This Privacy Policy explains our policies and practices in protecting and managing your personal information. Personal Information in this Privacy Policy refers to all kinds of information related to the identified or identifiable natural persons that is recorded by electronic or other means, excluding the information processed anonymously.
We respect your privacy and will use our reasonable endeavor:
- to implement computer, physical and procedural safeguards to protect the security and confidentiality of the personal information we collect
- to limit the personal information collected to the minimum required to provide a better service
- to permit only properly trained, authorized employees to access personal information
- not to disclose your personal information to external parties unless you have agreed to and permitted by law or such information is legally in publicly domain.
- to assess personal information protection according to laws and regulations before we process your information and record such process.
1.Information collection
In order to provide a better service to you, we may collect information such as company name, contact person, address, telephone number, mobile phone, fax number, email address, website, nature of business and product/service details when you register with us, use our services, attend our functions, or communicate with us. In the process, we also collect personal information about individual contact persons of the companies or their employees. We may also collect personal information of individuals in the course of and in relation to provision of our services or products.
We may be unable to provide the required service if the requested information have not been supplied.
2.Use of information
The purposes for which information may be used by us include but not limit to:
- providing services and providing enquirers with contact and business information
- our operations, e.g., incorporation into our database, analysis, research and auditing
- notification of Adsale trade fairs and promotional events in Hong Kong S.A.R. , China and around the world (and similar events or trade fairs organized by our business partners)
- distribution of Adsale publications, industry news, research materials technology/market /business information etc. (and those of our business partners and participants)
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marketing Adsale services or products (and those of our business partners and participants)
- complying with applicable laws in the People’s Republic of China
- other usage relating to the purposes identified above.
We may conduct direct marketing via fax, email, direct mail, telephone and other means of communication, or send e-newsletters to you. You may choose not to receive promotional materials, by simply telling us (see below for contact details), and we will cease to do so, without charge.
3.Service Providers, Provision and Disclosure of personal information
(1)Service Providers
We will keep personal information confidential, but upon your consent, may engage below parties to process your information:
- personnel, agents, advisers, auditors, contractors, financial institutions, and service providers in connection with our operations or services
- our overseas offices, affiliates, and business partners
- others, including exhibitors, advertisers and persons enquiring about companies in different industries
- other persons under a duty of confidentiality to us
We shall ensure the protection of your information by specifying the purpose, time frame, methods, information category, protection measures, rights and obligations with above persons, companies or organizations through contracts in place. We shall monitor their compliance in confidentiality and protection measures in processing of your information.
(2)Provision
We shall not provide your personal information to any persons, companies or organizations, except:
- we have received your separate consent to provide information to other parties
- in the event of a merger, division, dissolution or bankruptcy, we may need to transfer your personal information to the relevant third party. Any information that is transferred to that re-organised entity or third party will continue be bound by this Privacy Policy, or otherwise require your consent and authorization.
(3)Disclosure
We shall not disclose your personal information to any persons, companies or organizations, except when:
- we have received your separate consent
- we are legally required to disclose your personal information to a judicial or law enforcement body or government entity.
4.Cookies
Cookies allow web server to personalize setting for visitors. When a webpage is requested, web server cannot recognize if a visitor has visited the page unless there is the use of Cookies. Cookies is a piece of data stored in visitor’s hard drive. Web server will use Cookies to analyze visitor’s preference and return personalized content.
Our site will apply Cookies to browser for the reasons below:
- to provide personalized content and to facilitate interactive activities;
- to analyze traffic statistics and to improve our services to visitors.
If you choose to reject Cookies, certain functions may not be available to you. You can modify your browser’s setting to accept or reject Cookies.
5.Security
Registered accounts and personal information are password protected and can be accessed by authorized employees only.
We encourage you to logout member’s area and close browser window after visiting from a public computer. This can protect others to gain access to your personal information.
6.Hyperlinks
Hyperlinks to other websites are provided for your convenience. You will leave our website for another website that is not controlled by us. This Privacy Policy does not apply to other websites. Please refer to the privacy policies of the other websites.
7.Changes
When there are updates and revisions to relevant laws and regulations, or significant changes to our products and services, we may revise this Privacy Policy. The revised version will be posted on this website and take effect immediately. Unless you have consented, your legal rights under this Privacy Policy will not be diminished.
8.Your consent and rights
We will store your personal information on our company servers in Mainland China and will only provide your personal information to our overseas offices with your separate consent for business purposes. This does not diminish any of your legal rights under these rules, including:
(1) Access, duplicate, correct or delete your personal information
Subject to laws and regulations, you may access, duplicate, correct or delete your personal information. If in compliance with relevant laws and regulations, you may also request your personal information be transferred. If you would like to excise your above rights or have any questions, you may contact us at the below contact.
(2) Retrieve or rectify your consent
We will process your personal information under your consent. You may at any time retrieve your consent, unsubscribe to our newsletter or send us your retrieval request by contacting us. Unless stipulated by law, once you have retrieved your consent, we will not process your personal information thereafter. However, any activities prior to your retrieval shall remain valid. You may rectify your consent to our collection, usage and scope of your personal information by contacting us
(3) Deletion of your information
You may contact us via our contact listed below, we will process your request of deletion within 15 business days.
Deletion of your mobile phone number will considered deletion of your account. Upon deletion of your account, we shall remove or anonymise your personal information and cease providing products and services to you, unless required by laws and regulations.
By using our service, making an application or visiting our website, you consent to the collection and use of your personal information and other activities as outlined in this Privacy Policy unless your separate consent is otherwise required by the applicable law.
9.Our contact
Please send requests to access or correct data, to cease communications, and questions or complaints to
usercom@adsale.com.hk.
We shall respond to your requests within 15 business days according to this Privacy Policy and relevant laws and regulations.
(Last update date: 7 Mar 2024)