Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy | Transamerica Life Bermuda
 

This Privacy Policy sets out the principles Transamerica Life (Bermuda) Ltd. (Transamerica Life Bermuda) follows when collecting, using, transferring, disclosing, retaining and removing personal data.

Protecting your privacy is very important to us. We want you to understand what information we collect and how we use it. We collect and use personal data in order to provide our customers with financial products and services as effectively and conveniently as possible. We treat personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy and the requirements of Personal Data Privacy Ordinance (Cap.486 of the Laws of Hong Kong), Singapore Personal Data Protection Act 2012, Bermuda Personal Information Protection Act 2016, DIFC Data Protection Law and any other applicable laws and regulations.

Collection of Personal Data

Personal data refers to any data or information about you from which you can be identified. The types of personal data that we may collect from individuals will depend upon the particular transaction and the dealing, but some common examples of personal data include:

  • Your name, passport or other identification number, telephone numbers, mailing address, email address and any other information relating to you which you have provided to us;
  • Information about your medical history and claims history information;
  • Your employment history, education background and income levels;
  • Your transaction related information, such as your bank account or credit card information;
  • Information about your use of our website and services, including cookies and IP address; and
  • Information about your usage and interaction with our website including computer and connection, statistics on page view, and traffic to and from our website.

We will generally collect your personal data from the following sources:

  • Information we receive from you or insurance intermediaries on your application form or any supplementary form;
  • Information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others;
  • Information we receive when you access our website; and
  • Information we receive from non-affiliated third parties, including consumer reporting agencies.

We will only collect your personal data with your consent or deemed consent, or as otherwise permitted under applicable laws and regulations, and we will attempt to ensure that the personal data is both accurate and kept up to date.

The personal information we collect may be used for the following purposes:

  • Processing, evaluating and underwriting your insurance application, any subsequent insurance applications or forms and any alterations, variations, cancellations, surrenders, assignments, reinstatement or renewals of your insurance policy;
  • Administering your insurance policy, providing services, communicating with you and managing your account including access to and maintenance of any online platform in relation to your insurance policy by your financial adviser representative and its related entities;
  • Conducting credit checks and ensuring ongoing credit worthiness;
  • Conducting medical or health reference checks;
  • Investigating, defending, analysing, processing and paying any claims under your insurance policy or an insurance policy under which any moneys may be payable to you or other persons entitled under such insurance policy;
  • Invoicing and collecting premiums and outstanding amounts from you;
  • Performing any functions and activities related to insurance products and/or services, market research, customer surveys and analysis or obtaining legal and professional advice;
  • Resolving complaints, conducting internal training and customer service quality assessment;
  • Arranging reinsurance;
  • Conducting and compiling statistics to study and evaluate behavior, preferences and interests, develop new products, improve our services, identify trends, plan and execute business transactions;
  • Exercising any rights Transamerica Life Bermuda may have in connection with the provision to you of products or services from time to time;
  • Marketing and promoting products and services to you via corporate events, telephone calls, SMS, digital communications or messaging, fax, mail and electronic mail, where specifically or deemed consented to or where it is permissible under applicable laws or regulations;
  • Processing and handling requests for data access or correction;
  • Verifying your identity and confirming any information you provide in relation to your insurance policy;
  • Conducting compliance, monitoring and audit reviews;
  • Other ancillary purposes which are directly related to and serve to fulfill the above purposes; and
  • Complying with the requirements under any laws and regulations, codes, guidelines, court order and requests from any local or foreign regulators, governmental bodies or industry recognised bodies (whether within or outside Hong Kong, Singapore or Bermuda) that is assumed by or imposed on Transamerica Life Bermuda or any of its related companies, including Transamerica Life Bermuda's ultimate parent company, and any companies which are directly or indirectly held or controlled by such ultimate parent company (the "related companies") by reason of its financial, commercial, business or other interests or activities in or related to the jurisdiction of the relevant local or foreign regulators, governmental bodies, or industry recognised bodies.

It is Transamerica Life Bermuda's policy not to keep personal data for longer than is necessary for the fulfillment of the purpose for which that data is or is to be used.

Disclosure of Personal Data

We will ensure that your personal data is protected and kept confidential but, subject to the provisions of any applicable law, we may disclose your personal data for the above purposes to the following classes of transferees (whether in Hong Kong, Singapore, Bermuda or elsewhere):

  • Third party agents, contractors, assignees and advisors who provide administrative, communications, computer, payment, risk intelligence services, security or other services which assist us to carry out the above purposes (including medical service providers, emergency assistance service providers, telemarketers, mailing houses, storage facility providers, IT service providers and data processors);
  • Any service provider that Transamerica Life Bermuda collaborates with to provide its insurance products and services;
  • In the event of a claim, loss adjudicators, claims investigators and medical advisors;
  • In the event of default, debt collectors and recovery agents;
  • In the event of dispute, any local arbitration centres;
  • Insurance reference bureaus or credit reference bureaus;
  • Reinsurers and reinsurance brokers;
  • Any financial representative which services your insurance policy (including your insurance broker (if you have one), and its successors or assigns);
  • the owner of the policy (if different from the insured);
  • Transamerica Life Bermuda's legal and professional advisors;
  • Transamerica Life Bermuda's related companies;
  • Any actual or proposed assignee, transferee, participant or sub-participant of our rights or business;
  • Local insurance associations; and
  • Government agencies and authorities as required or permitted by applicable laws and regulations.

We may also use and disclose your personal data otherwise with your prior consent to the relevant use or disclosure as permitted under applicable law.

Transfer of Information

In connection with the purposes outlined above, we may transfer your personal data abroad to any of the classes of transferees set out above ("Transferees"). Such Transferees may be situated in jurisdictions including but not limited to Hong Kong, Singapore, Bermuda, the United States of America, the Netherlands, Switzerland and/or the United Kingdom where there may or may not be in place data protection laws which are substantially similar to, or serve the same purposes as, the data protection laws and regulations in the country where the personal data is collected. We will use safeguards to ensure that appropriate levels of protection necessary to maintain the security of your personal data are in place.

Access to and Correction of Personal Data

You may ask us to provide you with information regarding your personal data held by Transamerica Life Bermuda unless any relevant exception under applicable laws and regulations apply. You may also ask us to correct personal data about you that we collect in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

Requests for access and correction should be submitted in writing to Transamerica Life Bermuda, in accordance with the contact details set out in this Privacy Policy. We have the right to charge a reasonable fee for processing any data access request.

Transamerica Life Bermuda will comply with data access and correction requests as soon as reasonably practicable within 30 calendar days after receiving the request and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. If we are unable to comply within that time frame, we will inform you in writing that we are unable to do so, and give you the reasons.

Protection Measures

We take the security and protection of personal data very seriously. As such, we will make reasonable security arrangements to protect your personal data against loss or theft as well as unauthorised access and undue disclosure. Examples of such arrangements include restricting access to your personal data and maintaining physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your personal data.

Retention

We maintain and execute retention policies of records containing personal data to ensure personal data is not kept longer than is necessary for the fulfilment of the purpose for which the data is or is to be used. Different retention periods apply to the various kinds of personal data collected and held by us in accordance with our administration policies.

Withdrawal of Consent

If you wish to withdraw your consent to any use or disclosure of your personal data as set out in this Privacy Policy, you may contact us at the addresses specified in the 'Contact Us' section of this document.

Please note that if you withdraw your consent to any or all use or disclosure of your personal data, we may not be in a position to continue to provide our products or services to you, or to administer any contractual relationship in place. Such withdrawal may also result in the termination of any agreement you may have with us. Our legal rights and remedies are expressly reserved in such event.

Updates to our Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy will be updated from time to time to reflect any material revisions. The updated versions will be date stamped so that you are aware of when the Privacy Policy was last updated.

Contact Us

If you have any comments, questions or complaints about or requests relating to this Privacy Policy, please contact us in writing at the address below:

Bermuda Office:

The Data Protection Officer
Transamerica Life (Bermuda) Ltd.
Bermuda Office
Mintflower Place
5th floor West
8, Par-la-Ville Road
Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda

Or by email to: hkdpo@transamerica.com

Hong Kong Branch Office:

The Data Protection Officer
Transamerica Life (Bermuda) Ltd.
Hong Kong Branch Office
Suites 5802-11 58/F One Island East
18 Westlands Road
Island East
Hong Kong

Or by email to: hkdpo@transamerica.com

Singapore Branch Office: 

The Data Protection Officer
Transamerica Life (Bermuda) Ltd.
Singapore Branch Office
18 Cross Street #12-02
Cross Street Exchange
Singapore 048423

Or by email to: sgdpo@transamerica.com

 

Links to Other Websites

This Privacy Policy does not apply to any linked site. To learn about the privacy policy of a linked site, please refer to that site's privacy statement. We are not responsible for the content and privacy practices of these other websites and encourage you to consult the privacy notices of those sites.

For more information specific to the terms of use of this website, please visit our Terms and Conditions of Use.

Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China

Download Transamerica Life Bermuda’s Privacy Addendum for mainland China : English 

Last updated: April 2025.

Note: In case of discrepancies between the English and Chinese versions of this Privacy Policy, the English version shall prevail.