1.Collection policy and objectives
We,Stand Out, pledge to meet fully with the requirements of the PersonalData (Privacy) Ordinance, Chapter 486 of the Laws of Hong Kong. Indoing so, we will ensure compliance by our staff to the stricteststandards of security and confidentiality.
Youare strongly recommended to read the Statement carefully to have anunderstanding of our policy and practices with regard to thetreatment of personal information and data provided by you to us atstand-outhk.com (“Website”). By using the Website, you signifyyour agreement to the collection, use and disclosure of your personaldata by us in accordance with the Statement.
Pleasenote that the provisions herein may be updated, revised, varied andamended from time to time as we deem necessary. Your continued use ofthe Website following such revision shall be deemed as youracceptance of the amended Statement. It is your responsibility tocheck the Statement regularly for any amendments.
TheStatement is written in both English and Chinese. In the event of anydiscrepancy or inconsistency between the English and Chinese versionof the Statement, the Chinese version shall prevail.
2.Purposes of collection of personal data
Inthe course of using the Website, you may disclose or be asked toprovide personal information and data. In order to have the benefitof and enjoy our various services, information and promotionalmaterials, it is necessary for us to collect some personalparticulars from you. Although you are not obliged to provide thedata or information as requested on the Website, we will not be ableto render our services and provide information and promotionalmaterials to you in the event that you fail to do so.
Ourpurposes for collection of the information and data on the Websiteinclude but not limited to the following:
2.1to provide you with various services offered by us, online shopping,marketing materials, event information and promotional messages;
2.2to handle and follow up service calls, enquiries and complaints;
2.3to contact you regarding administrative notices and communicationsrelevant to your use of the Website and/or the services offered byus;
2.4to assist us with developments for future marketing purposes and/orjoint promotion events with third parties;
2.5to verify your identity;
2.6to obtain statistics about our users to analyze site usage in orderto help its further development; and
2.7to evaluate the effectiveness of our advertising and marketingcampaigns.
Pleasenote that if you are under the age of 13, we would strongly recommendyou to seek prior consent from a person with parental responsibilityfor you, e.g. your parent or guardian, who may contact ourresponsible Customer Service Officer at info@stand-outhk.comfor using any services offered on the Website.
3.Collection of personal data from users visiting the Website
Whenyou access the Website, we will record your domain name serveraddress and/or email address and track the pages you visit and storesuch information in “cookies”. This is done without you beingaware that it is occurring. Generally, we use “cookies” toestimate our audience size, gauge the popularity of various parts ofthe Website, track users’ progress and number of entries in ourpromotional activities and to measure users’ traffic patterns.Information and data collected by means of “cookies” will not bedisclosed save and except for the circumstances listed out inparagraph 4.
4.Transfer and disclosure of personal data
Wewill not sell, rent or trade to any third party any personalinformation and data (in whole or in part) obtained from you withoutyour consent.
Weagree to take all practicable steps to keep all your personalinformation and data confidential and/or undisclosed save and exceptunder the following circumstances whereby the said information anddata may be disclosed and/or transferred:
4.1to any third party suppliers or service providers who have been dulyauthorised by us to use the said information and/or data and who willfacilitate our services;
4.2to any agents, consultants, affiliates or associates of us who havebeen duly authorised by us to use the said information and/or data;
4.3where we need to protect and defend our rights and property;
4.4where we consider we are required to do so in order to comply withthe applicable laws and regulations; and
4.5where we deem necessary in order to maintain and improve ourservices.
Byusing the Website, you are deemed to have agreed to, consented to andauthorised us to disclose and transfer your personal informationand/or data under the circumstances stated above.
5.Links to other websites
Toprovide you with more information, the Website may provide links toother websites, including without limitation certain social mediawebsites (such as Facebook and Instagram). Personal information anddata from you may be collected on these other websites when you visitsuch websites and make use of the services provided therein. Whereand when you decide to click on any advertisement or hyperlink on theWebsite which grants you access to another website, the protection ofyour personal information and data which are deemed to be private andconfidential may be exposed in these other websites.
TheStatement is only applicable to the Website. You are reminded thatthe Statement grants no protection to your personal information anddata that may be exposed on websites other than the Website. Wherenecessary, you may adjust the privacy and/or security setting in yourcomputer/browser with respect to those other websites. To betterprotect your privacy rights, you are strongly recommended to refer tothe privacy policy of such other websites. We assume noresponsibility or liability for your use of such other websites.
6.Marketing materials
Wemay from time to time send to you marketing and promotional materialsand information regarding our products, services and the like basedon the personal information and data that you have provided to us. Ifyou do not wish to receive further marketing and promotionalmaterials and information from us, you may opt-out by informing ourCustomer Service Officer at info@stand-outhk.com.
7.Access to Data
Youmay at any time request access to, make amendments to and/or obtain acopy of your personal information and data which are stored in ourrecord. To exercise your rights, please email our Customer ServiceOfficer at info@stand-outhk.com.We will endeavour to respond to your request(s) within 40 days afterreceiving the same wherever possible, but we may charge you areasonable fee for doing so. Upon receiving the aforesaid request(s)from you, we may request you to provide personal details in order toverify your identity.
8.Enquiries
Shouldyou have any queries, please email us at info@stand-outhk.com.