This Privacy Policy was last updated on [19th Mar, 2009]
此私隱政策於2009年3月19日更新

1. STATEMENT

  1.1  
The following statement explains the Privacy Policy (“this Policy”) regarding the personal information collected by Kongsolo.com (“the site” or “Kongsolo”) about you. Upon registration and from time to time, you will be asked to submit personal information about yourself (e.g. name and email address etc.) in order to use the Member Service on the site. By providing the site with your details in the fields requested, you enable the site to provide you with the Member Service. We will treat such personal information in accordance with this Policy.
 
  1.2  
The Member Service is provided to you subject to the site’s Terms of Use and Notices (“TOU & Notices”) and in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong SAR. The site will act in accordance with current Hong Kong SAR laws on personal information protection in this Policy and as far as practicable, aim to meet current Internet best practice.
 
  1.3  
The term Authorised Third Parties describes the contractors, agents and third party suppliers with whom Kongsolo.com enter into agreements from time to time and persons with whom they may contract in order to provide the Member Services.
 
    
For the purposes herein, all words and expressions shall have the same meaning as in Kongsolo’s TOU & Notices, except where otherwise expressly stated.
 
    
By submitting your information, you consent to the use of your personal information collected by us, in the manner as set out in this Policy.
 

2. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

 
  2.1  
The site may revise and update this Policy at any time by posting such revised Policy at Kongsolo. You should periodically review this Policy for changes. Your continued use and access of the Member Service and Kongsolo will mean you accept those changes.
 

3. USERS UNDER 18

 
  3.1  
Kongsolo is not directed at parties under 18 years of age. If you are under 18, please get your parent/guardian's permission beforehand whenever you provide personal information to Kongsolo. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide the site with personal information.
 

4. THE TYPE OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT

    收集個人資料的類型

    
Personal Information Collection
個人資料收集
  4.1  
The site collects and uses your personal information (i.e. personal information which identifies you, e.g., your name and postal address, date of birth, gender, telephone and fax numbers, email address, and credit/debit card information; lifestyle) only with your knowledge and consent when you use Kongsolo, the Member Services, make use of our product and service enquiries, or when you respond to communications from the site (such as contests, questionnaires or surveys) and other information collected on registration or through surveys.
 
  4.2  
When you request pages from Kongsolo server, it automatically collects some information about your preferences, including your IP address. The site uses this to help diagnose problems with Kongsolo and server, to administer Kongsolo and for the purposes set out in Section 5 below.
 
    
Non-personally Identifying Information
非個人資料
  4.3  
The site automatically collects aggregate and demographic information about the use of Kongsolo, including which pages are most frequently visited, how many Kongsolo receives daily, how long visitors stay on each page, your preferences and other similar sites based on your browsing (click-stream) activities. This information may include the pages you browse and products and services viewed or ordered for example. This helps the site to better provide you with a more enjoyable, customised service and experience in the future.
 
  4.4  
The site uses the information available to create profiles of Kongsolo user base. The site may provide aggregate profile information of its users to advertisers to help tailor information from the advertisers to your interests. For example, the site may inform advertisers that it has a certain number of Member Account users that have an interest in a topic and are interested in receiving information about the topic.
 
    
Third Party Information
第三者資訊
  4.5  
The site does not monitor or permanently store third party information save for the purpose of accounting, billing or record keeping, or unless required by law.
 

5. USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

    使用閣下的個人資料

 
  5.1  
Your personal information will be used by the site or Authorised Third Parties, in support of the purposes stated at the time at which it was given or sought, and/or for the following reasons:
 
  
For the purposes of technical administration of Kongsolo; 因管理「講數佬」的技術上需要;
For research and development;因研究及開發
Statistical analysis;統計分析
Customer administration;客戶管理;
Profiling service preferences;用戶群服務管理;
Finance and marketing operations and activities and/or as required in the provision of our services including but not limited to credit control services;財務及市場推廣的營運及活動,及/或因服務上的規定,包括但不限於信貸管理服務;
In compliance with any regulatory, statutory or legal obligation imposed on us by any relevant authority;要附合任有關法定機構要求執行的任何規例,法規或法律責任。
To service your Member Account and otherwise operate and provide the Member Service to you;為閣下的會員帳戶服務或對閣下操作及提供會員服務。
To support your questions about use of the Member Service;為支援閣下關於會員員服務的疑問。
To detect and prevent fraudulent activity;偵測及預防欺詐的活動;
To provide other goods and services by the site or its designated representatives and/or business partners to you or parties designated by you and matters ancillary thereto;為閣下、閣下委任的人仕及相關的事宜經本網站及其委任的代表,及/或商業伙伴提供產品及服務;
To verify and process payment when you use Kongsolo and/or the Member Service or purchase goods and services from the site, if any;閣下使用講數佬及/或會員服務由本網站購買產品及服務時核對及處理款項交易;
To verify and record your personal particulars including comparing it with information from other sources and using the information to communicate with you;核對及記錄閣下的個人資料用作與其他資料來源比較及和閣下聯絡。
To conduct market research of the users of Kongsolo and Member Service including the number of users, the frequency of use, profile of users and using such analysis for our business plans, the enhancement of our products and services, targeted advertisements and conveying such information in broad aggregate terms to third parties who have or propose to have business dealings with the site;對講數佬及會員服務進行市場研究,包括用家數目,使用頻密程度,用家的性質及作為業務計劃的分析,提升我們的產品及服務,目標廣告及傳送滙總後的資訊於與本網站有或建議有業務往來的第三者;
To send you information, promotions and updates including marketing and advertising materials in relation to our goods and services and those of third party organizations selected by the site;把資訊,推廣,市場更新及與我們產品及服務有關的廣告及我們挑選的組織送給閣下;
To comply with any order of court or directive from authorities investigating any alleged offence, misdeed and/or abuse or to enforce any of the terms in Kongsolo’s TOU & Notices or, where such action is necessary to protect and defend the rights or property of the site.為配合任何法院,法定組織的指示進行任何形式的調查,如有違法的可疑,罪行及/或濫用或須執行任可講數佬的使用條款及通告並且這行動為本網站的權利或財產作保障及辯獲而必須的。
 
  5.2  
If the site wishes to use your personal information for new purposes, the site will offer you the means to consent to those new purposes by sending an email to the Webmaster account.
 

6. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

    公開閣下的個人資料

 
  6.1  
The site will not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. Except as provided for herein, the site will not disclose personal information about you to any third party without your consent.
 
  6.2  
The site may from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about particular goods, offers or services that may be of interest to you. In those cases, personal information that may identify you will not be transferred to the third party. All communication whether from the site or our business partners will be sent to you by the site.
 
  6.3  
The site may however, need to work with Authorised Third Parties to provide part or all of Kongsolo, the Member Service and/or other services to you or to perform market research and statistical analysis. In such situations, the site will share your personal information as is necessary for the Authorised Third Party to perform these services, on a strictly confidential basis. These parties are not allowed to use your personal information disclosed to them except for the limited purpose of providing the particular service for the site. By using and continuing to use Kongsolo you are deemed to have consented to such disclosure.
 
  6.4  
Without limiting the above, the site may disclose your personal information about you and/or your Member Account to Authorized Third Party for accounting or reporting purposes, subject to the terms of this Policy.
 
  6.5  
The site may disclose your personal information to other organisations for the purpose as outlined in this Section 6. The site may also provide your information to carefully selected third parties whose products or services it believes may be of interest to you. If you do not wish for the site to disclose your information, please send an e-mail to Webmaster account.
 

7. LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES.

    其他網站的連結

 
  7.1  
Kongsolo may contain, from time to time, links to other web sites. The site is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites or of any third party. You should review the privacy policies of such websites when you visit them. This Policy applies solely to information collected by Kongsolo.
 

8. COOKIES

    
What is a Cookie?
什甚是Cookie?
  8.1  
When you enter a website your computer will automatically be issued with a cookie. Cookies are text files that are placed in your computer’s hard drive to identify your computer to our server. Generally, cookies themselves only record those areas of the site that have been visited by the computer in question, and the duration. Many websites do this whenever a user visits their site in order to track traffic flow.
 
  8.2  
Depending upon the type of browser you are using, you may set your computers to accept all cookies, to notify you when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. The last of these, of course, means that certain personalised services cannot then be provided to you.
 
    
Kongsolo Cookies
「講數佬」的Cookies
  8.3  
The site uses “cookies” to store and track information about you and your use of Kongsolo. Unless you have a Member Account, Kongsolo cookies in themselves do not identify the individual user, just the computer used. You may browse Kongsolo anonymously until such registration.
 
  8.4  
The Kongsolo cookie and information retrieved from the Kongsolo cookie is used in line with the uses set out in Section 5 above and more specifically:
 
  
to help save and retrieve passwords used on Kongsolo. This way, you will not have to re-enter information upon every new visit to Kongsolo.
幫助儲存及提取在講數佬內使用的密碼。使閣下不用每次探訪講數佬時再輸入有關資訊。
to track information such as the frequency and duration of your use of Kongsolo, your click-stream as you go through Kongsolo, your preferred sites, and help us determine whether you came to Kongsolo from a particular Internet link or banner advertisement;
跟踪閣下使用講數佬的頻密情況及時間。閣下點擊講數佬,閣下偏好的網站,及幫助我們判斷閣下是經過連結或廣告到訪講數佬。
to analyse the profile of Kongsolo visitors and users to helps the site provide you with better service and to enhance our service;
分析探訪講數佬的訪客及用家的性質,幫助本網站為閣下提供更優質的服務及提升我們的服務功能;
to personalize the content, banners and promotions that you will see on Kongsolo.
為閣下定制講數佬的內容、廣告及推廣。
 
  8.5  
Most cookies are "session cookies," meaning that they are automatically deleted from your computer’s hard drive at the end of a session. You are always free to delete Kongsolo cookies if your browser permits, although in that case you may not be able to use certain features on Kongsolo and you may be required to re-enter your password more frequently during a session.
 
    
Third Party Cookies
第三者Cookies
 
  8.6  
The site uses other third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit Kongsolo. In the course of serving advertisements to Kongsolo, our third-party advertisers may place or recognize a unique cookie in your computer. These companies may use information retrieved from their cookies to provide advertisements on Kongsolo and other websites about goods and services that may be of interest to you.
 
  8.7  
THE SITE HAS NO ACCESS TO OR CONTROL OVER THIRD-PARTY COOKIES AND THEY ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE SITE’S PRIVACY POLICY. PLEASE REVIEW THE PRIVACY POLICY OF THESE THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES FOR DETAILS.
 
  8.8  
If you want to prevent one of these third-party companies from sending and reading cookies on your computer, you will need to visit each of their websites individually to request that you be removed from that system.
 

9.

OPTING-OUT, CHANGE, UPDATE OF AND ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION

剔除,更改,更新及進入閣下的資訊

 
  9.1  
You will be given the opportunity to 'opt-out' of having your information used for purposes not directly related to the Member Service and Kongsolo at the point where the site asks for information. If you do not wish to receive our promotional updates you may opt-out of receiving these communications by replying to UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line in the email sent or by emailing us at the Webmaster account.
 
  9.2  
If you wish to correct, change or update your particulars in your Member Account, please update them from Kongsolo. You will need to have your user ID and password.
 
  9.3  
You may terminate and close your Member Account through Kongsolo’s member services.
 
  9.4  
You can write to us at any time to obtain details of the personal information the site holds about you. Please write to: The Webmaster account.
Please quote your name, address, user ID and Member Account. It would be helpful if you also provide brief details of what information you want a copy of. The site may charge a reasonable sum permitted by Hong Kong personal data protection laws to cover our administration costs (if applicable).
 
  9.5  
The site reserves the right to refuse to provide our visitors with a copy of their personal information, but will give reasons for our refusal.
 

10. SECURITY

    保安

 
  10.1  
The Internet is not a secure medium, and communications over the Internet may be subject to third-party interception. The site cannot accept responsibility for any unauthorised access or loss of personal information, save in accordance with Kongsolo’s TOU & Notices.
 
  10.2  
The site has implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect your Member Account information from unauthorised access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorised modification, unlawful destruction or accidental loss. All our employees and data processors, who have access to and are associated with the processing of personal information, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of your Member Account information.
 
  10.3  
While the site cannot guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration of data will not occur; the site makes reasonable efforts to prevent such unfortunate occurrences.
 
  10.4  
You must remember to log off from your Member Account and close the browser window after use so that no unauthorized party can have access. You must not, at any time, divulge your user ID and password to any third party.
 

11.

TRANSFERRING YOUR INFORMATION OUTSIDE OF HONG KONG SAR

於香港特別行政區境外傳送閣下的個人資料

 
  11.1  
It may be necessary to transfer your personal information to other group companies or service providers located in countries outside Hong Kong SAR. This may happen where our servers or suppliers and service providers are based outside Hong Kong SAR or where you use Kongsolo and/or Member Service from countries outside Hong Kong SAR. In these instances, the site will take steps to ensure that your privacy rights are respected in accordance with this Policy.
 

12. CONTACTING KONGSOLO

      聯絡「講數佬」

 
  12.1  
If you have any questions about this Policy or your dealings with Kongsolo, please write to: Webmaster account or send an email through our "Contact Us" section.
 

13.

In case there arises discrepancy in Chinese and English versions, the English version shall prevail.

如本條款的中、英文本出現分歧,以英文文本為準。