Privacy Policy
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Information collection |
In order to provide a better service to you, we may, in the course of and in relation to provision of our services or products, collect and process the following information about you for the purposes stated in paragraph 2 below:
- - information about you (such as, your name, your company name, address, telephone number, mobile phone number, fax number, email address, website, nature of business and product/service details etc. of your company) when you register with us, use our services, attend our functions, or communicate with us. In some circumstances and where permitted by law, we may also collect personal identification data for security and verification purposes;
- - in connection with an account sign-in facility, your log-in and password details;
- - the content of any communications you send to us, for example, to report a problem or to submit queries, concerns or comments regarding the Site or its content; and
- - information from surveys that we may, from time to time, run on the Site for research purposes, if you choose to respond to, or participate in, them.
The provision of personal data by you is necessary in order for us to provide you with the requested services and for us to perform our contractual obligations (if any) to you. If you do not supply such data, we may be unable to provide the requested service.
We only retain personal data for so long as it is necessary for the fulfillment of the purpose (including any directly related purpose) for which the data is or is to be used.
In addition, when you browse the Site or our dedicated social media webpage such as Facebook page or our Youtube page, we will collect the basic technical information that your browser sends to the said websites such as your browser type and language, access times, the address of the site from which you were redirected, your Internet Protocol (IP) address, or click stream data within the said websites (i.e. the actions taken in connection with the Site) etc. We collect such technical information during your visit through our automatic data collection tools, which may include cookies and other commonly used technologies. We collect such data for the purpose of improving the functionality of the Site and to review and improve your user experience when you surf the Site, our Facebook page or our Youtube page. Further information on cookies is set out below.
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Use of information |
The purposes for which information may be used, disclosed or transferred by us in and outside Hong Kong include:
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processing service requests, purchases and orders |
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providing services and information offered whether or not through the Site and contacting you for such purposes |
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facilitating our operations and for administrative purposes, e.g., incorporation and input of information into our database, carrying out web traffic and website use analysis and research (on an anonymous basis) and auditing |
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with your consent, notification of Promet events in Greater China and overseas (and similar events or trade fairs organized by our business partners and counterparts) |
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with your consent, distribution of Promet publications and marketing materials (and those of our business partners and counterparts) |
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with your consent, marketing Promet services or products (and those of our business partners and counterparts engaged in similar or peripheral activities, such as business matching services, sourcing and conferences) |
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complying with applicable laws, legislations, regulations, guidelines or codes of practice in or outside Hong Kong |
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for use in legal proceedings, including collecting overdue amounts |
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other purposes directly relating to the activities identified above |
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prevention or detection of crime, and protection of the security and safety of our events |
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verification of identity in events organised by us where it is necessary to verify your identity |
| (l) | processing complaints, enquiries, claims, demands or feedbacks |
| (m) | to optimise your user experience and provide personalised and customised contents to you via the Site, our dedicated social media webpage such as Facebook page or our Youtube page. |
We may conduct direct marketing via fax, email, direct mail, telephone and other means of communication whether now or hereafter known, or send e-newsletters to you. You may choose not to receive promotional materials, by simply telling us (see below for contact details), and we will cease to do so, without charge. If applicable law requires that we receive your explicit consent before we send you certain types of marketing communications, we will only send you those types of communications after receiving your explicit consent.
