I.T Privacy Policy Statement


I.T Limited (“I.T”, “we” and “us”, as the case may be), its officers, management, and members of staff shall, at all times, respect the confidentiality of and endeavour to keep safe any and all personal data (“Personal Data”, as defined in the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap.486) of Hong Kong) collected from you and/or stored and/or transmitted by you to us. Please read the following to learn more about our Privacy Policy Statement (“Statement”) :

What this Statement Covers
This Statement covers our treatment of Personal Data that we collect when you are on the Website, when you subscribe with us or when you request us for our services. Where I.T's operations are subject to privacy legislation other than that of Hong Kong, then this Statement shall be applied so far as practicable and consistent with such local legislation.

Collection of Personal Data

(a)
For the purpose of carrying on I.T's business, you may be requested to provide your Personal Data when you register for a VIP membership online account, when you visit the Member Area pages, when you conduct gift redemption request, when you submit any comments or feedbacks to us or when you are required to verify your identity with us.
(b) The Personal Data that you may be requested to provide with us includes but not limited to, inter alia, your name, HKID Card No. / Passport No., contact phone no., email address, home address, gender, date of birth, payment details, occupation, education and profession, and/or personal interests. Once you subscribe with us and sign in to our web pages, you are not anonymous to us.
(c) Our web servers may also collect Personal Data relating to your online session or your browser including your IP address, cookie information and the page you requested, for the purpose of providing aggregated, anonymous, statistical information on the server's usage.
(d) All Personal Data will be collected on a voluntary, open and fair basis.

Purpose for Collection of Personal Data


I.T will collect your Personal Data for the following purposes :
(a)
for the provision of I.T's products or services and facilities to you;
(b) for carrying out your instructions or responding to your enquiry;
(c) for account management, telephony services, credit, financial or any other related services, whether those services are implemented by I.T or by a third party;
(d) for direct marketing purpose, including designing further products and services for you and marketing such I.T's products or services;
(e) for forming part of customer data base necessary for the operation carried on by I.T;
(f) for observing any legal, governmental or regulatory requirements of Hong Kong or other relevant jurisdiction including any disclosure or notification requirements to which I.T or other class of data recipient, are subject; and/or
(g) for any purposes related to and/or for the furtherance of any of the above.

Accuracy

I.T will take all practicable steps to ensure that the Personal Data so collected are accurate.  However, your efforts to provide accurate Personal Data upon subscription of I.T's services and thereafter to update I.T of any change of your Personal Data are always welcome.

Personal Data Sharing and Disclosure

Unless I.T hears from you to the contrary upon subscription or receives subsequent notice from you, I.T may, where such disclosure is necessary to satisfy the purpose, or a directly related purpose, for which the Personal Data was collected, provide such Personal Data to the following parties :
(a)
employees and officers of I.T;
(b) any subsidiaries, holding companies, associated companies, or affiliates of, or companies controlled by, or under common control with I.T;
(c) contractors/sub-contractors, business partners and agents of I.T;
(d) credit reference agencies of I.T; and/or
(e) the court or regulatory body with subpoenas, court orders or for the purpose of legal process.

Access and Correction


(a)
You have the right to know (i) the privacy policy of I.T, (ii) whether I.T holds any of your Personal Data; and (iii) the kind of Personal Data being held by I.T.
(b) You have full control and ability to correct or edit your Personal Data at any time, including whether you want us to contact you about VIP promotional offers and new products and services or deletion of your VIP membership online account.
(c) You may request your right of access or right of correction by sending us your written request at it@ithk.com. I.T will, upon satisfying itself of the authenticity and validity of the access or correction request, make every endeavor to comply with and respond to the request within the period set by the statutory requirement

Security


Data security is our top priority. We strive to ensure that your Personal Data will be protected against unauthorized or accidental access, processing or erasure. We maintain this commitment to data security by implementing appropriate physical, electronic and managerial measures to safeguard and secure your Personal Data.  Encryption technology, such as SSL, may be employed for the transmission of Personal Data collected online. Also, our web servers are protected by data security measures and our systems are monitored to prevent any unauthorized access.

Retention of Personal Data

Your Personal Data will only be retained for as long as is necessary to fulfil the original or directly related purpose for which it was collected, unless contrary to any applicable statutory requirement. 

Amendment to this Statement
(a)
We may amend this Statement from time to time. If we make any substantial amendments in the way we use your Personal Data, we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on this Website. You agree that such posting will constitute sufficient and adequate notice to you of the amendments.
(b) You agree that your continued use of our products or services after such amendment will constitute your acceptance of and agreement to be bound by the modified Statement.

Direct Marketing

I.T may contact you from time to time with a view to providing the latest information on our products and services.  If you do not wish to receive these updates, please send us e-mail to it@ithk.com; or mail us at 17/F, Tower A, Southmark, 11 Yip Hing Street, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong (Attention to Customer Relations Department - Data Protection Officer); or send fax to (852) 2552 3228.  In accordance with the statutory requirements, I.T will honour your request not to use your Personal Data for the purposes of direct marketing.  Unless otherwise instructed as per the above, I.T may use any of your Personal Data collected in the normal course of our business for marketing purposes. 

Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding this Statement, please email us at it@ithk.com.  

Notes:
1.  By accessing this Website and any of its pages you are agreeing to the Statement set out above.
2.  In case of discrepancies between the English and Chinese versions, the English version shall apply and prevail.


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