Terms of Access to the Wint & Partners Website & Privacy Policy

Welcome to our website. We are committed to protecting your privacy as an online visitor to our website (referred to in these Terms of Access as the "Website"), see our privacy policy below.

This Website is owned and operated by Wint & Partners Legal Services Limited ("Wint & Partners") who is referred to in these Terms of Access as “we”, “us”, “our” and similar grammatical forms.

1. By using the Website or the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Access. If you do not accept these Terms of Access, you must stop accessing or using the Website.

2. We reserve the right to amend these Terms of Access from time to time. Amendments will be effective immediately upon publication on the Website. The amended Terms of Access will take effect from the next time you access the Website. Your continued access and use of the Website following such publication will represent an agreement by you to be bound by the Terms of Access as amended. If you do not agree with the amendments, then you must stop using the Website. Your continued access and use of the Website is subject to our current Terms of Access as amended from time to time.

3. Use of material on the Website

3.1 Generally

(a) The material on the Website is the copyright material of Wint & Partners or other copyright owners. You may download material from the Website for your personal non-commercial use provided you do not remove any copyright and trademark notices on the material.

(b) Except for the limited use set out in paragraph (a) you may not use the Website, or the material contained on it, for any purpose, without our written consent, which involves:

(1) copying or reproducing the material in any material form or storage media;
(2) the publishing or distributing the material in any material form or storage media;
(3) transmitting or distributing the material by any medium of communication to the public;
(4) uploading or reposting the material to any other site on the internet; or
(5) “framing” the material on the Website with other material on any other site on the internet so as to mislead or deceive any person as to the material on our Website being published by any publisher other than Wint & Partners.

(c) If you create a link to our Website from your site, you must not:

(1) use of our trademarks, service marks or logo on your site;
(2) use the link in any way that could damage our reputation or goodwill in our name, trademarks or service marks; or
(3) engage in any conduct that would have the tendency to mislead or deceive any person that we endorse your site or business or that there is any connection between our law firm and you or your business.

(d) You may not modify or copy:

(1) the layout of the Website; or
(2) any computer software and code contained in the Website.

3.2 Links to other websites

(a) This Website contains links to sites on the internet owned and operated by third parties and which are not under our control.

(b) In relation to the other sites on the Internet, which are linked to the Website, we:

(1) provide the links to other sites as a convenience to you and the existence of a link to other sites does not imply any endorsement by us of the contents of the linked site; and

(2) should start with “are” not “is”.

3.3 Disclaimer 1

(a) We publish articles, newsletters, information sheets and other information on the Website to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Accessing this information using the internet does not create an attorney-client relationship. This information does not constitute legal advice, is not intended to be a substitute for legal advice, and should not be relied upon as being legal advice to you. Before you act upon any information published on the Website, you should obtain advice from a specialist in the subject about your specific circumstances.

(b) To the full extent permitted by law we disclaim any and all warranties, express or implied, regarding:

(1) the accuracy, reliability, timeliness or otherwise of any information contained or referred to on the Website and/or of any linked sites; and
(2) merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose for any goods or services contained or referred to on the Website and/or on any linked sites.

3.4 Disclaimer 2

(a) We do not warrant, guarantee or make any representation that:

(1) the Website, or the server that makes the Website available on the internet are free of software viruses;
(2) the functions contained in any software contained on the Website will operate uninterrupted or are error-free; and
(3) errors and defects in the Website will be corrected.

(b) You are responsible for having adequate protection against any virus or other malware that may exist on the internet, including on the computer servers on which the Website is hosted. We are not liable to you for errors or omissions in the Website, or linked sites on the internet whether caused through our negligence or the negligence of our employees, independent contractors or agents, or through any other cause.

3.5 Limitation of liability

(a) If paragraph 3.3 (disclaimer 1) and/or paragraph 4.4 (disclaimer 2) do not apply to you in jurisdictions in which the law limitations or prohibits exclusions of warranties or liabilities, to the full extent permitted by law, our liability for any implied warranty or condition is limited, at our choice, to one or more of the following:

(1) If the breach of an implied warranty or condition relates to services:

(i) the supply of the services again; or
(ii) the payment of the cost of having the services supplied again; and

(2) if the breach of an implied warranty or condition relates to goods:

(i) the replacement of the goods or the supply of equivalent goods;
(ii) the repair of such goods; or
(iii) the payment of the cost of replacing the goods or acquiring equivalent goods, or having the goods repaired.

3.6 Intellectual property rights

(a) All logos, icons, trademarks or service marks, brand names that identifying the owner and operator of this Website are our copyright property or our trademarks or service marks. All other trademarks or service marks on this Website are the property of their respective owners.

(b) We expressly reserve all our rights in our trademarks or service marks, which may not be reproduced, stored in a data retrieval system, or transmitted, whether in whole or in part, without our express permission.

(c) Any unauthorised use of the materials appearing on this Website may violate copyright, trademark, service mark and other property rights or legal protections and could result in criminal or civil penalties.

4. Privacy/Data Protection Policy

4.1 When do we collect information?

(a) We do not automatically collect personal information or personal data from you, such as your name, address, phone number, email address or other personally identifiable information about you ("personal information").

(b) We collect three categories of information when you use our Website:

(1) the personal information you voluntarily provide — that is, we collect personal information with your informed consent;
(2) anonymous non-personal information about how you use our Website; and
(3) “cookie” based information that makes your use of our Website easier by recording your preferences so that when you return to our Website the “cookie” re-loads that information into your web browser.

(c) For example, we will collect personal information when you: contact us through the Website or using any email or postal address published on the Website; request our complimentary electronic publications; respond to a survey or fill out a form related to any customer service feature operating on our Website; or if you send us your employment details in relation to employment opportunities with us.

(d) We may collect, store and use any personal information you provide to us, including your name, address, e-mail address and other personal information about you, as described in paragraph 4.3.

(e) We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that all personal information we collect, store or use is accurate, complete, up-to-date and stored in a secure environment.

4.2 Why do we use “cookies” and other web use tracking technologies?

(a) When you access our website, small files containing a unique identification (ID) number may be downloaded by your web browser and stored in the cache of your computer. The purpose of sending these files with a unique ID number is so that our website can recognise your computer when you next visit our Website. The “cookies” that are shared with your computer can not be used to discover any personal information such as your name, address or email address they merely identify your computer to our Website when you visit us.

(b) We can also log the internet protocol address (IP address) of visitors to our Website so that we can work out the countries in which the computers are located.

(c) We collect information using “cookies” and other tracking technologies for the following reasons:

(1) to help us monitor the performance of our Website so that we can improve the operation of the Website and the services we offer; and
(2) to provide personalised services to each user of our Website to make their navigation through our Website easier and more rewarding to the user.

(d) If you are unhappy about having a cookie sent to you when you access our Website, you can set your web browser to refuse cookies or choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent.

4.3 What use do we make of your personal information?

(a) We may collect, store and use personal information about you for the purposes of providing legal services and in the ordinary course of operating our legal practice.

(b) We may communicate with you by sending you our complimentary electronic publications, such as updates, newsletters, invitations to legal seminars or other announcements to inform you of legal developments or to market the services we provide by sending emails that are personalised to what we understand are your interests. You can, at any time, reply to any email you receive from us with the subject-matter “unsubscribe” to let us know that you do not want to receive further emails from us.

(c) If you have any questions or comments about our collection, storage or use of your personal information or this Privacy Policy, please contact our Privacy/Data Protection Officer by email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

4.4 Client information

(a) If you decide to engage Wint & Partners, and we agree to represent you as your lawyers, you will be asked to sign a Client Engagement Letter, which will set out the terms and conditions of your representation by us. Information you provide us about your business or personal affairs ("client information") is protected under legal professional privilege and treated by us as confidential information.

(b) When you have engaged us to provide you with legal services, your personal information and client information may be collected, used and disclosed by Wint & Partners and our service providers and agents as is appropriate to properly provide services to you or to act on your behalf in order to achieve the outcomes described in your Client Engagement Letter and as required by applicable laws or regulations, including when such information is required to be disclosed by the operation of the rules of any stock exchange, court of law, judicial or parliamentary body, governmental department or agency.

4.5 How do we store your personal information and client information?

(a) We use different technologies and procedures to help protect personal information and client information from unauthorised access, loss, alternation, disclosure or use. Some of the safeguards we use are physical access controls, information firewalls and passwords and access authorisation controls to where your personal information or client information is held on computer servers. Our commitment to data security means:

(1) we have procedures to limit access to personal information and client information within our organisation;
(2) we use security measures and technologies within our organisation to protect personal information and client information; and
(3) We use service providers that can establish that they have secure controls relating to software security, access security and network security.

5. Relevant jurisdiction

(a) If any part of these Terms of Use or Privacy Policy is found to be void, unlawful, or unenforceable then that part will be deemed to be severable from the balance of these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and the severed part will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

(b) These Terms of Use and Privacy Policy will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the law of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws.

(c) You agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Yangon to determine any dispute arising out of these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

These Terms of Access and Privacy Policy were last modified on 3rd November 2020.