Privacy policy
What is this Personal Information Collection Statement for?
We, Sinclair Communications Limited and its subsidiaries (“Sinclair”), respects the privacy of the information provided by you/ site visitors and will endeavor to ensure that proper protection is given to such information pursuant to the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance CAP 486 Laws of Hong Kong (the “Ordinance”). In accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance and subject to the exemptions specified in the Ordinance, you have the right to:
- check whether we hold personal data about you and to receive copies of such data;
- require us to correct any personal data relating to you which is inaccurate; and
- ascertain our policies and practices in relation to personal data and to be informed of the kind of personal data held by us.
On occasion, however, it may be necessary for Sinclair to gather information on you for a specific purpose. We will always inform you when we are collecting such information. Methods in Collecting Personal Data Prior to collecting Personal Data, you will be asked to voluntarily supply information for the services requested by you such as:
- Messages by you in the Site;
- Questionnaire submitted by you;
- The email(s) between you and our company;
- Information provided by you in your enquiry forms; and
- Your activity record of the Site.
Collection and Use of Personal Information
Personal Data may be collected, used, disclosed and retained to:
- respond to requests for information and services;
- facilitate communications
- conduct market research, market analysis and quality assurance surveys;
- facilitate direct marketing including but not limited to Email Newsletter (“SinclairTalk”)
The Site
We take a proactive approach to the Site visitors and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect their privacy throughout their visiting experience. The Site may use tracking technologies such as “cookies” to provide visitors with customized information during each visit. Cookies are a common part of many commercial websites that allow small text files to be sent by a website, accepted by a web browser and then placed on your hard drive as recognition for repeat visits to the website. Every time you visit the Site, our servers collect basic technical information such as your domain name, the address of the last URL visited prior to clicking through to the Site, and your browser and operating system. We may also use third party analytical tools to analyze activities on and the use of the Site to improve the navigation, content, and design of the Site. The Site is still able to be visited if cookies are not enabled, however, some parts of the Site and some services may be more difficult or impossible to use if cookies are disabled. Some cookie files remain on your computer’s hard drive unless and until you manually delete the file. All collected personal data will be kept confidential.
Adverts and Sponsored Links
The Site may contain sponsored links and adverts. These will typically be served through our advertising partners. Sinclair cannot be held responsible to the Site visitors for visiting any of these links.
Other Information Collectors / Personal Data to Third Parties
As far as the information that you may disclose to other parties, including but not limited to the advertisers, business partners and our strategic alliances on our system or other sites throughout the Internet, you should note that different rules and policies may apply to their respective use or disclosure of your information. To the extent that we use third party advertisers, they have their own privacy customs and policies. Sinclair does not have control of the privacy policies of third parties. Your information disclosed to them is subject to their privacy customs and policies. It is thus advisable for you to ensure that you understand the effect of the privacy customs and policies of other third parties before you disclose your personal information to them.
If you have questions or comments about this notice or the use of any personal information, you may contact us at talk@sinclaircomms.com or +852.2915.1234. We can also be reached via post at:
Sinclair Communications Limited 7/F, 299 QRC, 299 Queen’s Road Central Sheung Wan, Hong Kong SAR