Privacy
eFaith Company Limited - Privacy Policy Statement
1. Our Policy
We take seriously the protection of privacy of the users of the Website.
This Privacy Policy Statement explains our privacy practices.
We promise to respect your privacy when collecting, storing and transmitting
personal data.
2. Collection of Personal Data
You may need to register, pay a fee and/or provide personal data in
order to have access to certain Information or Services on the Website.
Refusal to supply personal data may result in eFaith being unable to
process the request.
Whenever you submit enquiries or feedback to us, it will require your
personal data which will then be recorded and collated by us.
We shall make a record of your visit to the Website that shows the domain
name server address part of your email address and of the pages visited.
We only collect aggregate information about the number and types of
visitors by reference to their domain name server address. This information
is used by us for preparing general statistics on the usage of our Website.
3. Use of Personal Data
The main purposes for which personal data may be used by us are:
- processing your application or registration for Services, order, enquiry
or feedback
- incorporation into eFaithˇ¦s database
- provision of contacts and business details in response to enquiries
- eFaith's operations
- marketing services
- meeting requirements to make disclosure under any law applicable in
or outside Hong Kong
- auditing
- collection of amounts owing to eFaith
- other related purposes
The personal data may be used by us both in and outside Hong Kong.
4. Disclosure to Third Parties
Personal data held by eFaith will be kept confidential but eFaith may
provide such information to:
- any personnel, agent, adviser, auditor, contractor or service provider
who provides services or advice to eFaith in connection with eFaith's
operations
- any person under a duty of confidentiality to eFaith
- any person to whom eFaith is required to make disclosure under any
law applicable in or outside Hong Kong
- any actual or proposed transferee or participant of eFaithˇ¦s operations
Some Services may involve the disclosure of your personal data or other
contact information and business details.
Payment information may be provided to banks and other financial institutions
in connection with the collection of payments.
You should also note that the privacy protection stated in this Privacy
Policy Statement does not apply to Information which has been passed
to third parties in the course of providing the Services (e.g. Information
may be passed to vendors of products to be sold on-line), and we are
not responsible for the privacy protection or lack thereof on the part
of such third parties.
5. Marketing
From time to time, we may conduct direct marketing of eFaith's products
or services via faxes, e-mails, direct mails, tele-marketing and/or
other forms of communication to you. You may choose to opt-out of receiving
such promotional material.
In order to fully enjoy the services of the Website, we encourage you
to receive such promotional materials which have been specially prepared
for you.
6. Hyperlinks
This Privacy Policy Statement only applies to the Website. If you click
on any advertisement or hyperlink linking to another website, you will
leave the Website for another location. The protection of your privacy,
personal data and your exposure to cookies are not the responsibility
of eFaith and you should refer to the privacy policies of that other
location (if any).
7. Cookies
Cookies are used by some websites to track or modify a user's interaction
with the site based on information sent by the user's internet browser
to the server. These cookies may be saved permanently on the user's
personal computer.
The Website does use cookies. Cookies are essential for the functioning
of certain applications and services; if use of cookies is disabled
on your browser, it will have an adverse effect on your enjoyment of
the Website.
We also collect statistics on pages viewed on the Website and usage
patterns in order that we may measure traffic, gauge the popularity
of various parts of the Website and gain some general statistics about
our users and market the Website to advertisers, with whom we may share
summarized traffic data. This information does not identify you as an
individual.
8. Security
Where personal data is stored electronically, it will be kept in a password-protected
form. Personal data, whether stored in electronic form on computers
or in hard-copy form will be accessible only by authorized employees
of eFaith. Employees designated to handle personal data will be made
acquainted with this Privacy Policy Statement and told how to fulfil
our obligations to you.
9. Use of Personal Data in Legal Proceedings
If it becomes necessary that we have to take action against you for
any reason whatsoever including unpaid fees, you expressly agree that
the personal data provided by you can be relied upon in identifying
and taking action against you.
10. Data Retention
eFaith retains personal data so long as the data is still required for
the purposes mentioned above.
We reserve the right to retain copies for archival purposes indefinitely.
11. Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance
Under this Ordinance, you may have the right:
- to check whether eFaith holds data about you and to access such data
- to require eFaith to correct any inaccurate data relating to you
- to ascertain eFaith's policies and practices in relation to personal
data and the kind of personal data held by eFaith
eFaith may charge a reasonable fee for processing any data access request.
12. Data Requests, Questions and Complaints
Data access or correction requests and questions or complaints should
be addressed to:
eFaith Company Limited
Room 1117, 11/F Hollywood Plaza,
610 Nathan Road, Mongkok, Kln, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2961 4607
Fax: (852) 3184 8770
E-mail: info@efaith.com.hk
13. Chinese Version
If there is any conflict or difference between the Chinese version of
this Privacy Policy Statement and its English version, the English version
prevails. If any part of the Chinese version is unclear, reference should
be made to the English version. The Chinese version may not be translated
into English for the purpose of comparing with or interpreting the English
version.