Privacy Policy
Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance
Fairbairn Catley Low & Kong is committed to comply with the data protection principles and the relevant sections prescribed by the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Cap.486) (the ‘Ordinance’). This Privacy Policy applies to your privacy as a user of our website and explains our uses of such personal information. You may wish to visit the official website of the Office of the Privacy Commission for more information about the Ordinance.
Collection of your personal data
When you use or access our website, your personal data (“personal data” means information about you or which can be used to ascertain your identity) may be collected, either by your voluntary submission (e.g. you submit your personal information to us by an email enquiry), or by technical means through our server and/or your IP address.
By using or accessing the website or submitting your personal data to us, you confirm that you agree with all the terms of this Privacy Policy and consent to us using your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any part of this Privacy Policy, please do not continue to use or access our website or provide your personal data to us.
Purpose of collection and use of your personal data
Any personal data collected from you will only be used for the specific purposes mentioned at the time of collection or for purposes directly or indirectly related to those specific purposes.
The purposes of collection of your personal data may include but are not limited to the need to fulfill the purposes stated at the time of collection of the data, to revert to you on your enquiry, to fulfil our know-your-client and due diligence obligation, to communicate with you and to maintain our system or website security etc.
Retention of your personal data
We will retain your personal data only for so long as is necessary for fulfilling the purpose for which they were collected. After that time, you data will be erased.
Disclosure
Your personal data will be kept confidential and will not be disclosed to any other person without your consent unless disclosure of the same is necessary to comply with our professional obligations or the law or pursuant to any court order or for the purpose of reporting fraud or crime or on the issue of national security. Save and except the above, we will not transfer or disclose your personal data to any third party except for the purposes for which the data are collected, or we have obtained your consent, or required by law, or for the protection of our rights and interests.
Security
We will use reasonable endeavours to ensure your personal data will not be unlawfully accessed without authorisation.
Your right of access to and to correct personal data
You are entitled, in accordance with the Ordinance, to check whether we hold data about you and to have access to those data. If such data are incorrect or inaccurate, you may have the right to correct or update them. Requests for access to or to correct personal data should be addressed to us via email at post@fclklaw.com.hk. In accordance with the Ordinance, we are entitled to charge a reasonable fee for processing any data access or correction requests.
Cookie usage policy
Cookies are small computer files that are sent from a website to your device and stored in that device. Our website uses necessary cookies to identify your browser and to help us ensure that the system is working as expected. The information that the cookies collect, such as the number of visitors to our website, the pages visited and the length of time spent on our website, is aggregated and therefore anonymous unless otherwise specified.
You may refuse the use of cookies or withdraw your consent at any time by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. Please note that removal of cookies may affect your use and experience of our website.
By continuing to use our website without changing your privacy settings, you are agreeing to our use of cookies as mentioned in this Privacy Policy. For more information about cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time without further notification. Any change to this Privacy Policy will become effective once we post the revised Privacy Policy on our website. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy whenever necessary.
Questions about the Privacy Policy
If you have any queries or comments concerning this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at post@fclklaw.com.hk.
