1. Your Privacy
E2046 Company Limited ("E2046", "we", "our" or "us") respects your legal rights of privacy when collecting, storing, using and transmitting personal data and this Privacy Policy Statement explains our privacy practices. It is our policy to pledge to comply with the requirements of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486) of the Laws of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. In doing so, we will ensure compliance by our staff to the strictest standards of security and confidentiality.
Please read the following carefully to understand our policy and practices regarding how your personal information will be treated. This policy applies to all registered and unregistered users of the Website and may from time to time be updated, revised, reposted and changed where we deem necessary.
In the event that there is any inconsistency between the English and Chinese version of this Privacy Policy Statement, the English version shall prevail.
"personal data" means any personally identifying information or sensitive data (such as names, occupations, addresses, contact details, e-mail addresses and credit card information, from which it is practicable for the identity of the individual to be ascertained, but also may include other information and data).
2. Minimal Collection of Personal Data
We collect your personal data (including your name, e-mail address, birth date, address and contact detail) when you register as a user of the Website or when you furnish us with your personal data.
If you are under the age of 13 we recommend that you seek prior consent from your parent or guardian before providing any personal data.
The purposes for which we may use the data include but are not limited to:
* application of the use of Website of and the forum;
* processing billing and payment;
* handling and following up service calls, enquiries and complaints;
* promotions of our operations and participation in the forum in connection with the use of the Website;
* our future marketing purposes and that of third parties;
* verification of your identity.
3. Disclosure
In cases where we do collect personal data from you, we will:
* tell you that we are doing so and the use that we will make of such personal data we collect;
* give you the opportunity to "opt out" (that is to restrict the uses we will make of such personal data); and
* tell you how we will store your personal data and how you can review, change and delete the personal data we have stored. The purposes for which we may use your personal data include:
* to enable us to better understand the demographics of our registered users;
* to enable us to provide other products better tailored to your needs;
* for direct marketing of our products;
* to verify your identity;
* to operate your Member's Account (if any) and deal with any accumulated Cash Coupon in accordance with the Rules; and
* for such purposes as would enable us to provide websites or other electronic services, which we believe, are suitable for or may be of interest to you. Except as expressly mentioned in this Privacy Policy Statement we will not disclose your personal data unless we are required to do so by law or we reasonably believe that such action is necessary to:
* comply with the law or applicable regulations;
* protect and defend our rights and property;
* protect against misuses or unauthorized use of the Website and forum; or
* protect the personal safety or property of our users or the public.
4. Deleting Your Facebook Data
If you wish to delete the data that we have collected by logging in using your Facebook account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you with our services, please send us a message via "contact us" to delete the data. When deleting your Facebook information, we may retain general demographical information about you such as your general transaction history and will remove any personally identifiable information associated with this data so that it can no longer be associated with you for research or statistical purposes.
5. Links to Other Websites
This Privacy Policy Statement only applies to this Website. If you click on any hyperlink linking to another website, you will leave this Website for another location. At any other website, the protection of your privacy, personal data and your exposure to cookies are not our responsibility and you are advised to refer to the privacy policy of that other location (if any).
6. Web Logs
When you come to our Website, our server software records the domain name of your computer. We also track the pages you visit. We do these things so that we can measure traffic, gauge the popularity of various parts of the Website, to gain some general knowledge about our audience, and market the Website to advertisers with whom we may share summarized traffic data. This information does not identify you as an individual.
7. Security
Your personal data, however stored, will be accessed only by our employees or contractors who are authorized to do so. Where personal data is stored electronically, it will be kept on a separate server and will be password-protected (or under some equivalent form of protection) and accessible only by authorized personnel of E2046 or its contractors. Employees and contractors designated to handle personal data will be instructed to do so only in accordance with this Privacy Policy Statement. However, after your registration and during the time that your personal data is being transferred to another server for storage it will not be encrypted and therefore may be able to be accessed by third parties. E2046 accepts no responsibility for any such access and if you are concerned about such access you should not provide the personal data.
8. Use of Personal Data in Legal Proceedings
If it becomes necessary that we have to take action against you for any reason whatsoever including recovering from you any money you owe us, you expressly agree that the personal data provided by you can be relied upon in identifying and taking legal action against you.
9. Your Right to Access and Retention
You may at any time request access to and correct personal data relating to you in any of our records. You may also ask us to delete you from any active mailing or distribution list. To exercise any of your rights, write to us at the address below and marked Confidential on the envelope. In response, we may ask you to provide certain details about yourself so that we can be sure you are the person to whom the data refers. We are required to respond to your requests within 40 days and will endeavor to do so wherever possible, but we may charge you a fee for doing so.
10. Questions and Complaints
We are committed to protecting any personal data you supply to us. If you have any questions or complaints about our Privacy Policy, please contact us.
THIS PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. ANY CHANGES WILL BE POSTED ON THIS PAGE.
