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Personal Data Privacy Policy |
CITIC Securities Brokerage (HK) Limited (“CSBHK” or “we”)
handles customer information only in accordance with strict
internal security standards and confidentiality policies and
with Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance in Hong Kong. High
standards of protecting information regarding customers from
unauthorized alteration or destruction are established. CSBHK
strongly advises you to refer to and read our Circular relating
to the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance of Hong Kong. You are
deemed to have agreed to this terms when you visit this website/application:
You are not required to provide any personal information on this
website/application unless you voluntarily choose to do so. However, failure
to provide us with the requested information for account opening
would mean that we may not be able to provide our services to
you.
CSBHK uses cookies as part of our offering and providing
customizable services and to help you sign into our website/application. A
cookie is a small piece data that is sent to your browser from a
web server and is stored on your computer's hard drive. You can
choose whether to accept the cookies that we send you by
changing the settings of your browser.
Any personal information you provide to CSBHK via this website/application
may be retained and used by, including but not limited to, the
following: (a) CSBHK; or (b) any director, officer, employee,
contractor, agent of CSBHK or third party (including without
limitation, any of its group companies) only when carrying out
the business of CSBHK; or (c) any person (such as lawyers,
advisors, etc.) authorised by CSBHK only when carrying out the
business of CSBHK. The personal information may be used by CSBHK
or any of the above classes of persons for, including but not
limited to, the following purposes: (a) to facilitate the better
conduct and operation of business activities and provision of
services and products to you; (b) to operate your account(s) and
to process, carrying out and give effect to your instructions;
(c) to verify your identity and PIN; (d) to identify you for the
purpose of login; (e) to maintain records; (f) to comply with
laws and regulations and requests by government or judicial or
regulatory bodies which CSBHK and/or any of our agents or
affiliates may be subject to from time to time; and (g) all
other incidental and associated purpose relating thereto.
Personal data may be transferred or disclosed to the companies
related to CSBHK for such purposes, whether such companies are
located inside or outside Hong Kong. It may also be transferred
to service providers which offer services to CSBHK in connection
with the operation of its business. We may monitor and track
your use of our website/application to identify a usage pattern of the
website/application and to use information for marketing purposes, as well
as one or more of the other types of use detailed in (a)-(g)
above.
Should the purposes for which CSBHK holds, uses or processes
your personal information change, you will be notified of such
changes by way of a notice posted on this page.
During the registration process you are given the choice as to
whether you want to participate in our marketing activities. If
you indicated you prefer to participate, CSBHK or any of its
group of companies may make direct contact with you for such
purposes by telephone, fax or other means without your express
invitation.
CSBHK will take all reasonable steps to protect the personal
data we collect on you from unauthorized access. We will only
retain your personal data for as long as the purposes for which
it was collected exist. We cannot guarantee confidentiality of
E-mail. We therefore recommend that you do not send trade
requests, account numbers or other confidential information via
E-mail.
You have the right of access to personal data held about you and
the right to request correction of your personal data. In
accordance with the terms of the Personal Data (Privacy)
Ordinance, CSBHK has the right to charge a reasonable fee for
the processing of any data access request. This Policy is prepared in Chinese and English versions. In the event of any discrepancies between the two versions, the English version shall prevail. |
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