Privacy Policy

1. About This Policy

chakricoas ("we", "our", or "the practice") is a foreign investment law advisory practice registered and operating in Bangkok, Thailand. This Privacy Policy applies to personal data processed by us in connection with this website (chakricoas.world) and with services we provide to clients and prospective clients.

We handle personal information with the discretion appropriate to a legal practice. Information you share with us in the context of a potential or existing advisory engagement is treated with the same care as client communications generally.

2. Information We Collect

We collect personal information in the following circumstances:

• When you submit an enquiry through our website contact form — including your name, email address, and the details you choose to share about your investment situation.
• When you contact us directly by telephone or email, in which case we retain records of those communications as part of our standard matter management practice.
• Through website analytics tools, which may collect technical data such as your approximate location, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on each page. This data is aggregated and does not identify you individually.
• Cookies and similar technologies placed when you visit our site, as described in our Cookie Policy.

We do not collect sensitive personal information such as financial account details, identification documents, or health data through this website.

3. How We Use Your Information

Personal information you provide is used for the following purposes:

• To respond to your enquiry and, where appropriate, to assess whether our services are suited to your situation.
• To communicate with you during an advisory engagement, including delivering written memoranda, reports, and other work product.
• To maintain records required by applicable professional and regulatory obligations.
• To improve the quality and presentation of information on this website, using aggregated analytics data.

We do not use your personal information for automated decision-making or profiling. We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for their marketing purposes.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

Where Thai personal data protection legislation or other applicable frameworks require us to identify a legal basis for processing, we rely on the following:

• Contractual necessity — where processing is required to provide services you have engaged us to deliver.
• Legitimate interests — for operational communications, record-keeping, and website analytics, where those interests are not overridden by your privacy rights.
• Consent — where you have expressly agreed to particular uses of your information, including certain cookies.
• Legal obligation — where we are required to retain or disclose information by law or by applicable professional rules.

5. Data Retention

We retain client matter records, including correspondence and work product, for a minimum of seven years from the conclusion of an engagement. This period reflects the applicable limitation periods under Thai law and our professional obligations.

Enquiries that do not lead to an engagement are retained for a shorter period — generally twelve months — after which they are securely deleted unless there is a specific reason to retain them.

Website analytics data is retained in aggregated form for up to twenty-four months.

6. Disclosure to Third Parties

We may share personal information in the following limited circumstances:

• With professional service providers engaged to support our operations — such as secure document storage, IT services, or accounting — who are bound by appropriate confidentiality obligations.
• With regulatory bodies, courts, or law enforcement agencies where disclosure is required by applicable law or court order.
• With co-counsel or specialist advisors in other jurisdictions, where this is necessary to deliver services you have requested and where you have been informed of such involvement.

All third parties with whom we share personal information are required to handle it in a manner consistent with this policy and applicable law.

7. International Transfers

Some of the technology providers we use operate servers located outside Thailand. Where your personal data is transferred internationally, we take steps to satisfy ourselves that appropriate protections are in place — including standard contractual clauses or equivalent measures — before transferring personal data to jurisdictions that may not provide an equivalent level of data protection to Thailand.

8. Your Rights

Subject to applicable law and our professional obligations, you may have the right to:

• Request access to personal data we hold about you.
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Request deletion of personal data, in circumstances where retention is no longer necessary.
• Object to certain uses of your data, including direct marketing.
• Withdraw consent for processing based on consent, without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.
• Lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority in Thailand if you consider that your rights have not been respected.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within a reasonable time and in accordance with our legal obligations.

9. Security

We maintain technical and organisational measures appropriate to the nature of the information we hold and the risks of unauthorised access, disclosure, or loss. These include encrypted communications, access controls, and secure document handling procedures.

No transmission over the internet can be guaranteed entirely secure. If you have concerns about transmitting sensitive information via our website contact form, we welcome direct communication by telephone.

10. Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies. For a full description of the cookies we use and how to manage your preferences, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

11. Children

Our services are directed at businesses and individuals making commercial investment decisions. We do not knowingly collect personal data from persons under the age of eighteen through this website.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, reflecting changes in our practices or applicable legal requirements. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised "last updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

13. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, please contact us:

• By email: [email protected]
• By telephone: +66 2 671 4283
• By post: chakricoas, 47 Ratchadamri Road, Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand