Our Privacy Policy Statement
The Privacy Policy Statement
below summarizes the collection, usage and protection of the personal
information
Collection of your Personal Data
Sometimes, we
request for your personal data to correspond with you. Personal data may
include your name, your email address, your phone numbers or other personal
information. These are also collected to provide you with better and more
effective services tailored to your individual needs.
We also use 'cookies',
which can be sent to your browser, to gather information including your
Internet Protocol (IP) address, information relating to your usage of our web
site such as pages visited and other information that will help us in
monitoring our systems. Information collected is anonymous and used for the
purpose of compiling statistics and adapting our web site to your preferences
at your next visit. Nevertheless, you can always decline cookies by setting
your Internet browser to block cookies or to notify you when a cookie is
received, upon which you can choose to refuse the cookie. However, this may
prevent you from enjoying the full service of our web site.
Use of your personal data
Personal data is
collected and analyzed for the purpose of tailoring legal services and advice
to your requests. The data collected may also be used in the distribution of
marketing materials used for introducing to you our new services, updating you
on the latest news of our firm and providing you with other information you might
want to know about us. Personal data may also be used for market research
purpose. If necessary, these personal data may be disclosed under laws that are
applicable to our firm and associated offices.
You are advised not
to communicate any confidential information to us through our marketing e-mail.
If you do not wish
to receive marketing e-mail from us, you may follow the instructions in the
marketing e-mail to unsubscribe from them or notify us at unsubsribe@ellacheong.com
Security Measures
Ella Cheong (Hong
Kong and Beijing) takes all practicable
steps to ensure that personal information of our clients is protected against
unauthorized access, disclosure, erasure, processing and other uses that may
cause harm to the persons from which personal data are collected.
Access to the data
collected is limited to persons authorized by our firm.
The personal data
collected will not be retained for longer than is necessary to fulfill the
purposes and other directly related purposes mentioned above.
Disclosure of your information
In general, your
personal data are kept confidential. We will not disclose,
trade or transmit your personal data to any unauthorized third parties, unless where
disclosure of the data is necessary to fulfill the purposes specified above or
as required by the law. We may, for instance, under legal requirements, be
obliged to disclose your personal data to authorities such as the Hong Kong
Police, the Hong Kong Customs and the Independent Commission against Corruption
if we suspect that any of our clients is involved in serious crimes. We may
also disclose the data collected to other professionals and legal practitioners
in the course of providing legal services.
If necessary, we may
share your personal information among our branches in Hong Kong,
Access to and correction of personal data provided
According to the
Ordinance, clients have the right to access and correct any personal data they
provide. You may request access to or correction of personal data at a
reasonable fee. The Ordinance also states that any individuals may make enquiries
on whether a data user holds any personal data provided by the him/herself.
We take all
practicable steps to ensure that personal data collected are accurate having regard
to the purposes they are to be used for.
In the case where
any of the personal data are found to be incorrect or inaccurate, you may
request correction of such data. Such requests or enquires should be
communicated to offices or submitted through our web site (see below).
Changes to this Privacy Policy Statement
Ella Cheong (Hong
Kong and Beijing) reserves the right to
amend this Privacy Policy Statement at any time. You are recommended to check
this web site from time to time before you submit any personal data or
confidential information to us for the most up-dated version of this statement.
Enquiries and Comments
Should you have any
enquiries about our privacy policy or matters regarding your personal
information, please contact:
Ella Cheong (Hong
Kong and Beijing)
5001
183 Queen's Road East
Tel: +852 2810-0558
Fax: +852 2810-0933
Email: mail@ellacheong.com