Privacy Policy

MKS Accounting & Tax Advisory ("MKS", "we", "us", "our") is a professional accounting, tax and business advisory firm operating in the United Arab Emirates. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, store and protect personal data when you visit mksuae.com (the "Website"), submit an enquiry, engage us for services, or otherwise interact with us.

We are committed to handling personal data responsibly and in accordance with UAE Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 on the Protection of Personal Data (the "UAE PDPL") and other applicable data protection requirements in the jurisdictions where we operate.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of information:

• Contact and identification data — name, company name, job title, email address, phone number, and trade licence details you provide via our contact form, WhatsApp, email or phone.
• Business and financial data — information provided when you engage us for accounting, VAT, Corporate Tax, audit, ICV certification support, or business setup services, including financial statements, invoices, bank records and supporting documentation necessary to deliver the service.
• Technical data — IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited and referring website, collected automatically through cookies and similar technologies.
• Communication data — records of correspondence between you and MKS, including emails, WhatsApp messages and call notes.

2. How We Use Your Information

• To respond to enquiries and provide quotations for our services.
• To deliver accounting, tax, audit, ICV and advisory services under a signed engagement letter.
• To meet our regulatory and statutory obligations, including those owed to the Federal Tax Authority (FTA), Ministry of Finance and relevant free zone or licensing authorities.
• To communicate updates on UAE tax law, compliance deadlines and matters relevant to your engagement.
• To improve our Website and the services we offer.
• To comply with anti-money laundering (AML) and know-your-customer (KYC) obligations applicable to accounting and tax service providers in the UAE.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process personal data on the basis of your consent, the necessity of processing to perform a contract with you, our compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation, and our legitimate business interests in operating and promoting our advisory practice, provided such interests do not override your rights.

4. Confidentiality of Client Information

As an FTA Approved Tax Agent and accounting services provider, MKS treats client financial and business information as strictly confidential. Client data is only accessed by authorised personnel involved in delivering your engagement and is not used for any purpose beyond that engagement without your consent, except where disclosure is required by law or requested by a competent UAE authority.

5. Sharing of Information

We do not sell personal data. We may share information with:

• Regulatory and government bodies, including the FTA, where required to complete a filing, registration or statutory obligation on your behalf.
• Certifying bodies, in the context of ICV certification support, strictly as needed to progress your submission.
• Trusted service providers who support our operations (e.g. IT hosting, email and communication tools), bound by confidentiality obligations.
• Professional advisors (legal, audit) where necessary to deliver or defend an engagement.

6. Cookies

Our Website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to operate core functionality, remember preferences, and understand how visitors use the site. Cookies may be first-party (set by mksuae.com) or third-party (e.g. analytics providers). You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings; doing so may affect certain features of the Website.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal and business data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this Policy, including to satisfy statutory record-keeping requirements under UAE tax and commercial law (which may require retention of financial records for a minimum period, currently five years for most VAT and Corporate Tax records), and thereafter for as long as required to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

8. Data Security

We apply reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect personal data against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Your Rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data, to object to or restrict certain processing, and to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below.

10. International Transfers

Where personal data is transferred outside the UAE (for example, to a cloud service provider), we take reasonable steps to ensure it continues to receive an appropriate level of protection consistent with this Policy and applicable law.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page indicates when it was last revised. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

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