This website is maintained by the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Exchange (hereinafter referred to as hkipx).

Hkipx is responsible for the collection, holding, processing, use and / or transfer of personal information under the personal data (Privacy) Ordinance (cap. 486). The purpose of this privacy policy statement is to inform you that we will collect personal information about you through this website and the operations that you may provide personal information. Personal information will be collected for legitimate and relevant purposes only, and all practical means will be taken to ensure that the personal information held by hkipx is accurate. Hkipx will use your personal information in accordance with this privacy policy statement.

Your consent to and amendment to this privacy policy statement

Please ensure that you have read the entire privacy policy statement before using or submitting information to this website. By using this website, you agree to the terms of this privacy policy statement. By submitting information to this website, you agree to the collection, use and disclosure of such information in accordance with this privacy policy statement.

We regularly review this privacy policy statement and may amend or add specific instructions, policies and provisions from time to time.

If the privacy policy statement is modified, this website will publish the revised policy. Please check regularly, especially before you provide any personal information. Your continued use of this website will be deemed as your acceptance and consent to this privacy policy statement. If our amendments or additions substantially change the scope of information collection, use or disclosure, or there are other circumstances that substantially affect your rights, we will use our reasonable efforts to notify you of those amendments or additions in advance, so that you can choose to withdraw or stop your consent to this privacy policy statement.

We may collect and process the following information about you:

Information you provide in connection with the application or service. You may provide us with your personal information, including the information you provide when you register to use our website, subscribe to and use our products and services, by filling out forms (such as account opening application form) on our website, or by telephone, email or other means. The information you provide to us may include name, mainland ID card, passport (or pass) number, gender, date of birth, occupation, Bank of deposit, bank card number, address, email address and mobile number, financial and credit card information. We promise that the information we collect is necessary for us to provide relevant products or services, or to optimize them. We do not collect information that is not related to our products or services.

Additional information you provided. You may provide additional personal information when participating in forum discussions, social media events, promotional activities or questionnaires. We only collect information necessary for your participation in these activities. We will not require you to publish your personal information publicly. We also remind you not to publish your personal information in public media.

We may obtain your personal information from other sources (such as information collected by our agents and service providers). In such cases, we will, and will require, ask the agents and service providers to obtain your consent when collecting information from you (for example, by using a selection box on the relevant webpage for your consent).

We collect technical information about you. When you visit this website, some information that is not specific to specific individuals may be automatically collected through different technologies, such as "cookies" (that is, small text files placed on your computer will collect standard network login information and visitor behavior information). That is, it is not provided by you. Your Internet browser will automatically transfer this kind of non-specific information to this website, such as the URL and IP address of the website you have just browsed and the browser version that your computer is using. This information enables us to differentiate you from other users of our website, helps us provide you with your browsing experience, and also enables us to improve the website. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You can also set your browser to alert or reject cookies. However, certain features of this website may not work in the absence of cookies.

Please note: if you do not provide some personal information provided to us, especially the information marked as required in the relevant application form, we may not be able to provide the information, products or services you require. You may not provide other information collected by us, but it may affect your use of some functions of this website or the optimization of information, products or services provided by us.

We use and disclose your personal information

We will use the personal information you provide to us for the following purposes:

1. Process your application, order and registration for using our products and services;

2. To provide you with our products and services, as well as the related account management;

3. In order to convey information to you (if you have asked for it);

4. Send you information about our products and services (if you agree with us) (see "direct marketing" below);

5. In order to comply with applicable laws and regulations, or to carry out court orders, subpoenas or other legal procedures, or to meet the requirements of government departments, law enforcement departments or similar departments or securities hkipx (whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere); and;

6. In order to perform any contract with you or to protect the rights, property or safety of us or our related parties, employees, employees and other customers;

7. Other purposes directly related to the above.

Unless otherwise specified, we have the right to use the information collected through this website in order to improve the content of our website, make the website meet your preferences, be used as our research, rating service provider and statistics, as other purposes specified in the "we may collect information about you" section above and for other directly related purposes 。

For one or more of the above purposes, we have the right to disclose your personal information:

1. Your personal information will be transferred to our server for our custody and processing;

2. To any service provider providing management, information processing or other services (such as process services, technical support, credit inquiry institutions and financial institutions). In such cases, we will require the service provider to agree to comply with this privacy policy statement;

3. To our or our related party's independent directors, independent auditors and external consultants for audit, business and client review purposes;

4. To the third party related to sales, transfer, or other information related business transfer of this website;

5. If we disclose it to the third party in accordance with the requirements of law enforcement or the requirements of applicable laws, court orders or government regulations or complying with the rules and guidelines of hkipx;

6. If we need to execute the contract with you, or to protect the rights, property or safety of us or our related parties, employees, employees and other customers; and

7. If there is any other permitted by applicable laws and regulations.

The collection, use and disclosure of information in this privacy policy statement may involve the transfer of information to foreign jurisdictions where you live, which may not have relevant laws and regulations on personal information. We will take all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that your information is secure under this privacy policy statement.

Direct marketing

If you agree, we may use your name, mailing address, telephone number and email address collected through this website to send promotional materials and sales messages for direct marketing activities on our financial and information services.

If you agree, we may also provide your name, mailing address, telephone number and email address to the service provider to send promotional materials and sales messages to the service provider for direct marketing of its financial and information services.

When we collect your contact details through this website, we will seek your consent to such use (for example, the selection box on this website). If you do not wish to receive such promotional and direct marketing materials and messages from hkipx and / or service providers, or do not want to receive such publicity and direct marketing materials, or do not want to receive such materials in some way, when we collect your contact information from this website, you may refuse to give the relevant consent (for example, the relevant selection box on this website is not checked). You can also ask us and / or service providers to stop sending you marketing messages and promotional materials, or tell us about your preferences and contact us at any time. (see the "contact us" section below).

Service and consultation

If you agree, we may also provide your personal data and online transaction information to the service provider, including but not limited to your name, telephone number, mailing address, transaction account number, account opening date, account status, deposit and withdrawal amount, transaction commission, etc., for the service provider to provide you with product consultation and information.

security

If we provide your personal information to a service provider, we will cause the service provider to take all practical and reasonable measures to ensure that the personal information in the control or control of us or the service provider will not be obtained, processed, deleted, lost or used without authorization or accident. This includes the adoption of physical, technical and procedural safeguards to ensure, as far as reasonably possible, that personal information can only be accessed by authorized persons. But you need to understand that the existing technical means can not absolutely guarantee the security of network transmission information or error free.

Information retention period

Hkipx will, and if we provide your personal information to a service provider, we will cause the service provider to take all practicable steps to ensure that we or the service provider retain your personal information for a period not longer than the purpose stated in this privacy policy statement (including directly related purposes) and other purposes that you otherwise agree or are permitted by law.

Termination or cancellation of your account

You can cancel or terminate your account with us at any time. We will, and if we provide your personal information to the service provider, we will urge the service provider to take reasonable measures to stop the collection and use of your personal information after such cancellation or termination, and we and the service provider will cancel the account at your request. However, we and the service provider may continue to process your personal information for reasonable reasons, including: for archival purposes, for the settlement of actual or possible disputes, for the execution of the contract with you, for the protection of the rights, property or safety of you, or our or our related parties, employees, and employees, as well as for inquiry, verification, inspection and Compliance purpose, etc.

Your right to access and correct personal information

You have the right to find out whether hkipx and / or service providers hold your personal information, obtain a backup of the information and correct any inaccurate information. You can also ask hkipx to inform you of the type of personal information we hold. If hkipx provides any of your personal information to the service provider according to the above, you can also ask the service provider to inform you of the type of personal information they hold.

Requests for access to and correction of personal information should be made by post or by email (for this purpose, our contact information is under the "contact us" column). The above personal information is generally free of charge. However, if the scope and frequency of your inquiry exceeds the usual limit, we may charge reasonable administrative fees and actual costs.

Links to other websites

Some links to this website may not contain other privacy statements. We hope you can read the privacy policy statement of every website you visit.

contact us

If (1) you have any questions about this privacy policy statement; or (2) have any questions about how we use your personal information; or (3) wish to obtain and / or correct your personal information (see above); or (4) wish to withdraw the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information or communications in the future, or (5) complain about the disclosure or abuse of your personal information, please Contact us online.

We will try our best to answer your complaint about the disclosure or abuse of personal information. We promise to give you a reply or preliminary feedback within 15 days after receiving your complaint.