaches including that related to the security of TMC’s premises (including but not limited to the use of security cameras);

• purposes which are reasonably related to the above.

For Employees/Staff Generally

In order to comply with its contractual, statutory, and management obligations and responsibilities, TMC is required to process personal data relating to its employees. All such data will be processed in accordance with the provisions of the Act and the relevant TMC’s rules and policies, including those on data protection, as may be amended from time to time.

• for managing your employment relationship with TMC;

• for using your bank account details to deposit salaries and other payments;

• for monitoring the use of TMC computer network resources;

• for posting your photographs on TMC intranet and website, staff pass, newsletters and the like;

• for managing staff benefit schemes;

• for disclosing your personal data where necessary to Government agencies for official purposes and disclosed to external third parties for, or in connection with, the above purposes, or where required by law;

• any other purpose arising in respect of the environment within which an institution of higher learning such as TMC operates which is reasonable given your relationship with TMC

• any other purposes not related to those listed above or in your employment contract, which TMC may inform you of in writing from time to time, but for which TMC will seek your separate consent.

For The Public and Other Third Parties Generally

TMC is committed to engaging and embracing its surrounding community, as well as society at large. As a result, we often organise activities in which external stakeholders or the general public are invited to participate, such as talks, exhibitions, seminars, and many others (Events). Naturally, in encouraging a vibrant interaction with the public, there will be opportunity, and often a need, to collect uses and/or disclose personal data from members of the public. Some of the reasons/ purposes are as follows:

• For security/ verification purposes for certain Events

• For logistical/ administrative purposes for certain Events (eg. Food catering)

• To keep you updated of future TMC Events/ products which we feel may interest you

• For marketing/ publicity purposes (eg. Photographs)

• For any other purpose arising in respect of the environment within which an institution of higher learning such as TMC operates which is reasonable given your relationship with TMC.