Privacy Policy
CINDY CHAO THE ART JEWEL (H.K.) LIMITED (“the Company” or “we,” “our,” “ours,” “us”) is committed to protecting your personal information and privacy. This Privacy Policy sets out details regarding our collection, processing, and use of the personal information that you provide. Before using this website https://www.cindychao.com (“this website”), please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you use this website, it means that you accept and agree to comply with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not make any use of this website. We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time without notice to you. If, after we have published any amendment to this Privacy Policy, you continue to use this website, your continued use will be deemed agreement by you that the new version of the Privacy Policy is applicable to your continued use of this website. Therefore, please review this Privacy Policy from time to time. If you are a minor or otherwise lack full legal capacity to agree to this Privacy Policy, you must obtain the consent of your legal representative or guardian before you may use this website.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, “affiliates” means: any entity that controls the Company, any entity controlled by the Company, or any entity that controlled in common with the Company. “Control” means the ability to exercise direct or indirect control or influence, regardless of whether by shareholding, contract, or other means, over the operation, management, or policy of the entity. “Entity” means any individual, company, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture, trust, juristic person, or other legal body or unincorporated body.
Collector of the Personal Information
The personal information that you provide will be collected by CINDY CHAO THE ART JEWEL (H.K.) LIMITED. We are a limited company organized and existing under the laws of Hong Kong.
Purposes of the Personal Information Collection
We collect your personal information for purposes of: matters in connection with contractual, quasi-contractual, or other legal relationships; customer and consumer management and service; management of advertising or commercial activity; and other specific purposes that are consistent with the business activities specified in our registered lines of business or bylaws.
Types of Personal Information Collected
The types of your personal information that we collect may include, without limitation, the following personal information and other information that can directly or indirectly identify you: your name, alias, moniker, nickname, likeness, ID number, passport number, age, date of birth, nationality, gender, email address, telephone number, address, occupation, job title, account numbers and activity information in connection with social network sites (or software), records of the content of your social activity (including your photographs, videos, or audio), your location and time, information on your computer or computer devices (including: cookies, Internet Protocol [IP] addresses), records of any of your activity in using this website, family status, other social relations, recreational activities and interests, details of types of consumer goods and services used, personal or family consumption patterns.
The Period, Regions, Counterparties, and Methods of Use of Personal Information
We will process and use your personal information during the period necessary to achieve the above-mentioned purposes for which your personal information is collected. We will process and use your personal information in Hong Kong, in the places where our affiliates, branches, or representative offices are located, and in any regions where processing or use of personal information is required for the purposes set out in Section 2 above. We furthermore will provide your personal information to our affiliates, and, as necessary for achieving the purposes set out above, to third parties (including our outsourced providers). The method by which such personal information is used is processing or use by automated machines (such as computers) or by other, non-automated, means (such as phone contact by customer service personnel).
Your Personal Information Protection Rights
Under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486 of the Laws of Hong Kong), you have the following rights which you may exercise with respect to our collection, processing, and use of your personal information:
i. Inquiry or request for review of your personal information.
ii. Request that we give you a copy of your personal information. However, please note that if you exercise either of the above two rights, we may lawfully collect a fee from you to cover the cost as necessary.
iii. Request that your personal information be supplemented or corrected.
iv. Request that the collection, processing, and use of your personal data be discontinued.
v.Request that your personal information be deleted.
Effects of Not Providing Personal Information
If you do not agree to provide us your personal information, you might not be able to use some or all of the functions of this website. You also might not be able to use this website to obtain or enjoy some or all of the products, services, or related benefits that we offer.
Information Disclosure
In addition to collecting, processing, and using your personal information as permitted by law, we also might disclose your personal information to third parties for processing and use under the following circumstances:
i. When we use a third party or parties to assist us in the operation of this website (e.g., our service suppliers, database management companies, agents, communication information colocation companies, email service providers), we also will disclose your personal information to such third party or parties.
ii. We also might, to meet the needs of our group operations, within the scope of the specific purposes set out above, disclose your personal information to our affiliates.
iii. In the event of our sale of our business, assets, shares, or capital contribution, we may disclose your personal information to the anticipated counterparty or counterparties to the transaction involving the business, assets,
iv. In the event of the occurrence of any transfer of our business, assets, shares, or capital contribution, we also may transfer your personal information to the acquiring party.
v. If in our judgment there is any likelihood that your use of this website in any way infringes the rights of any other party, to enable the other party to lawfully protect their own rights, we may disclose your personal information to that other party.
If we receive any lawful request from a government administrative agency or judicial body to disclose your personal information, we may cooperate with the request of such agency or body to provide your personal information.
Your Agreement
We have duly informed you of the matters of which we are required to inform you under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486 of the Laws of Hong Kong). If you decline to agree to our collection, processing, and use of your personal information, please do not use any service of this website. If you continue to use this website, your continued use will be deemed an expression of your agreement to our collection, processing, and use of your personal information. If we are entitled by law to collect, process, and use your personal information (for example, there is a contractual or quasi-contractual relationship between you and the Company, or your personal information is obtained from a generally available source), we may collect, process, and use your personal information, regardless of whether you have agreed or not.
Agreement and Authorization by Other Persons
If personal information that you provide to us includes any personal information of other persons (including without limitation any of the personal information listed in Section 2 above), then you agree and warrant that all such personal information has been provided to us only after agreement has been obtained, from all of the relevant parties, for the Company to carry out the collection, processing, and use of the information within the necessary scope of the specific purposes. If you are unable to obtain the agreement of those parties, please do not provide any personal information of those parties to us. If you breach any provision of this Section, it is a breach of the terms of use of this website, and you agree to bear all related legal liability in accordance with those terms of use.
Links Connecting to Other Websites
This website may contain links, banner ads, forms, small plugins, advertisements, or other links, that connect to other websites. We bear no liability with respect to such linked websites. Any collection, processing, and use of your personal information by those websites will be subject to the Privacy Policies posted on those websites, and will not be subject to this Privacy Policy.
If you have any question regarding this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise any of your rights set out in Section 5 of this Policy, please send us a message at: Suite 1205, 50 Connaught Road Central, Central, Hong Kong, or [email protected]