SamuelYan.com
Privacy Policy Statement
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1. Your Privacy
Samuel Yan Motorsport ("we", "our" or "us") respects your legal rights
of privacy when collecting, storing, using and transmitting personal
data and this Privacy Policy Statement explains our privacy practices.
It is our policy to pledge to comply with the requirements of the Personal
Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486) of the Laws of Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region. In doing so, we will ensure compliance by our
staff to the strictest standards of security and confidentiality.Please
read the following carefully to understand our policy and practices
regarding how your personal information will be treated. This policy
applies to all registered and unregistered users of the Website and
may from time to time be updated, revised, reposted and changed where
we deem necessary.Words or terms used in this Privacy Policy Statement,
which are not specifically defined in this Privacy Policy Statement
have the meaning given to them in the Terms of Use or the Posting Rules.In
the event that there is any inconsistency between the English and Chinese
version of this Privacy Policy Statement, the English version shall
prevail."personal data" means any personally identifying information
or sensitive data (such as names, occupations, addresses, contact details,
ID Card number and credit card information, from which it is practicable
for the identity of the individual to be ascertained, but also may include
other information and data).
2. Minimal Collection of Personal Data
We collect your personal data (including your name, e-mail address,
birth date, country, occupation, HK identity card or passport number,
education level and monthly income) when you register as a user of the
Website or when you furnish us with your personal data.If you are under
the age of 13 we recommend that you seek prior consent from your parent
or guardian before providing any personal data.The purposes for which
we may use the data include but are not limited to: i. application,
termination and continuation of the use of the Website and membership
of the Forum / Message Board; ii. processing billing and payment; iii.
handling and following up service calls, enquiries and complaints; iv.
other promotions of our operations and participation in connection with
the use of the Website; v. our future marketing purposes and that of
third parties; and vi. verification of your identity.
3. Disclosure
In cases where we do collect personal data from you, we will: i. tell
you that we are doing so and the use that we will make of such personal
data we collect; ii. give you the opportunity to "opt out" (that is
to restrict the uses we will make of such personal data); and iii. tell
you how we will store your personal data and how you can review, change
and delete the personal data we have stored. The purposes for which
we may use your personal data include: iv. to enable the provision and
downloading of games; v. to enable us to better understand the demographics
of our registered users; vi. to enable us to provide other services
better tailored to your needs; vii. for direct marketing of our products
and services viii. to provide it to third parties so that they may directly
market their products and services to you; ix. to verify your identity;
and x. for such purposes as would enable us or our affiliates or the
transferees of such data to provide websites or other electronic services,
which we believe, are suitable for or may be of interest to you. We
agree to take all practicable steps to keep your personal data confidential
but we may transfer/assign such data to the following parties: xi. any
actual or proposed assignee, transferee or successor of our rights in
respect of its members or registered users; xii. our agents, affiliates
or associates where we deem necessary to improve our products and services;
and xiii. other companies and organisations (including advertising agencies),
which may wish to provide marketing materials to you. Except as expressly
mentioned in this Privacy Policy Statement we will not disclose your
personal data unless we are required to do so by law or we reasonably
believe that such action is necessary to:- xiv. comply with the law
or applicable regulations; xv. protect and defend our rights and property;
xvi. protect against misuses or unauthorised use of the Website and
the Forum / Message Board; or xvii. protect the personal safety or property
of our users or the public.
4. Links to Other Websites
This Privacy Policy Statement only applies to this Website. If you click
on any advertisement or hyperlink linking to another website, you will
leave this Website for another location. At any other website, the protection
of your privacy, personal data and your exposure to cookies are not
our responsibility and you are advised to refer to the privacy policy
of that other location (if any).
5. Web Logs
When you come to our Website, our server software records the domain
name of your computer. We also track the pages you visit. We do these
things so that we can measure traffic, gauge the popularity of various
parts of the Website, to gain some general knowledge about our audience,
and market the Website to advertisers with whom we may share summarised
traffic data. This information does not identify you as an individual.
6. Security
Your personal data, however stored, will be accessed only by our employees
or contractors who are authorised to do so. Employees and contractors
designated to handle personal data will be instructed to do so only
in accordance with this Privacy Policy Statement. However, after your
registration and during the time that your personal data is being transferred
to another server for storage it will not be encrypted and therefore
may be able to be accessed by third parties. Samuel Yan Motorsport and
its proprietor accepts no responsibility for any such access and if
you are concerned about such access you should not provide the personal
data.
7. Use of Personal Data in Legal Proceedings
If it becomes necessary that we have to take action against you for
any reason whatsoever including recovering from you any money you owe
us, you expressly agree that the personal data provided by you can be
relied upon in identifying and taking legal action against you.
8. Your Right to Access and Retention
You may at any time request access to and correct personal data relating
to you in any of our records. You may also ask us to delete you from
any active mailing or distribution list. To exercise any of your rights,
write to us at the address below and marked Confidential on the envelope.
In response, we may ask you to provide certain details about yourself
so that we can be sure you are the person to whom the data refers. We
are required to respond to your requests within 40 days and will endeavour
to do so wherever possible, but we may charge you a fee for doing so.We
will not retain your personal data if you request us to cease your membership
of the Forum / Message Board or if your Member·¦s Account has been inactive
for 12 months.
9. Questions and Complaints
We are committed to protecting any personal data you supply to us. If
you have any questions or complaints about our Privacy Policy, please
contact us at:forumadmin@samuelyan.com
THIS PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. ANY CHANGES WILL
BE POSTED ON THIS PAGE
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