Personal Data and Privacy Policy Statement
1.The Garden Company Limited (“Garden”) is committed to safeguarding the privacy of individuals with respect to personal data. Therefore, Garden strives to ensure that our policies and practices in relation to the collection, holding, processing, use, retention, transfer and access of personal data comply with the requirements of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Chapter 486) under the laws of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
2.Personal data of on-line visitors of our website collected by Garden and any of our affiliated companies are for the purposes of:
- contacting on-line visitors on promotions;
- conducting research;
- customizing our website in accordance with the needs of particular visitors;
- notifying visitors of any updated information of our website;
- notifying visitors of any promotional activities, special offers, or information on new products and services;
- performing any other activities for the development, production and promotion of new products and services.
3.Confidentiality
Garden keeps all personal data collected from on-line visitors of our website strictly confidential. However, Garden may provide such data to third parties, including but not limited to advertising agencies, contractors responsible for service provision for this website or other internet service providers, and affiliated companies. Such data are provided to third parties for uses only related to the service provision for this website, or for the purposes mentioned above in paragraph 2. Such data will not be provided to third parties for any purpose other than these.
With the exception of personal particulars, any question, opinion, suggestion or related information transmitted to or presented on this website or any sections within this website by on-line visitors shall be regarded as non-confidential and non-exclusive, and that the information so provided to Garden on a voluntary basis. Garden is entitled to, at its own discretion, make use of, copy, disclose, transmit, publish, broadcast and/or present such information to any affiliated company for the purpose of, including but not limited to, the development, production and promotion of new products and services to cater for the needs of our customers. Garden is entitled to provide personal data of on-line visitors to third parties when it genuinely believes that such disclosure is advantageous in preventing or setting back any illegal activities, protecting the properties and rights of Garden, facilitating legal proceedings of Garden, or required by law as deemed necessary.
4.Security of personal data
Garden will absolutely strive to make sure that safe security measures have been taken to ensure all personal data held by Garden on this website are stored in a safeguarded and secure place.
5.Links to other websites
This "Personal Data and Privacy Policy Statement" only applies to this website. If you click on any advertisement or hyperlink leading to another website, you will leave this website for another location. At any other website, the protection of your privacy, personal data and any interference/influence caused by your exposure to cookies or any similar type of technology will not be our responsibility. You are advised to refer to the privacy policy of that other location (if any). This "Personal Data and Privacy Policy Statement" does not apply to organizations not owned by or beyond the control of Garden, or to persons not hired or managed by Garden.
6.You have the right to access or amend your personal data held by this website. If you would like to access or amend all or any portion of your personal data held by this website, or delete all or any portion of your personal record in this website, or terminate any future receipt of information relating to Garden, please mail your enquiry or request and personal data to Corporate Communication Department, The Garden Company Limited at 58 Castle Peak Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Garden has the right to charge a reasonable fee for the processing of any personal data access request.
7.This statement is subject to be amended at any time. Unless otherwise stated, any amendment made will not have retrospective effect.
August 2009
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