Privacy Policy and Personal Information Collection Statement

1. Your Privacy

Henderson Land Development Company Limited (“Henderson Land”), its subsidiaries, associated and related companies (collectively, “Henderson Land Group”, “we”, “us” or “our”) are committed to safeguarding the privacy interests of the individuals who provide us with their personal data and ensuring that such personal data are handled in accordance with the requirements of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486) (the “Ordinance”) of the Laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (“Hong Kong”).

Please read this Privacy Policy and Personal Information Collection Statement (“Statement”) carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding how we collect, store, use and transmit personal data. This Statement applies to all our websites, including our official website (http://www.hld.com) and our individual property websites (collectively, the “Websites”). When you visit the individual websites of Henderson Land’s subsidiaries, associated and/or related companies, kindly read and understand the individual privacy policy statement and personal information collection statement (if any) specifically applicable to such subsidiaries, associated and/or related companies.

This Statement may from time to time be updated, revised or changed. Please check this page on a regular basis to review any updates, revisions or changes we might make.

If there is any inconsistency between the English and Chinese version of this Statement, the English version shall prevail.

Throughout the Statement, the meaning of the term “personal data” is as defined in the Ordinance.

2. Data Collection and Use

We may collect your personal data (including but not limited to name, telephone number, correspondence address and email address) in order to provide you with various services and features on the Websites. You are not obliged to supply your personal data but if you do not, such services and features may not be available to you.

The purposes for which we may use your personal data are as follows:

(i) processing and responding to your comments, inquiries, complaints and requests;
(ii) processing your applications, registrations and subscriptions;
(iii) monitoring your use of the Websites for their further development;
(iv) understanding your needs so as to improve our services;
(v) compiling aggregate statistics about users to analyze usage of the Websites;
(vi) operating internal control, resolving disputes, troubleshooting problems and enforcing terms of use;
(vii) contacting users regarding administrative notices and communication;
(viii) collecting data for identity verification and record and maintaining contact lists for correspondence;
(ix) designing, providing and marketing to users the facilities, services and/or products of Henderson Land Group;
(x) promoting, improving and/or furthering the facilities, services and/or products of Henderson Land Group;
(xi) delivering information that users may have interest in, such as targeted banners, new services and products and other promotional and marketing materials;
(xii) recruitment and other human resources related purposes;
(xiii) communicating with investors and/or potential investors;
(xiv) complying with applicable law, regulations, guidelines and codes of practice;
(xv) any other purposes which have been agreed by or notified to you.

If you are under the age of 18, you must obtain consent from your parent or guardian before you provide any personal data to us.

When you use the Websites, cookies will be stored in your computer, mobile phones or other devices for internal navigation and programming only. No personal data will be collected and saved. You may choose not to accept cookies by changing the settings of your browser. However, if you do not accept the cookies, you may not be able to fully experience certain features of our Websites.

3. Disclosure

We will take all practicable steps to keep your personal data confidential but for any one or more purpose(s) stated in paragraph 2 above, we may transfer/assign your personal data to or exchange such data with any of the following parties irrespective of whether such parties are located inside or outside Hong Kong:

(i) any agent, contractor or third party service provider who provides administrative, telecommunications, computer, professional and other services to us in relation to the operation of our businesses;
(ii) any company within Henderson Land Group; or
(iii) any person to whom we are under an obligation to disclose your personal data for legal or regulatory purposes.

Unless expressly stated in this Statement or with your prior consent, personal data collected from you will not be disclosed to any third party other than the above-named parties.

4. Links to Other Websites

This Statement only applies to the Websites. If you click on any advertisement or hyperlink which links to other websites, you will leave the Websites and go to such websites. We do not accept any responsibility for any personal data that you provide and/or any cookies that you accept while using other websites. You are advised to read the privacy policies of other websites when you visit them.

5. Web Logs

When a user visits the home page of the Websites, the visit will be counted and included in the total number of visits to the Websites for statistical purpose. This information does not identify you as an individual. No personal data will be collected.

6. Security

Except as mentioned in paragraph 3 above, your personal data, however stored, will be accessed only by our employees or contractors who are authorized to do so and under a duty of confidentiality to us. The transmission of data over the Internet is not completely secure. Although we will use appropriate measures to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of any personal data transmitted to our Websites. Any transmission of personal data is at your own risk.

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 but not limited to recovering from you any money you owe to 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 correction of any personal data relating to you that are held by us. Any data access request or data correction request may be made to our Personal Data Privacy Officer in accordance with paragraph 9 below. We may charge you a reasonable fee for processing your data access request.

9. Personal Data Privacy Officer

You may contact our Personal Data Privacy Officer if you wish to:
(i) check whether we hold any personal data about you;
(ii) access any personal data relating to you that are held by us;
(iii) request us to correct any personal data relating to you that is inaccurate;
(iv) enquire about our policies and practices in relation to personal data and the type of personal data held by us;
(v) make any comments, inquiries or complaints about how we handle your personal data.

All communications with our Personal Data Privacy Officer should be made by post to:

Henderson Land Development Company Limited
71/F, Two International Finance Centre
8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong
Attention: Personal Data Privacy Officer
(Marked Confidential)

 

10. Retention of Data

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes for which such data are or are to be used and for the purposes of satisfying our legal, regulatory, accounting and/or compliance requirements after which they will be destroyed without further notice to you.