Privacy Policy

Respecting your privacy and protecting your personal data

Earth Interior Design collects information to understand your needs better. This helps us to improve our services and the way we communicate with you.

We know that privacy is important to you and we strive to be as open and transparent as possible in how we serve you.

We conduct our business in compliance with the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) and have implemented additional measures to protect your personal information.

Earth Interior Design’s Data Protection Policy aims to help you understand how we collect, use, share and protect your personal information.

Ways we collect your personal information

We may collect your personal information when you:
Subscribe to our interior design and renovation services
Register for specific interior design and renovation service (e.g. registering your interest to purchase our renovation package)
Sign up for alerts or newsletters
Contact us with a question or request for assistance
Participate in a competition, lucky draw or survey
Visit our websites or other owned media such as Facebook, Instagram.

The information we collect

The information we collect depends on Earth Interior Design and renovation services you use and subscribe to.

Here are key examples:

Your identity– This includes NRIC, FIN or passport number, address, telephone number, e-mail address, date of birth, as well as service-related information such as bank and credit card details, device ID and IP address.
Your interaction with us– For example, a recording of a call you make to us, an email or letter you send to us or other records of any contact you have with us.
Information on our products and our network– For example, information on the quality of our interior design and renovation service on our network such as website, Facebook, Instagram.
Your preferences– This is based on what you share with us on how you would like to be contacted, and your preferred services and lifestyle activities for example. By accessing our websites, you agree to receive these cookies on your device.

A cookie is a small text file that contains information that can later be analysed by us to facilitate your access to our websites, gather statistical data, and personalise your online experience. We currently use cookies on our websites for purposes including, but are not limited to, detecting your web browser’s multimedia capabilities, tracking promotional advertisements that we have displayed to you, maintaining current login and purchase information on secure portions of the website and providing a unique identifier to your computer so that we can generate statistics regarding the usage of our website.

Information from other organisations– These organisations include fraud-prevention agencies, business directories, credit reference agencies or individuals we believe you have authorised to provide your personal details on your behalf.

How we use your information

We may use your information for:

Provisioning & administration of interior design and renovation services

Process your orders and commence or terminate services
Enable us to process bills and payments
Respond to enquiries and requests from you or people you have authorised
Inform you about interior design and renovation service upgrades and updates
Conduct market research and customer satisfaction surveys to improve our customer service; as well as personalise the services we offer you

Sharing of rewards and benefits

Offer rewards and promotions, and share promotional benefits and loyalty programs which you may qualify for
Provide updates, offers, invitations to events and deliver relevant advertising, including thorough voice and SMS with your prior consent or if otherwise permitted under local laws and regulations

Security and risk management

Inform you of service and security issues
Prevent and detect fraud or other crimes and recover debts
Conduct internal audits
Ensure the safety and security of our properties and systems
Conduct checks against money laundering, terrorism financing and related risks

Legal & regulatory requirements

Meet legal, regulatory and other requirements including providing assistance to law enforcement, judicial and other government agencies.

We will not use your personal data for purposes other than what we have informed you, or which are permitted under local laws and regulations.
We will not offer, publish or share your personal data with third parties outside of the Earth Interior Design Pte Ltd for commercial purposes, without seeking your explicit permission.
We will retain your information for only as long as there is a business or legal need.

Sharing your information

We may share your information with:

Business partners and vendors we work with to deliver interior design and renovation services you have engaged to
Industry regulators and other government organisations, as required by local laws and regulations
Financial institutions for purposes such as facilitating GIRO payments

Your information is disclosed to the above only for relevant purposes (please refer to those mentioned in this Policy) or to protect the interests of our customers.

In some cases, we encrypt, anonymise and aggregate the information before sharing it. Anonymising means stripping the information of personally identifiable features. Aggregating means presenting the information in groups or segments e.g. age groups.

We will also ensure that overseas organisations we work with observe strict confidentiality and data protection obligations.

Protecting your information

We endeavour to take precautions to ensure that the information you have provided is protected against unauthorised or unintended use, access or disclosure. However, we cannot be held responsible for unauthorised or unintended use, access or disclosure that is beyond our control.

Respecting your contact preferences

Earth Interior Design is committed to complying with the Do Not Call (DNC) provisions. We have always been mindful of engaging our customers in a more targeted and relevant way.

We may send marketing messages to your Singapore telephone number if:

you have given us consent, OR
you have not registered with the national DNC Registry, OR
the sending of such messages is permissible under applicable laws and regulations.

Our marketing messages aim to update you about our exclusive offers, events and special deals.

If you wish to opt-out, please write to [email protected], Your request will be processed within 30 days.

Please note that after opting out, you may still continue to receive non-marketing messages permitted under applicable local laws and regulations.

Questions?

Feel free to contact our Data Protection Officer – at [email protected]

General Information

We may amend or modify this Policy from time to time, such as in response to changes to legislation. We remain committed to safeguarding your information and being open about our data protection practices.

Disclaimer

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY EVENT FOR ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR FOR ANY LOSS OF REPUTATION OR GOODWILL, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), EQUITY, STRICT LIABILITY, STATUTE OR OTHERWISE, SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF UNAUTHORISED OR UNINTENDED USE, ACCESS OR DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is ‘personal data’?

Personal data refers to data, whether true or not, about an individual who can be identified from that data; or from that data and other information to which the organisation has or is likely to have access.

For more information, please visit the Personal Data Protection Commission.

2. Is there any type of data that is not covered under the PDPA?

All non-personal data (such as statistics, numbers and other information that cannot be linked back to an individual) and business contacts are not covered under PDPA.

For more information, please visit the Personal Data Protection Commission.

3. Are the rights of a child covered under the PDPA?

For any child below 13 years of age, the rights to consent, access and correction can only be granted by their guardians.

4. How does Earth Interior Design obtain my consent for collecting, using or disclosing my personal data?

You may have given your consent when you signed up for our services: